Welcome to Makeup Monday on Julie's Lifestyle.  Each Monday I will post about a certain type of makeup, nail polish, face or hair product etc.  It will be a fun place to come visit about anything to do with beauty.  

Week 24 - Kirkland Daily Facial Towelettes

Hi friends, I'm happy to say that I accomplished reading a book this summer.

I started reading back in the beginning of July the book The Paris Wife by Paula McLain.

Let me explain why it's been so long since I have read a book.  I love reading books but I don't seem to have much time to read anymore due to family, crocheting, knitting and blogging and watching TV!

I promised myself for the summer that I would read one book and finish it.  It felt really good to be reading again and I didn't want the book to end because I was enjoying it so much.  Lol!  






If you have not read the book yet I highly recommend it.  To quickly sum up the book, it's about Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley Richardson and their life in Paris in the 1920's. 

I just started reading the book AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie.  I love mystery books and this looks like it will be a good book.  This book was recommended to me to read by my daughter who had to read this book for school. 

I am on a roll right now with reading and I do hope it won't take me a long to finish reading the book.  I will let you know what I thought of it when I'm done reading it.

What book are you reading right now?

Hi friends, I have a simple way of making asparagus on the grill that I would love to share with you before summer ends.

This is a light salad that is healthy and perfect to have as a side dish or you could add it to pita bread and make a sandwich out of it.  I'd love to share with you this easy recipe.

Hi friends, I had such a good time on vacation in California and while we were there we went shopping.  We visited Downtown and 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica and to see the link you can click HERE.  Here are a few pictures of the shopping area that my daughter and I visited.  

If you are ever in this area you do not want to miss all the outdoor shopping and the streets are closed off from cars.  They had really cute topiary's in different shapes of animals in the middle of  the street too.



We also visited Universal Studios in Hollywood, California and to see the link you can click HERE.  Here are some photos I took while we were there.  If you visit you have to go on the Jurassic Park ride where you see life like dinosaurs and parts of the ride you can get splashed with water! 




We also got to see the area where they do the show Extra TV with Mario Lopez.




Here in the background you can see where they are applying makeup to Mario Lopez.




We also spent the day at Venice Beach, CA and we also walked the boardwalk too.  It was such a nice day at the beach.

The color of these potholders/dishcloths sure do remind me of fall and it's just around the corner. 


I have been crocheting potholders lately and these are a fun and quick project to make.  I love crocheting these in the summertime when it is too hot to go outside.  I don't like working on anything heavy either like a blanket as it will be sitting on my lap.
  

Hi everyone and Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a nice weekend.  I just wanted to let you all know that I have decided to put a hold on my Makeup Monday Series until September.  I really want to just relax and enjoy the last few weeks left of the summer.  



Incase you missed any of my Makeup Monday Series blog posts you can click HERE.

California Vacation - Day 2

We had a Korean BBQ dinner late the first night that we arrived in California.  It consisted of assorted vegetables, beef and chicken that we had to grill ourselves.  It was so much fun and the food was delicious.  

On the second day after spending a long day at Disneyland we decided to go to Panera Bread for dinner.  I had a mediterranean chicken flatbread sandwich and broccoli cheddar soup in a bread bowl and they both were good.



My husband, daughter and I spent the day at Disneyland and here are just a few of the pictures I took of our day there.  Look I made it into one of the pictures on the bottom left you can see me dunking my feet in the pool.  That evening we all spent time in the jacuzzi relaxing and and swimming in the pool and it was so wonderful.  

To see the link to Disneyland Park in California you can click HERE.



This is a photo of the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square.  This was a scary tour and ride of a haunted house.  My daughter was so scared that she was clinging onto to her dad and we all had fun and a good time on this scary ride.



Here are more pictures of the backyard with all the pretty plants and succulents.  I love our friend's outdoor kitchen too!



The house was so beautiful and here is a peek of the inside.  Bandit is relaxing on the kitchen counter in the bottom right hand photo.