Hello my friends. "Christos Anesti", many happy returns to everybody! I wish you all to be healthy and happy! I'm so sorry I skiped this Mondays' weekly links, but I was so happily busy with all that Easter preparations and I really didn't find the time to write...and to be pretty honest... I really wanted to dedicate my time and my love to friends and family, because I believe they need it the most. We had five days of Easter holiday here in Greece this year, which is pretty long time and it was really  wonderful. Lots of rest, lots of food, lots of togetherness, lots of love.... we all need these moments  from time to time. But I didn't forget you! I'm back wishing you a lovely... rest of the week and sharing with you these beautiful links, even if it's Wednesday!

~ Healthy eating: Do you remember 3 Busy Girl Breakfast and Lunch from the previous weeks? Well, finally we have the most challenging project for this week: 3 Busy Girl Dinners !

~ Fitness: ABC Abs! Work those "muffins" having fun! Feel like a child again!

~ Outfit love: Mix! Loved the color combination, loved the idea! And another printed tee, more neat, yet perfect combination  as well!

~ Summer requires long walks and carefree, bare feet... summer requires adorable sandals... check the best here and here!

~ A little dessert therapy...: Baked Alaska!

~ Magazine: Matchbook, May 2013 issue

~ Apartment love: Danielle Moss’ Chicago Apartment Tour. So clean, fresh and feminine!

~ Kitchen envy: Fresh, white,... spacious kitchen!!

~ I heart: wall oranizers

~ Quote wisdom:

Hello everybody! I hope you had a beautiful weekend. We spent ours spring cleaning, you see it's Easter week here in Greece and we want everything to be fresh and clean for the Big Day...Such a rejuvenating season! Inside and outside! I wish I had more time for my blog, but it' s crazy around here! Anyway I spared some time this morning to write these wonderful notes and links from around the "blogosphere" for you, as I do every Monday... Enjoy them!

~ Sparkling new come and get fit video from blogilates! Love it! It's kiiiiiilling me!!.. Actually killing my fat and sparkling me!!!

~ Very interesting apartment... interesting pieces and ideas for my home, although I redecorated recently...

~ Closets, closets, oh gorgeous closets!.... And what about these clear shoe boxes?... Briliant!

~ Spring fresh outfit ideas: Chambray skirt & Gold sandals and Yellow tweed & Lime peplum

~ We spring cleaned our porches this weekend and I just can't stop thinking of this marvellous outdoor living space since then...

~ Springtime, outgoing time... bring some fresh air in your car with these easy to make car air fresheners

~Healthy eating: 3 Busy Girl Lunches. Don't they look delicious? And do you remember 3 Busy Girl Breakfasts from last week's links? Great, too!

~ The perfect bite: lemon bars!

~ Taylor Sterling and her blog Sterling Style were of  my first loves when I explored and discovered the wonderful world of blogs...Glitter guide, her new and... shiny blog automatically became a new addiction of mine... And look at her now in one of the most famous fashion magazines worldwide, Elle magazine! I'm so, sooo happy... and proud of her... and me(!!!) discovering her in my very first steps... isn't she fabulous??!!!!

~ I can't wait for the cinematic event of the summer: the "Great Gatsby", at cinemas from May 10th

Bye, bye
see you soon,
love you
xoxo Elena

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It's been a strange, rather difficult week with lots of "ups" and downs", followed by a very emotionally charged weekend. We had our dearest aunt's 40 days memorial yesterday,  I saw some relatives and old friends I haven't seen for years (some of them for many, many years...), I saw places from the past, too, I realized how some things change over the years , while some others remain the same for ever... years are really passing and it's really hard to say the last "goodbye" to people you've loved the most... but it's very, very important to show your love to them while they're still alive. That's all that matters. To love our people when they're here, with us. Endless memories and thoughts went through my mind these days... when you lose someone you love, you are not only saying "goodbye" to your beloved one, you're saying "goodbye" to a whole part of your life story as well... I don't know which one of the two hurts the most, but I always reach the same conclusion: to love and to live each moment of your life...

The last thing I wanted is to make you feel sad. Life is so beautiful, is just not always pink... Certain difficulties appear to each one of us, we just have to learn to get over them and stand on our feet again. Our beloved persons will always live in our hearts as long as we shall live, but life is going on and I'm 100% sure that "they" want us to live happily...

And as I use to do the last three Mondays now, I also have some lovely links here for you today. I hope you like it!

~ "Best blog post" prize: Daddy Where Are You?

~ Fitness: POP Pilates for Beginners - Total Body Workout (no more excuses...)

~ The perfect breakfast: 3 Busy Girl Breakfasts

~ The perfect snack: French Bread Pizza

~ Sweet delight: Dark Chocolate Mousse

~ Outfit love: Cold Front...

~ Magazine: Adore, April/May 2013

~ List love: 11 Ways to Improve Your Life

~  The "it list" from ZsaZsa Bellagio

~ New DIY blog love: Best of DIY by Centsational Girl

Have a lovely week,
Love you all,
xoxo, Elena

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Hello my lovely readers! I hope you all had a beautiful and relaxing weekend and you're back here to face a challenging and gorgeous week as well. I had the chance to enjoy lots of sea viewing this Saturday, captivating all that calm and energy sea is presenting to us so generous! I also enjoyed some lovely (and glamorous!) shopping in my beloved city named Thessaloniki with my sweet man... And Sunday was nice, too, with reading, croissants, coffee, lunch with father in law and a new wonderful show on TV "that face sounds familiar": funny and touching, I absolutely loved it! To contribute to your weekly wellbeing...I have some lovely links here for you, I hope you'll find interesting...

~ Fitness: 10-Minute Yoga for Happiness

~ Perfect style: Striped Shirts

~ Cook: Skillet-Baked Eggs with Spinach, Yogurt, and Chili Oil

~ Delicious: Skinny-strawberry-shortcake.

~ List love: 100 rules of dinner.

~ Sew love: Spring spruce up.

~ Dream villas: The GREEK VILLAS!

~ Home love: Elegant Melbourne home in Adore home

~ Magazine: Matchbook, April 2013

~ Blog post love: First baby room, by Mini Manor.

Have a nice week
love you all,
xoxo, Elena