Thursday, September 18, 2008

alive and well



I adore blogs with daily/weekly updates with features, inspirations and general on-goings, don't you? It is sometimes such a high to see what so and so will do next. You girls (and guys) are amazing! This is not one of those blogs. Sorry, kids! I am lucky if I update once or twice a month. I always promise to be better, but yeah...

So here is the latest in photo form. With inspiration drawn from Sugar City Journal, I have been elevating the mundane. I've also really been enjoying the trend of brightly colored remakes of bad "came with the house" chandeliers. I have pretty much been painting and/or decoupaging anything that will stand still.

Oh, and we also installed a new floor in the make-shift kitchen. For those who do not know, we are slowly but surely remodeling the first floor to include a new kitchen. We are lucky to have a full kitchen upstairs to use during this process. In a previous attempt I painted the upstairs kitchen floor with outdoor paint. It looked great for about 10 minutes and then disaster. So, a year later enter another temporary but so beautiful solution.

The house is in random states of disorganization with a million projects in the works on all three floors. Aside from that, we are all doing well. Riley is really enjoying first grade and the new school. He has also started playing soccer through the Y. Action shots to follow after tonight's practice. And Miss Lola is so lovely. She is growing and learning everyday. She will be 1 at the end of the month and we are gearing up for family to visit from St. Louis to celebrate. I can hardly wait.

More soon my lovelies. xo

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Bring on the hot dogs!


This article from the New York Times eased 10 of my fears. Though it is a long list...perhaps they should do a regular feature.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Grosgrain Giveaway - So lovely!!!

Fields of Gold Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

My daily dose of beauty. Sigh. Kathleen is so talented.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

1,2,3,4...Feist on Sesame Street

Seven days of Seven





Riley turned 7 yesterday and we have been celebrating around here for the last week. There was some face painting, some dancing, some cukecake eating, some homemade icecream eating, some present opening, some sugar overload, some friends and family visiting and then some sugar crashing. Love to you all!

P.S. His favorite present was a cheetah blanket that he had been coveting from TJ Maxx for about 3 months. It is very bachelor pad in his room now -- next year it'll be a live nude girls sign.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

2:44 am

Can't sleep. Hmmmm. I'm so very tired but my mind continues to race. Watching some bad TV and listening to the quiet in the house.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008