Oh my words I'm so tired ya'll. Seriously...all day I feel like this... But somehow I feel it literally in every single joint, every single muscle...I think even the action of yawning is exhausting to me. I forgot how pregnancy does this to me. So fatigued these first few weeks that I fall into bed at my baby's naptime. After we put our kids in bed tonight, I dragged … [Read more...]
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Starting New…but Looking Back! Hello 2012!
Seriously ya'll, can you believe that another year has come and gone?! How did that happen? Where did 2011 go? What on earth will 2012 bring? I'm so excited to find out! As I've been thinking back on this past year, I find a sense of accomplishment of doing something I've never been much good at doing...keeping a journal. I mean, I still don't do the whole "dear diary" … [Read more...]
Don’t Cry Over Spilt… Pickles
Yesterday was "one of those days" with my kids. Or more particularly with my 5 year-old. Granted, we've been kinda cooped up lately, and since he is a boy who is ALL BOY, we run into some behavioral issues when he gets too bored or cooped up. So I have tried to stave off at least the boredom with things like making sugar cookies, working together to un-decorate from … [Read more...]
When Ladybugs Look Like Cockroaches….Tattoo Musings….
I interrupt this regularly scheduled holiday season with an announcement....and a little tid bit that you may or may not already know about me. I have tattoos. Yep. I do. Gasp! Two of them to be exact. And the reason I'm telling you this now is because I'm about to increase that number to three. Yes...seriously. If you're currently still catching your breath from the … [Read more...]
My Holiday Home Tour
I am woefully behind on all of the things I have to get done in the next couple of days. Thankfully tomorrow is Saturday and I'll have my Hubs around to help. Laundry is still not caught up, my bedroom is an absolute mess, I'm not done with my sister's baby shower invitations, and then our Christmas cards arrived in the mail yesterday (they turned out so great, I'm tickled to … [Read more...]
How to…Make a Great Cup of Coffee
I'm a coffee lover. As in, I have a real opinion on real coffee. And while I like the occasional fluffy sounding coffee treat, as a general rule, I prefer just a plain mug of a fantastic regular brew. For awhile my fav was a local Greenville, SC roaster called West End Coffee Company and while it's probably still my favorite, at the rate that I go through it...it wasn't the … [Read more...]
Fashion Week: Accessorize Yourself!
I LOVE the movie "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days." Love it! And sometimes when I'm accessorizing, I think that perhaps I'm "frosting myself." You know...adding the icing on the cake. Because honestly...what is cake without icing?! Personally, I could eat a vat of just the icing most of the time with a tiny bit of cake. In fact, my friend KB's hubs does eat his cake that … [Read more...]
I Thought I Could….A Fashion Week Failure….
I kinda owe ya'll an apology. My exciting plans for Fashion Week this week are still gonna happen, but it's gonna have to be next week. Despite my best "I think I can" efforts to get everything finished up this weekend, I just flat couldn't. All that puff puff chug chuging I'd anticipated the other day would have gotten me somewhere if my wheels had been turning properly. … [Read more...]
Banking on The Winds of Change…
I like to think that I'm spontaneous. That I'm full of adventure...open to new ideas...inviting of change. But sometimes things happen that make me realize, I might not be as up for change as I like to think that I am. My bank is changing....and I think it's affecting my perspective more than it probably should. Wachovia (my beloved and trusted bank since college) has … [Read more...]
Life’s too short not to have….
Friends...amidst endless piles of laundry yesterday I found myself at a real crossroads. I have been saving for a few months now to re-do my laundry room. It's a great space that needs some reworking, but has great potential for wall to ceiling storage that would make a huge difference in the way my kitchen and laundry room function. I only have a tiny pantry now and so … [Read more...]
What’s Cooking…Labor Day Weekend?!
There's something about long weekends that make me want to grill out. Memorial Day Weekend, Fourth of July, Labor Day...it's like the heat outside isn't enough, so we all just want to sweat over a hot grill. I don't know what it is honestly, but I also find myself wanting pies....lots and lots of pies. Which completely counteracts all of my efforts at the gym...but whatever, … [Read more...]
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Giveaway
Once in awhile, in the midst of pursuing doing something that you love... and persevering through the parts that you hate of doing the thing that you love, you find something that can entirely eliminate the parts that you hate from the thing that you love...and that...well, that is just pure love leftover. I found something like that. And no...it's not a robot that cleans my … [Read more...]
Bye Bye Baby
Get a load of this guy. That would be my KINDERGARTNER! Say Wha???? Yes, I now am the proud parent of a very excited kindergartner. And I can hardly deal with it. Seriously. Today when I dropped him off, I walked him in to make sure he knows where to go and all, and I have to admit that I was honestly a little sad when he bounded into the classroom, put his bookbag in his … [Read more...]
Rustic Chic Wedding….Finally Have Pictures!!!
Oh my words....GIDDY as I write this!You know the wedding I told you about, that I did the flowers and decor for a couple of weeks ago? The one I told you I was so busy working on that I didn't get to take a single picture of any of the arrangements or staging that I'd done? The one I'd have been sick to my stomach over not documenting myself had my good friend Kim … [Read more...]
What’s Cooking?! Real Spanish Gazpacho
I'm home now after what seemed like an eternally long time scrunched up in the backseat of my parents car with both of my kids yesterday. We made it though safe and sound, and my own bed felt OHHH so good last night!This morning we went out for bagels (which is a very common Saturday morning ritual for our family,) and then we went downtown to the market. Greenville … [Read more...]
And The Gloves Came Off…..
Oh ya'll, today I had a moment.I bet you were wondering how long it'd be before the crazy person in me decided to jump out and surprise us all again. Aren't you glad you didn't have to wait too too long? Yeah...sorry to say I guess I'm a little predictable like that. But the crazy person made an appearance today for sure. This time instead of … [Read more...]