overwhelmed.....

Somehow rule #1 was broken: No eating on the new sofa..........and because you ate on the new sofa, and now there are ants because of the crumbs we have a new rule.

*I will stick your hand in honey and place it in the middle of the ant pile.

{i don't think there will be anymore broken rules}

I'm off to fold my laundry pile ladies.....

have a lovely Thursday!

p.s. thank you SO much for all the lovely comments you left on my kitchen, you made my heart sing!

xo

i lied....

...and i told you i would show you my kitchen on Wednesday or Thursday. I lied. I couldn't wait to show you. My friend Paige told me that there would be no more kraft mac n cheese in this kitchen with the new do, so i do hope she's right......

The cabs were painted my favorite cottage white, it's what i use on most of the furniture that i paint. I also incorporated grey's, since the walls are pale grey and the counters are black quartz.

I used the glass knobs that i sell in shop for the hardware.

I switched out the shutter shelf i originally had above the window and replaced it with this antique wood pediment, and i also hung one of my white iron pot holders that holds some of my favorite measuring spoons from Anthro.

{which btw.....i still have not heard back from them......i'll be patient..........}

I am amazed at what a little paint did , and why oh why did i wait sooooo long?

So AnthropoloChic.

xo

tuesday photo challenge...

Welcome back friends.......come see what i captured this last week.......

Last tuesday i challenged you to capture yourself {or someone} in some images that define you....

These images define me...............and this is what i captured ....though my eyes......................

I captured what i wanted, fleeting moments thru-out my week and i can't believe how they turned out.

Truly.....fleeting moments.

Oh, how i love life.

love it.

live it.

savor it.

capture it.

I am so happy that there were so many of you that wanted to join in, so have a peek at the links when you get a minute.

here is the link list of everyone that wanted to join:

*Sara

*Brandie

*Lissa

*Jamie

*Paige

*Tara

*allegra

*katie

*suzanne

*Rebacca

*J.J.

*jen

*denise

*jeanne

*jackie

anticipation....

Do you remember a few weeks ago i painted my kitchen my newest fav color... pale Swedish grey?

Do you also remember the post in which i said how i detest my kitchen cabinets?

It's been a big debate whether to paint the beautiful cherry cabinets or to keep them. The nice couple that owned the home before us, did an amazing job with this 100 year old home.......except in the kitchen. They updated it tooooo much. A farmhouse in which they painted all the molding white, every door in the home white, the trim, the walls, it screamed......cottage farmhouse. UNTIL you got into the kitchen.

Cherry cabinets, black quartz counters and black appliances.

not at all farmhouse cottage, but urban with a bit of contemporary.

yuck.

Then i took over....

I've had to wait almost 2 years to be able to do what i wanted in this kitchen.........

I got 3 estimates to have the cabs painted. 2 were out of my range, and the last guy came in and saved my day.....

the kitchen is tiny, but it has a ton of cabs.......all i could see is cherry........

part of the reduced "price" was myself taking off all the doors and hardware.....

what a task i tell ya.....

I know what you're thinking..................spaghettio's, kraft mac n cheese, cake mix in a BOX......... you know i can see you enlarging the images just to see what's in the cabinets!!!

I know this is the part where you are going to kill me.

my doors are not up yet, but i just had to show you the process.

don't hate me...........

I will post the "finale" on Wednesday or Thursday..............

it'll be good ....

i promise.....and i might even show you where i hide the cheeto's!

xo

dearest little wren.....

Dearest little Wren........

your mommy and i chatted today.......




....and thought you would be a perfect fit for my little Fin. We decided to betroth the both of you.....
Fin and Wren.................*sigh*....

there are a few things you should know first.......

at first he seems harmless.................

...he loves to dance..................he will be a rockstar one day........

..he will fall asleep on the floor without a second thought.....

he has no qualms about picking his nose..........

....he loves to cook.....er......i mean clean barbies with tea.................................

....you have to be o.k. with him helping a girl in need..............especially when sand castles are being built..

so there you go.

I hope you love him as much as i do.......

xo

a name is a name is a name

I get asked all the time how i { or "we" if you think my hubs had anything to do with the process} came up with the names of our children.

When we found out we were having our first, a boy......I immediately fell in love with the name Levi. I don't know why or how, but it was what it was and I begged the hubs to consider it.

And then one day we were watching a show on TLC called "Baby Story". Do you remember that show? I think every pregnant woman watches it without admitting it. It's our best way of really seeing what the heck is going to happen when we go into labor.

Anyways......one of the women they were featuring had a little boy and named him Mason.

*oh boy*

Yup, we got our first kids name from a t.v show. I'd like to say we got if from some long lost relative that had died some heroic death, but alas..... Mason Levi was born and that was 8 years ago.

So, then we got preggo 6 mo later.

yup, you heard that right.

6 mo.

We were surprised this time around, and only because this little girl had to have her legs crossed during the ultrasound. I knew right then she was a she, otherwise my boy was going to be a leg crosser.

I knew I wanted a Lola. I like names that are unique but not crazy. Bryan liked the name Piper. So, when little baby girl made her appearance, she came out screaming with a pout on her face.

Lola Grace.

I bet you didn't know that my parents and Bryan's parents had a "meeting", and at this "meeting", they veto'd the name Lola.

Who has a "meeting" and decides that?

No one had a Lola 6 years ago.

And yes, I love how you girls email me and let me know about your little doggies named "Lola", that's a real treat....thank you:-)

Now I hear the name on the celebrity circuit, but I had it first. Lola is almost 7.

Then another 6 mo. later.....

Ha. Had you there for a minute huh?!

This time we waited.....

The day Lola turned 2, we found out another bun was in the oven.

How the heck did that happen i ask you?

I plead the fifth.

So this time around I was set on the name Atticus. I loved..love the book "to kill a mockingbird" and have always loved that name, but once again the hubs was so dang stubborn. No. No he said. Who names their kid "Atticus"!?

Well, we would i begged him.

The hubs grew up in South Florida and really wanted a beachy, fish, shark,whale of a name.

Little Fin was born.

and since i lost my battle with the first name, i got to choose the middle name.

Hudson.

Fin Hudson.

He's going to be a rockstar one day.

Have you read the book "To Kill a Mockingbird"??? Do you remember Atticus' last name?

It was Finch. Atticus Finch.

Take the "ch" off of Finch.

I got my way in the end.

xo

it's not about me today....

In honor of Earth day, i promise to....

*unplug my tanning bed for the day

*not waste energy by not cooking dinner....again

*i'm going to take my family of five from my little home and move in with Jen's family of 11, just to be a little "green" for the day...

* i will cancel the cleaning ladies for today, i can probably clean the toilets myself....

*i will not run the bubbles when i take a jacuzzi tub tonight.....

*i will have my children wear the same clothes that they did yesterday.....{saving some more water}

*i will wear the same clothes as well.....

*my hubby just said he won't come home tonight.....{that should save something????}

*i won't go thru the drive-thru starbucks today, i will get my arse out of the car and walk myself in....

*instead of buying flowers, i will pick them out of my neighbors yard.....

*i won't waste more water by running my dishwasher again....i will just wash the dishes by hand...

what will you do today???

xo

tuesday photo challenge...

If you love photography like i do, and peruse Flickr on a daily basis, then you probably know about this girl called Olivia Bee. She's a 15 year old girl who has an amazing talent and the way she showcases her images...mostly of herself....is amazing.

I wanted to challenge myself. I want to challenge myself.

What I really wanted was to take Susannah's class that starts May 4th, called "Unravelling.....ways of seeing myself". Susannah Conway is the author of one of my fav blogs called Ink on my fingers, she also is a photographer and was offering this E-class online. Well....needless to say...I had it on my calender to sign up and when my friend Vana emailed me over the weekend to see if I had signed up yet, I immediately hopped over to get signed up only to find out that the class had filled up.

Why oh why do I wait till the last minute for these things!!!!

{click on the picture above to see the info for the class}

So I ask myself, while i wait for the July classes to start, why not challenge myself to my own ways of seeing my self? Except....I'm not going to photograph myself like my favorite little lady Olivia Bee.........

I'm going to photograph little Lola. She is my inspiration after all. So I start today.

I went back and grabbed just a few photo's i had and posted them. I'll do some more for next Tuesday as well.

Would you like to join me? I'd love to link you! It's not about editing the photo's, but capturing and image.

Ready?

xo

Walmart rocks!

*Hello, is this the Walmart bakery? My name is Kasey and I would like to place an order.

**yes ma'am. Would you like to order a cake?

*yes I would. I would like it to say "Best wishes Suzanne" underneath that "we will miss you".

**you got it ma'am. It'll be ready in the mornin. Have a good night.

just a little post to make you smile....and the reason why I don't shop there.....

xo

{lovely little image via Flickr}