Monday, July 19, 2010

Bracing

Today was a scrub it clean, vacuum the corners, mop under stuff kind of day. My house is spic and span-mmmmmm smells fresh :)

As I was sweating and bending and scrubbing today I was thinking about our remodel and the possibility of it not happening-Michael and I were talking last night about what we would do if we are not able to use our dream plan on this house and even though we're optimistic, we're also realistic...so we have a couple of back up plans-like doing one room at a time with out really moving any walls and just dress it up so its at least aesthetically pleasing...at any rate as I was cleaning I was thinking about the whole thing and realized even though I HATE some things about this house
(the kitchen :/ the unfinished walls, the sloppy painting skills of the previous owners, the previous owners taste in paint colors that they sloppily painted...and splashed all over the beautiful wood flooring:p)
I also have some pretty cozy little corners that have helped me keep my sanity. I realized that even though i don't like the space we're in I do like the stuff IN the space so that counts for something! :) at any rate my point is, it is possible to be content and happy in un-ideal circumstances...it just takes making the choice to pay attention to the good bits of life and just let the other stuff fade into the background...anyway here are my happy corners:


How comfy is our bed-don't you just want to curl up in its crisp fluffiness!




Our table is the one spot of sunshine in a truly horrendous kitchen...


and of course i have a delightful daughter-so i can't possibly be ungrateful when i have so many wonderful things in my life:)

on another note-I got to play with my felt a bit! I think the circle could have been bigger-so thats what I'll do on my next one-I love hair pieces:)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Rompers and Gladiators

Today I was brave.
I stepped way out of my fashion comfort zone and wore:
a Romper.
it has cute buttons...


AND
Gladiator sandals.


and was surprisingly comfortable in my own skin. which makes me realize how much more secure I am when compared to a year or so ago...

anywho-the romper ect is a result of a lonnnng overdue shopping spree with my sister- i bought the best sunglasses

the Husband actually took the paperwork to the bank today...which is a bit nerve wracking-because it means this is for real! we'll see...

i also picked up a bunch of pictures from walgreens so i can scrapbook. Some are from our trip to the beach and then some are just random cute ones of Gwen:



Also!! The fabric for Gwen's quilt came in the mail today! so hopefully next time i'll have pictures of the front-entirely pieced and sewed to show you...:D

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

some exciting things!

well this whole completely remodel your home thing is taking an obscene amount of time to orchestrate-blah! But in the mean time i have some other minor things going on that-i think-are awesome-like...i made cupcakes! really cute ones-see:



and my sweet little girl helped! she was waaay excited to help me stir:)

also I had a nifty hair style the other day:



I was channeling Lucille Ball in a major way...


and i bought myself flowers yesterday!


i was having a horrible time with the lighting inside so i had to take them outside to really capture their vibrancy!

I also bought some felt! and buttons - i've been wanting to make some felt hairpieces forever so I'm excited about it! of course i have a feeling this is some pretty low quality felt but oh well I'm going to have fun messing around with it:)



I've also realized i've developed a fondness for teal...

anyway I wish it would go faster-i am so looking forward to posting the after pictures of our home but in the meantime I'm have fun with the little joys!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Hello There:)
So i'm starting this blog to record our remodel of our 1930's home. We'll be completely tearing everything to pieces and then making it pretty again and i wanted a place where i could post fanciful pictures of what i want it to look like and retain a bit of sanity throughout the process haha! I'm extremely excited about it and can't wait to get started!! Right now we're in the "financing" stage (translation 'the how to convince them to loan us an obscene amount of money...just kidding its just mildly obscene) so hopefully that goes smoothly and we can start wreaking havoc! Bwahaha!! an organized moving frenzy that is! we have to move out while the do it-so we'll be staying in an RV-me my hubster and our 2 yr old little girl-but i love them bunches so it shouldn't be a big deal.
so without further ado-so nice to meet you! now here are some pictures to lust and pine over:




and here is a picture to not lust and pine over-of me so you know what the heck i look like:)
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