so ok

how scary is this? {teenage son driving}

sundays 10

1. i loved the rain this morning. not so much the rest of the day.

2. still trying to come up with a photography name. don't know where my "creativityness" went.

3. took a bath today in my tub and it was fantastic. it has jets. jets!

4. really loving the house and everyday i feel blessed. i know i say this every single day.

5. mike's best friend and family came over on saturday. grilled some cheeseburgers and made bayou boston beans, shrimp + avocado salsa and dirt pudding. it was all yummy!

6. friday, i found a hutch for the dining room. it was half off! just need to paint it.

7. brother and sisters is on in like 5 minutes and it looks like its going to be GOOD!

8. still don't know what to do by the front entry and what to put in the kitchen. bookshelves? glass coffee table? big candles? a small table and chairs. UGG!!

9. when did it become so hard to lose weight? back in my younger days it was kinda easy. guess all the swimming and running helped.

10. signed kaylee up to start pre-school in the fall.

finally

we finally had some spring like weather yesterday so kaylee and i took advantage of it and walked around our property. this would be the first time for me to see it without any snow. now i knew it was large (almost 2 acres) but to actually walk it and to be able to walk to the pond from the front door, it made my muffin top do the wiggly jiggly. feeling totally blessed. and oh man did it feel good to get my camera back out. here's just a few of kaylee. have tons more but they will have to come later.

for some reason, kaylee seems just so much older and maturer than from last week. her conversations and her vocabulary is killing me. i've been letting her pick out her own clothes too. so far nothing too extreme except maybe not enough layers for this crappy indiana weather.

and ham must think we have puff daddy's money. cant wait to get him his car so i can stop hearing about it and he can start getting a clue on fast money goes. *sigh* teenagers. as aggravating and as annoying as he can be- i still love him. he's my lil' baby.

and i'm starting to see the light at the end of the moving tunnel. starting to get this house to feel like home even though the dining room still smells like cat ass. {i'm the only one that can smell it. i have super sensitive smellers} so today, i'm depriving kaylee of her gym time so i can clean house then a friend and i will be heading over to an antique shop. i'm hoping to find a bookcase and a buffet. here's another photo of kaylee looking very mischievous. {don't worry, she didnt do anything to the cat}

$1.50

you can get a years subscription for $1.50. this ends march 15th so go and order now. via: coveiter, again

tartelette

i would love to be able to make creations like these:

and the photos are gorgous!
images via: tartelette

weekend fun

so friday kaylee and i headed over to shipshewana for some material for kaylee's curtains and my mom's *ahem* christmas present when i heard someone calling my name. it was stacy from the order of disarray. it was really cool to finally meet someone in person that i met on-line from blogging. she's just as beautiful in person as she is on her blog. hi stacy!

saturday i got the husband to go to ikea again. it had nothing to do with him getting his big tv, riding lawn mower and white sox wall paper. nope, no guilt trip from me, no never. this time around we headed to bolingbrook which is on the outskirts of chicago. it made the trip much better because it was much faster- 2 hours and no traffic! i got my white coffee table and a few other things. since i am a copy catter, i had to copy nate and jac from the image is found and got a few of these for my hallway too. next ikea trip- no husband or kid.

sunday was spent cleaning up some and napping. (the monster +vodka i had saturday night kept me awake) then over to a friends house for dinner. christine made yummy fajitas with homemade tomato "salsa" and guacamole. we had a great time but i think i embarrassed mike a little by making him bring his own beer. i didn't want him to be a rude guest and drink all of tad's beer. i brought dessert- striped delight and will post the recipe on my other blog called bites. hi christine!

this week has been busy and its only tuesday. trying to come up with a baby gift for a mom from our playgroup. i made a few baby blankets and would like to find something else to go along with it but coming up short. i am loving this from coveiter makes me want to throw a baby shower. i love parties! then this morning mike emails me wanting to know if i would make dinner for one of his co-worker that's coming from out of town. so i spent the day cleaning, grocery shopping and making chicken+ dumplings, salad and cheesecake cupcakes. it turned out pretty good considering i haven't cooked an actual dinner in like a month. hopefully this will bring me back to "normal".

she always seems to make us smile

this is from the night we actually got to move in. after about 6 large u-haul truck loads, mike and i went to drop off the u-haul. came home and found ham and kaylee in his room. he was unpacking and she fell asleep on his floor while wearing his sweatshirt. it was the sweetest sight. just what we needed after a very long and tiring day.