10 on friday

via: simple +pretty

1.  we took advantage of the fantastic weather today and went up to new buffalo. ate at one of my favorite shops- the stray dog and got to walk around.  i also got a new sweatshirt- its thin for those cool evenings and mike got a new swim soup- as kaylee calls it. so much for being the responsible one over the budget.

2. kaylee stayed with her granny +pops and got to swim with a few of her cousins.

3.  i found a new clothing line that i love. see #1.

4.  now that its summer, i don't see ham much and i'm starting to miss him.  he usually sleeps till about noonish, eats breakfast then leaves till about 12:30.  he has to let us know where he's at at 11:00pm.

5.  mike's running the half marathon tomorrow at sunburst.  he hasn't been training so it will be interesting to see how he does.

6.  watching/listening to monster-in-law.  love this movie. wish the husband would say the right things like hottie michael vartan's character.  wish i had jennifer lopez's characters clothes.

7.  after the race tomorrow we have one of my old bosses 50th birthday party to tend to.  i've known them since i was 16 years old.  it's been close to 17 years since i saw them again and they took me in with arms wide open.  they are just THAT cool. {his wife was like a big sister/cool mom to me}

8.  need to have garage sale soon

9.   all these photos of flowers is really making me miss my camera.  stupid car repairs + unexpected expenses!

10. won some bath products from another  blog contest.  i took a long hot stress relieving shower last night and tried one of the products- an aroma elixir and it was heaven.  the smell was light and clean and not over-powering. perfect. 

to one of my classmates

the other evening while walking around the pond, i saw an old classmate of mine.  we even went to elementary school together and lived in the same neighborhood at one time or another. her kids were fishing.  she had to explain that she wasn't trespassing, she knew the people that sold us our house and she still knows some of my neighbors. {like i was going to turn her into the trespassing police}  we did the small talk like always and then i asked her how her husband was doing.  she said he left her. about 2 weeks ago.  he left her with 3 kids. he left her with debt. and gambling debt.  i asked how she was holding up.  she seemed to be handling it much better than i would.  her kids are in therapy.  i found this image on with love & such the other day.  i'm dedicating it to her.

life, blog+etsy love

the week is going by fast but my days seem to be going in slo-mo.  is anyone else having that problem?

 yesterday i was suppose to stay in and clean. maybe. well, i stayed in but all i did was work on my craft room.  the no cleaning the house came and bit me in the butt later.   ham came home with some friends- yes, there were some girls too, and they were getting ready to build a fire in the fire pit.  boy was i embarrassed even though no one came inside.  i hid all the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, even the stuff that's not suppose to be in there, did a quick wipe down on two of the bathrooms and had kaylee put away all of her stuff that was in the family room.  it looked presentable once i finished. and once i finished i saw everyone leaving. go figure! ham said he didn't want all those kids there and be too loud in our neighborhood. (we must live in a retirement community or something) there were only 5 kids when i was out there but once word got out, 15 more kids showed up. so they went to some other kids house to be all loud.  {i really wouldn't of minded, i want to be that hang-out house with me baking cookies and ordering pizza's}

this morning i found this  on a new- to- me blog {with love and such}.  ain't that the truth, some of the time?  and i'm waiting patiently for elizabeth bentz to fill her etsy shop with these.

     i love everything in her shop and plan on buying a butt-load of goodies.  just don't tell mike. {i kid. he doesn't mind.  it's just a game we play.}  ok, off to clean the house, for realz.

a sea swap

another swap hosted by the gypsy mermaid.  here is her information:

Hey chickadees! I got biten by that swap bug again! I am hosting a 20 person swap! Simple and chic. I will end the sign up date on June 9th. Find out the details about this magical swap here: http://gypsymermaidlife.blogspot.com/2009/05/majestic-sea-swap.html

 

 

I hope to have you but dont wait only 20 peeps wil get to join in on the fun! Who ever joins I am going to host a giveaway at the end of the sign up date! So come on join in on the fun and spread the word!!! Big mermaid hugs

 

toodles-

Sarah

http://gypsymermaidlife.blogspot.com

tuesdays 10

1.  happy that today is the last day of school.  i don't sleep in really late but just knowing that i don't have a set time to wake up is like sleeping in.

2.  sad that today is the last day of school.  just means 2 more years and ham is off to college and 1 more year kaylee starts kindergarten. *sniff* 

3.  i need a good kick in the ass, again.  seriously. i need an attitude adjustment.  i need to be nicer. to everyone. i need to share and to share gracefully.  good karma cant come in if  its not going out, right?

4.   i called buttface #1, the person who owes us money.  talked to him a bit.  he actually came through and brought us some cash.  not all of it but its a start.  {is calling someone a buttface nice?}

5.  while i'm trying to remain positive i cant help but worry that we will have to shell out some cash to buttface #2.  just remembering all that we had to go through and pay in order to get her moved in makes me nervous. {and i mean buttface in the nicest way. seriously}  

6.  please send good karma my way.

7.  today is a good day to stay inside and clean. maybe.

8.  got some time? must check out sundance catalog.  its been one of my favorite catalogs for years now.

9.  found a new magazine that i might have to subscribe too- food network.  picked up the june/july issue and i love it. love their recipe index page- photos of every recipe and everything is categorized into appetizers, salads, sides etc...

recipes look easy to do too and its got recipes from all my favorite tv chefs.

10.  on the way home from laporte saturday a familiar song came on the radio so i asked kaylee who sings it.  her reply with full confidence- "its Barack Obama".  i had to ask again to make sure i heard her right.  again, "Barack Obama."  mike and i busted out laughing.  it was kid rock singing all summer long.  ah that kaylee, she's a funny one.

better

via: simple song

ok. i'm done feeling sorry for myself.  made some phone calls, took a shower and realized that i still have it good.  the first image is the one with the jacket i've been looking for all morning.  its from jcrew capri photo shoot.  i've come close in finding it but it was either the wrong length, no split in the sleeves, not enough buttons or the collar was all wrong. i'm still searching.....

rambling fool

at this moment, i've got a number of emotions running through my little head.  i was awake at 1:45am this morning and decided to get out of bed at 5am and just surf the internet for awhile.  i was looking for a cute yellow jacket by jcrew and of course i cant find it anywhere!  went back to bed at 8:15am and just woke up a little bit ago.  kaylee, my dear little sweetie, woke up at 6:30 and went back to bed around 7ish and is still sleeping.

why all this rambling and mixed emotions?  well more drama pursued on friday.  as of right now, the only thing i can say is that we are being sued by the house buyer of our old house. yep, thought we were done with that bitch but here we are.  she thinks she's getting another penny from us she has another thing coming. she can take us to court all she wants but we will make sure she knows that if we win, she pays for all court costs including our lawyer fee.  and the other mixed emotion is from our old neighbor kid owing us money for his motorcycle.  found out he got another harley from his grandparents on top of it. instead of asking them for the money to pay off this loan, he suckered them into getting him another bike.  can i scream UGGGGGGGGGGG! on this thing?  hello?  anyone there?  good god i hope not because i am a rambling fool today who doesn't deal well with drama.