blog love

found these on a little sussy. i love everything in the shop and the creator of pineapple seed is starting a camera bag/purse line called emera.

and how cute are these? found on a room somewhere. made by lala shoes.

and i really want this top from elements of style.

and i love this door from decorology.

the pioneer woman

I'm the wife of a rugged cowboy. I'm the mother of four spirited children. I have horse poop on my porch. I'm Ree Drummond, also known as The Pioneer Woman. You can read more about my adventures, my cooking, and my photography on my crazy website, ThePioneerWoman.com.

if you do not know the pioneer woman by now boy are you missing out. i think of her as oprah of the blogging world. i am not a country girl but after reading and viewing her adventures, boy do i want to be! this past weekend she hosted two contest giveaways. on her photography page she asked "what do you fight in your life?" you must read the comments section. while some of us wrote we fight clutter, whiny kids or have issues with weight, many others are struggling with cancer, ways to pay bills or just the will to go on with life. kinda put my own life into perspective. while i might have a case of the bad lucks- my family is healthy and my husband has a great job leaving me able to stay home and take care of the kids.

her other contest was a camera giveaway to help elden {aka fat cyclist} raise money for his wife who is battling breast cancer. donate $5.00 and you get one virtual ticket for the raffle. boy did this put my faith back into mankind. their goal was to raise $25, 000.00. i'm happy to report that they raised $37,273.00. { i wasn't surprised though being that it was pioneer woman who was raising the money. she has that kind of power}

while the contest is over, still go and check out fatty's blog, he's a pretty funny guy considering the circumstances and the lance armstrong foundation if you're still wanting to help and donate.

on my mind sunday

via: pretty good

1. been an emotional wreck for a few months now. hopefully it has come to an end. got a letter from butthead #2's lawyer yesterday stating she will not take our settlement and if we don't pony up the full amount in 10 days, we will go to court. this has been causing too much stress on us so we are going to find the money and pay her. she wins.

2. went over to my scentsy consultant's house for dinner friday night with some mutual "friends". had a great time, she has a beautiful house and the food was delish!

3. yesterday had two kids birthday parties to attend too. they were born 1 day apart. then mike had some guys come over for the ufc fight. mike pissed me off, again making a comment about hamilton. butthead.

4. still working on being a nicer person to everyone but its super hard to be nice to stupid people who thinks they are better than everyone else. {see #2 " "}

5. i miss my friend who is still in scotland

6. trying to find a way to go to lollapalooza. {see #1} got to see depeche mode before i die. of course they're playing friday night, beastie boys is on saturday night and the other bands i want to see is on sunday night :/

7. i miss taking pictures with my big camera. still needing a new lens or still wanting this one so i can take it to lollapalooza. they wont let the big camera's in.

8. kaylee can not make the "thir/th" sounds. thirty = firty, thirteen= firteen or kinda sounds like fourteen, thunder = funder, thirsty= firsty

9. kaylee is becoming less timid. she went to my brother and had this big conversation with him yesterday.

10. i did not give in to hamilton when he asked to stay later at a friends house last night to finish watching the fight. yeah me!

the price is right

i love this and want this for my dining room. found on cb2

plum pretty sugar

via: plum pretty sugar

i love plum pretty sugar. {her blog too!} so pretty, so soft and so feminine. first saw these on simplesong.

bummed/happy

bummed:

1. that this skateboard was already sold before i even got a chance to see it/buy it. found on three potato four

2. we haven't heard back from butthead #2 which most likely means she is going to take us to court.

3. that hamilton failed me.

4. that we will need someone to come out and check our sprinkler system. more $$ out

5. because we are waiting to hear back from butthead #2, i can't do any retail therapy

happy:

1. to find out that i have arthritis in my back to explain the achy pain + i don't need surgery

2. when kaylee belts out singing. {its the best of both worlds + hit me with your best shot......hanana montana}

3. the funny things ham has said or done

4. when kaylee tries to say new words. on our adventure on sunday kaylee asks me " do you understand? capoosh?" {trying to say capeesh}

5. i won these earrings from kahili creations by leaving a comment on her facebook. i *heart* her jewerly.

my dining room

this morning i noticed how nicely my dining room is coming together. the crazy thing is, i didn't realize i was even working on it! it all started with this cabinet. i wanted something totally different from the modern dining table. i think it gives the room a cottage-y feel. i painted it white- leftover paint from kaylee's room and added mustard yellow and black + white scrap booking paper to the back. each row has a different design. i really love how it turned out.

i ended up taking the doors off in the middle to hold my wine.

my next purchase ended up being the tea towel from this etsy shop. its simple like the table and the color matches the color inside the cabinet. then last tuesday i ended up with the curtains. yep, the same curtains that i loved from making it lovely. they were on hold for someone else but that someone else never returned to get them. so lucky me!

the curtains tie in all the colors nicely and it adds some unexpected flair. just a few other things need to be done before i can call it finished. {like moving my computer to the office, taking down the ugly ceiling fan and maybe adding some floating shelves or artwork. still want to keep it simple and uncluttered.