10 on friday

1.  this picture makes me sad.  she looks so lonely.  {we had just returned from playing on the swing set, eating ice cream and riding our bikes around the whole neighborhood and pond and she had a play date earlier too so don't feel too bad for her}

2. finally got to meet some new neighbors yesterday.  i had tea for 3 hours in the afternoon and a jewelry party in the evening.  while it will take all i got to get out of my "shell", i'm ready to turn this neighborhood into one of those that's super friendly.  i'm ready to be hostess with the mostess!

3.  today i've got lots of cleaning and cooking to do.  mike's mom's 2nd or 4th cousin/uncle from arizona is coming over for dinner tonight.  got the main dish and dessert thought of but not quite sure what to make for an appetizer......

4.  if i could, i would run away to a small town near a beach and open a mom + pop shop that sold pretty things.  it would look like this. [via simple + pretty ]  wouldn't it be awesome to open one right in or near our neighborhood so we could just walk to get ice cream or band-aids or an old fashion root beer float. sigh- the good ol' days 

5. finally gave in and put a tv in kaylee's room. she cant watch anything on it but can play her educational video games.

6.  mike's folks left for hawaii already.  bums!!

7.  definitely going to see lollapalooza this year.  depeche mode- who i have to see before i die. beastie boys, the killers, bat for lashes, and from my college days-jane's addiction.  i went in 1991 and 1992 and maybe 1995 or 1996.  will have to check out my t-shirts. i think i kept them all.

8.  yeah! my hair is getting longer.  still feel like frump girl.

9.  finally found new bedding that i love from target. waiting for it to go on sale.

10.  only 2 more days of school = me sleeping in!

500 days of summer

just saw this posted over on tara whitney's blog and i have to say i am in love.   i've already gotten misty eyed watching the trailer.  {i'm a sucker for "love" stories}  i cant believe, yet its fantastically delightful, to see joseph gordon-levitt all grown-up.

white kitchen love

via decorology

i love this kitchen. i love the no fuss look it has. and i love the curtains.

white sox

we got to chicago in record time.  there was like no traffic!  so we waited until they would let us in.  the second picture is of ham sitting in our original seats, caught eating.  not even 5 minutes before we left him to feed ourselves, we asked if he was hungry.  he said no.  it was super cold where we were sitting, even with my jacket on and since we were under the whatchamacallit, kaylee + i decided to be rebels and found some empty seats in the sun.  if we got busted, i was so blaming her.  the rest of the clan followed suite. {mike's dad, mike's brother and brother's girlfriend, julie}

    
trying to make mike + i better looking with some blurr edging.  and ham picking on his sister on the way.  
  

 it was a great day and the kids were good besides the ride home.  the food was fantastic and i really could of gone over board but didn't.  no funnel cake, no ice cream in a waffle cone.  nope, just had a chicago style dog and a few nachos.

monday's 10

1.  saturday spent 9 hours + 1 hour drive there +1 hour drive back over at my in-laws.  as much as i like my in-laws, someone please shoot me now.  i am NOT looking forward to 4th of july and i am trying to find a way out of going.

2.  i feel like a change is needed with me, again.  yep, frump girl has returned.  my hair, my weight, my clothes.

3.  sunday went to a white sox game.  morons! lost by 1 in the last inning.  kids were good though.

4. today was spent around the house. i got to run my million errands then headed over to my parents house. (stayed for 2 hours)

5.  sad that lauren is leaving the hills. but i will still continue to watch it. i love california!!

6.  sad that jon & kate are not getting along but can you blame him. kate can be a bee- atch!  kaylee did agree with me that aaden is cute. i hope she marries him or bwm  :O)

7.  boy was i hungry for some chocolate cake today.  {trying to watch what i eat + portions}

8.  found a lilac bush in my yard.  not sure what kind though. looks different from others that i have seen.

9.  did plant a hydrangea bush this year.  next year will be peonies. my favorites!

10.  supposedly going "camping" in june.  going to clifty falls and staying in their hotel.  at least i get to do some hiking.

diy cleaners

finally found a website that has some easy "recipes" for household cleaners. check out this post from crunchy domestic goddess.  already bought the gallon size bottle of vinegar. 

i LOVE friday evenings like this

so our friends came over last night and re-payed us by overstaying their welcome.  {which we love!}  i made a semi yummy dinner.  my cooking game was not on yesterday and it started with dessert first then it spiraled down from there. christine and tad are the nicest people in the world and they threw me compliments and said dinner was delicious.  {i think i was feeling the pressure of wanting my dinner to be as sophisticated as the are. oh the pressure i put on myself}  i ended up making strawberry pretzel dessert which i will post the recipe over on my other blog- bites.  its a great summer dessert.  even though my jello was a little thick, it still ended up being yummy.

i got kaylee a surfing {of course} hello kitty sprinkler for the occasion and thought it would be a great investment for the summer and play dates.  she and ben put it to the test and i say it was a win.  video courtesy of christine.

its fun listening to them talk to each other especially since they are 2 years apart.  i think kids have a language of their own and can understand either other, no matter the age.  i didn't get my baby love on as much as i wanted since baby cameron was asleep most of the time but it was still a great evening.  we ended it with a fire and grubbing on s'mores before they had to leave.  i'm sure it was kaylee's idea though i'm not sure where she got it from but ben asked his mom if he could spend the night.  it was super cute to hear them say this.  i asked kaylee where would she sleep if ben did spend the night and she said in her room.  ben pitched in with all his cuteness "with me".  funny, coming from two kids who still sleeps with their mom's.