Seasonal Fun

Here are the latest and greatest! I've had so much fun coming up with some new ideas, and getting ready for the holiday seasons that are quickly approaching!










Boo! & Gobble Wobble are listed on Etsy!

Wanna Give Me a Loan?

I have really been on the "I want's" lately. Sad I know. Some days I just really want to be bad and just shop, shop, shop! But those days are in the past...I'm a reformed girl now! So to ease my pain, I have been doing lots of browsing. Just thought I'd share some of the latest wants I have!


We'll start with the living room
Anthropologie





Kitchen
Also Anthropologie



Dinnerware
Kate Spade



Bag & Boots
Anthropologie




Watches & Jewelry
Coach



Make-up
Sephora




Hat, Scarf & Bags
Coach




Okay....enough already! Just some things I would love to have if money was unlimited! But it's nice to know I can at least get ideas from these things! Things I can look for that are cheaper, that I can re-create, or watch some of these and see if the ever come down in price {ha!}.

So what fun things do you desire? And are you sure you don't want to just throw me some monetary love?

Pray With Me....

We all have times in our life that we need our friends, prayer buddies, God to help us through. I have a prayer request for you my friends. There will be no details, and I love that all of you will respect that and still lift this up with me.

I have a sweet friend who needs some added strength from prayer. Just please pray for strength, understanding, reconciliation, forgiveness, and healing. There are so many things going on for her, and I so wish there was more I can do for her. She needs us friends, will you please pray with me? Thanks...I knew you would.

Mommy Truths

Today is going to be a day of letting it all hang out. And I mean all of it! This is inspired by Jen and her post yesterday about keeping it real. There are times as moms that we slack in certain areas, lie to our sweet adoring children {you know you do}, and this is the time to spill it.

The fun part about this is that I really, really want to hear from you! What are your mommy truths?

Mine.....{little disclaimer here: this may get ugly. It may be way more than you ever wanted to know, and whatever you do, please don't report me!}

Some days, I just don't feel like fighting the good fight with Caroline. And I know, I'm the adult, and what I say goes...in a perfect world. So on the occasion, I let bath time slide. **GASP** Now I never let it go more than 1 missed bath, but sometimes, it would be so much easier. And there are days I let her leave the house looking like a ragamuffin child, embarrassing, but in a weak moment, true.

I have been known to lick my hand and clean her face or fix a stray hair.

Nine times out of ten I cook dinner from scratch, but when I'm just not in the mood, mmmmm yummy Chef Boy Ar Dee! But I did read somewhere that is actually not really all that bad.

There have been times I've pulled over on the side of the road because Caroline won't stop crying about having to go to the bathroom. Now this is only after I have tried to explain to her that there is no place to go, and if she can't wait to get home then she can te-te here. She always makes it home.

I come up with really creative lies about why we have the bedroom door locked...please tell me you do this too, and if so...what is your excuse? And to top that one...when asked by your innocent little angels what those noises were....would you mind telling me something to say other than mommy's back is hurting her!?!?!?

We'll just keep to this theme for a sec....ummm, ladies...what do you say when your good friend visits you each month? Caroline always wants to follow me to the bathroom, and when I won't let her she wants to know why. Of course I tried the "Mommy just needs to go alone" route, but she just doesn't by it. And then she wants to know what those things are under the sink...my response: Mommy band-aids. Which works just fine until she wants to know what the round {long skinny tube} band-aid is for. I still just blow that one off.

In a pinch, when the clothes are still in the wash and waiting to be dried, I have looked for her "cleanest" dirty clothes to stick her in, which really hasn't happened but a few times...but when we were at the beach I had to do this, so it's fresh on my mind.

So what do you have to confess to? There has to be something. Please tell me there's something!

A Little of This....

...is what I've been up to lately! I just can't seem to slow down! And with all the different Holidays just around the corner, I'm super busy! Hopefully this week I'll have some fun Fall & Halloween goodies to show you! Oh, and sorry for the picture quality...someday I'll get the darn Rebel! LOL!!!



I did this one well over a month ago, but am just now getting the pictures up!



We are redoing Caroline's room...Can you guess the theme? LOL!








and just a few others...and I have no clue why it keeps turning just THIS one picture sideways! Ughhhhhhhh!

Remembering

Sitting on a co-workers desk shooting the breeze before we get down to business, I hear lots of concerned voices. Looking around, people are leaving. We sit for a while, then head out back to the smoke deck, light a cigarette and put our feet up in the chairs opposite us. Before long, we are overwhelmed by voices, tears, disbelief. Surely what we're hearing is wrong. A plane hit the Twin Towers? As we sit and ponder what could have happened to cause such a horrible thing, other stories start to fly by us. As we put our butts in the trash, we decide to stop by the TV before getting to work.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would hear what I was hearing. "Terrorists have just flown a 2nd plane into the Towers". Awestruck we watched, tears rolling down our faces. Quickly realizing we were under attack, we grab our phones to call those we love. For me, panic set in. Living in a huge city caused me major anxiety. Along with the fact that the industry I worked in was a huge target, my dad and sister working for the federal government, I was terrified for my mother who laid in bed all alone, unable to get up because the cancer was eating away at her.

"Mom, are you okay?" I just hear sobbing. "Mom!"
"I can't get ahold of you father!"
"Okay, I'll call Andrew and see what is going on down there."

Finally getting ahold of a friend I talk to my dad. He's telling me that they are going to shut down for the day since some other agencies have been targeted. I remember the feeling of utter relief when I heard my father's voice that day. I remember how scared my mother was to be alone. People sitting on desks bowed in prayer, groups in the floor doing the same, these are the things I did that day. The images of the 2nd plane hitting the towers as I sat on a friends desk crying will be forever etched in my mind. The anger and panic that washed through me is something that cannot just as easily be washed away. The sadness that overcame me as I prayed for people I never knew. The images from that day are not things I will ever forget. But what rocks me to the core are all those people, whether they lost their lives, whether they were fighting to save lives, whether they were the bastards who took those lives, I could only sit in amazement and watch. Black streaks running down my face as I watch yet another body leaping from the flaming towers.

There are so many things in the history of our nation that I will never forget. But by far, this one has left me raw. I will never understand. I can never understand the why.

I will remember. I will know. I will take the time to honor all those who died, who fought, who helped, who gave up so much that day. I hope you take the time too.

Mini-Getaway

We hadn't been able to take Caroline anywhere this summer for a nice long vacation, so we decided to take the holiday and head to the beach. Tab's dad & step-mom invited us to go with them, so we gladly accepted! This was the first time I had ever camped on the beach. Tab's family has been doing this for years, so they decided to break me in! I really thought I was going to be miserable. Wrong! It was great! True, the sand eventually really made me crazy, but overall it was bearable. It wouldn't have made any difference anyway, because just seeing the smile on Caroline's face made me want to camp on the beach forever!

***WARNING***

From this point on, you will go into picture overload! Turn back now if you have to!