New House Update!

Soooooooooooo...... I've been busy. I know I know- thats no excuse for ignoring the old blog. Please accept my humble apologies. And PLEASE take a look at what I've been doing!!!!

This is the fireplace area in my Dining Room/foyer/library (its a small house, it has to multitask!)

And heres my little library- I love this spot.

This is my guest room/craft room/dressing room (again, multitasking is a must.)

If you spend the night with me, you get to sleep in this FABULOUS bed! Don't you love it?

And this is my "dressing table"/ craft station.

And finally a few cute shots of my fuzzys enjoying the backyard.....

Oscar's thoughful spot

Hampton has a very green thumb.

And this guy (I never did get his name) hung out on my geraniums ALL day. I have several great shots- its almost like he was posing!

I didn't do any color correction on these pics- the flowers are as red as can be, but when i took the picture that yellow and orange showed up-- I think its FABULOUS.

Ode to Phil Spector's Hair

I can't resist. I started something and, darn it, I have to finish it. Phil Spector has had more hairdos than Dolly Parton and I have become more than a little obsessed with this dude's "Do". Mainly because he started out so "normal" looking and over the years he has gotten...well... OUT OF CONTROL. And I think its safe to assume that his wack-a-do hairstyles directly correlate to his wack-a-do life choices. Lets take a stroll down hairdo lane......

What sweet boyish charm- Can you believe he used to be in a band called "The Teddy Bears"?

The "Cool Dude Eats a Candy Cane" look. and PS- I LOVE those glasses

His futures SO Bright...... Oh, if he only knew......

Whos got rose colored glasses and one thumb.... this guy.

And heres where it starts to go terribly terribly wrong...... I ask again, can you believe THIS GUY (who is not-so-subtly giving "the finger" to someone in the court room) was in a band called "The Teddy Bears"???

The "Wet Dog Wears Too Much Rouge" look

little picture, fat face

Big picture, skinny face

The "Holy Crap I Can't Believe Your Hair Can Actually Do That" look

ps- I had BIG PLANS to do a little more research into Mr. Spectors life and try to prove my thesis that whacked out life choices = whacked out hairdos. But then I realized I'm not really interested in doing all that work and would rather just laugh at the man. But I will keep this thesis in the back of my mind in case I'm struggling for term paper topics next semester....

I heart.....

I got this idea from a blog I love called Bliss. Every monday she does an "I heart Monday" post in which she lists a bunch of things that she....well....that she hearts! And I don't heart monday AT ALL. So in an effort to overcome the monday blues (and the blues in general), I'm gonna start an "I heart" post of my own, but I'm not gonna restrict it to mondays. Everytime I'm feeling down I'm gonna count my blessings and my inspirations and try to make myself laugh a little- and hopefully you can laugh a little too :) Here we go!

I heart this little girl.

I heart this wallpaper by Julia Rothman...

In both colorways!

I heart everything about this.
color, subject, composition- everything. Visit Samantha Hahn's blog for more fabulousness.

I heart natalie dee. she makes me laugh so hard i wet my pants...evry time.

I heart this guy's hairdo. I have no clue who he is, but damn. what a masterpiece. (ps, I think i did know who he was once upon a time, and if anyone recognizes him, please remind me- thanks!)

I heart this little flower. I took this pic way back in march, this was one of the first flowers of spring. You hear that, NYC? Spring! In March! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

I heart this guy: Vulcan, the god of iron and steel. How may people can say they have a god of iron and steel keeping watch over their city? Well, I guess all the people who live in B'ham can.... But I love it, and i love this pic, and i took this pic my own self.... why thank you, I think its a pretty great shot too!

I heart "I made you a Beard" on etsy. This girl deserves the Medal of Hilarity. I am not kidding, one of you is gonna be receiving a beard for your birthday one day, I just can't decide who....

Happy Monday, peeps!

L.I.V.E.

I just ran across this little posting at one of my fav blogs- Vintage Indie - and i wanted to share with all of you (2 people who read my blog) what my goal for the summer will be....

L. earn how to let go of what is holding you back.

I. nclude the whole family in caring for your home and responsibilities

V. ow to build a strong family foundation.

E. njoy LIFE


This sounds like a FABULOUS way to spend the summer- no? Especially that last one. I am constantly having to remind myself to be in the moment, to enjoy what is happening in my life right NOW. And to be perfectly honest- I'm tired of having that conversation with myself. I'm ready to actually change. To actually BE happy here and now. 'Cause life is a gift, not a given.

Its UNDENIABLE

I have the Worlds Most Precious Niece.

Just look at this.....

Can you stand it? I can't.

Happy Friday everyone!

I'm hanging pictures on the walls

I guess that means i'm pretty serious. About living in this house. I am actually expending energy to arrange and hang my art on the walls of this house that i live in....dare I call it my home? I dare not. I'll tell ya a little secret though: I'm begining to LOVE THIS HOUSE. I knew i would. Its really so great, and if my effing camera wasn't broken (oh yeah, my effing camera is broken thats why my posts have been so wordy and not at all picture-y) I would be posting pictures of my sweet little bungalow. Theres just so much light! and space! and there are so many rooms! And my husband and I can stomp around on the floors and sing at the tops of our lungs and there are no neighbors to bang on the walls and yell, "shut up!"

Heres some great news: For the past two days we've had electricians, plumbers, and HVAC dudes at our house installing heaters and AC units and roto-rooting....
Heres some not great news: my bathroom and EVERYTHING IN IT is blanketed in a fine white dust becuase when the dude cut through the ceramic tile to make a space for the new vent, he DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF THE BATHROOM. If I had known they were gonna be cutting holes in the floor, I would have cleard out the room myself. But now our toothbrushes are covered in tile dust which, as it were, is terrible for your enamel.

theres your update.

Heres a picture of my favorite sneakers and the fabulous socks i like to wear with them....

Horoscope Shmoroscope

I just read these things for fun- really i do! But for some reason, (cosmic? fated? coincidence?)these things are starting to seem eerily appropriate. read this:

You have fallen down the rabbit hole and nothing is the same as it was. The most stable things you once took for granted are now as pliable as silly putty. Your fantasies may seem so real that you could be a bit lost in the outer world. But not to worry; today marks a turning point in your battle to regain control of your life. Fix the problems within your imagination first. When your thoughts are in order, the rest will follow soon enough

Ummmmm. Someone asked me this morning how i was doing and I ALMOST SAID THAT EXACT PARAGRAPH WORD FOR WORD. Whats going on? I know i sound a little dramatic, but things are pretty darn dramatic in my world right now. We still don't have any heat in our new house (nor do we have air conditioning, but its not hot enough for that yet- in fact- its effing freezing at night.) We also have a plumbing issue: can't flush the toilet when taking a shower or the toilet over flows- or it backs up into the shower that is already filling up due to some monstrous clog lurking in the pipes. AND I have been calling the landlord since April 7th and haven't heard ONE WORD from him. The last time we talked, he had scheduled the HVAC guy to come by on 4.11 to install our new Heating and Air unit...... that was over a week ago.... I don't know whether to unpack or repack. One minute I am cruising craigslist for new furniture postings, and the next i am cruising for house rentals. Bi-polar. This is not fun.

So heres what we do. We enjoy each new day. We try to make the best of our situation. We thank God that we have a roof over our heads, a good job, food on the table and family and friends that love us. We call the landlord daily. And in the background we are keeping an ear out for any new houses...