the dad life...

meant to post this for father's day.

obviously, that did not happen.

so, here it is for our 7th anniversary (07.19)...

because being "the daddy" is one of the most loved things about the daddy!

enjoy!

lazy, lazy, lazy...

that's the word for this friday.

we were up a bit later than our "new school bedtime schedule" last night (due to celebrating a cousin birthday that included loads of delish desserts, whippy, and cherries - oh my!).

so this a.m. we are a bit slow to get going.  lethargic.  oh, no beating around the bush:  we.  are.  lazy.

as i type this i have bigger girl on my right side with her "kathy blanket" and kee-kee.

in the middle of my lap is little girl with our dog's fleecey blanket (dogger is over in front of the patio doors basking in the sunshine on an old quilt that little girl brought over to her...) and my llama, quincy, to whom she has taken over all primary and secondary care of.

and we are watching a couple of girl shows.  nothing on the agenda today.  except some cleaning (that we neglected yesterday while we swam, lunched, shopped and visited!).  oh, and then there is that whole "stack of paint cans" that are probably not going to put themselves on the walls, huh?  oh, and i am to make my "famous potater salad" for the cousin b-day bbq saturday evening.

i did get one coat on the bench for the foyer.  needs another.  and i think i have decided what color shall go where.  which was finalized when i returned to my favorite "oops" shelf and *sigh* the 2 big cans of "white truffle" were still there.  a sure sign they are meant for my home, right?

anyhoodles...we have a very busy weekend (daddy work project, big girl friend's b-day party, more cousin b-day partying, funday school , church, preparing for next week's vacation bible school bible story telling gig...and celebrating an anniversary).  but for now?  we shall continue our "all girl snuggle" for a bit longer.

until the girls' tummy growl and they insist on a snack. 

until then? 

cozy, comfy happy girls three are we!

oops, i did it again...

no, this is not a brittney spears post.

no, it is not a late 90's post either.

it's about the "oops" shelf at one of my favorite diy stores.

sigh.

the cans above would normally cost about $100...

i paid a mere $20...i love a deal.

but, a deal is only "good" if the colors are actually "good".  on the right is the color i thought i wanted in my kitchen between the counter and the cabinets and possibly above the cabinets.  it is called "island sand".  the color on the left is what i got today.  it is called "mississippi mud". 

beachy?? 

muddy?? 

eh, i probably won't even remember the name of the color 2 years from now!

above:  another splotch of "mississippi mud" in the kitchen.

and in the entryway i have a plan.  initially i wanted to do beadboard.  but that can get expensive.  so instead...i'm going an alternate route that will allow for 2 things:

1)  easier removal.  should i decide that is not a "look" i want in a couple years.  or, months?

2)  way, way less expensive.  both monetarily and in my time.

 i saw this photo of a kitchen in a gray and antique white that i fell in *heart* with:

and below is what i want to do in the entryway instead of beadboard:

here is the wall that i want to replicate in my entryway...

and now what color combo?  i have a bench and skinny table that are currently distressed dark brown and black respectively.  i want a gray &/or blue combo.  the trim and doors are an antique white.  (although i have toyed with painting the back of the front door a dark almost black color because of a fabulous photo of a foyer i saw.  awhile back.  and did not bookmark.  argh!  this is where you use your imagination, 'kay?!)

anyhoodles......the blue is a martha stewart color that is not as bright in real-life as it appears in the photo.  but it is not the blue i want.  the gray on the left is "granite grey"...and on the right is when i went all "mad scientist" and mixed some "granite grey" with some "celery ice"...might need to add that martha blue to warm it a bit......not fully sold on the any of these colors...some tweaking in needed...i want the grey on the bottom of the walls and the blue on the top.  or maybe i'll just accessorize with the blue on that bench and table...or...

below is in the girls' bathroom...you can barely see that "celery ice" (on the left)...and the mixed "granite grey" and "celery ice"...but i don't think that the grey is what i envision for the girls' bath...

and then there is this combo, still in the girls' bath...

"celery ice", "lovelace pink", "granite grey"

sigh.

but, i'll make these colors each work.  somehow.  somewhere. 

and, yes, i'll post photos.

until then?

well...hubs gets to come home to a splotchy walled home.

ain't he the luckiest???

"k" is for...

KINDERGARTEN!

(only 34 more days until "the day"...)

if given a cape & tiara...

...i am certain i could save the world.

oh...

and

i

may

need

some

lipstick, too.

(p.s.  thank you, jenn & emi, she LOVES her birthday gift...)

christmas in july...

charlie brown:   "Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"


linus van pelt: "Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about."

and there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. and lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. and the angel said unto them, 'fear not: for behold, i bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. for unto you is born this day in the city of david a savior, which is Christ the Lord. and this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.'

---- from A Charlie Brown Christmas

a holiday weekend...

"do what you can,

where you are,

with what you have."

-Theodore Roosevelt