True Excitement...Then True Dissappointment

As I was stalking other blogs this morning, I notice I had a new follower!!! 

I was so excited I yelled out to B " I HAVE 5 FOLLOWERS NOW!!!!"

Then I rolled over the new joiner - it was B.  Totally doesn't count.

He giggled and told me that that was blog worthy. 

Love you too B.

One of my new Favorites from Her

Florence and the Machine "Falling" by TheRealPiper101.

And I really like how the artist of this youtube video made this.... not your average mash up of artist pictures...

Hope you enjoy.

It also makes me want to run out and dye my hair red - grow another 6 inches and wear many many more ruffles.  Alas I am short with mousey brown/blond hair with a huge belly.  Maybe my in my next life I can be tall and at least be able to carry a tune.

As for today's plan/project.... IKEA.  For many of you this would be an exciting trip - but for me and my husband it tends to be a chore.  Not because it isn't full of fabulous inspiration - but they have this fabulous kid section that is hard to pull Emily away from... our strategy usually includes bribery in the form of Swedish Fish.

Then, to tire out the kid we might hit up a park on the way back and then to Menards to pick up some pipping - as in plumbers real metal pipping... and a few drop cloths... for a project I have in mind that might have something to do with the nursery.

Yeah, I think I have put that off for enough time now... we are now down to under 5 weeks... and no one seems to think I will make it in to July...

Oh, and of course my doctor is out of town from June 27th- July 5th... Found that out yesterday.  Fabulous.  Not that I am really worried about it - they really only show up for the last 5 minutes to catch the baby - but it did throw me off a little bit yesterday.  I think I might have even sulked a little bit.

I am not one of those girls who have a "birth plan" that is planned by the minute.  Mine kind of goes like this:

1.  Make sure husband is awake and can get to the hospital.
2.  Get to the ER.
3.  Find a bed.
4. Get drugs.
5. Hope the kid shows up and go with the flow.

In all honesty - it is not like I am in charge of my body, no I think this plays out the other way, it tells me what it wants to do or what it can't do.  And to be honest - I think being open to what ever can or will happen will help me avoid any disappointment.

Someday I will have to share the excitement/ridiculousness of Emily's arrival... but I am thinking you are a bit tired of the baby talk for now :)
Peace.

If You Understand My Humor You will Understand Why I Love This

Wave At The Bus

New Favorite thing of the Moment

CB2 Bubble Balls

Yeah.  How can you not love this bit of whimsy?  CB2 (same parent company as Crate and Barrel) carries these lovely bubble balls for a relatively reasonable price $1.95 for the 4" and $3.95 for the 6"....  They even have a how to for the wreath they made on their blog below:

How to Make CB2's Bubble Wreath

Or you could almost do the same thing with Christmas ornaments (plastic or glass or even any color your really desire when you think of it)  but I still love this idea from them and am currently trying to think of a place I could introduce this into my home.

Yes I know what you are thinking - get rid of the TV and put up some prettiness on that fabulous new white fireplace... you tell that to my 2 year old who has now moved on from Shark Tale to Lion King (how many times today?  ohhhhh at least 3 in a row).  Hmmmm must think....

Now I must go stalk their blog to see if they have anymore fabulous ideas to steal.  Thank you Katie Anderson for introducing me to CB2 and wasting a 1/4 of the day browsing their website with me at work (and for those who really work with me - it is really like 2 minutes - promise - okay might be lying but shhhhhh don't tell).


OMG - they have bubble strands too!!! (Imagine teenage squealing)

 

My Mother is Going to Kill Me

So, I can picture my mother shaking her head right now as she is reading this.  She kind of knows my history of starting and not ending projects... and this is a doooo-sey.

We we driving home from our first day at gymnastics aka. jump on a trampoline and sing the abc's class when as we turn on to our road.... I saw it. Or them....

A couch. A love seat. And a chair.  the kind that look great from a far and not so hot up close... but I have a vision... and maybe a plan...

 So this is the loveseat,  the cushions are in the garage (I know I know not the greatest place for them but it will do for now) because Emily wouldn't let us put them back on.  The couch was already in the garage since I had only so much strength and B had to use it wisely... but it will have 3 cushions in total.

My end plan is to have a professional reupholster them to look something like below. I found this on StitchesByLiz blog but it looks like she stopped blogging - but thank god she had this image of her couch - dead ringer for mine except her's is finished and mine is so not close...

 And this is the matching chair... yes I have a whole set!!! and you want to know how much?  FREE... and this is where my mother would say "There is nothing free about a free pet."  Well, this is my pet project and yes there will be $$$ put toward having these pieces reupholstered... but they will have exactly the look and feel B and I want for the same amount as a new couch - and we are keeping them out of a landfill and breathing "new life" into them... I feel like a god... okay okay no I really don't but it is fun to have a small amount creative input into the furniture that you bring into your home.

You like how I just convinced myself that this pick up was a wise decision?  I am good like that.

This is the fabric I am thinking about:

And maybe a little inspiration from these pillows:

 

The poodle pillow was found on Etsy by ekofabrik... 

I am so excited about this find.... go me and my luck today!  Now I just need to find someone reasonable (as in price) who wants to make my couch, loveseat and chair beautiful again... impossible?  We shall see...

Trying my hand at Craigslist again

So Bryan is at work today, making up for taking off Monday to cut down trees and to destroy our driveway... so of course I am itching for a project that I can do on my own...

And for once, it is a gorgeous day here in MN - no rain in site.

But all my projects need strong hands to either lug my kitchen table outside to be primed - carry out my grandpa's desk to get primed etc.

So I have been stalking Craigslist's Free section - looking for a score.  I feel like a druggie.  But guess what I found.... Free Hostas.

I have sent the "I am interested email" and am just waiting on a response.  I am hoping for a win.  The last Hosta haul was such a success and I would love to fill up some of our new garden space that is quite empty as of right now.  Remember we are going for "Lush" and black mulch helps - but there is a rumor that green (alive) plants help more.

So as we wait, Emily and I are going to test out our new inflatable pool that is on our patio that B blew up last night.  She even got a new suit to model... Pictures to come.

UPDATE: Didn't get even a response to the first posting, was super disappointed, felt like a Craigslist looser AGAIN... but I kept looking, and looking, and looking.  Then finally accepted my defeat and went outside with Emily to water our own Hostas and play out side.  

Then as Bryan was driving home from work,  he called and we started to  discuss my defeat and also what we both found on Craigslist, when BAM!!! I found another listing for "A LOT OF FREE HOSTAS"  as I told Bryan where in Minneapolis he says "I AM PRACTICALLY RIGHT THERE!!!"

So I texted him the address and google mapped it - and guided my man to the location. It totally felt like reconnaissance work, and that I should have been wearing camo tank with mud smeared on my face and a laser beam leading my husband to the target... but I was just in stretchy pants and and large T since that is about all that fits me right now...

MAJOR SCORE!!! B says, the front seat, the back seat and the back of my car are filled with Hostas!!! It is like Christmas in Summer and I am giddy as hell for my Hero to come home with my plants!

Take that non responder Craigslist poster!  I got me some free Hostas!!! BOOYA.  And yes I am doing some booty shaking over this one.

 And that center one - is just one of the many many huge Hostas my husband came home with.  Ya - FOR FREE.  We did another project in the back - but waiting for the Hostas to rebound before those pictures are posted (sad Hostas look really really sad so we planted and watered).

And hopefully soon I can post pictures of Emily without dirt on her face or without worms in her hands.....

Double Ear Infection + Sinus Infection = Down for the Count

And no, this time it is not my daughter (she has an immune system like her father- never/rarely sick).  I am the lucky duck who is living in a miserable state of being.

Ugh.  Monday - sore throat - thought I was being pathetic. Tuesday major sore throat - but had major work to do.  Wednesday - cough syrup - more major work to do.  Thursday - my husband told me to stay home.  I chose to go to the doctor (I usually suffer through most stuff so this was major).

I figured I should, since I passed out on the couch last night right when I got home and left my husband to fend for himself with a child who was feeling like being two.

I woke up once to him angrily sweeping the living room.... I am sure he was steaming mad.... but I just rolled over and fell back to sleep.  I think he might have asked me to do something that I flat out said no to... but I can't remember.

So now I am on antibiotics (yay for the 3rd trimester - drugs are back in the picture!!!!) and back to work I went.

WHY IS IT ... the shortest week always seems like the longest?  And why the shortest weeks bring the largest problems that need as much time as possible to resolve-obviously there are only 24 hours in a day and that just doesn't cut it now does it?

Sigh.  Such is life.  Except in all the magazines everyone has beautiful clean houses without driveways that are being torn up... I would like a magazine life just for a day.  Just one,  I normally thrive on chaos and can take charge of most anything... but right about now that magazine life looks rather tempting.

I am now back to being exhausted- I did try the Mountain Dew/Milk Duds/Sweedish Fish diet to get me through the day - no such luck.  And I know there are probably some mothers who are "shame shame shaming" me right now... but seriously don't care, just glad I made it through the day.