summer decorating to do list...

*dye some mason jars... as seen on IDIY

*dollie-fy some things.

*make a canvas chalkboard

*paint my kitchen cupboard cream and  buy a different knob for each one.

*make a outdoor daybed ( i have been wanting an outdoor daybed forever. even at walmart and target they are at least $400. yay for anna and knock off wood!

*pallet bookshelves for my kids rooms, my room, hallway, and wherever else i can fit them. love them so much! this is cool too!

can i get an amen??

 “The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. … I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less”  Anna Quindlen

how cool are these LOST posters seen over at craftpad? maybe they will help get me out of my depression over lost being over.

 i can't believe it... so sad. the other day the finale was being rebroadcast. i just caught the last couple minutes but when jack and vincent were laying there and jack closed his eyes...it was all i could do to keep from sobbing like a baby in front of my husband.

pretty pathetic huh? but i am truly having a hard time getting over it. i think re watching the entire show and getting these posters might cheer me up.

have you ever checked out burda style? its a great resource for sewing patterns and tips. i am dying to make the darling high waisted kasia skirt, and it is even a free pattern. bonus!


here are some of my favorites-

all images from burda style

tomorrow i will-

not eat any sugar(because lets face it i ate way to much this weekend)
finish an unfinished project
get a intense workout in
make something with my boys
hang something on the wall
finish a tutorial i have been working on forever ( but probably not post it yet)


what will you do?

(pic from my kitchen cafe)

 i went to dairy queen tonight with my boys. i remembered that a friend had told me about their frozen hot chocolate so i thought i would try it. oh my goodness was it good! I'm pretty sure I'm addicted. if you want to try it out at home this recipe from on of my favorite food blogs my kitchen cafe looks really good!

What foods are you addicted to?
  

have you noticed that when you have kids you become obsessed with making them happy? including collecting toys and things that they like? like when my oldest was a baby and burger king kids meals had the cutest ever star wars toys. we ate way to much burger king for weeks to collect them all, i don't even like burger king one bit. then it was the Disney "cars" toys. we got a bit crazy collecting them. the most recent obsession is anything toy story. have you seen the new toy story Lego's?  cutest things ever! we have the train set and the buzz pizza planet truck. i love getting them out and setting them up even more than my boys.see more Lego's here.

any other fun toys i should be collecting?

i go through stages where i am obsessed with music. my husband got me an itouch for mothers day ( yay!) and i am in music mode again. right now I'm loving-

*afi crash love. all the songs are good, really the whole album
*matt and kim. so happy and fun to listen too, my favorite is daylight
*weezer raditude, can't stop the partying and put me back together are my favorites
*the darkness i love me some butt rock
*less than jake, they remind me of being in high school and going to shows every weekend with me friends

what music are you loving right now?

 I can't stop thinking about LOST. post may be few and far between as i read other peoples theories and try to wrap my head around everything. i wish i didn't care... but i do, way to much. and yet i feel like i might be sorely disappointed in three weeks.

hello there! i'm guest posting over at my friend megan's blog megitys handmade. head over to find the template and how to for this cute hedgehog applique.

first it was a robot dinosaur. sorry kid to hard. then it was a t-rex and spiderman fighting a robot. um- i don't even know what to say... in the end a "mom just make a regular person looking robot" you win goo, a regular robot i can do. i got the idea for washer eyes and wiggly arms and legs from i am momma hear me roar.

i am freaking out that i have a 5 year old. my boy seems so old now. he is also asking all sorts of questions and talking non stop all of a sudden. he's making me bust up with all his funnies lately. love you silly.

are you kidding me? this is what i woke up to this morning. i am so depressed it isn't funny. i'm going to hang out at my sisters new home and get a haircut, maybe that will cheer me up. barf. i am sick of the snow.