We are leaving for our Big Sur camping trip on Monday. I have absolutely nothing prepared. This is to be expected. I am, without a doubt, and unprepared person! I need to find a dog sitter/kennel for Bela, do a million loads of laundry, scrub the floors, clean the bathrooms, and vacuum. There is nothing more awful then arriving home to a pig sty ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got what could be classified as the very worst sunburn of my life. We spent the entire day at dog beach, which by the way is the very best beach for children in my opinion. It is very laid back and there are not too many people and there are always a handful of other kids who are willing to make sand castles with my kids. Also, ( Read more... )

It has come to my attention that Williams Sonoma now manufactures these:


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Every year at about this time I start longing for a Midwestern fall. There is nothing more lovely then the slow transition of autumn into winter. By the time October rolls around I am always extremely homesick for Chicago. More then anything it's the trees with their vibrant colors. I think of Saturday mornings with my sister raking leaves and ( Read more... )

It has been forever since I have posted in this journal and I don't even know exactly where to begin ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had nothing to wear so I whipped up this little number:


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Tomorrow I am getting my ears pierced. I forced Aaorn to take me last week but they refused me becasue I did not have a drivers license to prove I was over the age of 18. I am 27!! I think the chick working there was lazy and not in the mood for piercing so she used my lack of ID to her adavantage. Whatever, tomorrow I will have freshly pierced ( Read more... )

Today I am in a much better mood and the kids are behaving themselves fantastically. It is a little after 12 so this is a promising sign.
Last night I did not work on any sewing projects but I did however do some internet window shopping and considered drowning my troubles in frivolous shopping.

( The following are things that I almost bought: )

right now I am in one of the worst moods of my life ( and I wonder where my children get their dramatic episodes from). It is not helping that for some bizarraro reason our house smells like shit, in the most literal way. All of us have checked the bottoms of our shoes for dog poop and checked the toilets to see if the boys forgot to flush. I ( Read more... )

( Thrift store finds )