Upside Down World

We live in an upside down world and though I love our world, sometimes I can't help but think "wow". I am a fanatic of fashion and gossip magazines, I was almost addicted in college and spent way too much money on magazines weekly, so I am guilty, but maybe I just never realized the extent of what I was funding. When 24,000 kids are dying every day from hunger, which is 100% preventable, a magazine (which is probably my fave) is spending 1.5 million dollars for exclusive rights to Kim Kardashian's wedding photos. I am refusing to purchase and have some thinking to do.

photo from:Whine and Roses

Home Inspiration: Chevron

The pattern that is taking over and needs to find a suitable place in my home. Here are some I was thinking of:

This rug from Urban Outfitters.

Or This bedding also from Urban Outfitters.

Or These mugs

Or These hand painted plates

Or This throw pillow

Or This chair

Or These DIY fan blades

Or These curtains

Or This tray

Have a Creative Weekend!

We have zero formal plans this weekend. There is part of me that wants to grab a clipboard and start making a detailed itinerary of all the things I should and could be doing, carefully planning what the next two days will look like and what I will get accomplished, blowing my whistle if we dare veer off course. But not making an itinerary seems so freeing at the moment, like it may lead to doing something spontaneous and creative or nothing at all (which I am also fine with).

photo from: www.learningtobreath.tumblr.com

I challenge you to do something creative this weekend, do the craft you've pinned on pinterest but just admired, do something out of the ordinary with your kids, go on a different date (one of my favorite dates we ever went on was picking up dinner, driving out into the forest, turning the back of the xterra into a sitting area, having a long cozy dinner, and then watching a movie) different then the classic dinner and movie or dance in the streets, why not.

Happy Friday!

Lessons of the Week

Starbucks Green Tea Latte makes sitting in traffic bearable.

Wildflowers only last two days in water once you’ve cut them and made them into a pretty arrangement.

God gives us moments to treasure so that we can draw strength and encouragement from when needed.

When you get a ticket, even though you’ve done everything they’ve asked of you and you think its taken care of, double check...or you may end up on Van Buren in Phoenix at midnight with your license suspended and your car impounded left with no id to board your plane the next morning asking your friend to break into your house and find your passport to have it expedited to the airport. Poor todd =(

Enchilada sauce makes even the simplest meals, delish.

Rain water can bring back flowers that have been dead for months, two fist pumps for God’s natural sprinkler system.

Netflix spoils you by not even having to fast forward through commericals, DVR, you are on the outs.

Corbyn knows all the motions to “Jesus Loves Me”. He just started singing and signing through the whole thing.

Did you learn anything this week?

Miracle Product

It is an eye make up remover, fine line reducer, diaper cream, amped up moisturizer and chapstick, as well as, subdues cuts, scrapes, and burns. It is the 97 cent cure all. After becoming hooked in college I can't go anywhere without my Vaseline, I currently have one in my makeup box, one in each medicine cabinet of the house, one in my purse, and one in my diaper bag. When people are spending hundreds of dollars on creams, lotions and lip gloss I will still have my 97 cent tub.

French Dresser Makeover

A year ago I bought a dresser that looked exactly like this one (i lost my photo in the external hard drive crash of Jan 11, the before photo is from nattybydesign.blogspot.com who painted hers another fun color). $20, a happy new paint job, and a year procrastinating she is finally finished and settled into her new home.

Before-ish: (mine had more paint peeling)

After: Here she is cheerfully greeting me when I wake up in the morning.

Same pretty handles with a new paint job.

I sanded her, primed her, painted her with Disney Bee a Friend, and spray painted the handles with metallic silver.

Mommy Mondays: A must have

If you have a toddler, you need this book! I purchased last Christmas for my sis-in-law and quickly decided I also needed one to have a record of all the hilarious, smart, amusing things Corbyn says. I don't want to forget!