"you never SEEM to amaze me" (bert)

today sheamus pooped on the driveway. 

and based on the unwritten rule that each blog address is allowed only one poop picture EVER, i'll spare you the visual (you can imagine though...it looked like...poop. on a driveway.)


just wanted to document how awesome it is to have little kids :)"

welcome.

Like any 1st impression, an entrance to a home speaks a thousand words...  

For example, walking into MY house one might fear that they are being lured into a dungeon, soon to be forced into applying lotion on hourly intervals.  

Okay so it's not that bad.

Thankfully i have no interest in wearing anyone else's skin...but still, it's sooo DARK   

I dream, literally daily, of knocking down walls and painting everything white! My husband thinks i'm crazy. {*Perhaps i should have him watch Silence of the Lambs again to put his idea of "crazy" into perspective} 

I just want mine to feel bright and inviting, like these... 

{images found in Domino mag}

looooove this door...

This sweet vinyl massage can be found here on etsy. 

...and, do come in.

do it in style.

Growing up, i was a bit of a tomboy.

Now i am rather feminine.

I still play rough in soccer, but i do like myself a fresh tube of MAC lipstick (chili) every now and again

{photo by Rachael Earl} 


...and pretty things like this:

{found at ASOS} 

But sometimes i have to check myself.  Like today....when i heard a lesson on "weakness"....vanity was listed as one of them. Perhaps i think too much about getting dolled up, and not enough about important things?? For instance: 

-learning how to sew so i can make all the jazz needed for the humanitarian efforts of my church

-playing soccer with my munchkins.

-"Skype-ing" my homesick mother in law on her mission so she can see those same munchkins.

-writing in my journal (blog?)

-making dinner for a neighbor who needs it...or even just for us, ha.

Whether i am a tomboy or a beauty queen {i am neither}, there is always someone who needs some extra love♥ 


*Also, that way my cutoff shorts wont feel left out. Everybody wins!

what a shame.

I bought (and restored) these vintage stools in hopes to modernize my lifeless kitchen....only to discover that my kids want nothing else but to destroy them.   You see, they swivel.  If they had their way they would sacrifice the stools, the counter top and their heads all in the name of dizzying fun.  Therefore, sadly, I must sell* them.  Based on my experience they would be best suited to a home without kids under 5.  I am listing them on the AZ Craigs list but thought I'd throw them on here too. you never know...

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

you can create!

This video is so inspiring and eloquently put.  Some of you may have seen before, but the beautiful message never gets old. If you cannot see the video, the message is down below for you to read.  I love it :)

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"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul...

No matter our talents, education, backgrounds or abilities, we each have and inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. 

Everyone can create. 

You don't need money, position or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty. You might say "I'm not the creative type." If that is how you feel...Think again....and remember that you are  spirit daughters of the most creative being in the universe. Isn't it remarkable to think that your very spirits are fashioned by and endlessly creative and eternally compassionate God?

Think about it. 

Your spirit body is a masterpiece created with the beauty, function and capacity beyond imagination.  The more you trust and rely upon the spirit, the greater your capacity to create."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

{creation is your opportunity in this life...and in the life to come

start small.

creativity does not require a brush a pen or the keys of a piano.

don't let the voice of critics paralyze you.

you will make the world a better place.

improve.

beautify.

extend.

smile.

cultivate.

develop.

create.}