really loving

this gorgeous necklace on etsy from the every adorable Myra of Twigs & Honey.
Will someone buy it so I don’t have to? It’s so not practical for me but I adore it.

Monday best of last week: link style

via twigs & honey I found a link to Urban Weeds a blog about street style in Portland. perfection.
seriously want to make this dip on raising foodies. looks so tasty.
corsage neckline detail found via whip up.
another great post on cell phone usage from Brene at Ordinary Courage.
on saying ‘be careful’.

notes from the universe

love this today, absolutely the truth. get down on it today!
“The opportunity to find happiness dances within every moment, beats within every heart, and grooves within every occurrence, situation, and event. Yet, Kelly, it’s amazing how many lifetimes it usually takes for someone to “get down on it” and pump up the volume.
Feel it?
All [...]

letting go

So much of parenting (for me anyway) has been about letting go.
I was a very controlling first time parent. I’m probably still more controlling then some but I’m doing better. I’m working on letting go of my need to have things a certain way.
I expected my children to be little mini versions of [...]

document

I love to document things. Partly because it helps me remember (I have a terrible memory) and partly because it sorts things out for me, makes sense of the world if you will.
So when I came across this post on Ali Edwards blog (originally from The Simple Woman’s Day Book), I was instantly smitten.
So [...]

new blog love

The Write Start was a new to me blog when I found it via The Crafty Crow. The original post that was linked to was this one on how to make sand letters. I love (!!!) this idea. I’ve been thinking about buying sandpaper letters but this looks much cheaper and easier.
And [...]

Cora’s Week (last week)

Cora had a big week last week. She had ‘camp’ at preschool. She was there Monday-Thursday from 9 until 12! Three hours doesn’t sound like much but it was a lot for her. She cried every day when I left but the teacher said she warmed right up. It took [...]

camping

I don’t know what to say.  We all enjoyed it.  I took almost no pictures.  Literally took one.  Our digital camera is not here (it was left somewhere last week, we are working on getting it back).
The four little girls that were camping together:

(this was taken on the first night, before everyone was covered in [...]

monday best of last week: link style

this vintage chica has final doll counts up from the craft hope (2) project. very inspiring what this blogging world can do.
strawberry butter from the kitchen sink recipes looks so good.
a great way to organize kids toys on stephmodo and we have the ikea bookcase already. this is something i’ve been wanting to do for [...]

meal planning this week

Monday/Tuesday – border town taco salad.
Wednesday/Thursday – grilling out brats made by a local grocery store with cornmeal fried onion rings and baked beans.
Friday/Saturday/Sunday – we will be camping!  It’s been a few years since we’ve been and we’ve never taken both kids.
We’ve been doing lots.  Lots of living.  Taking an out of town trip [...]