My gift to myself.

I have finally come to terms with the fact that my house

1. is not baby friendly. 

and 2. should be for my sanity's sake. 

and 3. I have to figure out how to move in that direction while not going all Target and DIY crazy up in hurr.

Seriously.  That crap can only be taken but so seriously.

I just bought this chair.  Ok I bought two.  Happy Mother's Day to me.

 

And now post is basically a pinterest board of the direction in which my Family Room is headed. 

This is where we have started.

 And speckled black and white.

So I had curtains made in this fabric and my sister put together some matching floor pillows

 

Que an image similar to my rug...but not circa de 2009 pottery barn

 I ran into some (not exactly new. ok 2011) inspiration boards from isuwannee.

 

 

 

And I'll keep you posted, how about that?

 

 

 

Can I just tell you how burnt up I am over this image re-sizing issue? 

Josh's Birthday

This past weekend we celebrated Josh's Thirtieth Birthday Again.  I mean, like, for the second weekend in a row.  He started out with his feast of choice: Cheap Mexican.

 

 

No I am not kidding.  He loves Mexican. 

Then we headed to The Hive for a small gathering of light bites and bevies.

 

 

Hey boys.

Sorry it was kind of dark in there. 

 

 

And arm wrestling.

 

 

And signature solo performances with dance moves.

 



 

 

And duets too.

 



 

Hey yall there's us.

 

 

 

And this was how we celebrated the weekend before. 

 

 

 

This is how we found the young'n when got home.

 

 

 

And then to Buku for brunch the next day.

 

Oh Dear Lord help me.  I spent the entire meal calling on Jesus to make my child be quiet.

 



 

 

 

 

Just Food

While I was gone, we also ate.  See?

 

Chicken Kabobs with Sriracha Before the Grill

 

And after.





 

 

Sunday Lunch

 

 

Do you love the way I didn't move the aluminum foil before taking the picture?  I'm all about aesthetics, peeps.

 

And Sunday Dessert.

I'm not going to tell a lie, those are Gigi's Cupcakes...not handcrafted by anyone I know.

Pretting.

 

 

Here we have the beginnings of Vegetable Pot Pie.  That I sneak spinach into.

 



 

And Kale and White Bean Soup. 

 

See?

 

 

 

 My milkshake.  Brings all the boys to the yard.

 

 

 

Pool Day

It's been warm enough outside to "go to the pool"

 

Hurr we go.

 

 



 

Is this last one too much?  Unfortunately...or fortunately...I think my child is a genius because he can put his hat back on his head.  Yes.  Genius.  You know there's a whole community of Mom-Overshare-ers who think everyone wants to know every last minute of their children's day...I am terrified of being put in this category.  Terrified. 

While I was away from the Blogosphere I had yet another 23rd Birthday (on a Sunday).  Josh made sure the whole weekend was a celebration (which started on Thursday).

 

 

Have to love Vic's in City Market.

 

 

And babies who want to ruin your stair railings.



 

And shopping Maxximista style.  Seriously.  Should I be pretending like I only shop Neiman's and high-end boutiques?

 



 

And then going on a local brewery tour.  I'm not a huge beer knurd by any stretch-however it was a fun afternoon visit.  Even though we missed the Beer Festival downtown, which let's be honest-may have had a few more beer options and learning opportunities...

And since it was my birthday I felt like a selfie would be admissible.  Ok not really I was sending this picture to some friends to make sure this dress would be ok for birthday drinks...

Surf and Turf sushi at Sono; and of course I couldn't actually get a decent picture of it.  I blame the drunk Beer-Fest 21 year old leftover sitting next to us at the bar with both elbows on the table, face basically in her bowl giving me the stink eye and repeating the phrase, "I hate bitches." I tell you it was a bowl she was feeding herself from because she was sure to ask the bar tender before sitting, "Do YOU HAVE HIBACHI?!?!?" So. Attractive.

 

The next day was nekkid babies all day long.

 



And look here ladies and gentleladies...this blogger issue of not being able to resize my images has now been a 2 week long issue.  I have sent feedback. to the Google powers that be.  UGH.  The THINGS that IRRITATE me.