Approaching January 1 of a new year always sends me into rejuvenation mode. I always reflect on the last 365 days, what has been successful (my marriage), what needs improving (my laundry habits), and what I want to bring into the next year. After some self-evaluation I've determined that my main objective for 2014 is creating a Balanced...
writing a few things: to do lists for everything from work, house chores, week goals, a website, retail spreadsheets for a "client". I have so much on my mind, if I don't write it down it will be forgotten. The challenge is keeping it all organized. listening to the TV in the background when I'm at the house getting things done. I...
Found this little random thought...written about a month before I got married. It’s an interesting thing – the thought of getting married. Really, it’s interesting, our need - our longing - for lifelong commitment. And never in the beginning do we ever think of who they will become – in a car ride or at a causal weekday...
I found this random note to myself on my computer. Document last modified on Sept 10, 2008. I have no idea what this was about, where I was in life, what the purpose of this note was, or if it actually turned into a blog ...but I liked it and I thought it needed a place to live...
I have this terrible habit of starting blog posts and never finishing them. Really, there are some true half-written treasures pages deep in my blog drafts. (Am I the only one?) This is one of them. Weeks (or is it months?) late, this was my Friday's Fancies for the post devoted to sandals. I spent the better part...
One day we will have a house with a chandelier over our claw foot tub. I love when masculine and feminine pieces collaborate and bring a of rustic beauty to a room. A room that both David and I can love because it's not overly 'frufru' but still feels warm, like a mother's touch. After I collected all...
Well hey there. Two posts in two days, I realize it's the weekend, but still a small victory. I think the trick is keeping my workspace accessible by leaving my Mac opened and plugged in on the desk. That way, all I need to do to write a blog is sit down and start. It's a bit odd...
Each year my mom coordinates a week long family vacation. As the years go by, I have to give serious kudos to her for her coordination skills. It is not easy to find a week that works well for the eleven adults we have become while also coinciding the trip with the full moon (mom's main criteria for...
reading Southern Cross, Part 3 of The Eric Solomon Mysteries, by Jen Blood. The first two mystery novels held my attention so tightly that once I picked them up I become somewhat of a recluse as I diligently sped through the 200+ page novels in record breaking speed (my personal record, anyways). I figure I'm obligated to finish the...
1 under armour running shirt // 2 nike tempo running shorts // 3 brooks ghost running shoes // 4 a messy bun "You always have time for a twenty minute run." Danny Bourgeois, Marking Director of the Louisiana Marathon, said to me back in March. I was making excuses, "I just don't have enough time...", I told him....
Give me two people in love and a three days to edit their pictures with nothing else to do. Give me wine, every day after five, and a friend to enjoy with it. Give me $1000 and a room that needs decorating, to my taste, and then give me 12 days of nothing else to do but furniture...
Spring Fever. I have it. Let me garden. Let me throw all of my 'old' clothes away and clean out closets that don't even need cleaning. Give me sunshine. Que the summer music. I want tan lines and light hair and pestle pink nails. Let's go shopping for sandals and sundresses and swimsuits. Sunroofs open, windows down, and radio...
This weekend has been such an amazing weekend of love and family. Of course, that means that housework has taken a backseat (I feel like I say that a lot, LOL). Friday, David and I headed straight to my parents' house to boil crawfish and enjoy family time. My entire family was in town for the friday evening...
I'm excited to introduce Friday's Fancies to my blog today. I have to give a little credit to the lovely Lauren, at Siddathornton, for the Friday's Fancies influence. Thank you, Lauren. I'm here to stay. Friday's Fancies: St. Patrick's Day edition. St. Patrick's Day falls on Sunday this year and the weatherman is promising me a temperature in...
Reading: is something I'm looking forward to doing as the sun warms up the world this springtime and summer. I'm not sure what my books of choice will be this year. I need to start asking around for some good recommendations. Writing: my girl friends this week via email. The last few weeks we've all been so out of...
With daylight savings just a mere 24 hours away and spring a countable few days ahead, I'm not so sure I'm one hundred percent committed to a complete spring wardrobe. There are still a few things about this cold season that I haven't appreciated enough just yet. Like, closed-toe flats, suede leather boots, and the high waist yellow...
I try not to say I'm sorry for not posting in a while. Someone close to me recently told me that you should not apologize for anything other than serious offenses. I thought that was the best "professional advice" I'd received in awhile. But truth is, I wish I wrote on this blog more. I've been keeping a...
If only you knew what his daddy looks like, he's the spitting image. Sweet little boy, Liam. By the way, I'm available for Springtime Photo Sessions! Message me about pricing if you're in the New Orleans / South Louisiana area. ...
From 40:20 Vision "...a misunderstanding about life… how bigness can just come and go. It’s not like you arrive and it stops and just gets smaller. It goes on. I thought that you arrived somewhere and then you are there and that’s who you are — whether that’s the house, the car, the kids, whatever your dream is....
Today was Mardi Gras theme day at the office. I threw on my Perlis polo and called it an outfit. But I wanted to be more fab than that (I've probably grownup since I purchased my Mardi Gras striped polo and it's an odd kind of sad for me). I thought of Polyvore (the online app that I've never...
