happy weekend!

well hello there! these postings have been as scattered as my brain lately!

sorry about that.  My real life gets in the way of my online life.  i've gotta reconcile that somehow....

in the meantime.   Here's what i would do if i were you this weekend!

first of all, start with making a few of these for your Saturday morning coffee:

then i would make these.  Yum.  somebody is a genius!

 

now, if you go into a food coma, i would go outside and do this:

then You can come to your senses and realize kids probably have to be at a game somewhere or something, so you can put on something cute like this!

again, i can't seem to pull off the high heels with cuffed jeans, but maybe you can!! i absolutely love this look!

Then, come back home and put on something comfy and do this!:

just because.

Omg, I envy your weekend!

tuesday treasure!

Oops I couldn't finish this post yesterday, so even though it's Wednesday....look what i found!

how cute are these!?  

I have a million pieces of broken pottery and sea glass lying around.  I took a soldering class to learn how to make something like this with silver bezel around it.  It's hard! Most of my attempts burnt the piece I was working with.  Practice makes perfect, but I ain't got time for that.  not right now at least. Here are a few of my trial and errors:)

just awful, right?!  I'll get there someday, but in the meantime,   

I will be glueing these bits and pieces to belt buckles, necklace findings, bobby pins, yay!

happy friday! If I were you....

since i'm a realist, i know i will do NONE of this, but there might be hope for you!!

This weekend, If i were you, I would>>>>

MAKE THIS:

 you have lollipop sticks handy...right?

DO THIS:

vacation jars.  Cause i'm totally done unpacking and doing laundry from spring break..aren't you?

WEAR THIS:

is it the glasses or the outfit...either way, you would look so cute in this!

PLANT THIS:

it is spring you know.....

THEN IF YOU HAVE TIME, DO THIS:

 a nice, simple dinner with friends...

Ahh...I'm so jealous of your weekend!  

weedville around here

we all have better things to do than pull weeds.  after the last rain, we had a million pop up between bricks, on rock walls, even through our fake grass lawn~  I have tried everything.  paying the neighborhood kids +my own to pull them (at 50 cents a weed, they took me to the bank), pulling them out myself, chopping at them with whatever toy is lying around.....but they always come back.  I was reluctant to use a proper weed killer because i know they are bad for the environment.  (Pesticides and weed killers are partially responsible for the recent decimation of the bee population & since we have a bee hive- I couldn't do that to them!).

In case you are in the same boat: I will pass on a great all natural weed killing recipe.

1/4 c. apple cider vinegar

tbsp. dish soap

tsp.  salt

1 1/2 c. water

add it all together in a spray bottle and spray away~super easy!

they die almost instantly!  

from this:

to this:

 

happy weeding!

another spring break gone

with two teenagers in the house, i cherish every moment with them, knowing they have one foot out the door :(((((

this year, we were so lucky to be able to to to Canada to ski at Whistler Mountain.   We had so much fun.  It wasn't the skiing necesarily, although my son and husband loved it.  It wasn't the wonderful experiences we had (dogsledding & bungee jumping(!))  It was truly, just the ability to be with each other all day every day for a week.

  Some of my favorite parts of our trip, were when we just sat around and laughed at bad tv.  Or when we rearranged the hotel furniture, or when we played april fool jokes on passers by.  It wasn't all perfect, there were a few arguments here and there, but I still loved it all.  Just time to be together.

Coincidentally, the day we got home, my friend sent me this video, describing this very same thing.

THE GIFT OF AN ORDINARY DAY

try not to cry:)

The Gift Of An Ordinary Day from Katrina Kenison on Vimeo.