Rocker Score!

Guess what I scored on eBay Monday night?!?!

This little gem right hur:

That's right, I found a Thonet style rocker for $125, I'm pretty excited about it!

More Than 1000 Words

We've all heard the old cliche, "A picture's worth a thousand words."  Thanks to Pinterest I have "pinned" some amazing photographs that I think are worth way more than a mere thousand words!  I've always been drawn to photography.  I could sit for hours looking through my folks' National Geographics.  In fact it's one of my answers to the question, "If you never had to work again, what would you do?" Me?  I would so be a photographer for National Geographic.....or a yacht designer for Azimut Yachts. 

Okay back to the amazing photographs.  I thought I would share a few with you (mainly my folks since they have no idea what Pinterest is) in hopes that they'll bring a smile to your face and warmth to your heart, just as they did mine.  Enjoy!

 What? 

So maybe if he could be whatever he wanted, he'd be a Christmas tree ornament.

Beautiful blueberries!

(No description required!)

A girl and her camel :)

A dewy little lady

Just a little thirsty.

t.i.l.t

We are a household divided when it comes to two very important things and when it comes to these two very important things Drew and I are completely unable & unwilling to compromise.  We have tried and tried to convince the other that our way is the best way, but each other's attempts fall on deaf ears and we turn up our noses at each other and agree to disagree about:  Toothpaste & Toilet Paper

So today I am loving my brands of toilet paper and toothpaste, Charmin and Colgate.

 (In case you're wondering Drew's favs are Angel Soft and Crest Vivid White.)

Next, I am loving two items that when combined make my taste buds pull up their beach chairs, stick their taste buddy toes in the sand, and say "Aaahhh."

Crystal Light Mojito Mocktail

Fresh Mint

 The perrrrfect Mojito!

(Feel free to add rum!)

Thirdly, I am loving a pre-excercise drink that the hubs started making for me.  The supplement that gives you that extra get-up-and-go is USP Lab's Jack3d

Pretty much ran 1.5 miles, then worked out with my trainer, then mulched my flower beds, then went for a bike ride.  Maybe "get-up-and-go" is an understatement?  Anyway, I love it and it comes in lots of flavors.

I'm also loving a non-uv tan specifically the Mystic Tan system.  Wrinkly, over-exposed skin is scary and skin cancer is even scarier.  But just because you don't want your skin to look like leather at the age of 30 doesn't mean you have to be pasty.  I've tried having an actual person airbrush my tan: a) It's slightly akward b) I streaked really bad.  But with the Mystic Tan system (at Planet Beach) I haven't had any problems with streaking or turning Jersey Shore orange.  Yep, I'm loving it.

Finally, I'm loving my life in general.  I don't want for much, I have everything I need, I pretty much do exactly what I want, I love my job, very few obligations outside of work, it's pretty much perfect.  God is indeed pretty awesome!  Yes, life is good, even more so when I'll be relaxing seaside this weekend.

Picture of Random or Random Pictures

•  A few random pics to get your morning started off right!

Andrew made a "crab" card for Brady because "Brady is probably going to miss me this weekend while I'm gone."

 He has read it out loud over and over again because he thinks the "have a crabby day" part is absolutely hilarious and he loves cracking himself up which cracks us up!  He's so hilarious!
The stuff he says amazes us, Drew is constantly saying "Where does he get this stuff?!" 

 

Andrew has also made about 50 paper airplanes since he's been home...

 "This is Dad flying our plane, that's you and me looking out the window at the clouds."

 

 Aunt Erin, my Bud, and Mimi after the "How I Became a Pirate" play! Arrrr matey!

• Junk Food!  Man it is so hard to have an adult diet with a 6 year old little boy in the house!

 Abita Root Beer Floats

 Cupcakes 'n Cream cupcakes!

One of the guys I work with sent this to Andrew.  My office has tons of pictures of us and with all of the stories I tell they feel like they know my little boy. :)  Thanks Mr. Al!
"That's the biggest Hershey's I've ever seen in my whole, whole life!"

Drew and I sure are going to miss our little man this weekend.  His mom & stepdad are coming into town for a visit.  I don't know what we're going to do without our Ben 10 running around.  Since Monday, Andrew started telling us, "I'm going to miss you in 4 days."  "I'm going to miss you the day after tomorrow."  He's so sweet and I know he's excited to see his other set of parents after being away for a month.  Goodbyes are hard for both sides and I'm glad that we only have to say goodbye today for 2 days.  The next goodbye won't be nearly as easy for us.  (Bleck!  I don't even want to think about it!)

Hope you all have a great Thursday!

Lovin' It

 Today my favorite things are things that light up my life and bring a smile to my face!

• This room, I really love it!  I have quite a few people/things that bring a smile to my face when I come home and one of them is my library room.  I pretty much love my husband for letting me turn the formal dining room into exactly what I wanted.  It's so me and it reflects who I am on the inside. :)

 That vase is my newest purchase from Rue La La! 

 

•  I don't know of a single person who wouldn't smile if they walked into their backyard to see this!

•  Andrew is in Daddy copy cat mode right now, last night he just HAD to have his own protein shake.  I didn't think he would like it but sure enough he drank it.  Then said, "Feel my muscles!  Are they as big as Daddy's?!"

•  Andrew's frustrated face!  This is the face he gets when he doesn't want to sound out words he doesn't recognize.  Now when I'm frustrated I can't help but picture his little face and I find myself smiling. :)

 His necklace also cracks me up!  

It's a dolphin that he and his Willie got out of a gumball machine, he hasn't taken it off since.

•  This picture!  Carrie Addis and my Bud, her bathing suit is toooo cute!

• And finally, our trip to Denver in July!  Thanks to Rhodia we'll be visiting another new city as a family this year!  Chicago was absolutely fabulous last year and we are definitely looking forward to taking Andrew to see some real mountains!

Let the planning begin!

Time for Another Edition of...

I haven't blogged in a week and I have so much to catch you up on!  Supper Club, Andrea's Baby Shower, Andrew's Graduation, my Yard (which I know you're just dying to know how my hydrangeas are doing!)  But I'll have to save that for next week, I'm in the middle of packing (again) to head down to the Bay tomorrow, so I'll leave you with a few of the things I'm loving this Thursday!

This little boy, he cracks me up!

The things you can find roaming the halls of Byars Dowdy.

Dylan, Jack, and our little man.  

Andrew couldn't wait to show us his classroom!

This memory...

You'll never guess what we were all thinking...no really you won't so stop trying!  LOL!

Tangent Notice:  If you look close you can see a cicada on Drew's pants.  The town was infested with these things!  What's a cicada you might ask?  Basically what we call a locust except they look like this:

Evil looking little buggers, I know.  

They don't bite or sting, (at least they aren't supposed to.)

While ours look like this:

 I'd much rather the Louisiana version...actually I'd much rather the Louisiana version of most things.

Okay, back to what I'm loving!

Adult Twister matches!

Yes that me (or my butt rather) and yes that's my husband at our Pajama Party Supper Club, I just couldn't let him outlast me!

And of course my hydrangeas welcomed me home again with a beautiful display!