Drawer Makeovers

Dream a little (weird) dream...

It was one of those elaborate dreams that seems to stay with you all night long. We were crammed into a compartment listening to our children's piano recital and, lo and behold, we found ourselves next to the family of an old flame. Why, of course, his teenagers who live an hour away shared the same music teacher as my elementary school children. Fuzzy transition and I'm walking along with his wife, visiting and complimenting her on her beautiful and sweet kids while our husbands run ahead and dress up in silly costumes like a hotdog and a photo booth. Still, all I can think of is how wonderfully talented are their children....
(there's also a plane crash and a sort of apocalypse, but my subconscious digresses...)



Interpret THAT!

Operation Green Apple

Sweet Judy Gullifer offered us these adorable dressers and hutch last year and they have been living in my living room. I had been thinking about painting them and moving them into the girls' room and the decision was made very easy...
a home fragrance oil spilled and was wicked over a sizable area of the hutch. It bubbled the paint up everywhere it touched.

Ready or not, the "after" pictures...

Happy Birthday, Katie!

Katie's friend, Hailey, joined us for an afternoon and evening at the Minnesota Zoo. Here the kids are perched and watching the grizzly bears!

Katie loves to open presents =) Mom and Dad gave her a look-alike American Girl doll, Abby gave her some AG accessories, Owen gave her a Wimpy Kid book, and Dad picked out James and the Giant Peach for her, too. The Grandmas and Grandpas sent money that she thoroughly enjoyed spending at the American Girl store the next day!

Picnic and Pyrotechnics

We spent a relaxing 4th of July at Oak Hill Park, picnicking with friends, and Aquila School, watching fireworks. Our little town puts on a very nice firework dispay, replete with ooohs and aaahs over new styles!

Big Tease!

Book of the week...

"You are resolved then to have him?"

"I have said no such thing. I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected to with me."

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Big Tease!

Book of the week...

"What's the aging process for your kind?" Doc asked. "The natural life span?"
"We don't have one," I told him. "As long as we have a healthy host, we can live forever."

The Host by Stephenie Meyer



Yes, that's the same Stephenie Meyer. The author of the Twilight Saga apparently has a few more stories up her sleeve. This one is science fiction and I was surprised that I was so engaged. Based on the cover blurb, I had passed it over before. That's also how I felt about "vampire stories," though! This one leaves you pondering what makes you YOU? There's also a little food for thought about colonization and world domination...