Fabulous Finds

Oh jeez, I've been gone way too long again.

My mom came to visit this weekend. She took my puppy back with her to Texas for a little while so he doesn't have to be kenneled while I go in and out of town for the next few weeks. We had lots of fun shopping and eating, and drinking!

There is a little antique mall here called Fabulous Finds that we always love to go to when she comes into town. And yes, our finds were pretty fabulous, check them out...

I already had the big one, now I have the baby one too. Both gifts from Mom. Now I think I need to expand to other kinds of old cameras. Hmmm...

Baby camera's new home

Imagine this little darling painted black and hanging in my entry way, after some rewiring just to make sure it won't set my house on fire of course. Oh and it was only $49!

Oh and the pictures are courtesy of an iphone ap that creates older looking pics. I'm still playing around with it. Some come out better than others. Ok, have to pack for my 5:40am flight. Yikes!

New isn't always better

There's a little house at the end of the street where Eddie and I take our evening walks. It's really cute... A few weeks ago the obvious signs of moving (random objects by the curb with the sign FREE next to them was the biggest sign) appeared. I imagined myself living in this little house. It has a yard for Eddie, there is a spot for a porch swing, and a peek in the windows (I couldn't resist) showed that not much updating was needed. Perfect!

Then I saw a FOR SALE in the yard a few days ago. Was this fate smacking me in the face and telling me this was the house for me? I needed to find out more info so tonight I found it on the internet (although not on the listing realtor's site, note to self don't use them) and I was thinking about calling my realtor right now. Only $99,900, which could definitely be negotiated down and the backyard is HUGE (more peeking, oops). What more could a girl want?

So let's have a look at the info: 2 bedrooms, more to the point 2 closets, perfect; 1 bathroom, I can make it work; separate dining area, nice for entertaining, so far so good. 654 square feet. WOAH this place is tiny, tiny, tiny. I think the backyard is bigger than the whole house. The washer and dryer are in the second bedroom which does not work for my guests. And there does not appear to be a fridge, the main reason I think is because one wouldn't fit!

Suddenly my condo that I feel like I'm growing out of seems huge, 500 more square feet huge to be exact. This whole thing made me realize that being burned out on home projects is not a reason to start envisioning oneself sitting on a new, project free, front porch sipping lemonade.

Sometimes something new isn't as great as what you already have. This whole episode just tells me that I need to dive right back into my own projects starting with replacing the honey dijon colored counter in my half bath.

My mom comes to visit in two weeks and when she arrives I am dragging her to all the places I can possible think of where I can find a cheap but chic counter top for this vanity. Suggestions are welcome. I'm renewed to update my comfy condo one room at a time, just like HGTV taught me. Wish me luck!

4th of July

Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July. I wasn't quite up to par with the 4th of July picture taking, maybe it was because of the hideous sunburns we all got. Ouch! Who wants to have that look floating out there forever? But I did manage to squeeze in a few...enjoy!

The girls decorating their bikes for the parade (we slept too late and missed the actual parade so we made our own, it was better anyways!)

Kaydee wrapping her bike with crepe paper

Carlee with a balloon decoration for her bike.

And they're off to the parade, and yes that is a very tall boy with a very small bike. I had kind of forgotten how funny teen boys are in their goofiness.

One tired pup. It's tough keeping up with those girls all day.

Ok that's all for now. Now that summer TV is officially BORING I will try to be more faithful in the posting. See ya later.