Outdooor Chairs are here!!

Woah look at me posting so often now, I bet you readers (are there even any of you out there?) can't believe it.

Outdoor chairs were delivered Friday. Made the delivery guys very happy because all they had to do was carry them and place them on the patio. As they walked away I heard one say "this will be the easiest job we have all day." No problem guys, I do what I can to help.

Love love love my chairs. They are so comfortable and cute. My Dad came in for an impromptu visit and immediately said "well you won't want to hear this, but you should chain those." Seriously Dad! So clearly not chaining them (what the heck would I chain them too anyways?) but I am enjoying them.

Eddie and I sat outside this evening and enjoyed a glass a sweet tea (well I drank the tea, Eddie had water) and read a magazine. It was perfect! So enough talking, here are the pics. Hope you like them!

If any of you are in Arkansas come on over and sit for a spell. I promise you'll enjoy it. Later

Two Thumbs Up

So I promised to post more often, and this is my attempt. Work has been crazy loco, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

So all of these things get an enthusiastic two thumbs up from me. Try one or try them all, I promise you won't be dissappointed.

1. New Moon new trailer. Got goosebumps the first time I watched this and I watched it twice in a row. Yes I am a dork but I love love love it! Is it November yet?




2. Essie nail polish in Big Spender. Got this on my toes in NY and I am in denial about the fact that it is time for another pedicure because I do not want to take the color off. It is great and it matches really well with the #3 item that I am loving right now.



3. My Havaiana flip flops. Item I love #2 totally matches the purple of the peacock feathers of my flip flops. Now if only I could get away with wearing them to work.

4. Greenies pill pockets. Eddie is now on this super crazy medicine to deal with his skin issues. Apparently they use this medicine in humans who get organ transplants to help their bodies not reject the organ. Weird I know, but if it works and he gets some relief from the constant itching, scabs, and hairloss I will gladly keep giving it to him. Only problem, the pills are huge and my crafty little pup can remove one that is hidden in cheese in no tme flat. Enter Greenies pill pockets. He thinks he's getting a treat of beefy goodness and inside that treat is his super power pill. Wish I had invented these things.
4. Owl City. They were the free download on iTunes a few weeks ago and I am now obsessed. Right now my fav is Fireflies, but Vanilla Twilight is starting to grow on me. Check them out now!!

I'm starting a new book tonight, so I may be giving that two thumbs up too. But for now not sure. It got mixed reviews in the office (our team is like a mini book club, I love it), two good ones and one bad. So we shall see.

Oh and after a recent trip to the Cantina Laredo restroom I am loving Spanish music again, haven't really listened to too much since college but I think I've been missing it more than I knew. But Owl City really should get the music two thumbs because they have been getting more play time on the iPod, so next week maybe I'll Pandora some Spanish music. I'll keep you kids updated. Until later.

Heelllllooooo

So maybe once summer is over and the lounge chairs at the pool right outside my front door aren't always calling out to me I'll post more regularly. Not promising anything, just saying ya know maybe.


In the next few weeks I want to re-do the main wall in my living room. This re-do will be followed by a another re-do this time of the main wall in my dining room. Because it is really one huge wall that desperately needs some spicing up.

For over the couch, we (and by we I mean me) will be doing a great wall transfer. Really hoping I will be able to apply this as one huge sheet instead of many small items, but I guess we'll see. Regardless, it is so cool and not kitchsy like the usual wall transfers. I have chosen this as my first project, once I get some extra $$$ to buy it (and I am taking donations for anyone who is looking to get rid of some cash).

Then in the dining room, and stick with me now because this takes some imagination to get what I am going for, I am going to do two four foot picture ledges in white. They will be stacked one on top of the other (see below dining room pic for example). Then for the last row, I will do two 2 foot wine bottle shelves. I currently do not have a place to store any wine because my teeny tiny kitchen does not allow for any wine racks so putting it on the wall will be perfect. Now this project comes last because it costs way more than the wall transfer. Each picture ledge is $55 plus shipping and all that jazz. If I knew any carpenters I would be hitting them up at this point to make these things for me. And then the wine bottle shelves are $75 each. And I need two! Highway robbery I know, but I pray the final look will be worth it. So for all that talking below are the pics.

The actual picture ledges I will use. And I'm a bit devastated because West Elm used to sell these things for less than Pottery Barn and now they cost the same. Hello aren't we still trying to save people money??

And the wine bottle shelf, but this will be in white too. And no wine glass shelf, I hate those things.

My new patio chairs get delivered this Friday. I promise pics as soon as they arrive. And now I am going to work on some new music for ya'll to enjoy as you read because my iPhone has brought me back to the world of not having to listen to the radio for music and I am so happy to be here. Hope ya'll like it!!

Bright Lights Big City

Got back from New York yesterday. I was there for work so I didn't see too much, but it is the first time I actually saw a few things usually it is just showrooms, airports, and cabs. Wandered down to times square on my first day there, it was down the street from our hotel. Note to self: don't go back to times square during tourist time. I am way too short to be stuck in crowds. Short people get squished, pushed, and stepped on in crowds. Also, I didn't actually go inside, but I coulde see the Empire State building from my hotel room window. Does that count as a tourist attraction checked off my list?

And times square was pretty amazing. Another thing off the list. What will I squeeze in next time?

But even better than the "touristy" things are the places we went to eat. One night was Bagatelle Bistro and they have the coolest logo I have ever seen!!

After Bagatelle was the rooftop bar at the Hotel Gansevoort (no we are not on Miami Social, but we are pretty fab!).

Next night dinner at Accademia di Vino. One of my top meals of all time. We didn't even open a menu, the waiter picked everything for us and it was fab!! Pic is kind of small, but it's the best I could find.

So that's my trip in a nutshell. Good food, good friends, and of course work with a tiny bit of sight seeing added in.

PS Heard that they are going to be showing 500 Days of Summer in more theaters!! Maybe it will come to Arkansas. One can only hope.

Time flies

So I have been trying to blog more faithfully, but my life has been getting in the way of things. To make it up to ya'll below are some things I first found on the Pocket Edward Evil Twins blog (which is hilarious by the way) and when I saw the New Moon preview while watching Harry Potter 6 it made me think of them. Hope you guys can read that. Maybe get your magnifying glasses out.

So in other news I have been playing around on piknik lately. It is totally free (although I hear there are premium options for a fee) and does really cool things to your photos. I turned a picture from last year of my sister on our boat into a picture that looks retro. Can't wait to play more, but the laptop battery is about to die, so I'll have to put it on hold for now.

So I'm going to make a honest attempt to blog more often. Until then!

I-40 Antique Mall

My mom came to visit me this weekend and we did one of our favorite things to do together: antiquing!!

We went to a new antique mall that I just found out about, and man was it full of good stuff.

My mom bought me this awesome vintage camera. I have no clue what time period it is from, but I have always wanted some old cameras to decorate with and now I have started the collection!

It goes great with the old rotary phone that our lakehouse next door neighbors gave me when I was a little kid. Good thing my mom never throws anything away (and owns goo gone to remove the stickers I put on this forever ago), or this phone probably wouldn't still be around.

Next "vintage" item I'll be adding to the collection. My great-grandmother's typewriter. My mom actually wrote her masters thesis on it. She's only giving it to me on the condition that I won't sell it (as if I would). I guess not being a pack rat like she is is a stike against me. Can't wait to see what kind of vintage items I find to decorate with next?

Fireplace issues

So I have this hideous old timey looking stove-ish fireplace in my living room. I really like the exposed brick and it has gas logs which makes it nice for the winter, but the fireplace is not working with my decor. So I had no clue what I was going to do, I mean how do you create a new fireplace on a budget with limited DIY skills? But then I watched a life changing Divine Design on HGTV! Candice Olson is a genius and she actually designed a bedroom with a modern version of my fireplace. Now I just have to figure out how to recreate this in my own.

Not the best shot of the fireplace, but you get the idea.

The room from Divine Design and hopefully something I can recreate in my house.

So that's my plan. Stay tuned to see how it works.