uses for oreos and etsy

happy saturday! i am up early to walk and have coffee before heading to the atl with a friend for the day. i ran out of time yesterday but had a few images to share. we enjoyed dinner with friends in cartersville last night and pb is shooting a wedding all day today/tonight. hope everyone has a great sunshiny day!

1. made these treats for dessert this week. what's not to like about this combination?

2. this piece of art.

3. another way to organize jewels.

4. this essie polish, nice is nice. thanks e! very summer pretty.

5. and last, this etsy vintage store. there are so many fun things that i can't include all the ones i love. obsessed.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ethanollie?ref=seller_info

there is this.

and how cute are these propped on a shelf somewhere?

and this mortar and pestle!

possibilities are endless for this one.

check it out!

off to never never land

3 thing thursday:

1. i usually prefer the "less is more" rule when it comes to accessorizing. however, i do like these 3 looks:

but then again, just this one thing on my arm would be my "go to", perfect choice.

2. "just sayin'"...a friend of mine and i are equally perplexed turned off by the use of this phrase. although, it did seem appropriate for this tidbit of info on the benefits of getting enough sleep.

"There’s a reason that they call it ‘beauty sleep’. Getting 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night can actually improve your appearance. While you’re sleeping your body releases human growth hormones. This helps your body create collagen which gives your skin strength and elasticity. (Fun Fact “kola” means glue in Greek and Collagen actually means “glue producer”). Also, while you are dreaming away, your skin cells are regenerating and all the muscles in your face that create wrinkles begin to relax. While the recommended hours of sleep you should be getting each night is between 7 and 9, this just simply isn’t a reality for some you busy ladies. So just think of this as a reason to catch up on weekends. According to FITNESS Magazine, when you have been asleep for 5 hours “Your skin’s temperature reaches its lowest point and your muscles relax, giving skin its deepest recovery.” So hit the snooze button ladies and dream a little longer."

3. another song...in honor of wil...and more sleep for me.

may 18 and 58 degrees...

happy wednesday! i'm wearing boots today. we are enjoying some much cooler temperatures this week so it feels so odd to be the last weeks of school! it is usually burning up by now. here are a few things i have stumbled upon lately and bookmarked to share...

1. this advice.

Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

Don’t have negative thoughts over things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

Don’t over do. Keep your limits.

Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.

Dream more while you are awake.

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.

Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

Smile and laugh more.

You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.


2. this wall of jewels.

3. this knot.

4. this song. i never get tired of it. a sweet 70's tune. i can sing all the words.




5. this painting. i know it is mine, but it was one that i truly loved when i finished it...the big girl tunic she is wearing is her mom's, a best friend of mine. i borrowed it for our honeymoon.

black and yellow, black and yellow

the sun was shining yesterday. it was a bit breezy. the perfect saturday. there were dreams. there were aspirations. there were hopes for a day of family fun. here is how our saturday went down...

1. we took wil to practice with the band that he and some friends are starting. i told him we would pick him up later in the day. we were planning on a family dinner with everybody home.

2. pb and i spent the afternoon together around the house. i watered flowers, he made a sam's run, we went to t.j. maxx together. our t.j.'s is getting a makeover so we saw lots of new things and came home with this little find.

and pb found these at sam's.

3. while in t.j. maxx, we got a call from one of em's friends inviting her to spend the night. one kid down. so much for family dinner.

4. then wil called and wanted to go downtown with "the band" and eat dinner. there was a band playing at schroeder's and they wanted to hear it. the guitarist was supposed to be incredible and had played with jimmy hendrix and inspired the grateful dead, phish, etc. wil's band, the daytrippers, was pumped about going. we couldn't say no.

5. next was a text from our friends and soon to be neighbors (fingers crossed) asking us what we were doing for the evening. now that all hopes for a family dinner had been dashed, we decided to join them for appetizers and drinks on their back porch. we made a yummy buffalo chicken dip with these organic chips. (photo of dip not available)

and we had this a-mazing champagne.

soooo, our plans for a family saturday did not pan out. but it was a great day for everyone and we can't ask for more than that. wil got to play the guitarist's bass. onstage. and that rocked his world. em got to spend the night out for a second night in a row with another friend. that made her day. and we got to hang out with our friends and have a great evening too. we are shooting for a family dinner tonight.

and last, here are 2 photos dedicated to "the daytrippers". good luck with the band!

before.

after.

tires, wheelbarrows, and such

i woke up early this morning to the sounds a tire being pummeled with a mallet. the saturday "work out" crew was getting ready to do their circuit in the parking lot next to our house. they have ropes, huge tractor tires, a wheelbarrow full of something heavy, and several other farm-type objects that they use to build, tone and strengthen their muscles. i stand at the kitchen window and watch all of this with my coffee in hand. occasionally, they will be loud enough to get pb out of bed earlier than he planned. he will stand beside me as we muse about whether we should change clothes and join them. we opt out of that one.

anyway, it is a gorgeous day with a lot going on in downtown rome today. just trying to decide what thing we can drag the kids to do tonight. there are several bands playing downtown and lots of activity on the river...family fun!

while i am finishing cup of joe number two, here are some funny and pretty bits of eye candy to start the day...

love this quote.

and a this one too.

and this baby. can we adopt him???

this closet!

this headboard.

this outfit.

and this for breakfast.

happy saturday! will report on our day of family fun later...

winner, winner! chicken pesto pizza dinner!

we are still on the roller coaster ride of life...winding down with school, getting ready for exams, making summer plans, finalizing house plans, deciding what to cook for dinner, trying to find time to take the cat to the vet, watering flowers, watering herbs, living life...

speaking of herbs, we did make a fabulous pesto pizza with grilled chicken last night with our basil from the herb sale. i had a small salad using our lettuce with my pizza. the kids loved it. pb loved it. a keeper.

here is our lovely pot of herbs.

and our lettuce...in the early stages a few weeks ago.

and a few random things i am enjoying today...

this painting.

this turquoise d.i.y. planter.

this jacket. i bought the same one at old navy a few weeks ago for $7.00 and wore it with my striped shirt last week.

these baubles.

this song.


this candy.

and always, emersonmade.

happy 4th of may

we are in the midst of selling and buying a house. i have lots to post about this and hopefully lots of great ideas and photos to share if all is a go and successful. we are excited. maybe i can even get pb to chime in with it all!

in the meantime, here are 10 things i am loving today and this spring:

1. this photo.

2. and this photo.

3. these shoes.

4. and these too.

5. this song.


6. this recipe.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Laurens-Grapefruit-Margaritas/Detail.aspx

7. this necklace.

8. this quote.

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.
e. e. cummings


9. these d.i.y. bracelets.

10. and this room.