I had no idea how much of a blogger world it was! In my glory days of pre-kid I blogged for fun, almost everyday. Probably because I was really good at "working hard at hardly working"...and sat in front of a computer all day...lol. I just started google reader and realized so many of my friends are lame and don't update their blog....oh yeah, I am one of "those" lame-o's. I promise to not be lame anymore and blog...even if it's about nothing!
Anyhoo, My dear friend, let's just call her Hollywood ;-), has introduced me to the most amazing blog world and ....wait for it....pinterest!!! This website is the best find of the year for me thus far! If you haven't seen it be sure to check it out! Thanks Hollywood!
http://pinterest.com/
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Bigger is Greener, or not?
As I tip toe from Spencer's room to our room, where Isla is sleeping in the bassinet, and the wood floors squeak (which echo’s through the baby monitors around the house), I think about the ultimate question.....is a bigger house better? Or just thinking the grass is greener on the other side? Our house is 1000 square feet- YIKES! I bet you didn't know they made houses that small in King County- wha wha. :-/
We have 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1 car garage, and a good sized yard for city living. Since Isla was on the way we moved Spencer into his big boy bedroom (my old office/craft room), girl-ized his old room for our new baby girl, magically fit our desk into our bedroom (it looks just like the bedroom in our first apartment together), squeezed some of my craft stuff into an armoire in the living room, and stuffed the rest into the attic. We are literally busting at the seams! I feel incredibly unorganized because everything in our house is so packed nothing feels like it has a permanent space.
With the market DOWN (really DOWN), and interest rates still low, of course, like everyone else, we are looking at houses. Especially since I'm a realtor, I am searching the MLS multiple times a day. Along with my searches, I ask myself, daily, if the grasser would REALLY be greener on the other side....or in other words, would a big house REALLY solve my feeling that I spend the days with a crazy toddler in a padded cell. The logistics to it all tell me that A) we live in Washington, where it rains 9 months out of the year, so B) indoor spaces on a grander scale have to improve the day to day activities....right? Am I wrong? I always feel like the best play dates and parties happen at the friends who have the really big house. Wouldn't everyday be that great?
We have 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, 1 car garage, and a good sized yard for city living. Since Isla was on the way we moved Spencer into his big boy bedroom (my old office/craft room), girl-ized his old room for our new baby girl, magically fit our desk into our bedroom (it looks just like the bedroom in our first apartment together), squeezed some of my craft stuff into an armoire in the living room, and stuffed the rest into the attic. We are literally busting at the seams! I feel incredibly unorganized because everything in our house is so packed nothing feels like it has a permanent space.
With the market DOWN (really DOWN), and interest rates still low, of course, like everyone else, we are looking at houses. Especially since I'm a realtor, I am searching the MLS multiple times a day. Along with my searches, I ask myself, daily, if the grasser would REALLY be greener on the other side....or in other words, would a big house REALLY solve my feeling that I spend the days with a crazy toddler in a padded cell. The logistics to it all tell me that A) we live in Washington, where it rains 9 months out of the year, so B) indoor spaces on a grander scale have to improve the day to day activities....right? Am I wrong? I always feel like the best play dates and parties happen at the friends who have the really big house. Wouldn't everyday be that great?
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Hello world
Hello world! It's been a while and I truly have the best excuse ever- I had a baby! And then he became a Toddler! And then I became pregnant WITH a toddler! And then I became EXTREMELY pregnant WITH a toddler! And finally I had a BABY again! And that brings us to the present. I have a baby who's a toddler and a new little itty bitty baby. Both, of which, rock my world!
Spencer is in his truly amazing two's! He's very....ummm...passionate. He liked Isla, at first, about 20%....I think we are up to about 40%. It's a challenge, but Shaun and I are working through the "Par for the course" issues....jealousy, rage, anger, all the wonderful things nobody warns you about. Little things help me get through each day, cadburry mini eggs (by the handful when Spencer is not looking), a bottle----er, glass of wine, and this quote I saw on one of my FWENDS page "They never said it would be easy, they only said it would be worth it". At the end of the day (and who am I kidding, the begginning, middle and end), my little dictator is WORTH IT! Even though right now he is pushing my limits. :-)
Isla is a dream.
Really, when I woke up this morning at 4am to feed her for the first time since I put her to bed at ten o'clock the night before, I thought to myself I must be dreaming. Did I really not feed her before then? What the heck? I know it's silly to place blame on success, and you should just embrace it, but I really think I owe my sweet slumber to the nap nanny. When Isla came into this world she had a terrible habit of spitting up, and then some. I had to get up every few hours to burp her and then she would want to nurse. Since I got the magical foam she has been sleeping for hours!!! Woot! Woot!
That's all I can say for now.....my boy is stirring which means it's time for me to get back to work.
It's so nice to see you all again, it's been too long! ;-)
Spencer is in his truly amazing two's! He's very....ummm...passionate. He liked Isla, at first, about 20%....I think we are up to about 40%. It's a challenge, but Shaun and I are working through the "Par for the course" issues....jealousy, rage, anger, all the wonderful things nobody warns you about. Little things help me get through each day, cadburry mini eggs (by the handful when Spencer is not looking), a bottle----er, glass of wine, and this quote I saw on one of my FWENDS page "They never said it would be easy, they only said it would be worth it". At the end of the day (and who am I kidding, the begginning, middle and end), my little dictator is WORTH IT! Even though right now he is pushing my limits. :-)
Isla is a dream.
Really, when I woke up this morning at 4am to feed her for the first time since I put her to bed at ten o'clock the night before, I thought to myself I must be dreaming. Did I really not feed her before then? What the heck? I know it's silly to place blame on success, and you should just embrace it, but I really think I owe my sweet slumber to the nap nanny. When Isla came into this world she had a terrible habit of spitting up, and then some. I had to get up every few hours to burp her and then she would want to nurse. Since I got the magical foam she has been sleeping for hours!!! Woot! Woot!
That's all I can say for now.....my boy is stirring which means it's time for me to get back to work.
It's so nice to see you all again, it's been too long! ;-)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Bad Blogger.....
As my 1st post in MONTHS, I will announce myself as a bad blogger. I have a 2010 update that I have been working on, but it's not ready, so stay tuned! Until then, here are some pics of the girl's room that my family has been bugging me about (and since they live in Florida, California and Illinois, they want details, details, details! Which means pics of EVERYTHING). :-)
TTYL
XOXO
PS I am not some crazy shopper.....about 95% of all the clothes you see where hand-me-downs from my life saver (and money saver) Jeannie!!! We are pretty much set for the 1st 6 months of baby girls (name tbd) life. :-)
TTYL
XOXO
PS I am not some crazy shopper.....about 95% of all the clothes you see where hand-me-downs from my life saver (and money saver) Jeannie!!! We are pretty much set for the 1st 6 months of baby girls (name tbd) life. :-)
Monday, July 26, 2010
Office no more....
Since our house is only 3 bedrooms, this calls for some...let's say...prioritizing? Ugh. I hate to give it up, but I just can't see how a babies room, or kids room can be shared with an office. Right now my office contains the following: big cluttered unorganized desk, HUGE bookshelf full of craft
-----let me just interrupt....my hubby just brought me a pint of lemon sorbet :-) He is the sweetest hubby ever, but I will add that I bought the sorbet myself last night and when I went to get it tonight he had already finished it. Why is it men always seems to finish the things you wanted most off before you even think about it? Men. Love them. Love him for going to the store at 9:30 just for me ;-)
Anyhoo......HUGE bookshelf full of crafty making things, another bookshelf full of cookbooks, a twin bed decked out in Star Wars bedding (Spencer's future bed/current guest bed), Shaun's closet (full) and a whole lot of other random things that should probably go to Goodwill.
What am I going to do with all this stuff? Shaun says get rid of it, you don't use it anyway. Well, when I have time, again some day, I will need that stuff and I don't want to have to go buy everything again. Poop. He made the mistake of saying, "I use my tool bench in the garage 10 times more than you use your craft stuff", and I said then make room for me in the garage. haha.....sure. I guess it's all going into boxes? Which is fine, I think I will be able to survive, and if I miraculously get more time and energy and inspiration to get crafty again I can get it all out of the attic.
My biggest dilemma is what to do with the desk...which I cannot live without since I primarily work at home. I have an office at my brokerage, but I can't really go there in my pj's ;-). So, my only idea thus far is to convert my beloved armoire in the living room into a little desk/office area. The problem is it has a board down the middle, and I'm not sure I want to butcher my armoire. :( I guess we can work around it? Below are some pics. Not sure how it's going to work out.....I may need to hire a carpenter. hmmmmmmmmmmm...............babies you are always putting me through hoops! But I love you anyway.
-----let me just interrupt....my hubby just brought me a pint of lemon sorbet :-) He is the sweetest hubby ever, but I will add that I bought the sorbet myself last night and when I went to get it tonight he had already finished it. Why is it men always seems to finish the things you wanted most off before you even think about it? Men. Love them. Love him for going to the store at 9:30 just for me ;-)
Anyhoo......HUGE bookshelf full of crafty making things, another bookshelf full of cookbooks, a twin bed decked out in Star Wars bedding (Spencer's future bed/current guest bed), Shaun's closet (full) and a whole lot of other random things that should probably go to Goodwill.
What am I going to do with all this stuff? Shaun says get rid of it, you don't use it anyway. Well, when I have time, again some day, I will need that stuff and I don't want to have to go buy everything again. Poop. He made the mistake of saying, "I use my tool bench in the garage 10 times more than you use your craft stuff", and I said then make room for me in the garage. haha.....sure. I guess it's all going into boxes? Which is fine, I think I will be able to survive, and if I miraculously get more time and energy and inspiration to get crafty again I can get it all out of the attic.
My biggest dilemma is what to do with the desk...which I cannot live without since I primarily work at home. I have an office at my brokerage, but I can't really go there in my pj's ;-). So, my only idea thus far is to convert my beloved armoire in the living room into a little desk/office area. The problem is it has a board down the middle, and I'm not sure I want to butcher my armoire. :( I guess we can work around it? Below are some pics. Not sure how it's going to work out.....I may need to hire a carpenter. hmmmmmmmmmmm...............babies you are always putting me through hoops! But I love you anyway.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Girl! Girl! Girl!
So, I keep thinking girl. I have been more sick this time around and people keep telling me, and if I were one of those people I would be saying the same thing, that it's a girl. I would like to believe them, and myself, as I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to shop in the girl section of....well....just about anything! I just get lost on Etsy. I've even started to plan the nursery. Thankfully what I think I have decided on, thus far, could go either way....sort of. I think this time around I would really like to do wainscotting, or some kind of chair rail. I didn't do it last time, even though well before I was ever pregnant I always felt like that was a given, something you just did for a babies room...any babies room, be it boy or girl. I just didn't do it. I don't know why, it would probably look super cute in Spencer's room even now.
If you followed my blog the last time I was prego you will remember I changed my mind at least 3 times in the design of Spencer's room. I actually started with a high ambition of making everything........I would say that was my "crazy stage". That lasted until January when I wasn't getting anything done and then one magical evening Shaun and I were registering in Pottery Barn Kids (RIP Bellevue PBK, soooooo sad you're gone) and the most fabulous nursery set was on SUPER SALE!! And I mean SUPER DUPER SALE! It was almost 70% off, or more! I thought about how much the rest of the fabric that I needed was going to cost and decided buying this set would save me a bunch of money, and a WHOLE lot of time......because, again....if you know me at all I am a TERRIBLE perfectionist and have a real problem with re-doing and re-doing and re-doing, just about everything.
Anyhoo....I must be in that crazy stage again, or I have gotten the "crib set", "matching this", "matchy that", it's part of the "set" OUT of my system. I think I'm over the "set". I love how Sarah (of Sarah's House on HGTV, if you don't watch YOU MUST!) mixes old with new. So, I am on my way to being crafty again..........it's been a while, I'm really excited, I just wish I KNEW it was a girl. Below are some pics of a nursery that am in love with already. I would definitely do the blue/grey wall with wainscotting or a char rail. I'm not sure about the crib, but I do love the orange/yellow accents................of course, only if it's a girl. ;-)
This nursery was in a contest on http://www.thebump.com/
If you followed my blog the last time I was prego you will remember I changed my mind at least 3 times in the design of Spencer's room. I actually started with a high ambition of making everything........I would say that was my "crazy stage". That lasted until January when I wasn't getting anything done and then one magical evening Shaun and I were registering in Pottery Barn Kids (RIP Bellevue PBK, soooooo sad you're gone) and the most fabulous nursery set was on SUPER SALE!! And I mean SUPER DUPER SALE! It was almost 70% off, or more! I thought about how much the rest of the fabric that I needed was going to cost and decided buying this set would save me a bunch of money, and a WHOLE lot of time......because, again....if you know me at all I am a TERRIBLE perfectionist and have a real problem with re-doing and re-doing and re-doing, just about everything.
Anyhoo....I must be in that crazy stage again, or I have gotten the "crib set", "matching this", "matchy that", it's part of the "set" OUT of my system. I think I'm over the "set". I love how Sarah (of Sarah's House on HGTV, if you don't watch YOU MUST!) mixes old with new. So, I am on my way to being crafty again..........it's been a while, I'm really excited, I just wish I KNEW it was a girl. Below are some pics of a nursery that am in love with already. I would definitely do the blue/grey wall with wainscotting or a char rail. I'm not sure about the crib, but I do love the orange/yellow accents................of course, only if it's a girl. ;-)
This nursery was in a contest on http://www.thebump.com/
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Story Time at Mockingbird Books
I thought this sounded fun!!! It's located near Greenlake, call me fellow momma's and let's go!
Story Time at Mockingbird Books Monday-Saturday @ 11:00am.
Woodlawn Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: (206) 518-5886 7220
http://www.savvysource.com/event/details_4482_story-time-at-mockingbird-books
Kids Quest
Hi fellow momma's....just thought I would share! Spencer loves this place, it's good for crawlers and walkers, tons to do for all ages and some great seating for momma's inside the play area. Sign up and come play with us! It's next door to Osh Gosh in Factoria Mall.
http://www.savvysource.com/event/home_seattle_wa/referrerCode=SFB
Monday, May 10, 2010
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