anticipation….

April 26, 2009

Do you remember a few weeks ago i painted my kitchen my newest fav color… pale Swedish grey?

Do you also remember the post in which i said how i detest my kitchen cabinets?

It’s been a big debate whether to paint the beautiful cherry cabinets or to keep them. The nice couple that owned the home before us, did an amazing job with this 100 year old home…….except in the kitchen. They updated it tooooo much. A farmhouse in which they painted all the molding white, every door in the home white, the trim, the walls, it screamed……cottage farmhouse. UNTIL you got into the kitchen.

Cherry cabinets, black quartz counters and black appliances.

not at all farmhouse cottage, but urban with a bit of contemporary.

yuck.

Then i took over….

I’ve had to wait almost 2 years to be able to do what i wanted in this kitchen………


I got 3 estimates to have the cabs painted. 2 were out of my range, and the last guy came in and saved my day…..


the kitchen is tiny, but it has a ton of cabs…….all i could see is cherry……..

part of the reduced “price” was myself taking off all the doors and hardware…..

what a task i tell ya…..


I know what you’re thinking………………spaghettio’s, kraft mac n cheese, cake mix in a BOX……… you know i can see you enlarging the images just to see what’s in the cabinets!!!


I know this is the part where you are going to kill me.

my doors are not up yet, but i just had to show you the process.

don’t hate me………..

I will post the “finale” on Wednesday or Thursday…………..

it’ll be good ….

i promise…..and i might even show you where i hide the cheeto’s!

xo

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dearest little wren…..

April 24, 2009

Dearest little Wren……..

your mommy and i chatted today…….

….and thought you would be a perfect fit for my little Fin. We decided to betroth the both of you…..
Fin and Wren……………..*sigh*….

there are a few things you should know first…….


at first he seems harmless……………..

…he loves to dance………………he will be a rockstar one day……..

..he will fall asleep on the floor without a second thought…..


he has no qualms about picking his nose……….


….he loves to cook…..er……i mean clean barbies with tea……………………………

….you have to be o.k. with him helping a girl in need…………..especially when sand castles are being built..

so there you go.
I hope you love him as much as i do…….
xo

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a name is a name is a name

April 23, 2009

I get asked all the time how i { or “we” if you think my hubs had anything to do with the process} came up with the names of our children.
When we found out we were having our first, a boy……I immediately fell in love with the name Levi. I don’t know why or how, but it was what it was and I begged the hubs to consider it.
And then one day we were watching a show on TLC called “Baby Story”. Do you remember that show? I think every pregnant woman watches it without admitting it. It’s our best way of really seeing what the heck is going to happen when we go into labor.
Anyways……one of the women they were featuring had a little boy and named him Mason.
*oh boy*
Yup, we got our first kids name from a t.v show. I’d like to say we got if from some long lost relative that had died some heroic death, but alas….. Mason Levi was born and that was 8 years ago.
So, then we got preggo 6 mo later.
yup, you heard that right.
6 mo.
We were surprised this time around, and only because this little girl had to have her legs crossed during the ultrasound. I knew right then she was a she, otherwise my boy was going to be a leg crosser.
I knew I wanted a Lola. I like names that are unique but not crazy. Bryan liked the name Piper. So, when little baby girl made her appearance, she came out screaming with a pout on her face.
Lola Grace.
I bet you didn’t know that my parents and Bryan’s parents had a “meeting”, and at this “meeting”, they veto’d the name Lola.
Who has a “meeting” and decides that?
No one had a Lola 6 years ago.
And yes, I love how you girls email me and let me know about your little doggies named “Lola”, that’s a real treat….thank you:-)
Now I hear the name on the celebrity circuit, but I had it first. Lola is almost 7.
Then another 6 mo. later…..
Ha. Had you there for a minute huh?!
This time we waited…..
The day Lola turned 2, we found out another bun was in the oven.
How the heck did that happen i ask you?
I plead the fifth.
So this time around I was set on the name Atticus. I loved..love the book “to kill a mockingbird” and have always loved that name, but once again the hubs was so dang stubborn. No. No he said. Who names their kid “Atticus“!?
Well, we would i begged him.
The hubs grew up in South Florida and really wanted a beachy, fish, shark,whale of a name.
Little Fin was born.
and since i lost my battle with the first name, i got to choose the middle name.
Hudson.
Fin Hudson.
He’s going to be a rockstar one day.
Have you read the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”??? Do you remember Atticus‘ last name?
It was Finch. Atticus Finch.
Take the “ch” off of Finch.
I got my way in the end.
xo
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