Mr. Sandman

Are you kidding me? I'm just...just...{speechless}. Andres Amador is an artist based in San Francisco and does the most amazing sand art, only to be washed away within hours. Like sands through the hourglass don't you think?

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Orange Crush

I {heart} this 70's inspired skirt by Marc Jacobs. Just how tiny is this model's waist anyway? I think I would style it a bit different, probably just a good ol' Hanes ribbed tank and some vintage wooden beads...and flip flops, duh. I'm sure Mr. Jacobs would cringe at the thought, but in my mind, it's darling.

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Dyeing For The Weekend

Don't you just love dyeing stuff? I broke out the dye kit I purchased last year from the after Easter clearance bin and Coco and I proceeded to create a rainbow of eggs and a fine centerpiece for the kitchen. Dyeing eggs certainly brings me back to my childhood in an instant, or maybe it was the very large glass of perfectly chilled pinot grigio that made me happily skip down memory lane. Yep, good weekend indeed!

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Always Judge A Book By Its Cover

I have a date...this weekend! It's with my new beloved book that the postman just delivered {shout out to the USPS even if stamps are a whopping $0.45 now}. As you all know I'm addicted to Atomic Ranch, the magazine dedicated to all things mid-century modern. Anyway, the editors have just released their second coffee table book which I'm patiently waiting to dive into this weekend and read cover-to-cover. I guess you are technically suppose to leisurely thumb through a coffee table book while sipping a martini with your hair tied up in a vintage silk head wrap or something snazzy like that but not me. With pigtails in my hair, I will have every page cracked by Sunday.

Atomic Ranch coffee table book, I {heart} you, I really do - more so than an actual live romantic date {Tom Ford excluded}. This perhaps explains the very reason I am single.

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Oh Happy Day

As I dragged my butt out of bed this morning {dreading, dreading, dreading Monday}, I came downstairs to start the daily fire drill to get Coco ready for school, me ready for work, blah, blah, blah. I must say though, I was instantly cheered by my colorful flower selection from the market yesterday as well as the one ray of sun coming through the kitchen.

In trying to keep a positive spin on things today, I think I'll look forward to a good lunch workout at the gym, maybe followed by Tom Yum soup for lunch, and a good magazine before bed tonight.

Things could be worse...I may not have picked those very flowers yesterday.

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Candy Colored Bullseye

I {heart} this Target commercial - I love it, love it...thinkin' about being it for Halloween. The electric candy colored suits are gorgeous and the acrobats make my heart race like I just ate a pound of coffee grounds. Alouette, the French Canadian {eh} song of choice in the background sets a fantastic mood - the song is actually about plucking feathers from a lark - weird but dreamy.

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Landscaper's Delight

So Coco surprised me with the landscaping plan for our new home-to-be {ya know, the 50's mid century mod...drool...}. We previously talked about what we would want our new backyard to be like and we came down to {drumroll...} a chicken and a pool. Yes folks, that's all we want in life. A couple of chickens for eggs with a sweet little coop, and a small pool. You can see in Coco's drawing, she placed herself in it with a look of terror on her face because she's actually scared when the chickens run after her, but I call that a good life lesson and just don't let them see the white's of your eyes. Run Coco, run...

Can chickens swim? We'll let you know...

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Puff The Magic Clouds

Just think...above those cloud-filled skys outside, this is the view above it. Makes my day a bit better with that thought. I was cruising through pics on my phone and came across this one - I took it on a recent trip to Schenectady, NY {no it was not for pleasure but it did look a lot like the burbs of NC}.

Enjoy the view...

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Sweet!

These huge Sweet Cakes from Dutch production designer Beerd Van Stokkum are super cool, obviously a cheeky nod to the fantastically beautiful cupcake liners - of course I want a set in pink. You can use these as planters, dog beds, sandboxes, tubs, etc., etc. I envision them on a front stoop with a mound of carnations or daisies in each or better yet tons of colorful plastic balls. Me want...me want bad...

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My Cup Runneth Over

I love.

Valentine's Day is truly my favorite holiday of the year {Talk Like a Pirate Day is a close second on 9/19}. I'm not exactly sure why, it just is...maybe because it's represented by my favorite color combo of red, pink, and white, maybe it's because I {heart} hearts, better yet I {love} love.

I'm so lucky, I'm filled with love. I love my parents and the fact they've been married for 55 years. As you can see above, my dear dad delivered my heart box full of chocolates.  It's the one thing I can depend on - I bet he has given me that same Valentine's gift for at least 35 years, never missing a year.  That red heart makes my heart swell and I love him beyond words.  I love my three older brothers, Eric, Frank, and Tony; the older we get, the closer we get.  I love my besties - Lani, Trish, Bridget, Ashley, Wanda, Taryl, Luissa.  I love my co-workers, they make me smile and laugh the day away.

I love my daughter, Chloe-Bella, she is simply the best part of me.  She worked feverishly on my huge Valentine's Day card shown above - I could not love anything more.  She makes every single day a better day and I consider myself the luckiest gal in the world as I have the pleasure of being her mother and watching her grow and turn into her own person, her own spirit, her own tender heart.

Above all, I love Him.  God is good.  He has provided all of these wonderful people in my life and I am so completely thankful.

Make no mistake, I do {love} love...indeed, my cup runneth over.

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