Happy Birthday Mom. You know how much I love you. Oh and Haddie says Happy To You, too.

New Me

Old Me: Driving in the car with friends before thanksgiving cussin at the houses with lights up (and on). REMEMBER THANKSGIVING PEOPLE!

New Me: I should get my lights up before it gets too cold. I work so hard to decorate it, one month of enjoyment just seems too short!

Old Me: Mom, no one cares what your house looks like. Why do you clean so much before people come over? They aren't looking at your baseboards.

New Me: Company coming this weekend, starting with blinds, then baseboards, walls, cabinets organized, vacuumed, carpets cleaned. Christmas decorations up by then? Think I should do some touch-up painting?

Old Me: I am going to work so hard to get my child to eat healthy food. I do not want a picky eater!

New Me: Sure, honey, you can have a sucker for breakfast. You get all your calories from your milk anyway, right? Here, snack on these greasy chips while you watch Barney for the 3rd time. Make sure to rub them into the carpet good, I want to get my moneys worth when we clean them this weekend!

Forgot to post this...

Mom posted this movie earlier today, and I can't believe this is my bug. She will be 2 years old soon, and she looks more like a little girl every day. Thanks mom, this made me smile (cry a little too, but mostly smile...)I love the way she used to slurp up her noodles. Now I am lucky if she eats anything but CANDY! Just thought I'd share, to give you the urge to kiss chubby little faces!!!

sweets

First of all, Happy Birthday to Jennifer!! Check out Skunk Hollow to see her cute baby picture, and next to it her mini-me, Noah...She is beautiful, wonderful, and sassy enough to keep JD in his place. Happy Birthday Jennifer!

This is the sweetest thing...
Little Haddie and Olivia are the sweetest little friends. Hadley follows her around, holding hands, and occasionally getting her with the baseball bat (sorry oli!) We went to this fun gym, Kangaroo Zoo, by my house on Tuesday. Alex went with us and was so cute with the girls, helping them through the mazes.


My sad, sweet child has been sick all week, high fever and soar throat, up in the middle of the night screaming, crying, saying "ouwie" over and over, bringing her mommy to tears also. But she is finally feeling better, but Grandma Whitey felt so sad for her she bought her new Elmo Jammies. She loves them, but it brought on quite the little tantrum when I couldn't get elmo on the television (NOW!). I blow dried her hair for the first time, kinda sweet looking...And some other cuties...

We are off to Thanksgiving #1 out of 3. Hmm. Thats a lot of turkey. That is a lot of family...

Oh orange velvet, how I love you....

First of all, I have decided to change my sight name. Not the URL link, just trying to get my last name off of this blog. I hope this doesn't screw up your links to see me, I am just getting a little paranoid:)

I am going thrift crazy! Something has snapped inside me and all I want to see is avocado green, mushroom ceramic wall hangings and vintage needlepoint! Not to mention I am craving a good long venture into every clothing consignment store in the valley...Etsy has held me over for the long weekend, and I did find these delights...
(wow these pictures are HUGE)
I wonder if I would weigh less on this because it's so rad!!!And OH! Looky. I found my moms dishes on etsy too...She has always complained about these, saying her sister made her register for them before her wedding, but I have always found them wonderfully cute. And I actually smashed some of them up and put them in my dish-mosaic dining room table...
Before:

After:


And this I found to be so sweet, and baby saw it and pointed to the two fairies, saying "haddie, paigey." Oh could she be any more sickening sweet...


You want more? I'll give you more.
So completely unsatisfied by window shopping online, I forced my hubby to take me to the thrifty store. DI. stinky but adventurous! These are going somewhere in my house...Check out the cool fake quilt border...Mom told me I had to post these before I put them away for the season. One desperate day with cheap acrylic paints...This chair was left cold and alone inside, but since I moved it out I have loved it immensely..This is supposed to say FAMILY. I have the F and the A, and am taking this down, because my toddler won't leave it alone. So if anyone wants it, come and get it. I just put photographs on it with that blue sticky putty stuff.
These are going up in it's place. Yes I know, abc's. Weird, huh? But I kinda like it...

And for those of you who read this blog to hear the latest about my sweet, busy toddler and not my keen sense of decorating, I give you this...
Hadley was so lucky and got to go to see Madagascar 2 with her mommy and daddy. 20 minutes into it she was bored with the sprite, popcorn and gigantic lollipop, and was screaming so loud that everyone in the theater could hear her, and stare. 30 minutes into it we were walking up and down the hall, and after about 45 minutes we left the theater completely. 50 minutes into it she was dead asleep in her car seat. Oh, cute, Huh?

No words for a Title...

Brent and I went to a Halloween Costume Party on Saturday as...Christmas. We took cookies, candy canes, egg nog, candy wrapped in holiday paper, and Christmas glasses as party favors. I also did the hostess a favor and decorated her mirrors and windows with cheap, ugly window decals. Needless to say, we were called "the Grizwalds" all night and won best costume!

Other Juicy Events in my life:
*I Moved into the new salon over the weekend. Tuesday we open for business with a sleek, updated look. I will take pictures just before the open house next week, and post them for you to see.
*Twighlight obsession continues...I asked (almost begged) my hubby to learn to play the piano. Nope. My BFF, expecting a baby boy, is I-kid-you-not considering Jacob as his name. Her husband is of mexican descent, so her babies are warm & brown, and strangely howl at night.
*This weekend was wonderful. I love, love, love fall, and this weekend was the perfect picture of it. It was rainy, cool and crisp. The colors all over, but especially in Farmington were so bright and wonderful, I couldn't get enough of it. I loved the bright leaves on the grass in yards and all over the roads, the pumpkins still around, and the yummy sandwiches and soup we had for dinner last night!!