Green

Things are getting a little happier around here. So today my favorite color!
Green!

Orange, Yellow, and some changes

It always seems that once you get use to something or the idea of something it changes. We're not sure yet, we'll know by the end of the week, but J. might be in search of a new job. He loved this one but some of the people seem to have gone above and beyond the usual office gossip and J. is the one who gets to pay the price for their pettiness. The drama that this produced is the reason for no post yesterday. Rumors are the poison of any environment.
To make up for it a double dose of color today:

My kitchen is yellow, orange, and blue, so this was a little easier then the red post.
Have a wonderful day!

Rainbow week: red

So Shelly over @ waldorfmama.typepad.com is doing a rainbow week. I looked around my house and there is a real lack of rainbows, so I decided to do a different color of the spectrum each day as a compromise.
First color... RED!

A lack of red around my house as well this was about all I could find.

On another note baby C.'s birthday was a smash hit! Party went great and so many people showed up. Good times all around!

thursday thrift

Had time for a quick trip to the thrift store this morning. Good thing since I'm late on a swap I'm doing. So a few finds:

Painting that I've been looking at for weeks finally came home today, along with some glass cats for my swap partner.

A new chair for J.

Lots of presents. Two birthdays and a swap to send out. Good thing I like to wrap =o)
Have a spadoinkal day all you people out there in blog land!

wordless wednesday

Books and a goodbye

Bye Bye Tweeker Lights! (D yells as I open up this post lol!). So today is a sad day because Z. our neighbor roommate is leaving today to go and live with his mother in New Mexico. He's been a daily part of our lives for the past 6 months and he will be missed!
Goodbye for now Z.
On a slightly lighter note I got my books!! My work does a little incentive program so you don't call in sick. If you get perfect attendance for the quarter you get $50 to spend on gift cards. If you're anything like me this doesn't happen very often so when it does... Happy book time!
I'm already deep into "Homemade Life" and can't wait to get to the others.

Bench Monday

Happy Monday! Finally back on my proper schedule!

Thrift Store Maddness!!

I got the chance to do a little retail therapy this morning, lucky for the pocketbook I'm a thrift store junkie. Major finds this time and hopefully something I can wear when we do our engagement pictures tomorrow.

Lots of clothes!


Including a kimono with this beautiful embroidery on the back:
Two new pairs of boots ( why am I buying boots when it's 99°!):

And some random things for around the house:
Have a wonderful weekend!!

99°

Thats right 99 degrees farenhight! J. refuses to even leave the house. Think we might blow a breaker with the two swamp coolers working. Overkill you think? If you ever saw the single wide cottage you would understand. Think tin can in the middle of a desert, and J. is not a hot wether person.

My neighbors had the right idea:
Blew up their kiddie pool ( pretty decent sized one at that), filled it and jumped in. D. even had the forethought to put their camping canape over it.

Wordless Wednesday

comfort food

I unfortunately am a person who suffers from acid stomach on a regular basis you know what works?
A little butter, a little English muffin, a few free range organic eggs
One cure for most every ailment. Comfort food is awesome!

Day shift and the results

First and foremost day shift is soooo not for me! So instead of complaining I really need a bit of cheering up so here are a few things that make me happy:

The view from my back porch:

A loving dog

Blue eyes on my favorite feline

Sun on my kitchen table


Happy Monday!

Blog, Blog, Blog!

O.K. I suppose if I'm going to be a blogger I should post more often instead of spending all my time looking at other people's blogs. Lucky for me I just figured out that our new wireless, now that we've worked out all the bugs, reaches all the way outside to my new picnic table! Which means mornings outside! I love summer mornings, and sometimes I actually wish I still got up early enough to really enjoy them. Be careful what you wish for! Next week my night shift body has to adjust to a whole week of day shift!! That is going to be painful, just have to keep repeating my new mantra, "positive thinking makes life better," or when I'm not feeling so peppy and optimistic " Ireland, your doing this for Ireland!" I've had so much to post about over the past few weeks, I think I may need to stretch it out over a few days. First things first :

A beautiful new handmade picnic table courtsey of the wonderful Bevon and his beautiful wife Danni ( who only had to remind him a few times that he said he was going to make it lol). Made for J's birthday a few weeks ago. Pictures of the birthday are still in Danni's camera so they will have to come later. Next:

Family, we went to California for a little holiday last week and I got the chance to meet J's sister as well as his wonderfully cute niece:



Then it was the Berkley Rose Gardens:
and this one because I'm pretty sure J. dosen't read my blog:
He was just standing there so I told him to do something, goofy man!
A self portriate of the two of us:
And to save the best for last our gracious hosts , as well as the best man at our wedding, J's best friend and his wife. Thank you so much for welcoming us into your house. They have four wonderful children that I feel blessed to have met and gotten the chance to hang out with.

Life is all about surrounding your self with good people and enjoying ever moment that you get together. I think sometimes I get caught up in the hype and it's so good to be able to take a break and get a little reminder.