Sunday Happy

Not going to lie. Today is a hard day. It's Sean's birthday... He would be 27.

Thump thump (that's my head hitting a wall)

I am not at the point yet where I think of Sean and am not sad because well, I am sad all the time. But I really want to get there, where when I think of him, it makes me happy, or well, more happy then sad. I know it's going to take time (I just have to say that I hate how everyone says it just takes time. No shit) and that I will get there someday.  But today, I am, for him and for me, try spending today thinking about all the good times and not be so sad. 

So yeah, going to spend 1/2 the day doing some work (keeps the mind at bay) and the other half with the family. They are grilling up hot dogs while I eat lettuce by the head, and we are just going celebrate Sean the way we celebrate everything in our family. Together with food. We will sit around, talking about everything and nothing, let the littles run around , let the dogs run wild, and just be. The is sun is shinning, the world is warm, and the family will be surrounded by each other. (like everyday for the past two weeks.. so much family time) And of course Sean will be the center of attention, not there physically, but in all the spirit.

And as for taking the day to chill, I am postponing my day of nothing until tomorrow and locking my door on the world. I love my family oh so much but if I don't take a day to myself... I might bite someones head off.

Anyway.  Got some stuff from the good old internet that happen to be of some interest to me.

-Did you know it's National Park Week.. National parks are the best so you should go get your butt to the closest one, it's free! (Bring a picnic and some hiking boots)

- This coloring book needs to happen.

- I feel in love with these photos that a mom took of her kids.  They are amazing

-Screw GI Joes, if you want plastic action figures get these. Yoga Joes

-House love.

-Ever wonder how museums keep their art collections clean? Check this guy out cleaning a Pollack.    There is no way I could do anything close to that, I would loss my shit.

-I will be looking for this book next time I am at the library (for the littles of course) 'Can I Eat That?' a Whimsical New Children's Book

-Tree houses in house plants.. two of my favorite things together in one.

-What Do Recyclable, Biodegradable & Compostable Really Mean?

-This is just one reason I avoid eating out.. I am paranoid, and for good reason... 'Farm To Fable'? Tampa Probe Finds Many Restaurants Lie About Sourcing

Some new pictures from the past week.

Hope everyone is having a great day and enjoying life.

Happy Birthday Sean, Love you!

-C

Sunday Happy

 Happy Spring people! Aren't you so excited? I know I am. The daffodils are starting to pop up, the birds are out like crazy with their churp churping and there is a hint of buds grazing all the tree. We are in for warmer weather, fresh green spring veggies, and lots of mud... I mean, what's not to be happy about. (there are things but we don't need to talk about them right now)

Yesterday the mr and I finished ripping up all the floor stuff (I managed not to hurt myself until the very last piece and stuck a nail into my hand) and then traveled the city looking at all the windows in all the stores. Window shopping is such a pain in the ass. If you never have to do it, don't. But we have to and we need to make some decisions like now because this week a bunch of men are making their way over to the new house with their saws and hammers and a big dumpster and are going to cut the back roof off. I am so excited! The addition is going up and the best part is we decided it was just to much for the two of us to do so we hired out the hardest part. We don't have to tear it down or frame it up anymore and oh does this make me happy. I was not to into the idea of me and the mr ripping of the roof ourselves. The mr, sure he knows what he is doing, but me, I would have probably taken the whole house down.

Anyway, going to be doing house stuff until we can't which I am ok with because I am really starting to feel crazy and am ready to move.  I know it's still a few months away but I have this weird feeling that I can't really stop and chill until we are in the new house and I am relaxing there.. so we better get on it. 

And I can't forget the cake. I need to make us a bunny with lots and lots of jelly beans.

Internet browsing from me to you.

-I think I might just spend my day making these. DIY GIANT ORIGAMI BUNNIES!

-My new house crush.

Pasta Hair packages are so cool. Creative Packaging Design Turns Pasta Into Hair

It works. Smart Tip: Peel an Entire Head of Garlic in 10 Seconds

-These 27 Solutions Could Help The U.S. Slash Food Waste

-Not Happy With the Candidates? Try Out a New Country. I know I have threatened to move if things go south around here.

-Of course this make all the sense. Greenery (or Even Photos of Trees) Can Make Us Happier

-LUSHNA VILLA: TINY SHELTERS FOR GLAMPING Yes! The mr and I will be making something like this for sure.

-My someday CARIBBEAN Home.

-I am really into (at the moment)  using light colored wood in fun ways at the house..Even thinking about plywood floors......we will see.

-More then just a great actor with an amazing voice. -Morgan Freeman Changed His 124 Acre Ranch Into A Bee Sanctuary To Help Save The Bees

And a few pics from the week.

Have a great weekend and again, Happy Spring!

-C

Sunday Happy

Yeah SPRING!!!!! Not officially, but we don't need official.The birds are a chirping, world is bright and warm and green things are popping up all over. And the mud. THE MUD! So much mud, all over my house, tracked in by the mr and the dog. (not ever me) It's a never ending battle of vacuuming and mopping (but II secretly kinda love all that mud.. yea, I am a werido)

So how was your week? Mine was good, mostly full of work stuff. Lots of papers and tearing up floors. The floors are going ok, except yesterday we got to the kitchen and found that the previous owner had installed a sub floor of wood slats that contain 8 million nails per inch. I have never seen so many freaking nails in a single piece of wood in my life and it's making for a very slow and frustrating floor tearing up process. I thought for sure we would be done by now, but this super find has delayed us in a big way. So we were planning on putting in another full day of floor ripping up today but my waking up, my body is kinda telling me to stop of else body will break in half and my arms will fall of. Yeah, I am a bit beat up. You should see all the cuts and bruises on my legs and arms.. I look like I fell down a side of a cliff.. (that's what I tell people if they ask) Hum, I wonder if they make a construction worker barbie?

Should we continue on with the hammers and crow bars and the floor of a million nails or take the day completely off, apply some ice, drink lots of coffee and nap? I am voting for the coffee and the naps (so happy for the extra hour of light, not so happy about having an hour taken away from me on a Sunday... take an hour out of Monday!) And I think that the mr will agree. Rest day today, get back to it tomorrow. Maybe if we take the day off I can enjoy some of this fantastical sunshine and ride my bike to the library.. Ah, that sounds so good!

You got any big plans for today? Whatever your plans, just make sure to take it easy and give yourself a break..and maybe a nap. you did lose an hour of after all.

Internet things from the internet.

-8 Weird Ways Daylight Saving Time Affects Your Health.

Be Amazed By This Marvelous Music Machine, Powered By 2,000 Marbles.. I am amazed

-It's not always about the money. Urban Farms Fuel Idealism. Profits? Not So Much

-I don't know how I stumbled on this, (so awesome) but here , Pee-Wee Herman's blog... and peeps flavored milk.

-I am obsessed with my pens.. this lady knows what I like

- I need to stop looking at other peoples houses, like this one, or this one. I want them all.

- Allthe different types.. I did not know. All About Buttercream & How to Make 6 Different Types

-Lovely bird houses.  3500 Birdhouses From Scrapwood

-Are your sheets getting in the way of your sleep? 9 truths about bedding

-Whole Foods Has Struck a Deal to Sell Ugly Produce. It's great and all, but why do they gots to go and call it ugly?

And of course some pictures of stuff from the week

Have a great day!

-C

Sunday Happy

We have been doing work on the house for a while now, ripping things out, patching things up.. must mostly ripping things out. Well yesterday we made our first purchase for something that is going into the house... A vintage green pedestal sink. YES!!! I scoured the internet,looked in salvage yards, all the while not really thinking I would find anything (anything I could afforded) but lo and behold, two days ago I found one on craigslist. Crazy, and only a little drive away. So the mr and I jumped on that and yesterday we drove out to the country, stopped at the pig farm, feed the cutest 5 week old piglets stale donuts and retrieved out new green sink from the frozen mud. I am so excited. We have officiallybought our first major piece for the house.  And it's so pretty and green and almost tacky, (could get tacky) but is going to be perfect.  Oh how I love me the craigslist.

Other news.  Have you hear about the pre-peeled oranges from Whole Foods, the ones that made everyone all crazy and waere all over the news and internet? So stupid right. (Like yeah it's kinda stupid to sell pre-peeled oranges and a waste of plastic, but is it any more dumb the to sell single serve plastic coffee pods, shrink wrapped potatoes, or plastic wrapped junk food. Just saying.) The mr and I were watching the morning news when the story came on. We started to have very normal discussion about who and why and all that when I guess I made a comment about how I have to peel his oranges. (I don't peel his oranges, but I might have helped start a orange a few tines) And then all of a sudden this light hearted discussion about pre-peeled oranges went down hill. The pre peeled oranges made us turn on each other (our argument might not been entirely about the oranges...) Long story short. probably not going to be buying oranges for a while....Or maybe I'll take it one step further and just stock the fridge with pre-peeled, sectioned off segments of oranges.

HAHAHAHA. I am brilliant!

So oranges, new green sink, and the temperature outside is going up up UP. Life is life and going pretty good.  I am excited and ready and going to pull my bike out of the basement today. As soon as all the ice is melted out of the road... look out world! And clean. All I want to do it clean. Have you gotten the spring clean itch yet? My itch is like a rash. I want to get ride of EVERYTHING and power wash the inside of the house. I also want to invent something that keeps the dog nasty off of my life kinda like a bath). Yeah, maybe we will wash Washer today. That could be fun (not at all fun)

Other then that, not sure. Hoping for a long leisurely walk (pre-dog bath), a spring time salad situation involving lots of fresh baby arugula and pears and at least one small nap on the couch with window open. Not to much to ask, but we shall see.

Here, some links to take you on my internet findings.

- Slice The Price Of Fruits And Veggies, Save 200,000 Lives? I think so.

-We don't buy dog treats, sometime I make them, but mostly he gets apples and carrots as treats. 11 Healthy Fruit & Vegetable Treats for Your Dog or Cat

-Get ready for a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen museum... Buying a yearly pass..hahaha!

-Some might say I have a mouth like a sailor.. and they are probably right, but I can't help it. What Makes Swearing So Damn Satisfying, Anyway?

- This nursery is perfect. Maybe one day.....

-Completely in love with this house. And this cabin.. yes please.

-7 Types of Fruit Trees You Can Grow in Your Living Room. and I want to grow the ALL!

-I totally get this.  No one will make you do the things you love–so here’s how to make yourself

-I pretty much only use cast iron for everything. so this is cool to see. How Lodge Cast Iron Skillets Are Made in Tennessee

- Yup, this would work for me. Exercise Bike Doubles As Washing Machine

-This is good news for the little ones.Peanut Mush In Infancy Cuts Allergy Risk.

And yes, picture of baby pigs, and some other stuff.

Have a great day!

-C

Sunday Happy

Last Sunday was Valentines day, and I know that I told you that the mr and I don't really celebrate. Well this year I woke up on Sunday with a few tiny palm sized paper hearts laid out near the coffee tray. Then a heart in the coffee beans, and in my coffee mug. I opened the fridge and everything I touched, a little paper heart fell out or was shoved into it(a heart in my hummus) And in my jacket, all my pockets, my shoes, my toothpaste.. ...everywhere. It has been a whole week and I am still finding hearts falling out of weird places (Ii my dried lentil, in the couch cushions, and shoved into my books) EVERYWHERE!

I am not complaining. I know I am the luckiest lady here but I hope I found them all by now. (I think I might have gotten a bit snippy when a heart fell into my tea.)

And so the week has been heart filled, work filled, house and family full (as usual) The projects keep piling on which is great but crazy. So much at once, it a little hectic right now. I am going a little nuts with the weather, being a million below zero and jumping up to a nice crisp 50 above within 2 days... Its weird and crazy and making my head spin and my floors in my house so dirty. I am conflicted because it is winter and we should be living a winter life, but I am almost kinda over it now. I want to play in the dirt and plant green things and work on the outside of the house. But then again I could totally got for a huge storm with 2 feet of snow. .....

Other things. Lots of good food this week. I made falafel for the first time in a while (I'll share next week) and have eaten my weight in sweet potato pudding. Oh, and I went to my first ever acupuncture appointment. SO cool, I think I am going to do it again. I am a champ at having little needles stuck in me and laying really still. I could do it all day!

A couple of the littles spent the night this weekend and woke up the next day to a couple more. We had us our hands full with 4 little people that all want to jump on us and eat all my carrots, mustard ,and the tiny marshmallows. But such good times were had. We made sprinkle fart pancakes, played with a basket of rocks, made little sketch books and went for a little hike. Ended the day at the book store, hanging out in the kids section (I want all the kids books) and meeting up with grandma where she force feed them all gigantic cookies. The mr and I then got to drop those tiny little sugar high people back off to there lovely parents. (haha) After wobbling home, we spent the night cleaning all the sticky stuff from every surface and cleaning the toilet and surrounding areas of all the pee. (I think the boys in my family have an aversion to proper aim).. Good time.

The week has been full to say the least. And hopefully today can be a quite one, with nothing much (there is always a little) but taking it slow, bottomless cup of hot drinks, finish my book, get a nap in and maybe finish pulling all the nails from the stairs.. maybe.

I hope you all are having a great weekend doing fun relaxing stuff.

Here is some internet things from the internet.

- Breakfast food is such a weird concept to me, especially here in America where everyone eats things I would consider a dessert. How the So-Called ‘Balanced Breakfast’ Reshaped America’s Morning Meal

-I love old Victorian homes.

-Someday I will have my own library and I want it to look something like this.

-Pretty cool but I don't think its practical.  Living Jewelry That Grows While You Wear It

-Yes! I am a firm believer in mush! THE MAGIC OF MAKING MUSH FOR DINNER

-Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds To The Evidence

-Very interesting and sad but try. A Hidden Cost to Giving Kids Their Vegetables

- 5 Useful Things to Know About Fresh Ginger.. I am a ginger freezer.

-"Harry Potter' Film Concert Series"....this excites me much!

-I have been scouring craigslist for a sink like this (green one in first pic) for the bathroom. Anyone got one laying around? Oh, and I might be over black floor tile.. might.

And pictures from the week

Have a happy weekend!

-C