8.16.2010

o time, time, wherefore art thou time?



time is like a handful of sand ... 
the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers

  

     

so, i am a bit upset with myself.  okay, not just a bit, but quite a bit.  it has been way too long since my last post .... and my sewing machine has collected too much dust.  i have no idea where the summer has gone. oh wait, i do.  kids, husband, family, house, cook, swim, clean, sports, camp, park, laundry, eat, sleep.  and really, i could have just stopped at kids, right?  

this summer has been more busy then i had ever hoped or wanted.  between everything i haven't had much time to put towards DILLYdally.  but if i play my cards right this fall, i just might get about two hours of me time in the afternoon three days a week.  not a lot, but the most i will have had in a loooong, long time.  my middlest is headed to afternoon preschool and my oldest is headed to kindergarten (and all day kindergarten at that!).  i just can't believe it.  i go through waves of being beyond ready to see him off to school and waves where i wish i could have my baby boy back.  like everyone says, it goes so fast.  

so maybe my thought about time today isn't so much about where the summer has gone, but where have the last six years gone?  i must have blinked.  

until next time....

             

6.16.2010

rubba dub dub

                          

where is that tub?  super cool, ready made, super cool.

until next time....

             

6.14.2010

mindless monday: umbrellas

i am not exactly sure, but i think it has been raining for a week straight now.  not all day, every day.  but i can't remember when we saw the sun last.
umbrellas have become our best friends this past week....


      

              

i would, however, prefer one of these umbrellas ....

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until next time....

             

6.11.2010

a win-win-win

                                                    
how great are these?  combines my serious commitment (aka obsession) to keep my kids safe and my love of animals.
it's a win-win-win in my book: awesome colors.  awesome fun.  awesome protection.

until next time....
             

6.10.2010

art: think outside of the frame

              


         



       


go for it.  dare to ditch the frame.  these are all fab DIY projects.  just click the pic and get carried away with inspiration.

until next time....

             

6.08.2010

my new love


love. at. first. smell.   

google it.  find it.  hunt it down.  that is unless you don't want a new addiction, because i am hooked for life.  

until next time....

             

6.07.2010

mindless monday: hiatus


hiatus |hīˈātəs|noun ( pl. -tuses ) [usu. in sing. ]a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process
i took a bit of a hiatus last week.  the mister and i decided to take some time to DILLYdally ... just us ... sans kids.  we celebrated our tenth anniversary this past week and after dropping our beauties off with those that were going to love, feed and water them while we were away, we took a week long vacation up to northern minnesota.  aka the "north shore".  
and if there were ever a small town that would make me want to stick a for sale sign in the front yard, pack it up and move to a seemingly more simple life, it would be grand marais, mn.  loved it there and hope to hold on to the peace and tranquility that this picturesque town seems to give to its weary travelers ... especially on the days when peace and tranquility can be a wee bit hard to come by being home with kids.
here are a few pics for you to enjoy and hopefully inspire you to take a hiatus of your own.  a huge thank you to nana, papa, gp, grandma, and grandpa for keeping the littles safe and sound.... so that their parents could be gone with peace of mind.  





                        





until next time....