04 September 2010

belated Photoshoot friday








well, friday's photoshoot didn't happen this week....so here is a belated Photoshoot friday (avec mom and pop)! so, the hat i'm wearing is super awesome. my grandma bought it for me while we were thrifting today. i wasn't able to get a great shot of it, so i'll post more pics later. it's been a busy, fun extended weekend with my parents and grandma, but they are leaving tomorrow. we had a great time and got to do lotsa fun things while they were here. i hope they will come back soon. i have so many more things i would have liked to do. ok, well time to play cards and spend the last few hours of quality time together.

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03 September 2010

good times



our new living room set up...

well, my parents and grandma got into town last night, albeit late. ugh. their train was delayed twice! at least they made it, right? :) today was fun. i took my dad and mom thrifting, and we met A for lunch. grandma Bonnie was tired most of the day but got a second wind later on, so i took her and my mama to another thrift store where we got tons of good stuff. tonight we played cards and yahtzee and laughed and laughed. it was so fun. i can't even say how happy i am that they are here. i'll post pictures of some of our finds later on this weekend. we've been having little fashion shows to show off what we bought. we are also planning on meeting up with some old family friends while they are here, which will be great. we haven't seen them in forever!

on another note, i cannot wait for fall (like many others)! the leaves are starting to change already! i've been buying lots of sweaters in preparation and planning outfits for chilly, crisp fall days. haha, my dad is asleep on the couch right next to my chair! i was just talking to him about how it was past his bedtime, and he said he wasn't tired, lol! maggie is also trying to make a little bed on the floor. everyone is asleep except me! i am soooo happy to have visitors! really, i know it's silly how excited i am about this, but i just am! it's really stressful and sad to move to a new place/state and not know anyone. at least for me. i'm a really big family person. like i would live with my parents my whole life if i could. :) i envy other cultures where it is common practice to live within the nuclear family unit for extended periods of time. it's really hard being this far away from family and friends. luckily, i have internet, so it's easier to stay in touch with some people, but it is really just not the same. ahh, well i shouldn't be complaining right now while i have company here...so, until later...hopefully i will post some pictures of our adventures this weekend!

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30 August 2010

the little things...


there's nothing better than a bottle of wine for $3.99... :)

today i attended the craziest thrift store sale EVER! it was insane. seriously. they were having an end-of- summer sale with everything in the store 60% off. so, i went thrifting here last week, and when they told me about the sale they said to get there early because of the craziness. well, i didn't really believe them. however, i had to take A to work this morning, so i was up, and therefore, i decided to just stop by when they opened. i was literally pulling up to the store right at 9 a.m., and the parking lot was completely full, overflowing, in fact! i could hardly find a parking spot, and the line was out the door! oh my! i have really never seen anything like this. needless to say, i spent about three hours at the sale and got some great stuff! :) i'll post pictures soon. i actually didn't shop for myself too much; i got some stuff for my mom, dad, grandma and A instead. it was fun to shop for other people as i am usually way selfish and only get things for myself. i DID get a few clothing items for me, but the majority of things i got are for others. :)

ok, now an update on Moe (the rescue kitty we can't keep). i think we have found him a home! a lady is coming to pick him up tomorrow to take him to her elderly neighbor. ehh. i know he isn't my kitty, but i still feel responsible for him, and i hope this will be a good home. i plan on leaving my number and address just in case the kitty and/or new parent needs anything. i'm really kind of dreading the hand off tomorrow. he's been staying here a couple days, and he is the sweetest little kitty. i ultimately just want him to have a good loving home. so, here's to hoping.

on another note, A and i tried out a new restaurant tonight. it was a Mediterranean bar and grill called Woody's. they have THE best hummus ever! that's what i ordered and A had a falafel burger with fries. it was sooo delicious. they also carry like 20 local beers on draft, so A was in heaven. he tried out a new beer, and i stuck with the old standby, wine. which smelled heavenly. i'm not kidding. it was the best smelling wine ever. overall, great experience. we will definitely be going back.

ok, well i'm pretty busy watching reality tv, so this is all for now...hehe

til later...

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29 August 2010

the story of Moe


so, this is Moe. i rescued him today in front of our house. he was laying in the middle of the road, meowing, and when a car came he barely moved. luckily, the car stopped, and i ran out to see what was going on. now he is sleeping on our sunporch until i can find who he belongs to or a good home for him. i want to keep him sooo bad; i even named him. which was obviously a bad idea. so now we wait. i hate this. i seriously love this little guy so much. he immediately started rubbing on me and loving me. i am hoping beyond all else that the neighbor will take him. she loves kitties, but is not sure yet. if he lived next door then i could see him all the time. :) that would be great! we will see... isn't he soo sweet?!

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27 August 2010

first Photoshoot friday













oh my gosh! we did it! A and I had our first photoshoot today, and it was soo fun. my look was sort of in homage to my mama (well, the '70s version of her). i've seen several pictures of her wearing the overalls and big glasses with long hair. so i was definitely feeling her vibe so to speak. hah! and A was sort of going for the '50s rolled up jeans, white tee and whiskey look i guess. i had to coax him into participating with me, and he isn't really thrilled to have me put his pictures up. but oh well. his pictures look good. and it was our first attempt, so we will get better over time. i got the overalls at an estate sale when we first moved to MI. and i added the cute little red belt (also thrifted) for some color. also, i found two sets of adorable glasses at the thrift store the other day, and they fit perfectly into our shoot. so, other than the photoshoot, today was pretty slow and relaxing. as is tonight. i've got some estate sales on the agenda for tomorrow morning, and since i'm not usually an early riser, i've gotta get to bed a little earlier tonight. last weekend we almost missed the most amazing sale ever because we slept in too late. that will not happen this weekend! :) i'm still rearranging and cleaning in preparation for my parents and grandma to come on Wednesday. i'm so excited! they will be our first visitors. i've got all sorts of fun things planned for us to do. number one being thrifting! ok, well i'm off to craft for a while. night.

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26 August 2010


new $20 chair - Discount Dave's


paper crafts i made for the sunporch


fall scarf and vintage pumps - Hidden Treasures Thrift

so yesterday was a little crazy. i got into a little accident. everyone is fine, but i rear ended someone. ugh. it was my first accident ever. and let's hope it will never happen again. ok, so it was my fault. i thought the lady went when the light turned green, but she didn't and i did. needless to say, the lady was not very happy. in fact, she was very mean and belittling to me. obviously, i didn't mean for the accident to happen. that's why it's called an accident. anyways, no one was hurt and there was little to no damage to the vehicles. and let's just say it wasn't going to help the situation to be mean and nasty, but the lady apparently thought it would. so yeah. bad day. and now i kind of only want to ride my bike everywhere. so before the accident, my day was going along pretty well. i went thrifting and found some great stuff. i got lotsa new craft supplies, a few  sweaters for fall, and some pumps and a scarf (pictured above). after i picked A up from work we came home to relax after my stressful encounter. we drank a little wine and played catch in the backyard. it was such a nice day. windy, sunny and cool. then all last night i played around with my new crafting supplies. i made a canopy to hang over the daybed on the sun  porch. and i made some decorations for the guest room. my parents and grandma are coming to visit over labor day weekend, so i'm busy getting things in order for when they come. A's birthday is also over labor day weekend, so i need to start making some plans as to what i'm gonna get him and what we are gonna do to celebrate. i think it'd be fun to go to the beach :) but that's just me. ok, well time for more crafting. til later...

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22 August 2010



some of my new pretty thrifted sheets

ahh...so today was good. A and i slept in late, he made pancakes when we got up and our couch and daybed got delivered just in time for us to run out of town to an estate sale. which, by the way, was amazingly amazing. this was seriously the best estate sale i've ever been to. i mean i guess i haven't been to a ton of estate sales, but this has been the best thus far. it was out in the country a little ways outside of town, and it was a house with a huge barn in the backyard (which were woods, awesome!). so the barn used to be an antique store run by the lady that lived in the house. now, unfortunately, we didn't know about the sale til the second day, so i can only imagine what goodies we could have found had we been there the first day....But, we got a few cool things anyways. but really just the adventure was so fun. being in the house and barn, imagining what it would have been like to visit when the antique store was in it's heyday. oh my gosh, and the daydreaming...ideas about owning my own thrift store or flea market, right behind our (theoretical) house that backs up to the woods in a giant barn or other old structure. i cannot believe we didn't have a camera on us, not even a phone camera! i sooo wanted to post pictures of this place. it was awesome. so anyways, then the day got even better, although really i don't know how. we went into the little town nearby the estate sale, which A and i have fallen in love with! it's the quaintest (hehe) little town with a town square and its very own (best part) antique district! so we went exploring around the antique area and found some awesome stuff, but we didn't purchase anything today because lack of funds is an issue at the moment. but, we know where to go in the future, so that's good. we also stopped into the local goodwill and habitat restore. (if anyone doesn't know about habitat for humanity restores...well, they are awesome and you should check one out). but yeah, by this time we were starving so we stopped at an A&W thinking it was a little fast-food drive thru ya know? but no! it was a restaurant! and it was so fun! i had grilled cheese (of course) and a rootbeer float, yum. and A had a patty melt and brat, yuck. :) so i thought the fun was over for the day as we headed home, but then tonight we went to a movie. yay. we haven't been in a while, and it was so fun and the movie was awesome. we saw The Kids are All Right. i love julianne moore and mark ruffalo. it was cute and funny and kinda sad sometimes. lol i should be a movie critic. ok well that's all. now we are home, and i'm going to bed soon. so til later...

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