Counting

I'm thinking that maybe I should start a list of all the things I need to do. However I'm a little afraid to. Why? Just worried it will be ten pages long. I'll be back very soon with all the fun stuff I'm working on. Just taking me a little longer than I thought it would.

P.S. Just finished writing a list of goals for this month. Doesn't seem quite so frightening now.

Vintage Finds

Vintage Silk Threads

Aren't they beautiful? I spent a good two hours today photographing items to put into my new vintage Etsy store. Can't wait to share the rest of the treasures I have found! Hope you all are having a great week!

If Wishes Were Fishes...

Have you ever visited the lovely shop of Flora & Henry? If not you should. I adore everything they sell even if I can't afford it. I was however able to buy these darling little Flora & Henry pants at a yard sale. For $2! Squeal! Aren't they the cutest? When my little man gets a bit bigger I can roll down the cuffs on the bottom.

Seriously, how cute is he? I just can't get enough of this little man! 

Disclaimer

My little beach bum


So I think that my last post was a little misunderstood. I hope I didn't come off as sounding like I have it all together. Because I don't. Seriously, when I said we are back to some sort of normal I meant it. Only our new normal is not like the old kind of normal. It hit me super hard yesterday how un-normal my life is these days. I spent the better part of the morning crying. Mostly out of self pity. A portion of it was due to the fact that our house looked like a bomb had gone off. Some of the tears were due to the fact that we have had so many major changes in our lives over the past two months. A major move, a new baby, Dean breaking his ankle, Dean not working, trying to fit into a new group of friends, & well the list goes on. I really don't chalk this cry fest up to hormones. I think sometimes we just need a good ol' fashioned cry. Yesterday was one of those days.

Today I woke up and felt much better.

I cleaned our home & spent time with the girls. I even worked on stuff for my new shop. Everything just happens slower. Turtle speed is what I like to call it. I'm just trying to keep positive and share the happy moments with my family and friends. Those are the moments that seem the most special and worth the mention.

4 Weeks

4 weeks

It's been 4 weeks since I had the baby. It's taken time to get life to a certain kind of normal. I'm sure normal will change a little here and there over the next few months. Beggars can't be choosers. I'll take what I can get. Let's just say I love this little guy more than anything.

Sloan started school on Monday. 5th grade. I can't believe how time has flown. She loves her new school and all of her new teachers. It's fun to watch her grow as a little person. She reads on her own now, without me asking her to. Like I will walk into her room and she's reading. I love that!

Zoe & Aris are adjusting to Sloan being back in school. They miss her when she's not home. At the moment they are both pretty much obsessed with "Spooky Bones". Let me explain. Any dark or scary place that they see out and about (or in our house) now is the home of "Spooky Bones". Skeletons are spooky bones. They also like to run around the house with blankets on their heads saying the spooky bones are going to get us. And if they don't want to help me out, well, they use the excuse that they can't because the spooky bones might get them. Dean and I find it pretty hilarious. I love how they are using their imaginations.

Deans ankle is healing well. He is now in a walking boot and can take the boot off throughout the day to work on moving his foot and ankle. It still hurts him quite a bit but he has been able to go to work for a few days here and there. Now that he has the boot I can't keep him from working around the house. He's out in the yard and working on the garden as much as he is able. We just got our first harvest of squash & he will be planting some more broccoli and lettuce this weekend. I love that he likes gardening so very much.

Me, well I have a whole bunch of ideas cooking in this old noggin of mine. I've been working on setting up my "art nook" as I like to call it. I am now the happy owner of a very nice drafting table. I can't wait to start painting! While my mom was here she bought me a work table from the thrift store. I will be setting that up for all my sewing projects. Things are coming together slowly but surely. I just work on a little each and every day. That's all that I can do right now & I am okay with it. Eventually it will all come together. Also working on opening another etsy shop for all the vintage goodies I find. I have always loved thrifting and this is a fun way to support my habit. Can't wait to share all the new goodies with you soon. Very soon!