"Are you on crack?"

i decided to wait until a legitimate period of time had passed before writing this post, because sometimes i can get a bit fussy over nothing. that said... i had a bad experience today at wal mart. (lets all go ahead and roll our eyes about the multitudes of misery that can come out of any given trip to wal mart, and then sigh... )

Okay, here goes: i needed to get some E-6000 (awesome craft glue) so i headed into good old wally world to the crafty area, as i'm getting closer to the glue, i hear children causing dis function. i'm immediately in "man shopping mode" which means 1) go to item 2) grab it 3) walk away quickly as to not waste any time or become distracted. -- so, as i turn onto glue isle, there is a child (appx 4 years old, the boy kind) LAYING ON THE FLOOR! --at wal mart? his little brother is still in the cart (i'm guessing that makes him less than 2 years old) and he had rolled a big green ball (like the ones in the tall bungee cord cages for $2.50) down the isle.... about 6 feet past where i was, he looked up at me FROM THE FLOOR and said "can you get that for me?" my thoughts:
1) no, i cant.... because i dont want to
2) you're 4 and you have energy, get it yourself
3) why are you talking to strangers?
4) where is your mom?
5) you need some hand sanitizer immediately, get off the floor


so, i kind of stop and stare at him for a moment, looking around for his mother to reprimand him. this does NOT happen. no mother to be found...
then he yells (not speaks, yells) "GEEEEEET IIIT FOOOOOR MEEEEEEEEEEE!" ... at me.



please imagine my jaw literally dropping, because it did.



then, mom to the rescue... NOT. she appears from the yarn isle, resumes pushing the buggy like nothing ever happened, and tells 4year old to "come on" -- never once even acknowledging me or the fact that her child just yelled commands at me, or that there is a ball now in the middle of an isle. i'm not willing to bet any amount of money on her being a competent parent, or sober for that matter. as i continued to stand there in shock, she looks back and says "oh am i blocking the isle, do you need to get by?" ---- my thoughts: no, i dont need to get by, i need you to immediately spank your child and apologize to me for your inability to function on this planet, and now teaching your child to be a complete moron. .... phew, deep breath.



i dont do well with things like this, i'm already "not really a kid person" and then to have one yell commands at me, and then the parent not even notice. ggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrr! so, i ask this question: ARE YOU ON CRACK???


*this is not the actual child, but i feel like you all deserve a picture for reading this post*
--anyone else have a horrible wal mart story?

i sit on the floor and paint

weird, i know?!? every now and then i drag all my "artsy-fartsy" (that was a drew term btw) stuff to the kitchen table and have crafty day in the kitchen, but more often than not, i'll just sit myself in the floor of one of the guest rooms and paint.

i'm on the hunt for a desk to paint (refinish) and paint at, now that guest room #2 is painted and inspiring (the b&w striped room), so hopefully sometime in the next couple weeks i'll have one picked out and sassified, thus resulting in me sitting in a chair at a desk to paint.

like a grown up. right?

today during my floor sitting-painting adventure, my little pink paintbrushes (yes, they're pink... shocker!) created this:

kinda fun and different, its for sale-- not for our bedroom, although the color scheme works! and, another little something for an etsy order:

little girl stuff is so fun, i never get tired of painting pink. with pink paintbrushes. this is going on abigail's bedroom door, she's a cutie petutie (i dont often get to meet the people i paint for, so this was fun-- oh to be 2 again, people clap at every thing you do and every word you say)

happy saturday to everyone!

My idea of wearing something green

Well, I was not quite as in to St. Patrick's Day as I usually am... although, I do have a beautiful green leather purse; which kept me from painful pinches today! So, other than today being my Uncle Barry's birthday (happy birthday to you!) its also a day of leprechauns!!! Oh how i love leprechauns, why? Because, they look like lawn gnomes, and i LOVE lawn gnomes. Don't laugh!!! I don't own any, if one wearing a Texas Tech jersey were to appear, it would definitely find a home in my flower beds. I think the gnome thing is more of a fascination. Anyway, here is my tribute to St. Patty's Day, a combination of all things lovely and green!

#1 on the list: always SHOES!!!

This guy gets to join the post because he's cute and awesome!

My purse!

Tinkerbell, the inventor of the little green dress.

Fabulous green eyeshadow

hello Handsome!

awww, love these!

"Andrew, so I've sorta found something..."

When he hears those words, its downhill from there.

Hahaha, well, I told you all about the yellow candlesticks I'd found at the Blue Door Boutique (a few posts earlier) so-- after I added some yellow to our bedroom, I decided to treat myself to those adorable antique candlesticks, and marched (drove) myself right down to Main Street to get them. and GaSp!!! they were GONE! I mean, someone obviously didn't know that in my head those were mine and now they've been mischievous and taken them from me. Grrrrrrr! So, I asked the sweet lady who owns the store about them, and she said there was an antique/home decor mall down the road, and she thought maybe someone in there might have something similar. How nice of her!!!
So, again, I marched (drove) myself to the Frisco Mercantile building in hopes of finding a treasure, and oh boy did i ever. As soon as I saw it, my heart stopped beating, I got panicky, I looked frantically around for a sales associate, I had to buy it right then, NOW!!!

-- this is where my shopping therapy has come in handy, I calmed myself, walked at a normal to slightly rapid speed to the front of the store to ask the price (it wasn't on a tag on this item, i looked thoroughly) and then my frantic buying friendzy came to a halt. This was one of those purchases that you're supposed to talk about between the two of us, not only because it is a piece of furniture, but because the price tag was just a bit over the normal "oh drew, i was just walking around, saw it, and just bought it... cute huh?" amount of money to spend. So, he got the dreaded phone call.... and my husband being the sweetheart that he is, said "Honey, if you really want it, then just buy it, I'll pick it up for you tomorrow" (its too big to fit in the Buzz Lightyear, -my car- get it, haha To Infiniti and Beyond??? sometimes i think i'm funnier than i am)

So, the very next day, bright and early when the store opened at 9am, I was waiting outside the door. Just in case another person out there in the DFW metroplex didnt know that in my head, THAT was already mine, because sometimes people don't realize. I went out and shot it, killed it, and drug it home (i tell drew that shopping is like my version of hunting) and here it is, my oh so very lovely and very perfect shade of yellow porch swing!!!

Yes, it is in our bedroom! I just love it, it makes me so happy! Not only is it awesome, but it also fits into our "sitting area" quite well, once i figure out what to put in the corner (other than my chandeliers, that is-- but that's for another day) So, to sum this up, I have the best husband ever, because although he makes fun of "the rusted swing" he deep down cares more about me being happy than having a functional sofa! Cheers to the new yellow swing! LOVE IT????

"it looks like a huge piano"

That is what Andrew said about our new black/white stripe room. He meant it as a compliment, its pretty cool and classy looking! I actually woke up at 4:30am on Saturday morning and couldnt go back to sleep, so I decided to paint the stripes, and by 9am that room looked so different. It was probably not the best idea since i had such a long day ahead of me and by dinnertime i was ready to sleep on the table, but I love the room! Its not completely decorated yet, but we did move the daybed to the east wall, and i'm in the process of hanging things up!

More to come!

thurs-friday project

Yes, another project! I'm finally working on guest room #2, which is good... because we are trying to condense our two rooms of random things and boxes into just ONE room (the media room upstairs)-- which for that matter will probably remain the room of boxes for a while, and hopefully eventually turn into the media room. Sigh, someday! But for today-- guest room #2 is on the agenda, drum roll: ........... black and white stripes!!! Yay! This is going to be the black/white/red room with the daybed, and if i can ever find one... a desk for me to paint on (which will be a nice break from the floor, or the kitchen table). So anyway, here are the pics of the prep work i've done so far... no actual paint is on the wall. Coach helped too!

11 month anniversary

Can you believe we have been married almost a year? NO! Neither can we! Time sure flies! Anyway, we dont usually celebrate our anniversary every month on the 4th but Drew was so sweet and on this happy March 4th he brought home flowers and wrote me a sweet card. What a guy! I'm definately a lucky girl!
He was so sweet, he told the florist "no purple" -- because well, if i need to explain, then you dont know me. As it turns out, knowing your way around the color wheel is not a requirement for being a florist. It has happened before, because my sweetheart always says "no purple" and yet... there they are, purple flowers??? And when he asks, "is that purple?" never fails, they say "no thats pink". Its not Drew's fault that they are wrong, and colorblind for that matter, so regardless of the color, I love them and they're beautiful. Drew always makes sure i have a fresh bouquet, what a sweetie! Happy 11 month anniversary!