hey there…

it is too late…but i have a question….

giveaways?  i wonder what you think?  of course you love them if you win, but are they annoying if you don’t and are they a nuisance if you read them sometimes…not often but sometimes…

stickler and i talked about it…she said you all would like them to be here….

hmmmmm….

rebuttle?

thanks….in advance…again too late!!

hello to those who read…
i so enjoy the company that posts bring to my inbox, whether it is a question or just a note…it keeps me company on my handheld, well….and it is just plain fun…..kinda like mail, the letter/paperkind that is hard to come by…emails, next best thing for sure…

especially when you are having a “kick the dog kind of week”…not really (no comments on that one)…i like dogs…but i don’t have one…nor would i kick mine or someone else’s….
however, maybe wishing you could “feed your week to the birds would be better?”

one thing after another it seems sometimes….water pressure took care of  automatic water not coming out of the fridge…..the oven evidently has an adversion to being cleaning (blew out the heating element, an hour before company was coming over to eat dinner), catalogs…ugh (scroll down for that one), and the list goes on….oh, the pool at the gym was closed after i had promised my kids because there seemed to be a floating object in it…

anyway…updates here nonetheless…

meet jeff…. with a servant’s heart….he moved bertha this week to her new home….she has been at a training facility and she finally gets to move it…let me just say GURL is heavy and she has a ton of luggage….

barely did she fit…

as for the one below? sweet picture right?  don’t let it fool you….they were getting along just fine this day BUT….

(here comes part of the kick the dog part)….

we had been blueberry picking and it was just plain hot….we even had a talk about it, “it will be hot, but let’s have good attitudes and pick quickly, watch the fireants”….(beating my head on the wall) 

this is the part where i would stop reading someone else’s blog if they said they had a great time in june picking blueberries….folks….real life is when you have to send your kids to the shade because you forgot sunscreen (or it wasn’t worth it for the 10 min. they were going to help), you only get one gallon after waiting a year, everyone complained the whole time and really the only pictures you got to commemorate the event were completely forced. 

thankfully here, they are being sweet, out of relief that the event was over…..but funny thing?  after we got home they said they had a wonderful time….HA!! 

so instead of kids you get landscape….. cause that is what happened

these outfits “sqealed tires” and almost made the catalog….but sadly didn’t….BUT they made it in time for a visit with Eden and our customary “good to see you Eden, will you and Mia take your clothes off”…..

i love the dual color simplicity with the outfit above…might be my favorite along with the new Bella skirt that is in the catalog….pink/chocolate….

speaking of catalogs…(and kicking the dog)

did you know that if you forget the check the box on your catalog order that says “tabs” they will automatically assume that you want to sticker them yourself?   if you forget to check that tiny little box all 10, 000 catalogs that you ordered will come in and have to be stickered by hand (instead of the fastest machine on the earth).  by that afternoon prettymuch.  because the mailman can’t mail them without that little clear perforated sticker. 

just wondering if you know that….

my sentiments exactly….

but…a sweet friend came by on thursday not even knowing that i probably would have wanted to kick her dog if he had been around….and brought these….

God is good, all the time……( not just sometimes)

all of my love to my people….

hello to those who read…
good morning and happy monday!! last night i honestly was surprised at what i found on my camera….i think i have carried it with me for 3 weeks and not uploaded anything….so you will get what i got…a little surprise. kindof a treat…that is so much of the reason i take pictures, you get to live it twice…whatever it is, is now burned in my memory if i have taken pictures. i am not a great historian so it just simply has to be that way….

for instance….the pictures below are favorite laundry samples for spring 2011 ( i know, right?)…shelly and i loaded them onto a rack and rolled it into the woods…priceless really…funny at best and i will never forget how we have laughed every time we have done this for one reason or another….

i wish the picture of shelly had not been blurry….in front of this, lime outfit, her favorite EVER….she says..EVER….

needing a vote through comments on this one….girl blouse and boy blouse!! add to bbtn spring 2011 or no….would your child need it? *maybe not with this trim but in general…

so we have been “merchandising” and “branding” the store….the brilliant “TIM BURT” of several different businesses has been helping me to get a grasp on the monster called retail….and these things were part of it…we added a logo inside, painted the built-ins, sealed the painted floor, made “shades” for the pendent lights, and made the wooden clothespin our branding item! i will post some store pictures when i get them taken….we are recovering from waiting on the paint to dry…

speaking on waiting on the paint to dry….i will post “after” pictures about the other project here too…..

i have unfinished projects galore in my kids’ rooms…the furniture has been there but i needed to FINISH….it is so very hard to finish when i don’t spend the time to go shopping for the prints, hang the shelves, or just tie up the loose ends…but i am determined….so this is where we are headed…..and really almost there…so there will be a certain amount of accountability here to post the absolutely finished room….

another something i found on my camera? i ran into a friend and customer at church yesterday and she made the statement that haunts me (sweetly)…she said it seems as if i have it all together…of sorts….well, i definately don’t….but i will say if there is any truth to that it would be because of my DH….this is the note that i keep from him in my planner…a reminder of his support…there are a few more notes just inside the kitchen cabinet where my coffee supplies are….encouragement and support…

mia left him a note the other morning….if you can’t read it…”after lunch”- candy, that is for dessert….precious…

oh….and these lovely blankets from aidan & anais…..wonderful gifts are in the store…

and for the pregnant peoples….a hospital wreath (comes with pink bundle also)….

this concludes your total inundation with things that i have neglected to share over the past few weeks…now to finish mia’s room and the store and i will post “finished pictures” soon….

how’s that for accountability!?

off to not get it all done….
all of my love….

hello to those who read…
while i promised more substance…the rest of the catalog seemed to be more logical….so here it is…thanks to my favorite graphic designer (besides carys rose’s very own kristi)….joell from image garden designs….stop by her shop or blog and look for precious things…blog designs, photography websites etc.

really…substance next time…
all of my love….

until next time…
more substance then i promise….