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oh, hi

i'm so lame with the blog. i don't know what my deal is. it might have something to do with the sun. it finally came out, so i've been spending all my time working in the yard and taking the kids swimming. i love that feeling of working hard outside all day and really really wanting a cold beer and then finally sitting down and having one and it is like the best beer ever. earned beers always taste better, i think.

i'm starting to think about some fall craft fairs, too. i made some tags the other day...
hopefully i'll have some more crafts soon. maybe even a suitcase.
maybe.
maybe i'll get off the computer and start one right now.
maybe i'll bop around on flickr a little bit first.
happy monday folks.

back in town

we were away again for a few days, dropping jane off at her nana's house in pa. for a week and then spending a night in mystic, conn. with charlie on the way home (the aquarium there was pretty cool).

but before that, i got to spend saturday with erin and her husband (fatty). we did a little thrifting in the morning (i'm mailing your stuff out tomorrow, erin) and met a whole bunch of bloggy/flickr types for dinner. erin is so fun and easy to hang with (and fatty is such a good sport). i had a great time with them - i hope we get to do it again soon.

here's a picture from the lobster shack, where we ate saturday. i was noticing how the seagulls seem to line up perfectly equidistant from each other. birds are kooky.
i was about to say "happy monday" but it's tuesday already. i can tell it's going to be one those weeks were i can't keep anything straight.

still.raining.

i noticed this teetering stack of books the other day when i was blow drying my hair (upside-down for volume). john has about 10 books going right now i think.

since it's never going to stop raining and i'm never going to get the outside painting done, i think i might tackle our bedroom. i've grown to loathe the light green cottage-y color i've got in here. i want something in a gray/blue/smoky hue. anyone got a favorite?

erin is in town! i get to spend some qt with her and her husband tomorrow. i can't wait.

happy weekend, everyone!

5 minute goodwill trip

i have a matching bread pan i found a few weeks back.
(yes, it needs a good scrub).
and the earths were $5!
(and there's another bag in the shop today)

has someone secretly switched portland w/the pacific northwest?

the rain has been re-goddamn-diculous this past week.
i'm itching to do some outside painting but fear it might have to wait another week. in the meantime, i'm getting lots of inside house stuff done. including another shop update (i'm on fire w/the shop updates).

i made this cosmetic bag over the weekend. it's in the shop. the fun thing about making these bags is finding old towels and sheets from my stash that coordinate. the un-fun part is f'ing up the zipper twice in a row, which is why there is only one in the shop right now.

wow - the sun is out! i should go take advantage...
happy monday!

come and play (everything's a-ok)

there's more vintage fisher price in my shop today.

we've been away...down at my sister's in mass over the weekend and then in new hampshire camping with friends. now we're home and catching up a bit; getting ready for house guests tomorrow.

my friend, jen, opened an etsy shop the other day. stop by and take a gander!

ok, total drive-by post...gotta go tidy up for company.
happy wednesday!

there's a limit to what you can applique on a kid's shirt

i think i may have reached that limit.
i think my kids are getting too big for mom-made (or mom-embellished) clothes.
i mean, where do you go from here?
this?
or this?
or maybe this? ok, that would actually be pretty cool.

buy green

i've got a color scheme going on with today's shop update.

thanks for all the etsy love lately, by the way. your purchases help support my own etsy habit. i remember blair saying a while back something to the effect that her paypal account represented a closed market. true that. although i'm hoping to be a little more frugal so future profits can help with the back to school shopping that will be coming up soon.

here are a few cool items i'm trying to resist...
super cool treasure map
love this polaroid
so pretty
ok, i actually have one of these. great for the beach!
oh, i might have to buy this
i'm feeling weak. i have to walk away from the computer now.
happy wednesday!

weekend filled with awesomeness; outlook for week ahead uncertain

we had a great weekend. dinner friday night with friends. installed picket fence in backyard saturday (ok, john installed picket fence, meg held level). and then saturday night i got to have dinner with lisa and lisa and maria and jen and betsy. it was so cool to meet both lisas in person and spend time w/maria (who i've met several times but never hung out with). all three are awesomely cool and smart and talented and funny and charming. i am so glad i got to hang with them.

this week is going to be a challenge. we're not traveling, we have no visitors, no camps, and charlie's key peeps are all out of town. and it's supposed to rain all week. i need a game plan, folks.

if all goes well and i can keep the kids entertained, there may be more goods in the shop this week.

wish me luck with that.
(happy monday!)

it's not the heat

it's humid. the kids and i ran some errands this morning and are now trying not to kill each other while waiting for the city pool to open. have i mentioned how much i looooooooove the city pool? it's the best thing in the world on a hot sweaty afternoon (except when the pool is evacuated due to "contamination". "contamination" is a euphemism for exactly what you think. yuck.)

other random bits...

• a belated thank you for all the nice birthday wishes and birthday cards and birthday treats. and i forgot to wish my birthday twin, kara, a very happy day. i hope you had a good one!
• this is the summer of bloggy meet-ups. i get to have dinner with all these awesome people on sat. night. and then in august i get to spend some quality time with this girl. how lucky am i?
• alec baldwin makes me laugh.
• omg, helen mirren. can i be you please?
• i did a little shop update (see below). i was going to do more but the humidity is slowing me down. in fact, this blog post is sucking me dry. i think i'll stop here and go grab a drink that is 5 parts ice, one part drink. hope you are somewhere cooler than me today. xoxo