what rock have i been living under...

to not have purchased kids clothing on Etsy before!? While looking at the katie did journal of her adorable clothes (mary james would literally fall over and die for this rainbow skirt and I can't say that I blame her) she makes for her precious children i became on the verge of depressed. Why can i not sew? Why didn't someone tell me to learn before my hands were tied with 3 kids?! But then I realized that even if I could sew, I don't have Katie's talent..so my next thought was.. i'll just buy from people that do! The perfect spot for that is Etsy. After doing a quick search, I came across this adorable skirt that fits MJ and molly.
I bought it from Aliyah's Hope Chest for get this.... $10!! So get out there and search all the amazing talent Etsy has to offer! I am very happy and proud of my first Etsy purchase and do not worry - there will be plenty more.

post by kristen

this sort of made my (yester)day

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD


and i am not ashamed to admit that. or the fact that i put 11.20.09 (the release date for those of you who do in fact act your age) in my calendar.

post by arre

underWHERE?

i heard this on the radio a few days ago - but i was listening to the BBC's morning news programme at 2 a.m. (in Georgia) so when i was later thinking about i dismissed it as either something i'd dreamt (because i often have very vivid dreams and have to verify whether or not something happened in real life or in a dream more often than i am willing to admit).

so when i logged on to the computer this morning i was surprised to see this report on the msn homepage. looks like men's undergarments are quite the indicator of which way the economy's heading. who knew?!

post by arre

happy to be home..

and back to swim lessons, hot days, and a messy (and i can't say that strongly enough) house! The beach was such a refreshing break for us! We took off Friday afternoon with the 2 older girls (we left Mills with grandparents) and headed down. I took 132 pictures, but I will spare y'all and only post a handful of them :) It was an amazing weekend with lots of much needed quality time with Mary James and Molly!!

gotta love the playground at the Back Porch






girls playing wth the stuffed animals at Elmo's Grill (i had to let go of any slight germ fear that i have left in me to let them touch these stuffed animals - yes arre, even i was worried over that one!)
they loved doing the limbo at Elmo's so much (above) that we had to continue it back at the condo (below-jim whistling limbo song)
while our trip was much easier with Mills at home, we missed her soooooo much.... next time she'll be coming with us :)

post by kristen

She's still got it

Nearly 50 years after her untimely death, Life has released never before seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe on what would have been her 83rd birthday.

post by arre

bing!

i'm not gonna lie - the first time i heard this i couldn't help but smile in memory of Chandler (Bing. from friends... nevermind). But today there is a new bing is in town! Microsoft's very own search engine is already making waves in cyberspace. To set itself apart, bing will be a bit more interactive than existent search engines lending suggestions related to search topics and offering real time information to ease such experiences as booking flights online.

While it's already been called an acronym for "But It's Not Google," reviews of bing are overall positive - for now.

p.s. i googled this information...

image from people.com

post by arre

love at first sight

after photographing my foyer for this post i became nostalgic about the pink chest of drawers on which the lamp resides. so strange and so lovely. i vividly remember when i first saw this piece of furniture. sitting in a window on Portobello Road. it was that sighting that drew me into the shop in the first place. i thought a pair of balusters that i was picturing as lamps in the back of the shop were my bigger crush at the time but i ended up back across the ocean with the oddly pink chest. and i already have no fewer than four (no lie) pairs of baluster lamps in my house anyway!

said balusters (that i do still have a crush on, come to think of it :( there a million miles away now).

yet another crush from the same shop... this one a bit too lofty to ever be considered anything more than a fantasy, however *sigh*. and in case the scale doesn't translate (and i don't think it does), the diameter of this gem was about 48" - seriously.

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