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my last 10 pins...

i am secret on pinterest.... but these are some of my recent pins.  :)

 

best colors.  
that mint green in there... seals the deal.

 

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such a grown up lady bedroom.  
someday i want to be a grown up lady.  (ha ha ha)

 

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drooling.

 

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melissa you made that hallway TOO CUTE!

 

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get in my belly.

 

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i know just where i would like to do this.
super sweet isn't it???

 

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i love a great poster.  it's an oldie but goodie.

 

well.... there are no words necessary.

 

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when i see things like this i am reminded how little details are what make a home so special.

 

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this room is CRAZY fabulous.
the palette...the honey comb...the headboard... i love it.

i would like to smile into that mirror everyday.

 

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how much fun is this house tower?!!

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totally making this this summer with the kiddos.

 

we are doing this for our chicks when the coop is done.

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chicken coop is underway with this picture as the inspriation.... FABulous.

 

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i could make this quilt.
i want to make this quilt.
it's fabulous.

 

i want to go to there.

 

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this has been a recurring theme in my life this year.

 

i would like to stand in front of that wall.
the cake looks a little... cardboard-ey.
but if i had to eat cake while stood in front of that beautiful wall...i would do it. 

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The LORD.... He's awesome.

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color is so rad.

pretty.
too bad horses aren't as easy as dogs.  
if they were i would need some in my life.

 

and did you notice....i shared 21 pins... 11 more than 10.  

it must be your lucky day.

:)

 

now...i am off to eat lunch at school with Talbs.

 

 

ice ice baby.

All right STOP. Collaborate and listen.

(dorkiest title E V E R but i did listen to that song on my first date with mr. duerksen) 

yesterday i wore a skirt and flip flops.
we woke up this morning to a blanket of ice.
it was wrapped around everything in site.
kansas is going off the deep end!






these are icicles!!
icicles on every branch and leaf and blade of grass.
and it was still raining.






i took all these pictures in my yard while i waited 20 minutes for my car to warm up enough for the ice to melt off the windshield!
SOMEONE took my ice scraper this morning before she left for school even though she got her own ice scraper in her stocking this past christmas... a NICE one with a fur glove from eddie bauer!  

the ice was so thick over all the windows that i couldn't see out AT ALL.

this was my view from the driver's seat out my front windshield!!!

seriously!

and if you have never experienced an ice storm...
it has a very weird sound.
it seems quieter because of how the ice must absorb sound? maybe 
but then all the branches and bits of ice touch together when there is wind and it makes a crackley sound.
and then big tree limbs fall off all over town because of the weight of the ice on old heavy braches.
very exciting!  
not.

for now... we have power so that is good.
this happened 8 years ago when annie was a new baby and we lost power for 8 days!
so i am hoping this ice junk (even though it's pretty) will be all melty by tomorrow.

besides... i have running to do!
that little 13.1 mile run is only 18 days away!
ugh.

i wish it was 18 days ago.
i am ready to stop thinking about it.
i want it over! 

i put bbq ribs in the crockpot this morning.
then drove very slowly to the craft house for a hot bath because the hot water was out at the farm.
for reals.
the washing machine is broken too.
a tree limb knocked down the fence in the yard.
and the glass in the back door shattered last night.
AND for some reason this storm makes everything smell like the lagoon in the back. 

so yeah... a hot bath was happening no matter what.

and now a blanket and a movie?

yes.

that.

 

 

 

 

randomness.

ok....

i know i haven't blogged about Haiti.
i know i haven't talked about the freezer meals.

i have had a lot on my mind.

and five kids can keep a mama busy.... especially if they like basketball and it's february.

it's craft weekend this week already.
i am super happy about that.
new crafts this weekend again!!

 

my lady friends and i ran SEVEN miles this morning.
no walking.
seven miles straight.... legit.... please pass the advil.

 

since i can't seem to make a blog post about something....
please enjoy this blog post about nothing.

 

 

i found this blog recently...

Art as Life   

she owns an Etsy shop i love called Inspire Lovely.  :) her blog is beeeautiful...look at her studio!!

 

 

 

 

letters.... this blog post and this beautiful blog got me all teary.

 

 

totally making these donuts!

 

 

i want to have this party.... FOR ME.
a big 38 painted on the wall.
a cake with bunting.
watercolored handmade bunting hanging in front of turquoise striped walls.
yes.

this party looks like perfection.

 

i can see myself getting carried away with this project.
i can imagine painting more and more.
like....i would start this with my kids and the next day i am still going making funny outfits and hairdos.

 

 

this is an awesome rooster painting.
i adore it.
it's from this blog.... paint a bird a day.   she makes me wish i was a painter.

then i found that you can buy a print of it.... wouldn't it be lovely at the craft house?
even though it is more farmy.

i think i may need it.
and a real chicken too. 

 

 

 

 (photo off sold product on ebay)

surely since i am training for a half marathon... 
i will soon be able to wear white spandex and look GOOD.

right?

no?  

dang.

 

and this was the best super bowl ad.
i left the party at half time...i know beyonce is gorgeous but i don't like to watch THAT with the men in my life.  
you know what THAT is.
it bugged me.

so since i left....i didn't even see this commercial live.
but it's amaaaashing.

makes me proud to know so many people like that... unbelievable men and women who work so hard.
RESPECT.

 

 

:)