a little thing...

Something has been bugging me for a while...our shadowbox!  Remember when my pal Heather came over to help me with our gallery wall?  Well, we hung it up empty because it was a perfect for the space but I was clueless on what to fill it with.  I started to think about my mom and the vintage pins that she collects.  I decided to look on Etsy and see what I could find, and I was delighted to find many options.  I was most drawn to all the old Russian pins, so I ordered a few sets and decided to mix and match them in the shadowbox.  I didn't think of getting a close-up picture (duh) but this will have to do until I get around to doing that. 

The character and whimsy that it adds to the space brings a smile to my face.  It's the little things in life that can give you joy, am I right?

hooked on Instagram...

I finally joined the world of Instagram and I have been impressed with how easy it is to use and edit photos.  I also really love seeing other photos from all around the world (my favorite so far to follow is National Geographic)!   Have a great rest of your week and weekend!

life with bangs...

Life with bangs...it's a whole new world for me.  Although I don't really have the styling down 100% yet (thick hair, scar to cover, and glasses make it a more challenging for me and my lack of experience) and although I am not 1/2 as beautiful as these women, they give me hope with a life with bangs:

Sorry for the lack of posts lately...our days have been filled with entertaining kiddos, watching football and basketball (go Seahawks and Blazers), and the return of our favorite TV shows so we've been a little distracted :)

Hello 2015!...

Hello all!  I hope that you had a wonderful holiday season :)  I can truthfully say, I struggled a bit with mine.  Don't get me wrong...the kids and our families are all happy and healthy and had a wonderful holiday.

My last day of my previous job was on the 24th which was a bittersweet goodbye and then it was time to celebrate the holiday!  If only I wasn't sick, didn't have to visit Urgent Care 3 times in 4 days with awful symptoms and then was told I had a terrible Staph infection.  No fun at all.

It started a few weeks ago when I was feeling super run-down and tired.  Like 'sleeping 14 hours in single day' tired.  I then got a weird cut that became inflamed and swelled.  Awesome.  Luckily it was on the very top of my forehead and I could cover with a hat for holiday pictures and going out.  Then I started on some pretty heavy-duty antibiotics and then my whole face swelled.  Another great moment.  It took 3 days of trading off the antibiotics and Benadryl to get back to normal, hence the sudden need for my bangs.  I needed them ASAP to cover my forehead scar so some triage bang-cutting was necessary.  I was going to do them eventually, just wasn't planning on it right away!  Oh, well, So, I am on my last 3 days of meds and hope to be feeling 100% very soon.  The meds also made me gain 6 pounds in 2 weeks (+ holiday food eating) so that's great too.  :)

Also, it was my birthday so not much celebrating was had.  I did however manage a Netflix binge with all the 'New Girl' and 'How I Met Your Mother' episodes, so at least I was productive :)

In other news, I started a new job and I am super excited!  More details to come but I am really enjoying it so far and it will be a great challenge for me.

Hope all is well with you all!