life in a nutshell

I'm feeling particularly un-motivated and so, instead of an actual cohesive post, you get a few random pictures for kicks and giggles. Enjoy.

Here's a fab elastic waist skirt I made recently. Tutorial found here. Seriously one of the easiest, quickest sewing jobs e.v.e.r. Even for a slow-as-a-snail crafter like me. (ps-my sister Stephanie suggested a trim of black ric-rack on the bottom. Would that not make it even more retro-fabulous?)

je t'adore mon amour. *sigh*

Here's a picture for you of it on me so you get a sense of how it fits. I made it longer then you typically see in stores because I wanted to be able to wear it sans leggings to church and in the heat of the summer. Now I just have to remember to bend with the knees versus the hips or else I'll be flashing everyone my whites. (don't ya just love the glowing boobs you get with a flash on your camera and a thin shirt?)


Georgia's been begging to have her ears pierced the last couple of months ever since she found out her stylin' cousin Ella had something sparkly in her lobes. A week and a half ago, Spencer finally caved (needless to say, I took no convincing). Here's the result:

(focus on that tiny purple dot in her earlobe)

Georgia adores her new "holes in her ears for earrings"...but is not so thrilled with the twice-daily wrestlings...err...cleanings. I'm not so thrilled with them either. Nor the fact that they're going to last for the next 4.5 weeks. blah.

As requested, here is a picture of my semi-new haircut (I've had it for about a month now). I'm in love with it. I love how fresh and young it looks. I got to keep my hard-earned length but I got some (very difficult to attain) volume back with all the layers. yay! yay! for that!

On the first day of spring (last Saturday, the 20th, for those of you not in the know), we had a random, not necessarily wanted, snowstorm. The kids, of course, had to go out for a last winter hurrah. As I traditionally choose not to go out for even a first winter hurrah, I stood on the doorstep taking pictures.


Last weekend, Spencer and I stole away for our very first completely child-free, absolutely alone (that would mean none of Spencer's siblings sharing the room) over-nighter. Complete heaven. So fabulous, in fact, I refuse to let another four years and three kids slip by before we do it again. Huge kudos to my wonderful husband for the belated V-day gift.

We stayed at this hotel


...in this room


...with this coupon found here helping foot the bill (in case you're wondering, you can skip the movie and save the tickets for later. If I want to spend some time with my hottie in the dark on my only mowgli-free night, I don't necessarily want it to be in a over-crowded movie theater).

And that is our life of late in a nutshell. Have a fabulous day!