always good for a laugh...

Am I crazy or is this not the funniest little girl eating a popsicle?

basement pictures...

With all the snow over the last few weeks, we were able to complete a few projects in our basement. They have been a long time coming, but kinda cute, right?

This is seriously a dream come true for me:

Clean, organized, usable, livable, CUTE space.


And this amazing chair is thanks to my mother-in-law, Dianne, for the idea and the furniture and to my mom, for her mad sewing skills a.k.a. I mail her some cushion covers and she re-creates them as seen below. (She's still working on the other covers but they will be equally as cute.)

And, of course, my lovie loves the new chair.

dora, dora, dora

It's hard to believe that our soon-to-be 16 month old daughter is already requesting to watch a t.v. show. How does she even know who Dora is?

and the winner is...

...my cute sister-in-law, Lani!

For those of you who did not win, you may purchase these delightful gloves for $12.00 from Williams-Sonoma. Unfortunately, they are only available for in-store purchase. They will not make your hands sweaty (the most common complaint amongst rubber glove users) and, I believe, are worth every cent.

Enjoy, Lani!

Stay tuned for more favorite giveaways...

one of my favorites...

Inspired by your blogs, I am going to share with you a few of my favorite things (but not all at once; I am going to make you sweat with anticipation).

I have mentioned once or twice before that I despise getting my hands dirty. Growing up, I thought I hated doing the dishes because of this. Once my favorite oldest sister introduced me to these, my life changed forever.

No, really, it did. This is how:

• I discovered I love to do dishes.
• I can kill bugs (even small spiders).
• I can clean anything (even toilets we are forced to share with gross boys).
• My hands remain super soft at all times (Brian will vouch for this, even though I kind of just implied that he is gross).
• No job is too dirty for me (as long as it doesn't smell bad, but that's another story).

All of this is made possible because of my handy gloves. These are not your ordinary rubber cleaning gloves (though those will suffice while traveling). No, these are soft on the inside and boast of thick rubber on the outside. They are GREAT.

I want to share these miraculous life-changers* with YOU. Leave a comment on this post by Friday, June 26, 2009 midnight Eastern time and I will enter your name in a drawing to win a pair. I know, so fun, right?

*They might not really change your life (unless you are as bothered by dirty hands as I am).