Some Scenes From The Weekend...

The weekend was a blur, a whirlwind, a frenzy even, involving (but not limited to):

• One case of double pink eye
• One magical dinner at my friend Janet's house
• Three kiddos toasting sparkling apple juice, roasting marshmallows and orchestrating a (rather impressive) improv performance
• Three hours of leather tassel making
• Six little girls getting along swimmingly for a full afternoon playdate (thus allowing me to embark on the aforementioned three hours of tassel making)
• One bout of the stomach flu (ugh)
• Two ballerinas participating in their spring recital

Onto a new week...

Some Scenes From The Beach

And we're back...reluctantly.

Don't get me wrong, I love you guys, I do. I love my house and my job... Love it all. But man I wish we were still at the beach. I'm not gonna lie.

We frolicked and basked and lazed. I read two full books and countless magazines cover-to-cover (big, meaty ones even like VanityFair and Vogue). I walked around barefoot and ate ice cream every day and cruised around on my bike and spent an embarrassing amount of time laying in a chair staring at the ocean.

The girlies were bold and funny and fierce. Audrey tromped confidently out into the sea and body surfed for hours. Millie swam and danced and hunted for shells and just generally charmed everyone she encountered.

It was a perfectly perfect wholly blissful week. Just exactly what we needed.  And now I'm clinging to that relaxed vacation afterglow for as long as humanly possible...

Scenes From the Weekend (And the Ship and Shape Winner)

Megan Adams' lovely clutches...





This was (and I don't exaggerate when I say this) quite possibly my productive weekend, of all-time. It was not, however, glamorous in, well...pretty much any way. To wit, there was closet purging and drawer organizing and the general rearranging of stuff and backyard sprucing and planting and patio scrubbing and replenishing of summer clothes for the girlies (which involved an epic trip to the mall that I'm still recovering from).

Suffice to say, it was some pretty crazy action.

And yet, I somehow managed to get the entire family in on it. (Ok I bribed them with the promise of a trip to the movies on Saturday (+ popcorn + candy) after all our work was done...I pulled out the big guns.)

When we weren't taking part in "operation hard core house refresh 2012" (yes, we named it), we also managed to fit in a terrarium making class with lovely cousin Erin, some bowling with our buddies, a few shop visits for work, an impromptu family dinner with Christine + fam and the beheading of an embarrassing quantity of chocolate bunnies. Oh and I wore a (bright) green shirt. I'm living large here friends. Watch out.

And finally, the winner of the Ship and Shape giveaway...congrats Kristin!

Hope you all had a splendid weekend!

Some Scenes From The Weekend (A Day Late)...

One of the treasures that made it home with me...

The girlies getting crazy in their new Round Top dresses...









The lovely Sam in repose...



I'm struggling a bit with re-entry this week.

You'd think a mere 48 hours of Round Top goodness wouldn't throw me off so much, but clearly I underestimated the effects of all that walking and sleuthing and sweating (it was hot!). Sleuthing is hard work friends.

But it paid off, as we saw loads of inspiring stuff, engaged in some much needed girl bonding, consumed maybe the best strawberry rhubarb pie of all-time and scored some lovely treasures, including, not one but, wait for it...two busts. (I'm having a bust moment, Bryan is perplexed, but it is what it is.) I also took home some brass bracelets and mid-century candle holders, a marble box, some art, Mexican dresses for the girlies, a Kelly Wearstler meets hippie pottery vase... It was a respectable haul; I'll snap a photo of the loot and share with you guys later this week.

Ok off to continue my re-entry efforts (wish me luck). Hope you guys had a fantastic weekend!

Some Scenes From The Weekend

Some awesome bright textiles at my friend Janet's (killer) house...











So I did in fact get a pedicure with Bryan's mom, buy fresh flowers for our bedroom (plus a couple of other rooms) and cook dinner for some new friends, and all three were highly satisfying.

Here are a few more (unplanned) little luxuries that occurred this weekend:

• Swimming(!) -- Well the girlies swam, but still...I have to say the whole thing has me simultaneously thrilled and a little freaked out. I mean it's May friends. May!
• Reading a stack of magazines while the girlies enjoyed their aforementioned swim
• Multiple meals enjoyed at our little table in the back yard
• A laid back dinner date with hubby and our two besties
• A leisurely girl lunch with Millie and our buddies Sara and Ava

Suffice to say, it was a good one!

(* update: apparently it's not May, it's March...I need a vacation. Thanks Sarah!)