Weekend project

I don't get around to doing weekend projects much anymore, because I am usually consumed with housework that wasn't done during the week or I want to do things outside of the house.

This weekend I started a project and finished it. And I had fun doing it!

You can see it here.

The good, bad and ugly

I have been meaning to post about our Two Week Texas Tour Trip, but I have so much to say and some many pictures, I was a little overwhelmed. I will give a short recap on the good, the bad and the ugly and then I will post as many pictures as I can (there are a lot of good ones).

The good:

Lots of good things happen, but the best good thing was being with my family. This trip seemed to be a little less busy than usual. It probably didn't hurt that we were there for 16 days and we had a lot of time to spend with everyone. We swam, we boated, we played games, and best of all Sallie Rose spend a lot of time with her cousins: Ally, Maddy, Vin and Betty.

I also did a lot of fabric browsing and junk store browsing. I only bought a few yards of fabric to make some cute pillows, but I really enjoyed seeing a lot of new fun things. Texas has such a different style and I saw so many very creative, unique things that you wouldn't see anywhere else (definitely not in Savannah).

The Bad:

16 days is a very long time to be away from my bed, my husband, and a VERY long time to sleep in the same bed with a 2 year old who thinks sleeping sideways with her feet in your ribs is the way to do it. I was a little tired on some days, to say the least. It was all worth it though.

The Ugly:

We went to Amy's Ice Cream in Austin, because I love their Mexican Vanilla flavor and they have a playground. Well, Sallie Rose was in a particularly bad mood that afternoon and so was I. I asked Maddy to take her to the playground so she could get off my back. They were on the playground for about 5 minutes and I have to admit, I was not even looking out the window at them. Then, I turn to look and here comes Madison holding Sallie Rose with her face out and I was confused. Did she have a tee tee or poo poo accident? No, her face was gushing blood and she was screaming very loudly. I grabbed her and tried to find a bathroom. I had no idea what to do. Luckily, my Mom was there and she went with us to the bathroom and knew just what to do. Sallie Rose had hit her nose and mouth on part of the playground and was bleeding from both openings. After, many paper towels, Sallie crying and me crying, my Mom got the bleeding to stop. She didn't break anything or lose a tooth and we had no trip to the ER, but it shook me up and it shook her up very badly. We got over it in a couple of days, but that was Ugly.


Now the pictures:

Me and my lifelong best friend, hot cousin, Grace.

Me and my lifelong best friend, hot sister, Tara.

I love this: me taking a picture of Betty taking a picture of Sallie Rose.

Vin on the horsie swing.

Betty on the horsie swing.

Sallie Rose on the River Walk. It was so HOT.

Mom, Maddy, Sara on the River Walk.

Trying on Vintage glasses at Uncommon Goods in Austin.

Maddy as Mickey Mouse

Maddy and Ally

I wanted to do more pictures, but this blog is driving me crazy. I will do more pictures in another post.

Come on Vacation

Wow, I am so ready for Sallie Rose and my trip to Texas. I am a little apprehensive on how she will do for 2 weeks without her Daddy, but Mommy is ready to get out of town. Not that I wont miss Daddy too, but I know I will see him in 2 weeks, she might not understand that. She has not been that long without him. I am sure between aunts, grandmas, grandpas, uncles, and cousins she will be entertained enough to keep her mind off of Daddy.

We have no real plans other than to stop in Austin, Kerville, Llano, and Dallas. What we do in each of those spots is whatever we and everyone else wants to do. It is of little concern to me. I just know I will not be showing apartments, taking calls from tenants about their a/c, or paying 500 bills. Kevin will be doing my job while I am gone, so I am sure I will come back to a chaotic mess, but it won't matter until July 11th!

I am glad that the trip is upon us, because I have been really homesick and missing my family this week. I don't have much longer until I can drive them crazy with my overflowing love and happiness to see them. I hope everyone is ready! Here comes little sis, ya know the annoying one.

Honey's visit

My Mom, Honey, visited last week and we had a great time. I will not go into detail about how rude Sallie Rose was to her most of the time, because at the end of the trip she was being very normal to her. I think she might have been a little jelly belly of my relationship with my Mom. Who knows? Not me.

Family Reunion

We are headed to Atlanta for Kevin's Family Reunion. Exciting. I am actually genuinely excited for a number of reasons, one of which you can read here: www.redtopworkshop.wordpress.com. The other reason is because I love family. I love all families, yes even my own. I am sure there will be some funny stories to tell, but there will also be a lot of smiling coming from my husband's face. He loves talking about his family tree and the history behind his family. Plus, there will be 24 kids there for Sallie Rose to play with.

We had a great time with my Mom this last week and we are counting down the days until we arrive in Texas for 2 WEEKS!!! Yeah. Have a good weekend everyone.

Pre School Graduation

Sallie and Daddy at Graduation

Sallie Rose and the Easter Lillies

My little sunshine song. Sallie Rose is the flower on the bottom left. So cute.

We have had a really great week with her. She is now using the potty and wearing panties everyday. She wore panties to school 2 days in a row and did not have a single accident. This morning she had an accident while eating breakfast, but then she had a huge breakthrough and poo pooed on the potty. Then, she proceeded to do the poo poo dance. Yeah, what a relief. That was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be. We are going to Target this afternoon to pick out her own big girl panties.

She is out of "school" until June 7th so I am looking forward to spending a lot of time with her and going to the beach and the pool. Honey (my Mom) is coming to town next week for a whole week so I am sure we will have a good time.

Ahhhhhh....

Sometimes I forget that I am only one person and shouldn't try so hard to do everything and give some responsibility to others. So, this past weekend, we went to Charlotte with Kevin and stayed downtown and did, well nothing really. Sallie and I just explored downtown while Kevin was in meetings. Oh wait, we did do something, we went to IKEA!! One of my favorite places. I really didn't get a lot though. I was super excited thinking I could drop Sallie off at their childcare, but the child has to be potty trained. I knew I should have potty trained her last weekend.

We had good weekend and I also got some me time for Mother's Day. Kevin got me a massage at the Ritz Carlton, it was as nice as it sounds, and I got to enjoy their steam room and I sat and read Dwell magazine afterwards in my robe, just because I could. Great Mother's Day gift.

I also saw one of my friends from Architecture School and that was nice (shout out Alexis, I know now that you DO read my blog). She is doing well and unlike many of us "Archi-people", she does have a paying Architecture job. Woo hoo Alexis, but I think she hates it. :)

Then, this week everything has gone back to crazy: termites in one of our rental properties, tenants doing major damage to one of the houses, Sallie Rose refusing to stay/leave/put on clothes/eat at dinner/bathe, ya know the usual. So, last night I told Kevin that he needed to take SR to school tomorrow and he asked why. I said, "because she is your daughter and you need to start doing more". He said ok and he did it very well. There is no reason for me to do everything for our child, except the occasional bath and bedtime that he does. I work too! I don't make any money, but I am doing a huge thing for him and he needs to step it up on the parent responsibility front. So, without complaining or fighting he did. All it takes is for me to ask him. He is a great Dad and will do pretty much anything I ask of him, I just have to ask and sometimes that is hard. My family says that I am mean to Kevin, but really that's what he wants. Ok, maybe not mean, but he just wants to know what I need him to do.

Me and my boo enjoying Mother's Day lunch. She is the ultimate Mother's Day gift.

This is SR showing me how to jump rope. She looks so sassy.