where I blog

I am linking to Centsational Girl's Where You Blog Party.

Here is my space in its most real and day to day element. I indulge in my blogging while lounging on my living room sectional. Here is what it looks like right NOW at 7 in the evening:

Thurgood watching a movie on his daddy's computer while my computer is on the sofa...and yes, that IS a light saber on the ottoman.

On evenings when I get to sneak into your worlds...both Mr. B and I will be on the couch, feet or legs draped over one another...him on youtube or working on school stuff and me "pretending" to study Top 200 Drug Flash cards but really catching up on all your lovely rooms and precious moments.

It is my favorite place to be when my day is done...and maybe if I am lucky, I get a foot rub too. :)

Cheers~
e

making a list & checking it twice

Thurgood rolling down a hill after a family picnic

So, I remember how several weeks ago it seemed like the summer would stretch out before me endlessly…and then within a blink of an eye...fall is slowly creeping towards me. I saw this sweet 101 things to do in the summer, and I think I’m going to post it to our fridge next year because it’s just about the loveliest of to-dos :) gratefully, my little family including my parents & sister have done pretty well – I think that’s the mark of a summer well spent (insert happy sigh here).

1. Picnic under the shade of a tree
2. Star gaze
3. Fly a kite
4. Set up your own lemonade stand
5. Throw an outdoor party
6. Play in the rain
7. Go to the zoo
8. Surprise someone you love with a special gift
9. Make homemade ice cream
10. Plant a flower, watch it grow
11. Lay on a big blanket outside and read
12. Trace your body and footprints with sidewalk chalk
13. Make s’mores around a fire
14. Go on a treasure hunt
15. Climb a tree
16. Walk to a gas station and get your favorite treat
17. Ride your bike to the supermarket
18. Doorbell ditch a friend with treats
19. Discover a new park
20. Make fruit smoothies
21. Paint something
22. Make chocolate covered strawberries
23. Take a million pictures and make a stop motion movie
24. Rollerblade ---(we opted for wagon rides)
25. Take your conversation out to the front porch
26. Memorize a poem and recite it to someone
27. Camp in the backyard --- (this is a MUST do next year)
28. Enjoy a candle light dinner outside with friends
29. Go barefoot for a whole day
30. Drive with your windows down and sing really loud
31. Study and learn about an ancestor
32. Run through the sprinklers
33. Go to the county or city fair
34. Write a poem
35. Visit a neighbor
36. Play ghost in the graveyard
37. Collect rocks and paint them
38. Do play dough outside – use bark, cement, leaves, grass and sticks to make imprints and patterns
39. Have an outdoor movie night
40. Read story books outside
41. Make an “egg carton” garden
42. Set up a bird feeder in your yard
43. Wash your car in the driveway
44. Make a homemade candle
45. Go on a hike
46. Photograph nature
47. Walk to a park
48. Eat corn on the cob
49. Make boats out of popsicle sticks and race them
50. Sleep out on a tramp
51. Open your windows during a rain storm
52. Bake a loaf of homemade bread
53. Make homemade jam
54. Go fruit picking at a local orchard
55. Roll down a hill

56. Hang up post it notes that say “you are loved” all over in a public place
57. Drink lots of water
58. Throw rocks in a lake
59. Join a book club
60. Turn off the television
61. Play dress up
62. Watch the sunrise
63. Eat at a café that offers live music
64. Keep a journal
65. Blow up balloons, put kind notes inside of them and hand them out to friends or strangers
66. Play in the mud
67. Visit a museum
68. Change up your hair style, even if it’s just a little
69. Paint your nails a bright color
70. Make and fly paper airplanes
71. Make homemade cards
72. Blow bubbles
73. Spend a day at the pool
74. Donate unwanted things to charity
75. Discover some new music
76. Hang white twinkle lights up somewhere in your house or yard
77. Stay up late and dance with lightening bugs
78. Attend an outdoor performance
79. Hang up wind chimes
80. Reconnect with an old friend
81. Sit out on the roof
82. Create and go on a scavenger hunt
83. Make a paper kite
84. Have a water fight
85. Feed some ducks (Haha! Be careful with this one. Our ducks were a bit aggressive.)
86. Drink from the hose
87. Paint a birdhouse
89. Go backpacking
90. Help someone with house or yard work
91. Invent a new dance
92. Read to someone (I do this every night to my little sweetpea)
93. Go canoeing
94. Build a sand castle
95. Make a time capsule
96. Write a song
97. Start a collection (I think I do this every week)
98. Write a fairy tale
99. Arrange a beautiful bouquet of flowers (done AND done for several LOVELY brides)
100. Take a road trip
101. Live in the moment

Cheers~
e

limbo

That is where I have been lately. (And yes it IS an Xbox game, that oddly enough Mr. B and Thurgood enjoy conquering).

Now that my rotations are in full swing...I am averaging between 40-60 hrs a week in perfecting pharmacy as a profession.

I spent 5 weeks at Krogers which was crazy intense. They have 3 pharmacists, 1 intern, and about 6 techs..plus little ole me (this is A LOT of people in one space..you would not believe the number of prescriptions we fill in a day). Plus I had the honor of EVERY transfer, consult, new prescription from the MD line. I am THAT good...Ha! I am the FREE labor.

So obviously I had little time for you my dear friends.

It is amazing how close I became with Pinot Grigio though.

After that chaos of 5 weeks, I am now in my Acute Care hospital rotation. I am on the ICU/CVCU floor. From open heart surgeries to the mobile health van, I am EVERYWHERE. I can not even to begin to tell you what this rotation is like. It is a completely DIFFERENT environment, but I am learning beyond any note or textbook.

When you see a beating heart in an open chest cavity...well it is most awesome. (I also have found myself skipping french fries as a side and opting for stairs when I can.)

I am beyond busy, but it is good busy. AND...I MISS YOU.

So outside of pharmacy, I have had other projects..if you can believe it.

I did flowers for my cousins wedding in downtown Indy (here is a teaser).

And my mom and I have been commissioned by a friend of mine (and former teacher too) to create fascinators for 2 of his boutiques in Louisville. We are presenting 10 for review this Sunday. I promise to keep you posted and take pics of our little beauties.

Oh...and did I mention I am potty training?

My son at Colleen's wedding....oh my. He is such a ham. Where does he get it?

Cheers~
e

oh..to be an anthropologie girl

I look at that above picture and find myself envious of a picture. Ok..maybe not completely envious. Afterall I feel ever so blessed in my life and I find much bliss in my family, friends, and you. Yet I can not help but indulge in daydreaming of what it must be like to live the life in these pictures.


Just look at that beautiful image above. Swoon. All I need is my handsome husband opening that back door with my precious little boy running to me with a bouquet of flowers in hand.

But then after a shameful lengthy stare and cleaning up my drool pool, I have come to notice that maybe it is the clothes making me swoon.

Ah...clothes.

Now in my 3rd year of pharmacy school, I have almost forgotten what it is like to shop for clothes...let alone have the time.

So I have made the decision to document my love of fashion within my attempt to live life more beautifully. I guess a good place to start is in the clothes I wear.

I plan joining The Pleated Poppy in "what I wore wednesday" to inspire me to become budget chic.

Sadly as I type this, I have just noticed a small hole in my favorite tank from this summer.


Isn't she pretty? Argh...what is an inspiring Antho girl to do?

Cheers~
e

i *heart* my uncommon slice of suburbia

I may be exhausted (I started my 1st rotation in pharmacy..and it was a LONG 10 hour day), but I am beaming.

I won my 1st ever ANYTHING!

You heard it right...from grade school bingo to a free coke from McDonald's monopoly. Nada.

But I won a giveaway!

I won a $60 gift certificate to CSN from Kristin at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia. Kristin is one of those people that I have been blessed to have in my little world for not only home decor eye candy, but for true friendship. She is an amazing. She is always cheering me on in school and in life. Thank you for your inspiration....

Peek into her kitchen....it is sheer bliss to me.

But this great room....is perfection.

Thank you Kristin and thank you to all my friends for making my little corner of the blog world a wonderful place to dream & create beauty.

Cheers~
e

when you wish upon a star

The Moravian Star Pendant...I swoon every time I see one. I think they create such an ambiance. These little stars also remind me of my travels to the Middle East with my father as part of my graduation present from high school.

Of all the elements I desire for my forever home, this one is at the top of the list. Just look at how a little star can create such drama in all of the rooms below (most of these photos are from my dream home files. If you know of the source, please share).

Everyone loves this image from House Beautiful...and it is the star that does it for me.

Lovely in a bedroom

A pair of them? Even more delightful!

What an enchanting place to study amid the stars.


Any house with this porch would have me at hello.


This hallway reminds me so much of the Mena House in Cairo. They had hallway after hallway of star pendants.


The foyer of one of the homes my father and I toured. I was giddy when I first walked in.

There you have it. One of my all-time favorites. I can already picture that star pendant hanging amid my Farmhouse bed. In fact I have already Polyvored the images for my future master bedroom and it makes my mouth water. Oh my...I am such a hot mess.

This is the closest picture I can find that mirrors the image in my mind.

So now I need one of you to give Mr. B the BIG hint that I want one. It just so happens that Pottery Barn has one. If only my birthday was in July or August!

Cheers~

e

a nursery for a july baby

I have been lazy on my master bedroom.

It will get done. I am just trying to get my chair perfect and another little issue I am working with.

Actually, I have been completely selfish and have spent most of my break with my little boy or Mr. B. Whether it was an adventure walk with Thurgood or a movie date with Mr. B, I have indulged in my family this break…and have loved every second.

I do though have a delightful room to share with you. I have been helping my dear friends with the nursery for their 1st child due this month. You may remember my little tease here. The soon to be daddy and I spent an entire day just painting and drawing.

So in honor of welcoming July and soon to be Baby M (the sex is going to be a surprise), I want to share the completed room that reflects this new little family to a tee. I think it looks fabulous...but then again after taping and tracing letters (I had to free hand many of them because I am such a perfectionist), I am a tad biased with our work.

The nursery is ready for baby!

Some frames, scrapbook paper, & a paint make delightful art

Dragonflys & a suspended mirror...

The reading nook for mommy & baby

I hope the family is pleased. I know I am. Plus it makes me want to get started on Thurgood's big boy room.

Cheers~
e

P.S. I want to thank A Whole Lotta Love for awarding me the Beautiful Blogger Award! I am so honored...now I just need to finish some projects and showcase some beauty in order to better live up to the award. :)