a handmade Memorial Day

As an Etsy shop owner I love promoting handmade businesses. Every Friday I share some of my favorite handmade finds of the week. 

Some red, white, and blue lovelies to help celebrate Memorial Day on Monday 

cindymars7 // here

Flower Thyme // here

Blue Without You // here

Vintage Ooak Designs // here

Happy Friday! 

it is hard to wait

a completely unrelated picture of Littlest Brother playing with a dog at his Aunt and Uncle's house

The other day Littlest Brother was being impatient about something. I looked at him and told him he had to wait. He looked very seriously back at me and said, "Momma, it's hard to wait."

Yes, my Littlest, it is hard to wait.

I've had some experience with waiting this week. I spent 11 hours this week waiting for a plumber to show up. He was originally scheduled to come on Tuesday around 11am. He showed up around 4. By then our area had gotten some pretty heavy rain and he said it was too wet to fix the problem. So we rescheduled for Wednesday at 10am.

When I hadn't heard anything by noon on Wednesday I called and left a message. At 3:30 I got a call back. He had forgotten to put me on that day's work list. He'd be here in 30 minutes. He got here about 4:30.

It was a quick 30 minute fix and he was on his way and everything at the house was working perfectly again.

11 hours sitting at the house waiting. A 30 minute fix. Patience.


Even bigger than waiting for the plumber, I think I am finally emotionally ready for this move. I have been excited and nervous. Now I just feel ready.

There are still a lot of details floating in the air, but I feel calm.

And now that I am ready, waiting is hard.

Wordish Wednesday {family car window decals}

Up until we bought a new car last month, for the past 8 years we have driven the same two cars. A little red car and a black truck. And not once in those 8 years did either of us put any kind of bumper sticker or window decal on ours cars. (I think because we drive our cars for so long we have always been hesitant to put anything on them.)

So while I don't put anything on my own car, I do enjoy seeing what other people put on theirs.

And I thoroughly enjoyed both of these takes on the family car window decals

The apple family

And some Star Wars fans

Shabby Apple Giveaway

I have to tell you, I am SO excited to be doing a giveaway today. Because I get to give one lucky reader a $50 gift card giveaway to Shabby Apple!!

If you're not familiar with Shabby Apple, you should be. Shabby Apple is an online dress boutique that specializes in vintage and retro dresses. (You can click here to see their selection!)

I love this dress

Shabby Apple // Ms. Porter 

And this one

Shabby Apple // Cut the Cake

And, well, lots of other ones.

Details: 

There are two mandatory entries for the giveaway, and then lots of bonus entries as well. 

This contest is open to US residents. 

Good luck! 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This weekend I watched movies

And did work around the house. But the movies were the fun part.

Actually, something amazing happened this weekend. My husband and I actually went out on a date!

Friday night we left the kids with the grandparents and grabbed dinner AND a movie. Dinner was at Fuzzy's Taco Shop (one of our favorite tex-mex places). And then we went to watch the new Star Trek movie.

I'm loving my new Rachel Elise bag 

Saturday was another movie night, but this time at home. I finally rented and watched Les Miserables. I have heard the soundtrack many times (my Mom had the original Broadway recording when I was in high school), so I knew the basic storyline but I hadn't seen the movie. (And I've never seen the play.)

Kind of a funny combination of movies (science fiction and a musical). But I enjoyed them both. And there were a bunch of good previews at the Star Trek. So lots of movies to add to my 'to-rent' list.