A few of my (new) favorite things...

Etsy is a very dangerous place. When bored, I stare at the blank walls in our place, hop around on etsy, and find beautiful things I hope to one day fill my walls with. A bit materialistic, yes, but when I'm sick of stuffing my brain with all the wonderful modernist authors of the early 20th century (sarcasm, yes!)...its all my mind can handle. So for your viewing pleasure (and subtle hints to Josh), here are my top finds...(the pictures are linked to their site of origin)

I think the necklaces stamped with baby names are so cute, but since who knows when we'll have one, how many, and what their names will be, and guaranteed they'll be be out of style by then...I LOVE this mermaid.




I want these or mabye the ones below for the dining room. It's casual, colorful, and beachy. All things I love.

Ditto.

I want these cute letters above our bed.

I love this sign (but with Duffy of course) for our family room, with pictures of our family around it!

I think the home in my mind is coming along quite nicely. All of this will most likely be out of style by the time we can afford it, but it's fun to admire on my computer screen in the mean time. :-)

best discovery ever

i'm a shopper. i love clothes, shoes, home decor, basically stuff (or "junk" as josh puts it). i'm not a window shopper though, i'm more of an online/catalogue girl. that being said, i just went through my pile of catalogues waiting to be read and found the BEST catalogue ever. if you are a boy, stop reading this right now. but girls, this catalogue is all about "your girls" if you know what i mean. its a whole catalogue of bras. and not the useless all show no purpose victoria secret bras, but good high performance every day and work out bras for ALL sizes! A-F. its called "bounce" (appropriate right?!). Being an uncommon size, i'm thrilled about this discovery and hope to help other hard to fit gals out there. here's to happy girls :-)

http://www.shopbounce.com/home.do

Don't Worry, I'm a Pro.

Note: the following is not a result of discussion with anyone or judging people's comments, just the product of late night conversations with myself while in my steam room of a shower (I like the water scalding hot).
I've noticed that when someone declares their enjoyment of an activity or hobby, it is then expected of them to be exceptional at it. I guess the general assumption is that if you enjoy it, you spend all of your free time doing it, use all of your resources perfecting it, and in the process become a pro. Why the need for perfection? What happened to doing something purely for the enjoyment of doing it? Do we enjoy doing things only because we are good at them? Looking back I think my hobbies have really chosen me. If I'm not immediately good at something, I quit in search of something I'm better at. I mean, who doesn't love to hear the phrase, "You're a natural!" On the other hand, I have this desire to try everything! I'm the girl at school who can't pick a major because she wants to do EVERYTHING! Can't I just be a floral designing, scuba diving, art history lover, traveling international business, photographer/writer? No? Okay, fine. I guess I have a hard time picking because I don't really excel at any one thing, I'm a "Jack of all trades." Anyone else feel that way? I can be a bit of a perfectionist in somethings, but I have a confession to make, I lack the patience (and skill) to become exceptional in everything I do. It's a fact, and one that I am going to start embracing. Top on my list, singing. I LOVE to sing! Any time the radio is on, I just start singing. If I don't know the words, I look them up and play the song over and over again until I know them. The only problem is I am TOTALLY and COMPLETELY tone deaf. I have been compared to a dying coyote, mistaken for a squeaky wheel in the car, and laughed at many many times...but it doesn't matter, I still love to sing. I just don't do it in front of anyone anymore, and I kind of think that's sad. It made me think, what activities/hobbies do other people have, that they are embarrassed about because they aren't the top of their trade?
Conclusion: I'm going to try my absolute hardest not to judge people by their hobbies and the things they are (or maybe aren't) good at. It sounds silly, but I think we all do that more than we think.