A smattering...

 It's Friday.  Pretty much my favorite day of the entire week because I'm an anticpator.  I anticipate the weekend, time with my man, relaxation, and sleeping in. Okay that last part was a joke because for the life of me I can't make my hoodlums sleep IN on the weekends.  Nothing can drag their little hineys out of bed in a timely manner Monday thru Friday, but Saturday morning, whoa, watch out, it's rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory, at six am! (Please raise your hand if you were a church brat like me and went to camp every summer and sang that song.)

I just did something very freeing.  I threw away (donated to Goodwill) every cookbook that I've had for the past seventeen years that I've only used two recipes out of.  There were like twenty of them. (I had to copy those two recipes first, of course.)  Why was I keeping them all these years?  Was it in case I got a sudden, late night craving for a recipe that had no photos, and I'd never made before?  I think it was.  

And I have a new rule about cookbooks.  They must contain a photo for nearly every recipe, cause if they don't I won't make it.  I'm pretty sure that has something to do with being an anticipator.  I anticipate the goodness of the dish.  Or something like that. 

Speaking of food. Last night, I decided that I am going to photograph my dinner every night for a week so you could see what we really eat around here.  Of course last night wasn't very exciting, because today was grocery day, and all we had left in the house were a few eggs, and ham, and fruit.  Hey maybe this will be fun.  It won't be staged.  Which means I probably won't have a knife.  Or a napkin.  Or a glass.  (We tend to be water bottle drinkers around here.) But it will be real.  I did have a glass of water with a refreshing wedge of lemon in it last night. That was a joke for my friend Allison. 

 I have no idea where I was planning to go from there...  but I do have two fun, new things in my shop right now.  This collection of funky orange and multi-beaded necklaces.  (I'm wearing two of them here) All of them are different, yet similar.  They go with everything, dressed up, or down, worn long of double looped.  I'm in love.  I wore two while grocery shopping today with a cute navy and white striped cardigan, white top, jeans, and navy Toms.  And if you order some for Mother's day, (and let me know they are for Mother's day) I'll even gift wrap them for free.  (Oh and my favorite things about these necklaces, are the tiny square silver beads- they catch the light.  I also love the gold seed beads so you can pair them with gold or silver earrings.  Some have little wood beads, and all have a pop (or two) of turquoise in there somewhere.)

And lastly.  I made this for my bedroom, but on further reflection, I think it's going in my bathroom.  (That was kind of creepy of me to tell you that. But hey, bathrooms need love too, you know.)  Anyway, this fun print is in my shop now and I love it!  It's an 11x14 size and makes me smile every time I see it.  Which is good since smiling is my favorite.  Especially on Fridays.  (You can order here!)


Happy Weekend Friends!