my gratitude is beyond words at this point.
the outpouring of support both emotional and financial has been great and i intend to thank each of you personally.
i am making my way down the list of you angels.
please bear with me.
and again, i cannot thank you enough.
words are not great enough.
thank you for all of the insurance advice as well..it is perhaps the most valuable.
love.
but my pesky blog problem wouldn't go away.
i even called the squarespace support team and yelled 'GO AWAY!!'
did not work.
apparently some of you were seeing an "MFAMB DOWN" warning every time you tried to access my blog,
yet some of you had no problems.
turns out i hadn't paid the domain site's annual 20 dollar fee.
seems their notices were going straight to my spam folder.
so i paid it and then was told it could take 24 hours to fix.
was also told that i should tell all of you to reboot and/or clear your cache.
so i said.."YOU tell them!"
and then i punched everyone in the kidneys.
anyway..
that's what the problem was.
if you're reading this then all is well.
if not..well...that is sucky for us all.
moving on.
fiona's 7th birthday is around the corner (dec. 31st to be exact) and i have never had a proper party for her.
this year it is going to be pretty special..
3 of her little girl school pals are coming over for a trip to fernbank museum (super fun with lots of cool activities), then to tacqueria del sol for delicious tacos, then to star provisions for cupcakes (the best cupcakes i've ever tasted).
then it's home for a slumber party.
but not just any slumber party....
mike and i (mike only) will be constructing an indoor tent of bohemian spectacularness.
the idea came from the movie The Holiday..
you remember..
the little girls' super special tent in their room with the christmas lights and cut-out stars?
this one..
they will sleep in it!
i have gathered a few tent-y images over the past few weeks for inspiration..
(mike..pay attention to all of these scenarios..
and when you go to construct it, make that shit wide enough for sleeping and activities.
the blog world is watching and waiting.
so it better be fucking magical!)
yes. there needs to be a tv and cats.
and pom pom fringe and ikat.
make one of these for me please.
that is major.
homeless chic.
bed tents are fun too.
yessss.
yesssss.
personal.
wow.
simple yet effective.
this is pretty great.
crazy awesome.
ok then.
reach for the stars!!
today i am over at pregnant chassity blog where i fashioned a moodboard out of sticks and glue and meat scraps.
just kidding...
it's a cute nursery that you should see.
so go.
and then if that weren't awesome enough..
i was featured as one of the 5 interior design blogs that the folks at williams sonoma can't live without.
for real.
go read it and see who the others are...
ok then. happy monday.
bye.
miles redd for house beautiful..
delicious and crazy.
"painted faux horn bedposts and cream silk satin"
dumb.
veranda:
i loved this dining room with it's bright white walls and coral, rosey gold and lavender accents...
so lovely and simple and happy and serene..
i love this bedroom too:
juicy and creamy.
like a creamsicle!
same.
elle decor:
i want that striped chair with every fiber of my being.
inlaid ethnicity mixed with geometric badassness= cool.
i still aim to paint that floor pattern on a piece of furniture someday.
or a floor.
or my face.
a pool, shaded comfort, a bar at arms reach..
bitch please.
do any of you watch army wives?
i have an audition for it today.
the part is funny.
or at least my interpretation of it is.
check it easy! (check you later + take it easy)
i have nothing but raw, heartfelt gratitude for all of you who spoke the motherfucking truth yesterday!
preach it sisters!
every time i read a new comment i took a great big easy breath.
it helped me tremendously, so thank you.
and i hope in some way it helped you too.
sometimes it's easy to tell people what they should be doing and so often we just need to take our own advice.
since that time i have done a great deal of laundry, dusted a few window sills, vacuumed, touched up my roots and even found time to sit in the sun and flip through a stack of catalogs!!! WHAAAAT!?!?
OH!! i even took some notes for the book.
and in fact i woke up brimming with ideas!
so again, thank you.
here is what i have for you today..
heaven:
that place looks like it smells good.
this room:
i honestly can't stop thinking about it.
this lonny kitchen:
i fucking love it!!
not a subway tile in sight.
i am well aware of this being a love it or hate it type of thing.
where do you fall?
i'll bet it's even better in person.
clean sheets:
on the list for today.
these chairs:
if you see them somewhere please tell me.
this bench:
is going to copy these chairs:
this little girl:
has
her first
soccer game
tomorrow (and a new umbrella).
and she is pretty.
dad has something to say about that part..
have a merry weekend!
thanks for being really awesome.
big love,
if you have no idea who michelle armas is you have been living inside your butt.
she is an amazing artist who can paint real real good.
so when she emailed me today to tell me that she named this painting....
"jenny"
after yours truly....
i peed rainbows.
seriously, that is pretty badass.
thank you michelle.
