anderson, party of three

September 1, 2009

design on the brain

i am forgoing the europe posts tonight to simply blog about my love of all things related to decorating. you name it, i get that butterfly feeling in my stomach thinking about how it would look in my house, where i could put it, how i could justify buying it, how i can re create the look for less, etc. and it's a good thing dave jumps onboard for alot of what i do. actually, dave is the brawn behind my brains. ok, so we share the brains part. and i am about 25% of the brawn

(the 25% that takes place at lowes, decorating stores, scouring websites, homegoods...)

SO, in my ongoing search for anything i can bring to life in my house, i've been checking out lots of blogs in the blogging world lately, and adding them to my 'must check daily' lists. i thought i'd share some that i love with you. you probably are already blog stalkers of them too...but for good measure i will share.

Our Suburban Cottage- cute, good links to fun stuff, and very cottage-y!
Urban Grace Interiors- An interior designer, who has fabulously fun taste, and a fun way of blogging about it and more.
Fly Through my Window- Sister to Urban Grace Interiors. Adorable posts, real life topics, fun fresh photography, and a country setting i'm slightly jealous of!
The Lettered Cottage- Clean, simple, and realistic before & afters.
Caitlin Wilson Design- LOVE her work. Stumbled across her, and i check back often.

now that i've shared some of my fave's, return the favor! i'd love to add to this list!

August 31, 2009

Next Stop, Spain

Our first stop in Spain was Vigo. We had a few stops in Spain, Vigo, Cartagena and Barcelona. In this post i'm going to mush all our Spain spots into one post. Otherwise, my Europe posts would be forevvvver long! So lets get to it!

[vigo]

[barcelona]

August 27, 2009

cherbourg, france

i decided to keep good on my semi-promise from earlier. i am feeling a little more blogger-ish tonight, so i'll post about stop #3 on our cruise, but i 'll have to detour from Spain like i said earlier.

stop #3 was Cherbourg France. it was a cool little fishing village. i don't remember too many specifics about it (other than the fishy smell, bleh) but what i do remember was a very cool church and some adorable yummy little french bakery's on the street. back to the church though. we found it on the map, listed as Cherbourg's Notre Dame. my favorite part of it? the bullet holes in the cement all over the church. dave remembers it as the "place with the skate park". yeah, so we know what matters to dave, and apparently it's not centuries old historic structures.

[the.church.in.cherbourg]

[the.bullet.holes]

[dave.and.i]

[rachel.and.mom.listening.to.mass.inside]

[dave.&.mike]

[the.streets.of.france]

[random.street.shot]

[another.sweet.old.building]

please forgive me

i just haven't felt like blogging lately! i'd rather read in bed. i hope to get to it tonight...?
:)

August 22, 2009

back home, and back to decorating

Dave and I had a little date night last night. Ok, we're childless, so everytime we go out is pretty much a date night...but anyways. We went to Jerry's Dogs, which if you haven't had, is delicious! We dined on fine soda's, cheeseburgers (plain) and then I popped the question. "Do you think, that umm, maybe when were done, we could, maybe, i dunno...just pop into Home Goods? Cause it's just right here, and we have the whole evening...ya know?" haha. He said yes. After insisting that my suggestion was premeditated, which is completely untrue. It was absolutely spur of the moment and in no way thought out beforehand.

So the result of our date night is this great new addition to our home. I brought her home to test her out in our master bath...and i think she'll stay! She's a shade of light grey/blue with some creams and a charcoal color. (there's not much natural light, so the picture isn't as good as it could be). I think she fits into the scheme very well. Anything tan/brown would have just gotten lost in the tile. And i need to try not to get caught in a tan funk! Although it's still not bold, it goes well since the bathroom opens up into the master.

August 21, 2009

Say what?

On our trip, alot of time was spent with our fabulous family. And with all this time that was spent together, were some memorable quotes and such. I realized that if I don't get it onto paper (or blog) then I won't remember. Les, anyone else that was there, feel free to add things. And i'll update as memories pop into my head.

"It's windy enough up there to blow over a baby. Twice. I know from experience."

"Your a peach from a vineyard"

"Santa Maria"

"You can't say that here. Stop saying Santa Maria!"

"If it's too cold to lay out, you can just sit there and look at Africa"

"Look, there's a naked man on his balcony!"

"Look, Nascar is dancing!"

"I will survive...." sung by Rachel

"I twy, and I twy..."

"If I hear one more ABBA song I am going to kill myself"

"It's so hot, milk was a bad choice"

"Can I put my (digital) camera through the X-Ray machine? Won't it ruin my film?"

Vive la France!

Our second stop on the cruise was La Havre, France. Of course, with Paris being less than 2 hours away, thats where we spent our day! With only one day, and a limited amount of hours, we had to try to cram as much as we could into what time we had. SO, like all good tourists, we took the double decker red bus around the city. We hopped off and on thru the day, and were able to see more than I had expected to see. I have to go back here someday. There was so much to take in! My favorite part: the Eiffel Tower. I was just amazed! I think Les got a picture of me "taking it all in so I could remember".

I'll show you our day in photos, because it's much more fun than reading...and i don't feel like typing all the details. But in 2 words, overwhelmingly amazing!

(oh, and if you notice no Dave, it's because while we were in Paris, Kevin, Mike and Dave were at Normandy. Which maybe he can guest post about? haha...yeaaaah riiight!)