Behold

The hutch.

It's done, and ready for it's big reveal!

Remember it before?

I'm so excited to get stuff in & on it and dress this cutie up!

Birdie birdie in the sky, please don't turdy in my eye

(dave picked the post title today)

We just became parents of two. Two baby hummingbirds that it.

As Dave was cutting down a dead little tree in our backyard, he pokes his head at the kitchen window and says 'Now I know why the hummingbird has been humming around me for a while now'. Turns out just as he's about to throw the branches in the trash, he spots a little nest.

In it layed these two little peeps.
I was so sad! We didn't mean to displace your babies Mrs. Hummingbird, please forgive us!!

So i say to Dave, what do we do? "We raise them as our own". haha. I laughed, but I kinda think Dave was serious because now they are in a box, in their nest, on our dining room table. (Personally I think outside is better, because then the mamma could find them.) BUT, it started raining...

I have no idea what to do next. I'll keep you posted on our two new little birdies.

Who knew!?

When we moved into our house I was like "holy random plants"!

We had trees, rose bushes, dead plants and randomly placed calla lilies. One Saturday Dave and I just started ripping stuff out. We got thru like 1/2 the planter beds we have, but it was alot to take out. Apparently whoever lived here before us had a green thumb that had turned brown by the time we moved in. Today I looked outside and said

"We have plumbs!" Low and behold a mystery tree is a plumb tree. I don't know if i'll try them, but it's fun knowing they're there. We also have grapes (I said random didn't I?) Oh, and I cant leave out our resident birds and their nest in our patio.

friday night blogging

I've come to the conclusion that it's the simplest things that make me happy. My philosophy body lotion, notes in the mail, easy dinners, pedicures, a perfect mix of carbonation & ice in my diet coke, Saturdays, Sundays, babies, a new read, being appriciated, being employed, finding that mystery hair hanging on my shirt that is tickling the back of my arm...you get the picture right? I have to add to the list, lines in my carpet, courtesy of Dave.

I remembered tonight that i haven't shown you all the new "outfit" i bought for my bed. You see, my Grandma gave me money for Christmas to switch things up from darker to lighter. I finally commited. There's just one little hiccup. The bed isn't really made right now. So i angled things to just show you a taste.

the comforter

the sheets

throw pillows

On a completely random note, Dave and I are watching the best of JayWalking on Jay Leno, and my favorite answer was: "What does the D.C. stand for in Washington?" "Da Capital". Classic.

I started this post on Tuesday...then got distracted...

Mac-n-cheese is in the oven, and divine design is on, so i thought i'd take a few to share some updates around the Anderson casa. We had our new couches delivered a week ago...and are loving them!!! I swear, i haven't felt such comfort in so long. We also added a patio furniture set of my Grandparents to the backyard. Loving it so far, even though I've only looked at it. What i like even better is that I can switch out the cushions easily to be more "my style".

I began the hutch project, but then last weekend came along and it's been put on hold. I'll get back to it soon!

Monday we spent the afternoon at Dave's Grandmas house with the Anderson & Collier families. It was nice to just sit in the sun, relax, eat, (good frog eye salad Les!) and I even fit in a little nappy nap. Pretty much my definition of a perfect afternoon.

happy memorial weekend

I hope everyone is enjoying their (hopefully) 3 days off. I can't remember the last time I was this happy to have a long weekend! So far we have napped, had a great late breakfast of french toast at a cute little cafe`, tanned, read about 3/4 of Love the one You're With, and tanned some more! I promise I'll post soon, I have some house updates to show you. For now i'll just give a sneak peek.

(courtesy of Dave's endearing trait of spending lots of time "testing" different settings on his camera with random subjects...such as this)

.it's the little things in life.

Like these yummy little treats that sit in my pantry that I sneak a bite or two out of every day...Mmmm. Gotta love me some Traders!

...And thisVoluspa candles (at Anthropologie). I love Santiago Huckleberry. Take a whiff next time you come across it and let me know what you think. I think it's fabulous. And with different scents and decorative tins, they're sure to please!