Hey Guys- I am sorry for the Summer Slack, but hey that is what Summer is all about! Right? I also have been working super hard on this epic wedding that is going to take place this Fall, so more slackness in the Blog word to come. Sorry. Here are some pictures to fill in the thousand words. Best, Nan
Of course, he WON!
Up close and personal in Jackson Hole.
Up in the Air with the Greatest of EASE!
Out of our back door in Maine. How do I love thee?
I have fond memories of rolling the change of Dr. Reynold's. He had a BIG jug in his closet and if Martha and I rolled it, we got to keep it. Jackpot. Literally. Yesterday, I had a Genius Moment... My youngest is somewhat obsessed with opening a savings account and is always doing something for a dollar here and a dollar there. My oldest can't save to SAVE his life! So, I told them if they would ROLL, they could keep half. They have to use it to open a Savings Account too. Math skills are being refreshed, brothers are working together, and all of those Mason jars full of change are dwindling. Oh yeah, and I get HALF. Genius.
I think I am getting delirious, as I am singing in my Bob Marley voice, "NO JAVA, NO CRY! NO, NO JAVA NO CRY!" I am on day three of working on the inside out, vs. outside in. Go over to my sister's site, to read Part TWO of my Interview. Apparently, I am long winded. Apparently, it is going to be a TRILOGY. Sorry, I was drinking alot of coffee that week. Anyway, I do love to juice, so that hasn't been so bad. The first day, I put it in a favorite R.WOOD mug to make me feel better, but now I am onto the big GULP! Do you juice? What are your favorite combinations? Have a great day, Nan
Unfortunately, mirrors don't lie! Ain't that the truth, especially those magnified kind! Unfortunately, I kind of have a fascination with those magnified mirrors, every time I am in those nice hotels! I am always utterly and completely taken aback. I literally say OUT LOUD and NOT SO PROUD, "BLOODY HELL I look like SHIT!", or "HOLY BATMAN how long has that whisker been there? I could almost floss with that mother!@*#*! " I get seriously RILED up looking in that mirror. It makes me MAD just thinking about it. I always swear that I am going to buy one immediately, upon returning home, but I never do, (AMEN for some self-love and self-preservation). An average mirror can be horrifying enough, so I will just have to continue to be AGHAST when I return to those fancy hotel rooms... SO, back to the mirror above... If you have not read my sister's blog, Durango Mom, then sadly, you have been missing out, on some serious entertainment. However, today is the DAY that can all change. It probably will not be as entertaining, as some of her posts, because it is an interview with her biggest fan, ME. However, we are cut from the same cloth, so hopefully, it will be amusing. I do encourage you to read for awhile though, because I know you will return often, if you do. Thanks SISTER for including me.
TODAYyou areYOU, that is truerthan true. There isno onealivewho isYOUerthanYOU! HappyBirthday Sweet, old SISTAH! Every time I hear this song, I turn it UP and do some seriously bad dancing and mortify my children, which they secretly love! I also think of my SISTAH Ivey. She loves this song too. Have you read her blog? You should. Here. She is a great sister, albeit, she lives too far away sister... I have learned some good pearls of wisdom from her like, "Never let a boy come between you and a friend."We have a five year age gap between us, so growing up, we were more parallel, and I was probably more annoying, than anything else. She played at me, more than with me. For example, I remember vividly knocking on her locked door, as she had two friends over(Polly and Laura). I knocked. I pleaded, annoyingly, I'm sure. I knocked. I laid on the floor looking under her door. I knocked. I begged. I knocked. Get the picture- Annoying! Anyway, she eventually opened the door, with a very pleasant demeanor...I should have ran away. Sucker. "Come on in," said the wolf in the sheep's clothing. We are going to make you look like a grown up WOMAN!" "Excellent, " I thought... Well, what does that entail you ask? Well, it required scissors, nudity, and good ol' scotch tape. The scissors were used to cut some of my hair (I'm a red head, they were not and yes, that is important to this story). So, they cut some of my hair, and that was not the first time she has cut my hair, and proceeded to scotch tape it to my tu-tu, my eight year old tu-tu. Then they got my mom's bra, pointy bra, and stuffed it with toilet paper and declared that I was NOW a WOMAN! I think I danced around, kinda of like Lady Marmalade. Then, I bolted, out the door, to go show Mom and Dad my NEW and INSTANT Womanhood. I remember my folks laughing and Ivey and her posse not really getting in TOO much trouble... Anyway, it was one of many character building experiences for me, which might have been her intention! Yeah, Right. Anyway, I am a better human because of her and I am honored to be her SOUL SISTAH! Live large and in charge IVEY! I think I got that saying from you too. I love you. XOXO, Nan
What are your plans this weekend? I plan on making this. Rutabagas where have you been my WHOLE life? I feel a little jilted, I must say. They are that good. Last month, I was able to eat here, where I had them for the first time. Lovely. I steamed some a couple weeks ago, and honestly, that is ALL you have to do. We have tickets to this Saturday Night. Thanks Haile(sister-in-law). It's a bird, it's a plane, it's what we won't be wearing from New York's Fall Fashion Week.
I think I am pretty in the "KNOW", but I didn't KNOW about this publication until very recently.
That Union Jack reminds me of the fabulous pillows that just arrived at my store, from the U.K.
It was hot pink, my new iphone just didn't capture it, which I
also heart very much!
Hey GUYS and DOLLS, you could really learn from this GUY. On Valentine's Day, I was going into my store's backdoor and there was a simple, single, hot pink, heart shaped POST IT note. Nothing written on it, just there. When I went into the store, there was another one on our front door. I inquired to my ROCK STAR assistant, "What is up with those cool hearts?" She beamed. She radiated. She giggled like a school girl. Her cute and oh so clever husband of 20 plus years, had put them on her bathroom mirror, her closet door, her coffee mug, the catfood, her car, and then preceded to drive 30 miles to put them at her workplace. Be still my beating heart! How adorable is that. Needless to say, she continued to BEAM and giggle all day! Brilliant Charles Brilliant. XO, Nan
P.S. On the subject of LOVE, I love this new iphone app.
Happy Valentine's DayMy Sweets. I have always enjoyed V- DAY. What is there not to LOVE about LOVE. Unfortunately, my sweetheart will be out of town, so I guess I will have to make something special for my other two LOVES. It will have to be fairly low key though, as I will have to work.
OH MY PIE. Too bad, I didn't come across this sooner...So cute. Yes, I could probably make them, but remember the work thing. I think some Breyer's Strawberry Ice cream with red and pink M&M's will work equally as well for my two.
I have blogged about their New York Map before, as I now own one. I am loving this LOVE BUG print too.
My honey has been on a groove lately. I came home yesterday to a sweet little orchid. Albeit, from Publix's, but I'll take it. I had a little creative moment and used some vintage bead flowers to hold the orchid together.
Last week he gave me my Valentine's gift EARLY. It is a BIG one! Now to make something yummy in it!
What sweet treat do you like to do? May your dinner table be surrounded by those you LOVE! XO, Nan
There are just always awesome moments in NYC, every
time I go there. Saturday evening, walking from the Javits to another
awesome moment, the sky was just heavy with blackness and winter.
There was a brief distance of glowing buildings and the earth. It just made me
sigh and breathe it in like rustic homegrown meal. Thank you Brian and Gary of Aunt Sadie's.
The party was as lovely as you both are! xo
Taken in Union Square with my son and our
BBF's from Virginia. We were celebrating Double
Digits and his 10th birthday was on 10/10/10!
I am glad to have gotten out today (bad weather), but I am always a little sad to leave too. I hope to see you soon BIG GUY, until then adieu! Thank you for an inspiring weekend, Nan
P.S. I love you. Maybe, we should have a Spring Fling? I enjoyed our Fall Rendezvous. wink.
A watercolor of my boys when they were
six and four! Now, ten and eight.
Soon to be wallpaper in the boy's bathroom!
What do you think?
One of my greatest loves EVER!
ALSO LOVED THIS! HEAVEN IN A BOWL.
Note to self: Just realized...Where in the heck is that ocra picture and
wire sculpture octapus! Redid this bathroom a year ago.
Both pieces would be awesome in the bathroom upstairs.
Today. We sail away to Tampa Bay. Don't I wish! Life would be EPIC then. Speaking of EPIC, if I don't shave my legs soon... Yikes. Gorilla in the Mist. At least my hair is light, but that still doesn't help the overall effect- PASTY, WHITE, DRY, KNEES SLOWLY FALLING and NOT GOOD. I need to be packing and picking up the house, so that when we come home SUNDAY the house is not a complete disaster. We are driving though to Tampa for some serious pirate festivities. I can't wait! I am taking some favorite cheese from my favorite folks to some more favorite folks, our hostesses for the weekend. I am still dreaming about here from last weekend, and I can not wait to make this next week! Rustic and amazing! What are your plans? I'm going to squeeze my family extra hard and be thankful! Haveagreat one, Nan
I love a goodword. I have a dictionary, by my computer that I use all the time. Yes, I know I can look it up online and sometimes, I do... I just love to look up words and the act itself is so satisfying. I also love a good interior. I do. I do. So here is the word- Juxtaposition, and here is the Interior. LOVE. LOVE.
Hello folks. Sorry it has been a day or two... A sign of a bad blogger is when she(me) signs "in", and it takes three tries. oops! To my sad defense, I do manage two blogs and I am not savvy enough to "manage" under one account. Anyway, HAPPY HAPPY to YOU! What does 2011 hold for you? Life is so exciting isn't it?! XO, Nan
I will not be doing this. Can you even imagine?
It makes me want to cuss like a sailor just looking at this
picture! Those people are FN crazy!
Now this is my idea of CRAZY. CRAZY FUN! After years of looking at it, I booked it yesterday! Happy New Year in July to ME and my family.
One tide pool large enough to swim in (about the size of THREE, not one, not two, BUT THREE Olympic pools at High Tide)! Did I mention
