Demolition

BEFORE:


& AFTER:


Last night was totally therapeutic!


Oh, Doug is gonna kill me when he sees this posted...! He complained about his belly stickin' out and I kindly pointed out that you can see he can't button his pants all the way up... My tough guy...


We had some awesome helpers!




Me standing in the doorway of the old pocket door where my stove is supposed to go. There was a scare last night that those header beams just might be load-bearing afterall and therefore I would be unable to put my stove there, and therefore have to totally rethink my kitchen, therefore wasting the trip we took to pick up all the cabinets, etc. I was miffed, to say the least. However, on second inspetion, it appears they are not. (Insert angelic music).


You can't see a dang thing with all the dust and insulation floating around! Where is our protective gear, I'd like to know?

A Pirate's Life for Me

I can't believe I forgot to post pictures of Sterling's Birthday. He had a few of his best buds over and it was really so cute to watch them! They talked gibberish over cake and laughed and laughed!

Cap'n Sterling extending the "hook" of fellowship




The shipwreck of a cake


Pirate Pope Anna handing out the holy hand-sword


Fearsome Pirates






Evie has the Pirate squint down!


The "treasure"


Ye scurvy landlubber under attack

There Are Just Some Things I Wish I Could Wear...

...Like 4 inch heels. I don't know what the problem is, but I can't keep these babies on! Let alone walk properly! But oh, they are gorgeous...


Another is sleeveless. Perhaps I shouldn't pine for such a thing, but I do on occasion. It's enough to make me want to design my own clothes. I have considered it time and time again- during pregnancy especially when all the clothes seem so dowdy and uncomfortable! Why can't modest clothes be made out of sumptuously colored fabrics like these?


Yet another thing is cream. A little cream is okay, but head to toe cream would never do on my skin. It'd be like trying to see a polar bear in a snow storm. *sigh*

I was raised very simply and my mother was always beautifully, but simply and classically dressed. She never accessorized with scarves or flashy shoes and earrings, so it's as foreign to me as Kate Moss to an all-you-can-eat. However, I still feel drawn to these items even though I'm sure I would feel conspicuous in them. ...But perhaps that's the point- to stand out a little.
Thus ends my covet-fest. Perhaps I should stop browsing ModCloth so often, but it's so hard to refrain when they post new items every few hours or so...