Thank you.... :)

OH. MY. GOODNESS!!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I mean the sincerest of thank yous from

the bottom of my clutter free heart:)

Saturday was a huge success:) We opened at 7am, and by 8:30, I think most everything was gone!!

My heart is full, my yard and garage...empty!!

When the hubby and I made our budget for this upcoming renovation, this awesomeness you see

below was NOT anywhere in said budget:(

But after Saturday?

Say hello to my dream come true:)

 

 

 

 

My knight in shining armor. On a white horse.

Lovely right???

 

Viking. Cotton White. And it's gonna be mine:)

I can't thank you enough for showing up early Saturday morning,

keeping your thoughts that I'm a hoarder to yourself,

and  helping me realize my dream:)

xoxo, D :)

Green Arrows.... :)

Well here ya go. I used my fab paint skills and drew arrows to just some of the things

that will be up for grabs on Saturday:)

Lamps, chairs and bench....

 

This table:( one of my faves....

 

Couch and desk....

 

Wardrobe cabinet, white chair, lamps and bedding...oh, and that round end table!

 

Desk, chair, more lamps...more tables (geeesh I DO have a problem!)

 

Bookcase, and YES! another table...

 

Hutch and pretty much everything that's on it...

 

And how bout this apartment size fully restored O'Keefe & Merritt stove!! It can be yours!!

 

 

Aaaaand then there's all of the littles. Yep, still gots to unload these boxes...

 

Aaaaand then I have to unload the guest house.....

 

I'm gonna tear into this box before long!!

Hope to see all your sweet faces early Saturday morn!!

Pleeease. If you love me, come get this stuff outta my life!!

Oh, and Rio set me up with the fancy dancy square pay thingy on my phone,

so you can use your plastic!!
 

This Saturday 7am:)
email me for directions:)


Souvenir.... :)

Ok, so remember when I told you that the fab Heather Bullard paid me a little visit a while back?

Weeell, she came to take pics of the little tiny for the Spring issue of her magazine Souvenir:)

It came out yesterday:) and it's pure eye candy. Her photog skills are amazing, and I'm so honored she featured my humble little place!

Her pics of my house made me want to live there! Wait.... I did! :)

 

 

So go! Buy a copy! You won't be sorry! She also featured my friends and fam over at

ReStyle Source:) and the sweet gang from Sweet Salvage:)

 

 

In other spring news....I got a pedi today:)

 

 

I know! I know! The color's a total shocker:)

All aboard!!!......:)

Let's just all take a gander at where I do my laundry sorting shall we??

Yep. Right there in the hallway.

 

 

Oh honey? Are you looking for your tools? They're right here! on our dining room table.

I'm feeling out of sorts.

 Usually by this time, I'm completely settled. Furniture in, beds made and pictures hung.

I'll tell ya, this living in a reno has got to be the biggest test of patience for me EVER!!

I thought I had a handle on it....until I was startled awake the other morning by the sound of beeping. You know, that sound of a big truck in reverse?

 

 

I looked out the window to see this....Noooooo!!! The entire contents of our sweet cottage in Dana Point. Yeah we sold it. I know, I know. I totally didn't let you in on that one! We just decided to move on from that place and start memories in another. Maybe a place to cool off closer to home?

Anyway.....this little delivery nearly sent me into a tailspin.

More boxes!! More furniture that I don't need!! More CRAP!! UGH!!!!!

 

 

Overwhelmed cannot even describe how I felt.

So I did what any gal with too much on her plate would do...

Go get a massage!!

 

 

I grabbed my purse and walked right past the crime scene in my back yard and got in my son's car.

Why his car you ask??

Because my car is in the shop. The hubby got rear ended on the freeway last week whilst driving

my car.

Uh huh. Seriously. What. In. The. World!!

He was fine. My car, not so much:(

 

As I pulled out of my drive, I hear my theme song on the radio....

 

All aboard!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaa!!

Ay, ay, ay, ay,

I'm goin' off the rails on a crazy train!!

 Ozzie. It made me laugh. It was so perfect.

 

And you know what else was perfect?

My massage therapist.

Uh huh. He looked exactly like Ty Diggs. For reals.

Yeeeeah, I think I'll go back to my gal with the man hands.

I just couldn't relax with Mr. Perfect touching my fat!

 

 

 

Wish I knew the fine art of relaxing that Little Bully has mastered.

 

 

If only you could hear his beautiful snoring... Oh! you want to hear it?? I thought so:)

 

 

 

I think I'll relax after I unload and get rid of all the extra crap I've accumulated.
Yep, I'm a gonna have me a yard sale. Oh, I mean a tag sale. I'm thinking I'm going to get rid of most of my stuff. You know, so I can start over!! And buy more crap!!

Saturday March 23rd.
7:00 am
I'll post some pics next week of some stuff that will be up for grabs!!

Sweet boy.... :)

So this past week has been nothing but unpacking. And then unpacking. And then when I'm done with that, I do some more unpacking. And in between all that I would have an occasional meltdown. Ok, a LOT of meltdowns.

 

I've got a good excuse for said meltdowns. You see, I've been doing all this without the help of my trusty sidekick:( Yep, my sweet hubby is out of commission.

 

 

He's been dealing with 2 herniated disks:( Sooo, he hasn't been able to do what he normally does, which is EVERYTHING! :(

 

 

So the master bedroom is about all I can show you right now:) Since we are planning on refinishing floors, and adding a master bath, I didn't want to spend the money or time on painting the walls. The entire house has pure white walls. At first it drove me insane! But I found these fab curtains at Target the other day, and they really warmed up the space and made it completely bearable:)

 

 

With the hubby out, I've really had to rely on this guy. My sweet baby Ryne. Not Ryan. Ryne.

Poor guy, he's forever having to correct people:(

Anyway, I'm ridiculously lucky that this boy can do just about everything his dad can do.

Sooo, he did all my hanging of pics and curtain rods and such:)

 

 

Aaaand accompanied his crazy mama to Sweet Salvage:) It was his first time going, and I promised him there would be "cool stuff". I found this old wheel thingy that was perfect for a necklace hanger:)

 

 

Since I've never been above bribing my kids to do stuff, I gave by son some goodie money. Ryne has always had an eye for "cool stuff". It was really fun to see what he was drawn to. He found things that I would never take a second look at.

Check out his loot.

 

 

A Coleman oven (I think), an old microscope, cool binoculars, an awesome fold up measuring stick and that thing that holds a pencil and makes circles. The name is totally escaping me right now...
Anyway, he totally loved it and I'm sure I won't have to bribe him to go next time:)

Oh, and just so I'm not playing favorites here- I'll let ya in on what Rio is up to:)
She and her friend Emily are teaching this class on how to make these fab Marquee letters!

 

How fun right??
March 7th at 6 pm
$40
Details here!!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!! ....:)

SQUEEEEEEL!! Here she be! The newest latest and greatest love of my life:)

She was born in 1922 and I love her:)

Aaaand, she just so happens to be right across the street from my old place:)

I TOLD you my world is very small!!

 

She's adorable, but definitely in need of some lovin:)

While I was at work last Tues, the hubby up and decided to move us in.

Yep. For the first time in 25 years, we're gonna LIVE in the renovation.

We crazy like that:)

 

 

Here's my lovely back porch. Everyone laughs when I say this- but I'm not kidding this time! We are NEVER, EVER, EVER moving again!! EVER. EVER!!

 

 

I did get a little treat today:) say hello to my new fab WHITE washer and dryer. What? Isn't every one's laundry room on the back porch?? The delivery guy looked at me like I was completely insane when I told him to hook them up there. And he's right, I was insane. I hadn't done laundry in a week. And for me? that's complete insanity.

The white beauties need only to hang there on the porch for a few months till they can move inside to their newly renovated laundry room:)

 

 

Oh! And I reunited with this cutie that I bought from Sweet Salvage a while back. She went straight to storage when I got her, so I hardly remembered what she looked like!

Is she a-dorie-able or what!!??

 

Sooo, needless to say I'm going crazy over here trying to get this new place all set up!

I promise pics and deets next week!! :)



Pretty as a picture..... :)

I LOVE pretty pictures. I dooo. It makes me happy to spend a foolish amount of time

 perusing the web for prettiness.

The pictures make all the difference in the world I tell ya:)

So let me introduce you to my new fav web stop- Restyle Source.

It's this new amazing website that is pure eye candy. Full of inspiring photos, recipes and information. It's a national guide to local love.

 It's cool. It's where I saw this fab recipe. Check. It. Out:)

 

 

Baked eggs in avocado. Sounded easy enough, and I just so happened to have all the ingredients. Ok, I'm totally lying. Who has avocados "on hand" ?? So after a stop at Trader Joe's, I got to work.

You know when you start something with such excitement only to have your happy balloon popped before you even begin? Read on.

 

 

Step one. Cut your avocado in half. Uh huh. A really high five to you Trader Joe's for these most awesome avocados!! I've bought me many an avocado in my day, (come on! I'm half mexi remember?) so I know how to pick em. Or so I thought. Grrrrrr!! I was not going to let this get me down! So I kept on. Next step, break the egg into the avocado half....

 

 

Over your dirty dishes. Oh what? You spilled on your hands? Just grab a paper towel! Oh, that's right...you don't HAVE ANY!! Grrrrr!!

Oh, and it might have helped to read the entire recipe to know that I should have used mega sized avocados to you know- avoid spillage:(

 

 

Next step- sprinkle what avocados you have left with your spices. All whilst glaring at the rotten ones. Grrr!!

 

 

Stick em in the oven. Look at my face. I ain't crackin a smile for nothin. Nope.

 

 

And how bout this for table decor!!

 

 

But I must say, the eggies in avocados looked delish!!

 

 

My taste tester Chase happened to come over just as the little lovelies were coming out of the oven.

 

Despite all the craziness, he said they were gooo- ooood!!

They must have been, he ate all of them:)

Thank you Restyle Source!!