Well it started out as a good week... :(

Last week the hubby thought maybe our single chicken was looking quite lonely. So he brought this sweet little chic home! Wallace LOVES her :) and I must say she is quite taken with him too!

Thursday I took a trip to Lizabel's Treasures. I found this cute little medicine cabinet and wooden box. Oh so happy!

Friday I picked up this faux (bummer I know) chocolate cake from Domestic Bliss. Kristin is having a huge sale, getting ready for a whole new bunch of goodies, so git while the gittins good ladies!

Theeeeen, Come Saturday?? I swear I have the swine flu, or maybe SARS or maybe the black lung? Whatever- I seriously NEVER get sick and this cold hit me hard!! :( So, I'm drinking a lot of this,

And snuggling a lot with this, and trying to get better :)

Go granny, go granny, go granny Go!!

Is she the cutest little granny cart in the world?? I thought so too :) I found her at this sweet little store in San Clemente, CA a few weeks back for $15 !!! Sadly, granny had lost a little bit of her beauty :(
But look at her now!!! A little burlap ribbon and a big ole green flower and she's back!!

I love her :) she faithfully carries my goodies from the farmers market every Friday. And yes, she has many admirers! She's old but she's strong! She sings this sweet little squeaky song the whole way home, and I love it :)

This is just some of what came home with me last Friday: fennel, romaine lettuce, lemons, arugula, purple onions, leeks, and salmon. All organic of course!

And oh yes! These beautiful eggs. Our sweet single chicken just can't keep up so I've had to buy them. The colors are amazing, and the taste of fresh eggs is like no other :)

So please people, support your local farmers :) it's good for them and especially good for you!

They're here! They're finally FREAKING here!!!

I know it doesn't look like much to you, but these plans mean the WORLD to me!!!!

It seems like it's been a lifetime since our first meeting with our architect to draw plans for the restoration of our 1916 bungalow. After passing historic review (twice) and the city, we finally have our fully approved, officially stamped, yes you can finally build it, no more waiting, put on a happy face plans!!! Such a great day :)

This is my happy face and my hot contractor ( I hate taking pictures for your crazy "column") hubby. The concrete guy starts tomorrow and framing will soon follow!! We're hoping to be in by October. How fantastic would it be to have a Halloween party in our (rumored to be) haunted house!! :)

Yep, even the fridge... :)

I'm a kook for organization. I like things neat and straight, it just makes me happy!

But seriously???? What in the world happened here??? I couldn't take it any longer.

So, I bought some baskets at Home Goods and these nifty little chalkboards and paint pen at JoAnns and WENT TO TOWN!!!

I mean really, it took me all of 5 minutes to write on these and hot glue them on! And here's the result! I know!! Makes me smile every time I open the fridge... :)

Oh and these beautiful eggs? Came from my hardworking little chicken. We started out with 3 and now are down to 1 :( God bless her.

One man's trash... :)

This is my daughter Rio and her boyfriend Chase. These two hosted an amazing dinner party last Saturday night! Roger and I, my son Ryne and his girlfriend Devon, Chase's mom, grandma, and aunt were all invited. We had soooo much fun! Rio sets a mean table and Chase is a fantastic cook!

We enjoyed rotisserie chicken, stuffed tomatoes, rice, and salad. So good and so pretty :)

But I have to say, I couldn't get past these chairs!!! Rio and Chase found them in a dumpster in L.A. a few weeks back. They were missing their bases, so Chase made the square bottoms, added casters and Rio painted them the high gloss white to match the chair! How very cool is that!!

Seriously...One man's trash is most certainly another man's treasure... :)

The Happy Birthday Chair :)

In my husbands real estate business, he often comes across what I like to refer to as "treasures". This chair was one of them. When he pulled this out of his truck I was giddy, I knew I could give it new life :) My daughter Rio turns 22 on Wednesday, and this little chair was calling her name.

The before:

The after!!!

With just 2 coats of high gloss white paint and a piece of Chewbacca like black fabric... Voila!!

A chair that just says.... Rio :)

Happy Birthday my sweet baby girl :)

The Flea Market :)

While I was in Cali this weekend I read about the Pasadena City College Flea Market and thought I'd go check it out. Ohhhhh boy!! I takes place the first Sunday of the month in the parking garage on the campus. I was in flea market heaven :) I could have stayed for hours inching my way through every booth looking at every little thing. Here are just a few of the incredible things you can find there. If you're ever in the area, you have to check it out!!

Amazing vintage purses! How bout that clear little cutie on the bottom right??

Oh don't you worry, these 6 goblets found their forever home....with me!! Along with the sweet little ice bucket just to the right of them :)

I just loved her....

Of course all this green caught my eye...

Okay, don't get all PETA on me! I thought they were sooo cool!

Boxes and boxes of vintage earrings!!

More green I wanted to take home :(

I couldn't resist taking a pic of these eye cups! Reminded me of my granny :)

Wish I had the time to dig in here!!

Such a great way to start out my New Year! And on that happy note....

WE FINALLY GOT OUR PERMIT!!!!! Oh the happiness....Let the restoration begin!!!!!!