UPcycling

Currently, my collection of rings is housed in an empty lotion jar. When I finished using it, I decided not to waste it, so I washed it out and plopped my rings in it.

That can't keep me from wishing I had something a little more stylish to display my jewelry. Which brings me to this vintage juicer.

Start the long weekend with a bang in Ogden!

Please come visit me, Jess and Darci in Ogden this weekend! The only other favor I ask of you is that you pray it doesn't rain on us.

I have a weakness.

I finally succumbed to the desire that has grown beyond my control. I just bought a swimsuit for my Pilates buddy. GAP put suits on sale for $12 and I used my $10 coupon to sweeten the deal.

Next summer my little girl is going to be ready to hit the pool with maximun diaper coverage and cute little ears to boot.

Go find a giveaway

As I mentioned on my other blog, Mary is doing a week full of giveaways to celebrate five years of blogging.

Be sure to stop by Mary's blog this week and enter for chances to win mini diaries by Marta, earrings by me, a necklace by Laura, and Virtue lip gloss. Woo!

Rock-a-bye baby

I was thrilled beyond words when I found this tee for my Pilates buddy. Kev is a huge Pink Floyd fan (we've been to see the Australian Pink Floyd tribute band twice AND we went to the Pink Floyd Experience in 2008) and I thought he'd love to see his little girl in this tee when she's a older.

I'm already planning the daddy-daughter photo of them both wearing their band tees while dancing around the living room playing air guitar.

This kid is going to love us.

Go find a giveaway

I've got the scoop on another great giveaway for all ya'll.

Miss Indie is doing a 100 Things giveaway with lots of chances to enter. She also has a great Etsy shop and my favorite item (of today) are the bobbies with crocheted flowers. So many colors from which to choose!

I almost always have a bobbie in my hair (dang flyaways are growing like crazy since I got pregnant) and these would spice it up a little bit without ANY effort.

Anyway, back to the giveaway. Get on over to Miss Indie's blog and check out the deets!

I've always been a fan of breakfast.

Ok. Since moving away from Maine (for the second time) I've realized how much I like it. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, I suppose.


Something I never thought I'd be obsessed with is Maine-made maple syrup. Specifically the kind that comes from Breakneck Ridge Farm. My mom has a regular lunch meeting at Macaroni Grill in Maine and her server (for like, 10 years) is the son of the farm owners. He would get my mom the hook up on their amazing syrup. I don't remember how my mom got me hooked, but she did.


I ran out of the syrup a couple of weeks ago and told my mom she MUST bring some when she visits and meets the baby in August. It's the best thing ever for pancakes, french toast and even your scrambled eggs (oh come on... admit that you like the flavor of the syrup when it touches your eggs).

This week I was surprised to find a package from my mom on my front porch. In it was the biggest jug of Breakneck Ridge Farm syrup I've ever seen. I don't know how my mom knew I was planning to make myself french toast on Saturday, but apparently she did. And now I'll get to eat my french toast with REAL maple syrup instead of Wal-Mart's wanna-be maple syrup.

I never knew how bad artificial syrup tastes until I tried to real stuff. Please, do yourself a favor and invest in some of this. It is so worth it. Even Kev will put it on his pancakes and he usually eats his completely plain (no butter or anything!).

If at all possible, I'm even more excited to make my french toast on Saturday after my yoga class. To boot, I'm going to make my own bread, slice it thick, and use it instead of store-bought. Look at me go!

Like I have any empty surface space available...

There isn't a lot of open space in the Pink House right now. Not with our shelves full of books and movies and CDs and half of the garage piled in the living room and hallway (Kev is building storage!).

Still, I love this bowl and wish I could make it mine. It would bring such freshness to a room- like a bouquet of flowers that will never wilt.

Unfortunately though, I'm not organized enough to have a space dedicated to simply displaying pretty things. This would most-likely get put in my "design Rubbermaid" that houses things I no longer have places on which to display them. And then it would get deformed and go unappreciated.

So, I'll leave it to the people who have less junk than I.