Printemps

I received the May issue of Romantic Homes today, and there were some pretty pics of spring flowers in market buckets. Made me remember this picture I took in France 4 years ago...

And here are some more Springy pics from Monet's garden. When you walked into the gardens, the smell of hyacinth punched you in the face (in a good way, ha).

Total C U T E N E S S

On the front Etsy page today. Eye candy much??!!

The Good+, The Bad- & The Ugly!

+My new shipping label prepared by Lisa! I am so impressed. My regular graphic design go-to gal is getting married this month (the nerve!). So I did an Alchemy request instead, and found Lisa who whipped this up really quickly…and CHEAP. I should be able to do stuff like this myself, but I really need a book or take a class for my Photoshop which ain’t happenin anytime soon.

+My mother-in-law is staying with us this week to watch Q because her daycare is closed for Spring Break. So she made chicken souvlaki last night. Tonight is tacos. Ahhhhhh. I don’t cook like ever, so it has been nice.

+I had a surprise switch in docs at my 34 wk appointment today. It was with a man OB. Thank God no pelvic exam needed today! I didn’t want more people than necessary checking out my biznass, please and thank you.

+Dexter is on Amazon Unbox just in case I miss an episode. If you have Tivo, Amazon Unbox is so cool!

-All my maternity shirts are getting too small on me, and I refuse to buy more with only 5 weeks to go. Not a pretty sight.

-My boss told me I looked like an Easter egg on Monday (I had a pink sweater on). Yesterday, he said I looked like an egg yolk (I had a yellow shirt on). I told him to get the eff out of my cube because his stripey shirt was making my astigmatism go zany. D*ck.

-My poor dear friend, Amy, is 3 days past her due date. C'mon kiddo! We're all waiting!!!

! My sausage fingers, heartburn, pregnancy congestion, and mostly my super gross CANKLES (I can’t believe I’m sharing this with you). I retained water like this when PG with Q, but it was late summer…not early spring!

! Grody Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is organizing his Legal Defense Fund. Get the fudge out of office, you scumbag!!!

Nature is My Church

Ok, so the Catholic guilt has officially set in. This is the first year in 33 years that I missed mass on Easter. There are several excuses I could give you (most of which are dealing with the fact that I am pretty uncomfortable with only 5 weeks to go until baby arrives). Many, many reasons-- can you tell I'm rationalizing? :)

ANYWHO, we did go to the Frederick Meijer Gardens butterfly house instead, and I seriously meditated. It was very peaceful, and being with family and watching Q in awe of the butterflies was a pretty religious experience, I must say. We had Easter dinner and dressed up and such on Saturday, thus the jeans in the pics below.

I hope you had as nice an Easter as we did! xo

Forest Critters

Had to show you pics of the new quilt!

And Q's new forest friends clock!!!

Slowly coming out of my candy coma. I think I ate my weight in malted milk eggs and white chocolate Reese's eggs. Bleh.

Happy Easter!!!!

Tiny Green Knots & Contest Winner

My mom picked these Beginners Story Leaflets which also say, "Evangelical Departmental Graded Materials" on them. Kinda weird, but I love all the pics on them. They are from the late 30s. This one is entitled, "They Saw Tiny Green Knots on the Stems". Thought it appropos for the FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!!

So now, down to biz-nass. The 200th post wiener, or ahem, winner is......

SARAH

We typed everyone's names out (3x if you mentioned me in your blog) and put them into my Chet & Dot log drawstring bag. Congrats, Sarah! I am still not sure what you're getting, but I will compile some treasures and will be sending them out probably early next week. Thanks for playing, everyone!!! xo