Spring Break is here! My very good friend from college is visiting and we have a jam packed 2 weeks planned. I'm so excited I can barely hold it in. Me and my friends are going to Nicaragua and then Kristin (my friend from school) and I are going to the Bay Islands, just the 2 of us. I'm really looking forward to that. It'll feel like I have a little piece of St. Louis and I'll have fun and it'll do my heart a lot of good.
3.25.2010
Exposed Brick Walls
I looooove exposed brick! My home is about 50 -50 exposed brick and plastered walls. Bricks add warmth to any room plus they look fabulous when combined with almost any color...except the neons obvi. ;)
3.24.2010
Sitting in the Bedroom
I'm loving the idea of sitting area in front of the bed (rather than a TV!). My room at home is the size of an egg carton so I don't have the luxury of a sitting area but here are some lovely examples!
3.23.2010
Ugh... definitely ramblings
I'm so hoping this blog becomes a cathartic experience in my life. I need it to be even if no one ever reads it. I feel the need to surround myself with quality people. God, they're so hard to find! I wanna feel INVOLVED. INTERESTED. PIQUED. This heartbreak brought so much truth. I was pretty much slapped by the reality of the way I live. So afraid. I want so much and have no idea how to get from point A to point B. I have 2 degrees and no job and don't feel like getting one. What would I feel happy committing my life to? The reality of things right now is that I would be perfectly happy with meeting a good boy, falling in love, make a life together and just raise many of his babies. But... in my heart I feel like I should ask "Would this be cheating on myself?" "Are you this afraid of what you could do that you won't even try?"
He broke up with me and I realized I had broken up with myself long before he did. I stayed for him, I accepted things for him, I compromised for him, I forgave things for him. But I never drew the line for ME.
Sometimes I feel like a divorced 60 year old woman. Where do you go from here?
But I'm told there are better things to come...
3.22.2010
Look Book Series on The Decorating Diva
If you haven’t visited The Decorating Diva site – it’s well worth checking out! Full of great inspiration, features on fabulous designers, and a series called “Style Maker Look Book” which are contributions by designers and bloggers alike of themed room creations. They are so fun to see and very inspiring!
From Material Girls
It is Meli in Pink after all...
Pink and classy rooms. You definitely can do pink furniture and not look like Barbie puked all over your living room. Here are some fabulous examples.
I'm swooning over the pink armoire in this room! I love the diamond pattern over the glass on the doors. So elegant!
10 Things Mothers Should Teach Their Sons
"There's a special bond between mothers and sons. Women raising boys have the power to shape the next generation of men and those to come by teaching their kids important lessons." So true!
- To express his emotions because bottling them up eventually makes a person explode.
- To say "ladies first," hold doors open for women, and give his date the jacket off his back when he or she is cold because the world is moving forward in wonderful ways but that doesn't mean chivalry has to die.
- To put the toilet seat down after he pees, change his sheets frequently, learn to cook, and do laundry.
- To channel his energy through sports, art, dance, the written word — whatever his passion may be.
- That even the biggest fight should be settled with the mind rather than fists.
- That not following the group doesn't make him a loser, but his own leader.
- To stick up for the underdog even if it makes him an outcast.
- That he has the power to make an amazing difference in life.
- To worry less about whether she's proud of him and more about having pride in himself.
- Smiles are free so be generous with them.
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