We Interrupt This Blog

I am a football fan.
HUGE football fan.
I even understand the game.
I do.
I could give a tutorial on football...
Important things all women should know about football.
Don't worry, I won't.
 Oh, but wait-
You should know this...
The cute guy on the team is usually the quarterback.
No, really.
It's like a pre-requisite or something.
Must. Be. Cute. To. Be. The. Quarterback.


Elway, Marino, Brady, Farve, Montana
See---
Told you so.


Anyway, love football.
And REALLY love Iowa Hawkeye Football.
So tonight my dear bloggy friends I will be away.
My Hawkeyes are playing in the Orange Bowl.
Can I get a, "Go Hawkeyes"???

Monkey in Aug. '09

Patiently waiting for football season!

Really, don't be sad that I'm gone tonight.
You wouldn't want to be around me.
I yell.
I kick.
I have been known to throw stuff. 
Our poor doggies hide when we watch the games at home. 
They do.
They run upstairs and hide in the closets.

I think Monkey's first words might have had something to do with the Hawkeyes...
I won't repeat them.
They aren't nice.
And would definitely get us a phone call from his teacher if he ever said them at Preschool!
It's not his fault.

Monkey 8 Months Old

So you see, you don't want me around tonight.
Unless, you are an Iowa Hawkeye fan...
In that case---


See you tomorrow.
Wish my Iowa Hawkeyes luck.
Unless you are a Georgia Tech fan...
in that case, YOU are the enemy today. 


~Amy

Hubby's Gift

It worked!

Pictures soon!

~Amy

I Gave Hubby A Gift

I gave my hunky, hubbalish a present.

Hope he likes it!

~Amy

This Window Makes Me Crazy

We have a window in our house.
It makes me crazy.
I stopped looking at it years ago.
Do you do that? 
Walk past things in your house so many times, that you stop seeing them?

I'm going to stop doing that.
Because---
I noticed the window the other day.
The one that makes me crazy.

I know.

I'm disgusted too.

Those are the same curtains and blinds that were there 9 years ago when we bought the house.

See the odd location of this window?

That is the door that leads to the upstairs.

...and the door is usually open.

I have the Hubby and Monkey under STRICT orders to leave the door shut.

And the dogs.

Yes, they can open the door.

They think they own the upstairs whole house.

And the other side of the window is a wall that makes this an odd little corner.

It isn't a room, it's not associated with a room, its just there.

Anyway, when I stopped to look at the window---

I ripped the curtains down.

They were filthy.

Which made me think...

when was the last time I washed these?

And then I thought...

if I washed these, did I really hang them back up?

Hmm...

Anyway.

There is a post by Donna at Funky Junk Interiors.

(whom I currently have a blog crush on)

Her ten minute hanger curtain post...

Did you see it?

Go Here to see it.

She takes a Hotel hanger and drapes a white sheet over it and hangs it in her window...

Its simple, elegant.

Perfect.

I have a white sheet.

I have a Hotel hanger.

Mine did not turn out simple and elegant.

Stupid window.

It didn't work because---

1.  The stupid window is too wide

2.  The hanger and the trim around the stupid window are the same color

Fine.

I collect scarves.

Told you I was an accessory junkie.

I didn't want to give up on this hanger/stupid window idea

So I went to my scarves, where they are neatly folded smashed into a couple of drawers.

And went back to the window.

I came up with this.

And this version with a different scarf...

Then I started playing around with different scarves.

...This is a vintage Vera scarf.

I love it.

It's Mod.
I would never decorate my house in this style.
I appreciate it.
But a whole room would be just too much for me.
I like it here.
Small dose.
A touch of Mod in a Modless house?


And then...
I put on my fancy pants and went to my jewelry box.
...and somewhere in that transition,
I lost the abillity to take a picture that wasn't blurry.
(my apologies)

Update from this afternoon!

I took a few more pictures:

I am thinking the possibilities are endless with this stupid cute little window.

Thanks Donna for the inspiration.

Speaking of Donna... I'm linking up with her for her fabulous Saturday Night Special  Go see what everyone else is doing!

Also linking to Susan at Between Naps on The Porch for Met Monday

And to Thrifty Decor Chick for her Before and After party!

~Amy

Education in Decorating

Yesterday while studying my tax books browsing Blogland...
I came across this amazing post by Cindy at Cottage Instincts.
Did you see it? 

It was a fabulous post about finding your style... why you are drawn to certain things, etc.
She showed how she went through decorating books and made her fabulous notes...

Anyway- I was so inspired by her post that when I woke up this morning...
I ran right out piddled around for awhile and when it finally warmed up...

I headed out.
Off to the library I went.
In search of all the decorating books I could carry... (or find in our little library)

Isn't she pretty?

So, I found some decorating books...

and my warm blanket...

And because of this fabulous post by Donna at Funky Junk Interiors...

I got these too...

Oops... how did that little bottle get in there?

...probably to help me get through these wonderful easy to read,helpful books.

Seriously, if you missed her post about blogging... go read it!  I learned a LOT

...and made some new friends in the process!

Don't judge.

I haven't read it yet...

...and I LOVE 90210

And... apperantly, she dishes on some of the cast.

So, yes... blanket, book and glass of wine for me tonight!

Okay...

Go check out those two blogs I mentioned.

And...

...a New Year's Resolution...

I need to STOP putting salt on my French Fries from Wendy's....

Why do I do that?

They put those little salt packets in the bag.

...then I just can't help myself.

UGH!

~Amy

Sock it to me...

I'm an accessory girl.

...which means, I'm a sock junkie.

I love them, all of them...

okay, most of them.

and...

Because I said...

"This is ridiculous. Out of all the new socks I got last year, I only have one pair that is still mated. What happened?".

Santa Baby brought me 14 pairs of socks.

Love that Santa Baby!

I am going to see to it, that in a year from now, all 14 pairs are still together.

Oh sure, nothing wrong with wearing socks that don't match...

...if you are wearing tall boots.

But I'm the girl that would do that and then find myself in a situation in which tall boots would have to be removed.

There I would be...

...standing there with my red and purple argyle sock on the left foot and a pink and yellow polka dot sock on the right foot.

Exposed.

Yep, that is the kind of luck I have.

So I'm on a mission.

I know what you are all thinking to yourselves...

...we all have the same problem.

We all have that bag full of socks with no mates.

It's a part of life.

Forget it...

Those days are over.

I have photographed, cataloged, indexed... and put secret transmitters in every sock.

Okay, that's a lie.

The transmitter part, that is.

I couldn't figure out how to do that.

I was all set to post this...

and wouldn't you know...

...a sock has already gone missing.

It's true.

I wore my new pink fuzzy socks to bed last night.

...no, I don't normally wear socks to bed.

But is was 5 degrees below zero last night.

Do you know how cold that is?

It's cold enough to make you want to wear pink fuzzy socks to bed.

I woke up this morning...

...awww--- nice and warm toes....

...wait.

Why is my right foot freezing?

NO Sock.

Okay, fine.

It's just lost in the blankets...

...I searched, I ripped the bed apart.

I looked under the bed, under the pillows... IN the pillowcases.

Are you kidding me?

It's gone.

I have no other choice but to acknowledge that there is a Sock Snatching Fairy out there.

It's true.

All these years, we've been blaming the washer and dryer.

Unfairly.

So... a word to that Sock Snatching Fairy....

I'm on to you.

This is war.

My little Monkey lost his mittens...

Has everyone recovered from the Holidays?
I am ... happy??? to report that Monkey's Transformer count is at 6... I'll let you know the final tally at the end of the week, after all of his birthday extavaganzas.
In that quest for knowledge, I have taken it upon myself to learn all about the whole Transformer 'deal'... the good guys, the bad guys, etc. I won't bore you with it, but at least I can say that I've expanded my brain... (with useful information, when dealing with a little Monkey)

So... I'm the bad Mom.
Yep, it's true.
Have you seen the kids sitting on the bench during recess...not allowed to play because they don't have on all their snow gear?
Poor little Monkey had to sit on the bench one day because we forgot his mittens.
I know.
I felt terrible.
At least he had company... apperantly, I'm not the only bad Mom out there. (Thank goodness)
It's just that... well, in the rush of getting off to Preschool...sometimes things are forgotten.
And can I just say... what is with all the lost hats and mittens at school???
Where are they running off too?
I even had another Mom tell me that her son's coat went missing at school.
Um... how?
Anyway- I made a little ... thing... to help out.
I took a scrap of ribbon left over from Christmas.
Hot glued some clothes pins to it.
Tacked it up over his little shelf that holds his snowpants, coat and backpack.
This is temporary, but I think I'll make it a little more permanent for next year.
Paint the clothes pins, and put them on a piece of wood. Make it a little more... substantial.
But for now, this will get us through until the glorious days of Spring arrive.




There is supposed to be another pair of mittens hanging there... but they are... um... in transition. Yes, that is where they are.
Ahem... okay, fine. They are currently ... missing.


The little black shelf is a garage sale find. I painted it this fall (right before school started)
It is hung at his level... as he is responsible for hanging up his coat, backpack, and snow pants.
The little shelf normally holds his show and tell bag.




Can you believe that I had green and red tacks?
I know... how random.
(See... this is why I don't ever get rid of anything)
...which makes Hubby crazy, by the way.
Giggle.



I am linking up to Susan's Met Monday and Kimba at A Soft Place to Land

Hopefully, there will be no more "Monkey sitting on the bench".