grandpaw

my grandpaw, as he would always spell it in cards, was truly the best grandpa that i could have asked for. he was a true sweetheart, and a piss cutter. a term which dave and i now use as much as possible. you see my grandpa wrote on the back of almost every photograph he had, and referred to himself on a couple of occasions as "wasn't i a piss cutter" or "look at that piss cutter." apparently (thanks to the urban dictionary) it means smart young man, or can also mean something is really shitty or below average. and he certainly wasn't shitty, so i am sure he meant smart young man.

you will be missed grandpaw and i will never forget what you told me every time you saw me, "grandpa loves you." this world was so very lucky to have you for 90 years.

my favorite bowl

i have one just like it for myself and i've seen it in lots of house tours while browising the intraweb. and you should have one too. it's a vintage Anchor Hocking bowl, the pattern was introduced in the 1930s and manufactured until 1965.

milk glass bubble bowl

happy halloween!

we have one costume for moz and we torture him every year by trying to put it on him. it's always a struggle, but the pictures are worth it. haha.

we might make his wear the cape for a couple hours, it's too cute and he doesn't seem to mind it.

happy halloween!

autumn colors

Vintage Indiana Glass Company Milk Glass Harvest Grape Footed Bowl

Vintage Silverplate Pitcher
Vintage Glass Footed Bowl
Vintage Silverplate Sugar and Creamer

the clock is up

the 5th anniversary clock is finally hung. lucky you can also see one of the spots that we need to paint.

anna sui for target

i am not that into fashion, i can't even make it all the way through a fashion magazine these days. when i was a kid i LOVED vogue, and stuck pictures and ads from it on my bedroom walls and books and binders. but my clothes shopping usually consists of, and in this order: target, banana republic (sale section), macy's, tj maxx, old navy. yeah, i'm a high fashion roller ;-)

so it made me really, really happy when i walked into target and saw this amazing dress, designed by anna sui. i have a couple of long sleeve tee's i got at gabes from her, that i adore. but i bought them in high school, so they don't fit quite the same way they once did. (one has a polaroid of the i love you sign language sign thingy and says JAMES IHA on the back, like the one from smashing pumpkins.) swoon.

anyway, this is all to show you how cute this dress is. never mind me, i was getting over the flu, only to catch a cold an hour after leaving for the wedding. the rest of the weekend i was in pj's and laying on the couch, dying. (that will also by my excuse for the unmade bed)

ps. it's really hard to take pictures of yourself
pss. you should check out this 13 year old's fashion blog. i wouldn't exactly wear any of her outfits, but she's just adorable. if only i was this cool at 13. hell, if i was this cool now. http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/

stitchin' bitches and some mosaicin' bitches

so craft night is stitchin' bitches, except for when we go to my friend ericka's house and then we become mosaicin' bitches. she has a huge, huge project in her back yard and needs our help. and it is fun too.

this is only one portion of the wall that needs to be mosaiced. and then there will be lots of pavers too.

jack-o-lanterns

last wednesday we carved some pumpkins. since halloween is still a couple weeks away, i thought they would last longer inside. unfortunately, they are not, but they do look cool in the stairway.