Tales of Me and the Husband

forever 21 has the cutest kids’ clothes: htg81.

I am always on the look out for kids’ clothes that aren’t bedazzled in sequins and sparkles (avoiding Justice at all cost) and that are functional but cute (or cool–as the kids really do prefer).  Basically, clothes that I like but that are too small for me to wear.  Well, much to my surprise, I was meandering through the truly gigantic (like 30,000 square feet… that is an exaggeration) Forever 21 when I came upon a kids’ section!  And let me tell you, the stuff is cute and inexpensive (and for how quickly kids either grow out of their clothes and/or trash them, inexpensive is the only way to go).

(this black number is what the little lady is wearing today–with a gray tank and leggings… cute and cool, yes?  and on sale for $7.99!  double yes.)

i haven’t forgotten the boyz…..

does this come in husband’s size?

we had some family pictures done.

we had them done in august and i just recently got them back and fell. in. love.

and as much as i’d like to show you every which one, i am not going to since one of them will be our christmas card.  i don’t know which yet, but what fun is it getting a christmas card when you’ve already seen the picture?

so, it’ll have to wait till after.  boo.

i will show you a few that i know will definitely not be our christmas card though.

all photos courtesy of bharat parmar

giveaway winner.

my little one-year blogaversary giveaway goes to…
numero 14 which is ashley!  thanks girl.  email me and let me know which
silly & sage piece you want!  
and i just figured out how to do a screen shot.
this is so much learning for 8 am on labor day.  
i’m so proud of myself.  and i haven’t even had coffee.
happy labor day!

dinner by hubs.

i usually work semi-late on thursdays.  too late to get any sort of dinner ready by the time i’m home.  sometimes hubs does dinner and it’s always a nice surprise when this happens.  sometimes, he even jumps up when i walk in the door, to warm mine up (since they’ve probably already eaten).  it’s pretty cute.  anyway, last thursday he did that.  i ate and it was scrumptious and then i saw my camera in a different place than it usually is.  “what the h,” i said to myself and then discovered some pictures on it that i hadn’t taken.  sure enough, some pictures of the dinner set up were on my camera.

i laughed and laughed at him and told him he was totally trying to get on my blog.  i’m not sure why, since he’s on it all the time anyway, but he smirked and didn’t quite admit it.  maybe he’s feeling a little left out.  or his cooking skillz are being left out.  i don’t know.  anyway, i don’t think i need to provide a recipe for this totally complicated meal.  cook the peas and corn, make a salad, cook the pasta, brown some meat, and put some sauce on top.  not that hubs can’t do complicated.  oh he can do complicated.  

guest post: for the beauty of the earth…

…hello! i’m so excited to be visiting here today! i love miss bridget…..and the very first time i landed here on her blog i spent hours reading her love story!…oh my, it is amazing….and someday it will be a new york times best seller….mark my words!
…when miss b asked me to guest post here, i teetered back and forth a bit on what to entertain you dear readers with….but i kept coming back to this one idea….and so, i share with you my love of color…the way photographing nature gives me daily inspiration, and my favorite season in the whole wide world….fall…
…can you feel it? …can you smell it?….do you love it?…
…thank you for letting me share…
xo

our weekend.

I would’ve posted about this sooner but I thought my blog’s feelings would be hurt if I didn’t give it its own birthday post.  So now I am posting about our weekend which was fun, really fun.  The man and I saw Cirque du Soleil on Friday night.  LOVED IT.  I swear, the Cirque people, whoever they are, find the most talented group of people in alllll the land and invite them to join their company where they can debut their flexible spines, incredible balance, and amazing core strength.  It is mind-boggling.  I love going to Cirque du Soleil.  I’ve been to a few and every single time I AM WOWED.  This was hub’s first time and it was fun watching his reaction.  Every time the lights went down for the next act I would look at him and say, “Isn’t this the COOLEST?!”  His answer was always yes.

Then Saturday we took the whole fam to see the Blue Angels at the Boston-Portsmouth Air Show and all sorts of other air show type things.  We saw World War II vehicles, troop transport planes (I’m sure there are more official names for all these things, but I, of course, don’t know what they are), F-16s, etc.  One broke the sound barrier right in front of us–good thing we had our handy, dandy yellow ear plugs.

from Shutter Island which is, by the way, mind-boggling… have you seen it?

And we ended the weekend with gelato.  Why not?  I had blood orange flavor and it was sour and tangy and yum.  And next, it’s back-to-school which I can’t say I’m ready for.  That is all.  Have a good night.

Happy birthday, little blog!

Wowee, this blog is exactly one-year old.  It’s been fun.  I had no idea how much fun it would be, actually. Getting to know you fine folks from around the world… getting advice, giving advice, and feeling like we’re kind of, sort of, maybe friends even though most of us have never met?  Hear hear!

So, since, you know, the cool thing to do on a blog’s birthday is to give something away, I guess I’ll follow suit and give you something from my semi-sad Etsy shop?  Cheesy?  Not nearly as cool as a $100 Anthropologie gift card?  Whatever.  Doing it anyway.

How about one of these?  From me to you with love.

And seriously, it’s been a fun year.  Looking forward to year two.

Now, you know the drill… leave a comment, follow my blog (on its birthday, no less), link to it on your blog… all of them get you extra entries.

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