Random Dishes

I want a cupboard full of things that make me smile. Why have a set of boring cups and plates that all look the same? I want to have only one of a variety of cool dinnerware. I want people to be excited that their cup is the coolest. Wouldn't you want to drink out of one of these?

Of course I'd like to do this "only one" thing with plates, saucers, bowls, you name it! But today's focus is on cups. This next cup is a doozy that I'm all giddy over. I absolutely want this cup.

The best part? When you put hot liquids in it, the cup changes to white and says, "Mischief managed." It can be found here for about $21.

Oh yes, I am so going to have random awesomeness in my cupboards. Just you wait and see.

D-Bag

Warning: Foul language ahead.

The other day we were laying in bed talking about the future and I told Justin I didn't want to get too happy. I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. It dropped.

It's okay, baby. Mommy and Daddy will find an even better house to call home.

We received a letter from our landlord saying we have 30 days to get out. I'm fucking pissed off! This house that has finally started to feel like a home is no longer ours to live in. I was looking forward to living here the next five to six years until we bought our "forever home". I was looking forward to walking on our private beach every day with Jasper. That's not an option anymore.

I know, dude. Mommy feels the same way.

I feel like we were taken advantage of. It is our belief that the landlord knew this would be coming. He insisted on twice monthly inspections with pictures to make sure we weren't ruining anything. There were a few other odd occurrences. We think he had at least a hint of an idea that our tenancy would not last longer than one year. What a jerk.

I feel so stupid. Like we should have known or been more cautious with him. But noooooo. We jumped in, trusted the douche bag, got a big dog and now we are fucking screwed.

So now we are house hunting again. Looking for a rental that will work for us. Wish us luck. We could use some.

Dream House

As I mentioned before Justin is joining the National Guard and eventually we'll be getting a home loan. I'm super excited about that last part! I've been browsing the Lincoln County MLS site getting some ideas of what I want in a home when the time comes. I've fallen in love with one of the houses I found. In love! I'm sure there will be an amazing home out there when the time comes. I'm easily pleased. In the meantime, when I think of our future home, this is the one I'll imagine. Enjoy!!


Freakin' amazing right? A barn, double car garage, A CHICKEN COOP!!, a finished studio attached to the garage. So many fantabulous features!! I'm in love. I hope we can find something this amazing when our time comes.

Army National Guard

For some time now Justin has been interested in different forms of the military. After much consideration on both our parts, he has decided to join the Oregon Army National Guard. I am nervous, excited, scared, happy, proud, worried, etc. A whole slew of emotions. He'll leave for basic training sometime early next year. I'll be a single mom during that time. Yikes! He'll be gone for about seven-eight months. Double yikes! We're trying to get pregnant so I may have a baby while he's away. Triple yikes! Okay this is getting scary now.

I'm not looking forward to this being us.

We've decided that this is what's best for our family. Not only do I get to be a stay-at-home Mom which I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am about that!! The biggest seller for me is that we will qualify for a VA home loan. It'll give us many of the things that we've been wanting. This would all be completely out of the question and a home loan is not a good enough reason to do it except that Justin really wants to join and as hard as it is, I support him.

I'm just trying to look at all of the positives.

If I think about the negatives I get really upset and that doesn't help anyone. Another plus? Those uniforms are sexy as hell. Ohhhhh yeah!! So here's to thinking happy thoughts!

100th

Ladies and Gentlemen! I have reached 100 posts! WOOHOO!!

Pinterest

I freakin' love Pinterest!!! I am thoroughly addicted to it. I hadn't heard of it until Heather over at Heather Drive mentioned it on her blog. Naturally, I had to check it out. It's like your internet bookmarks + scrapbooking + notes. First you make a board (like a file) and name it. Then you can "pin" stuff to your board. Say you come across an awesome DIY project online. Click the "Pin It" button (that you install on your favorites bar), write a quick note about it (or no note at all), then post it on your board. Ta-daa!! Now that note and a pic will be on your board. Easy as that!

I have one board titled "Dream House Inspiration" and I'm pinning all of the dreamy things I'd like in our future home. Even silly things that I know aren't going to happen. But that's what a "dream" is all about, right? So now I can go to that board and it'll show all of the pins (pics and notes) I've saved to it. If I click on one of the pins it'll take me to the original website it's from. Awesome right!?!?! I'm in love.

This pic shows some of that persons boards.

Oh yeah, you can link your Facebook, Twitter and Blog to your Pinterest account. Just like Facebook, people can like the pins. Just like a Blog, you can follow other people and they can follow you. That's a great feature when you find people who have similar interests as yours. The cool stuff just comes to you because they do the work for you!

There is also a little feed on the side that doesn't take up much room. It tells you who's repinned what. Because one of the funnest and addicting things on Pinterest is you can re-pin (jack, steal, copy) other peoples' pins. So they do the leg-work, you think it's a super idea, you re-pin it to your board for later.

This is browsing someone browsing stuff. It looks like it's all wedding related. The feed of the people they follow is on the left.

If you would like to join me on this most awesomeness of awesomely sites, I'd love to have more people to share in the awesome.

Well, I'm off to pin some more! Join me fellow pinners!!

Yellow

We were having a great time in Fred Meyers today. Jasper was giving out hugs to me and Justin right and left. Hugs rank as one of the top five best Mommy feelings ever.

I kept pointing things out to him, like I always do. We went and looked at the flowers. He loves that part. Or maybe I love that part and just drag him along. Haha! It was pretty toasty in the store today so while Justin was checking out me and Jasper headed outside to look at the little garden flowers.

I was showing Jasper that you smell the flowers. Scrunching up our noses and leaning in, then sniffing in and out really fast usually gets him to smell things. So we did this.

My son has mad ninja skills. He could be a superhero he's so fast. With lightning quick speed he flung his hand out and decapitated the marigold. I was in shock and just stared at him with my mouth agape. After I took it from him and put it back on the plant (no one will notice, right?) I told him to tell the plant he was sorry. He hurt it. Jasper looked at me with big eyes and the cutest little pouty face. He was getting upset because I told him he hurt it. Just then Justin came out. I caved and gave Jasper the flower back.

You know what he said when I handed it to him? "Yellow". How can you be mad at that?

In other related flower news. We purchased this for my MIL last year and it bloomed again this year. It's huge!!
And this is Jasper sniffing it. Awwww!