throwback thursday: week 13

what the CRAP, blogger?  another failed thursday post...

circa may 1950, around graduation

i love this picture of kyle's grandparents, ira and dorene.  i'm not sure what ira did to deserve that apparently beating that dorene is giving him, but i bet it was something pretty ornery.

ira and dorene celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last summer, right before dorene had a stroke.  i learned a lot about these two at the party.  they were married on the same day they graduated from high school, just a few short hours before they walked across the stage.  how great is it that they found someone so young and were able to spend so much time together?

five friday faves

this one didn't post either...

i'm still loving on pinterest right now, so i'm sharing some of my "there's no place like home" pins:

Source: apartmenttherapy.com via Catie on Pinterest

oh how i wish a i had a bannister!  love. love. love!

Source: foutchcoutch.blogspot.com via Catie on Pinterest

i've got some pegboard to use...time to paint!

Source: apartmenttherapy.com via Catie on Pinterest

i LOVE these!  and need some for my porch.

Source: finecraftguild.com via Catie on Pinterest

this mat is made from OLD TOWELS!  how friggin' awesome is that!?!?

Source: anthropologie.com via Catie on Pinterest

anthropologie, you are like a drug to me.

happy weekend, everyone!

WIWW - week 6 - yet another fail

this was supposed to post on thursday (a week and a day late) so i wasn't going to link up.  then blogger blew up.  or something.  i dunno, i just know my blog is all jackered up.

side note: i took a fifth photo, but i have absolutely no idea where it went when i uploaded...maybe i'll find it next week.

it was some shorts.  my friend daniel was annoyed that women can wear shorts to work and not men.

EAT IT MEN!  WOMEN CAN WEAR SHORTS TO WORK AND YOU CAN'T!  :)

(hi, daniel!)

wednesday

i love this dress, it's so comfy.  this is important in any clothing i purchase.  must. be. comfortable.

it's also one of my favorite shades of deep teal and looks good with either brown or black.  and it's soft.  and it's a real wrap dress so that makes me feel like a grown up.  i don't know why.

moving on....

head to toe target.  wait, the necklace was an estate sale find.

thursday

hey, look!  another pair of those free target jeans!  YAY for coupons!

cardi, ruffled tank - t.j. maxx

grey jeans, heels - target

necklace - famous footwear

friday, went to k-state for a ID symposium

haha, it's like the exact same outfit only different colors.  whoops.

cardi (that thing is SUPER soft!) - t.j. maxx

tanks and jeans - target

necklace - famous footwear

heels - thrifted, gianni bini

flats i wore to drive laying next to me - maurices

awesome earrings you can't see because i'm so far away - lucinda's (local shop)  i wore them for my wedding.

{INSERT GRATUITOUS WEDDING PHOTO HERE}

yes, yes.  i did just go there.

three for tuesday

i stole this from wonder woman, who, in case you didn't know, i went to high school with.  'cause we awesome like that.  go lions!  only, she did three for thursday, but i'm doing three for tuesday because i know everyone wants to continue to see old family photos of mine.


duh.


also, i wrote this on thursday and i'm scheduling it to be posted on a tuesday.


do you do that?  i schedule almost all of my posts, it's just easier that way.

Three things I do after the kids are in bed:
1. um...i don't have kids...can i count my animals?
2. i shower
3. and then i watch the evening news.


clearly, this is going to be a really boring survey.


sorry.

Three people I kind of want to be, but not really:
1. liz lemon
2. sofia verago
3. michelle obama

Three objects I would never buy used:
1. underwear
2. hair bands
3. retainer

Three things I didn't do today:
1. eat well {dude, it's cinco de mayo...}
2. watch my mouth {read: tequila}  {just kidding, i don't need tequila to do that}  {but it helps}
3. count calories

Three books I would like to read:
1. the hunger games
2. twilight series {I KNOW, I KNOW, but finally watched the movies and now i just have to know.}
3. lies my teacher told me: everything your american history textbook got wrong {my brother read this a while ago}


i just want to point out that i just finished p dub's book, from black heels to tractor wheels, and it was amazing.


and probably foreshadowing of my own life.

Three things I appreciate about my marriage:
1. he's my best friend.
2. he's the smartest man i've ever met in my entire life.
3. he's my complete opposite, but somehow, it works.

Three things within a two foot reach of me:
1. my fuzzy pink slippers
2. a menards ad
3. my knitting needles

Three plans for the near future:
1. laundry
2. cleaning house
3. hopefully, a vacation.  a year anniversary/honeymoon trip.  


good god, i hope so.

Three final thoughts:
1. my gut aches.  i just ate like five pounds of mexican food and drank a margarita.  ugh.
2. i wore shorts for the first time today and i was super pale.  i'm also going to wear a dress tomorrow and i was going to go spray tanning tonight and then i decided to go eat five pounds of mexican food.  and i didn't.  so i'm stil going to be super pale tomorrow in my dress.  oh, kansas, you don't treat my skin the way it should be.
3. do you watch outsourced?  i love it!  and todd demsey is from kansas.  hells yes!  go kansas!

throwback thursday: week 12

the girl in the center is kyle's grandma maxine.  the two little ones are her sister, linda and her brother, charlie.  you probably won't believe me, but maxine is still about that same height!  4'10"!

i have no idea when the picture was taken, except the cars make me think 1940s or so.

like i know anything about cars.

pshaw!

wiww....FAIL!

i'm sure you were all waiting with bated anticipation to see what i wore this week.

yup, not gonna happen.

i have ONE picture that i took this week, and i hate the outfit.  will never be worn again.  lesson learned.

it's been a fail kind of week in my world, but tomorrow is thursday and the next day is friday and on friday, we're GOING TO KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY HERE I COME!!

ahem.  excuse me while i break into song.

MADA is this friday and my firm has entered three projects.

THREE!  'cause we're awesome.

any barney stinson fans out there?

source

notice i said my firm...i didn't design any of the projects we entered.  but you know, i'm there for moral support...and the beer.  maybe a little wine.  and food.

go us!

retro kitchen

i like kitchens.  i like retro.  i really like this retro kitchen.

sigh.  those cabinets!  and i'm dying over the tulip chairs with those perfect little red upholstered seats.  dying, i tell you.

perfection.

do you think i can talk my husband into this kitchen?

source

doubtful.

i mean, it's not like i know what i'm talking about or anything...i'm just a designer.

side note: i'm going to make a sign for my desk that says, "don't blame me, i'm just the designer."

yup.  gonna do it.

other side note: this kitchen would look horrible in my house.  wrong style and way wrong decade.  and as a real interior designer, i realize that.  so, yeah, unless we move into a mid-century modern in the next few years, it ain't gonna happen.  but, I CAN ALWAYS DREAM!  and that's important to me.