five friday faves

as you can see below the pictures, all images are from pinterest.  oh, pinterest...you're so addicting!

Source: google.com via Catie on Pinterest

now that i've done the rainbow cupcake thing....time for a cake!?!

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hah.  how apropos.  i've decided to take up running agin.  yeah...let's hope it lasts this time...i want to sign up for the "get your rear in gear" run in wichita on may 29th.  fingers crossed!

Source: etsy.com via Catie on Pinterest

adorable.  i need to learn to knit better so i can make this for future niece/nephew!

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i needed this quote this week.

wait, i take that back.  i needed this one:

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wiww - week 5

seriously?  i'm missing wednesday again?  jeez...

thursday

yeah, i should not stand like that in photos.  and also, heels make me look thinner.  note to self.

tunic - jc penneys

woven belt - came free with a pair of pants from tj maxx

brown trousers - tj maxx

necklace - gift from my great aunt coral.  i don't think she was my real great aunt, but she was friends with my grandma and liked to give me stuff...and i loved it!

it's blue shells of some sort on a chain.  very pretty.

friday

 nasty weather returns to kansas...so the boots come back out!

sweater, tank under, jeans - target

boots - piperlime

necklace - walmart, ages ago

earrings - thifted, i added them to new hook thingies (that's a techinical term) because i'm allergic to nickel.  and eww...why would you stick something in your ear that someone else had in their ear?  nope, can't do it.

monday

collar shirt - steve and barry's (loved that place!)

sweater - sam's club

trousers - the gap

heels - thrifted

necklace - gift from kyle

tuesday

 cardi, tank, t-shirt, trousers - all from target

heels - tj maxx

necklace - estate sale

earrings - steve and barry's (still miss that place!)

yeah, you still can't see the earrings...sigh...must find a better place for self portraits.

wiww - week 5

seriously?  i'm missing wednesday again?  jeez...

thursday

yeah, i should not stand like that in photos.  and also, heels make me look thinner.  note to self.

tunic - jc penneys

woven belt - came free with a pair of pants from tj maxx

brown trousers - tj maxx

necklace - gift from my great aunt coral.  i don't think she was my real great aunt, but she was friends with my grandma and liked to give me stuff...and i loved it!

it's blue shells of some sort on a chain.  very pretty.

friday

 nasty weather returns to kansas...so the boots come back out!

sweater, tank under, jeans - target

boots - piperlime

necklace - walmart, ages ago

earrings - thifted, i added them to new hook thingies (that's a techinical term) because i'm allergic to nickel.  and eww...why would you stick something in your ear that someone else had in their ear?  nope, can't do it.

monday

collar shirt - steve and barry's (loved that place!)

sweater - sam's club

trousers - the gap

heels - thrifted

necklace - gift from kyle

tuesday

 cardi, tank, t-shirt, trousers - all from target

heels - tj maxx

necklace - estate sale

earrings - steve and barry's (still miss that place!)

yeah, you still can't see the earrings...sigh...must find a better place for self portraits.

throwback thursday: week 11

this is leslie dudley hume, a relative of kyle's.  i believe it is his great-great-grandfather, but i'll have to double check with him.

i lurve this picture.  it seriously looks like a posed picture, but he was actually just out working.

amazing.

happy easter!

so i was going to put a cute little image up here like i usually do.

a little sumptin' sumptin' like this:

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or this:

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and then i saw this and went "AHA!  this shall be my easter post picture!

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i know, i'm a sick, sick person.

but i can totally see nelson doing that some day.

religulous stuff.

i figured i'd give you a heads up, just in case you didn't want to read anything religious.  or religulous if you're a bill mahr fan.

which i am.  let's just put that out on the table.

i'd put the youtube video i found of the final scene of the movie, but lionsgate doesn't allow embedding and i'm not a fan of breaking the law.  you can google it if you haven't seen it.  and i highly recommend the movie.

i also know well in advance, that i will offend someone with this post.  i'm not stupid.  hell, i'm probably one of the most offensive people you'll ever meet.

but i'll say it with a smile!  :)

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anyways...

in light of good friday, easter and just the fact that i wanted to listen to a little miranda lambert this morning, i thought i'd share this song that has a line it in that pretty much epitomizes my thoughts on god.





in case you weren't able to catch all those lyrics, here they are again in written form:

I ain't the kind you take home to mama
I ain't the kind to wear no ring
Somehow I always get stronger
When I'm on my second drink

Even though I hate to admit it
Sometimes I smoke cigarettes
The Christian folks say I should quit it
And I just smile and say "god bless"

Cause I heard Jesus he drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet he'd understand a heart like mine
Daddy cried when he saw my tattoo
But said he loved me anyway
My brother got the brains of the family
So I thought I'd learn to sing

Cause I heard Jesus he drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet he'd understand a heart like mine

And I'll fly away from it all one day
And I'll fly, I'll fly away
But these are the days that I will remember
When my names called on a roll
He'll meet me with two long stem glasses
And make a toast to me coming home

Cause I heard Jesus he drank wine
And I bet we'd get along just fine
He could calm a storm and heal the blind
And I bet he'd understand
Understand a heart like mine
Oh yes he would

the chorus is what i think really speaks to me, it's bolded AND italicized above. look at me all fancy.


unlike some people from kansas, i don't think God, Jesus, Allah, or whatever you want to call the deity you worship hates you.  or me.  or anyone.  i sure don't think "God hates fags" as fred phelps is so fond of saying.

congratulations, fred phelps, you're famous for being a douche bag.

god loves everyone, even if you like to partake in a little bit of wine every once in a while.

i'm just sayin'.

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in case you didn't follow the link from above to the "God Hates Fred Phelps" website, this is my favorite fact on the page: "The church at Westboro which he leads has 71 confirmed members, 60 of whom are related to Phelps through blood or marriage or both." - fredphelps.com

does the "or both" bother anyone else?  now i'm going to have to google if fred phelps married his sister or something.

throwback thursday: week 10

oh yeah, double digits!  working my way up in this blog eat blog world...

i felt a need to embarrass myself a little more.

oh yeah, i dig the teddy bear southwestern sweatshirt.  WITH A SPLIT COLLAR!  stylin'.

i do remember this being extremely soft and comfy.

wiww - week 4

where's wednesday?

i have no clue.

thursday

 we had a special event after work and i knew i didn't want to wear something too hot for all the running around i'd be doing.  skirt to the rescue!

shirt and earrings - target

skirt and tights - walmart and both from my freshman year of college...oi vey!  time to diet...

flips - charlotte russe

necklace - premier party at monica's!

love this necklace!  i broke it later that day, but then fixed it with my mad plier skillz.  yo.

friday

shirt and tank under - target

jeans and flats - maurices

bracelets and earrings - so old i don't remember

scarf - from my honeymoon, jackalope, santa fe, nm

better view of my scarf.  the scarf is my go-to lazy accessory...it's just too easy!

cute ruffled flats to distract you from the fact that i don't have a saturday or sunday post.

i don't have a saturday or sunday post....

we were at kyle's grandpa's house and spent the weekend on the farm.  so, i wore work clothes all weekend.  that's probably all you really need to know.  :)

monday

dress - merona brand, thrifted

tank, leggings, strappy sandals - target

necklace - kohl's 

i don't know why i took this picture, but don't my boobs look great!?!  i crack myself up.

tuesday

ruffled tank, gramps sweater, heels - target

tank under - charlotte russe

belt - t.j. maxx

pinstripe trousers - maurices

necklace - claire's, from college 

here's to hoping this next week goes better!

shaffer weekends

if you know me at all, you know that our weekends are not usually spent lounging around.

in fact, they are usually spent working on a house, or our yard, or our rental house, or our farm.

say what!?!  i never told you we had a farm?

we don't.

kyle does.

i guess i do now that we are married.  dang it.  was hoping to avoid that one.  (i kid, honey!)

um, so yeah, we have a farm.  kyle's grandfather gave it to his dad, who then gave it to kyle and his brother, eric.  then kyle's dad bought back into the farm around christmas time last year.  and now he's going to buy out kyle's brother.

you follow?

we own 1/3rd of a farm.  and it's in southeast colorado.

now i KNOW i've told you about walsh before.

we spent last weekend in walsh, dragging our newly acquired trailer from the auction house to our farm.

it will not move again.

check this honking thing out....would YOU want to haul that thing around?

sucker is 40 feet long.  ain't movin' again!

kitchen

master bedroom (soon to be retrofitted with a king size bed.  KING SIZE, PEOPLE!)

other bedroom (soon to be retrofitted with a full size bed.  we'll live.)

we stole those stairs from another trailer out on the property.

 maybe someday i'll show you the rest of the land.

including the house that kyle's dad once lived in.  it burned down, but the shell is still there.

or the mobile home that was there, but someone let go to ruins.  the roof fell down when there was a huge snowstorm.

or, maybe if you're real lucky, i'll show you the awesome junk i've rescued from there.

OKAY, OKAY, twist my arm.  here's one shot of one of my (many) finds this weekend:

western agri-management company was the company that bought the land from kyle's grandfather in the 70s, he then bought it back at a later date.

 i found a bunch of these out in the shed.  a huge range of numbers and they are all tin.  can't wait to see what a few of these will bring me on etsy.  :)

okay, that's three pictures.  so sue me.

throwback thursday: week 9

mom and grandpa.

the back of the photo says (in my grandmother's handwriting) "mary kay and dad.  look at that car shine!  HAH!"

i love that.

wiww - week 3

fancy new camera edition!

well, some of the week has the fancy new camera...some of it is still a mix of old camera and ipod.  i'll just tell you now, i'm learning in the photography realm.  i have a lot to learn.  A LOT.

linking up to lindsay's what i wore wednesday again over at the pleated poppy!  see you all there!

wednesday

i look concerned about something...not sure what.

white ruffled shirt - kohl's

black trousers - merona, target

purple shoes - charlotte russe, purchased for anna's wedding!

journey necklace - gift from kyle

awesome shoes.  the best part about shoes is no matter how much weight i gain, THEY STILL FIT!  that, my friends, is why women are obsessed with cute shoes.

thursday

this is my go-to lazy-but-still-have-to-wear-nice-clothes outfit.  it's like wearing pajamas.  only not.

blue jersey knit shirt - target

scarf you can barely see - famous footwear

white tank under - target

tan trousers - the gap

brown heels - thrifted 

cute, yes, but i keep forgetting how much they hurt.  must put in insoles soon.  ouch.

friday - fancy camera alert!

grey striped shirt - the gap

grey tank under - target

pink and grey paisley scarf - cute little nepalese man i met while on my honeymoon.  at a santa fe, nm shop called the Jackalope.  if you've never been, GO!  we spent way too much money there.

skinnies - target

shoes - famous footwear, purchased for halloween when i went as Juno

saturday

 spent the morning on the rental and the afternoon working on IIDA's Extreme Makeover project!

tshirt - free from the Purple Pig for being one of the first 100 there on Fake Patty's Day (drinking at 6 in the morning is a fact i shouldn't be proud of, but am...hah!)

jeans - old navy, cuffed because it was hot as hell on saturday

shoes - dick's sporting goods, they are old enough i can't run in them anymore, but i still love them.  love me some asics!

monday

 let's pretend that's a bad angle and not my ever enlarging hips right there...gross.

jean jacket - seriously from eighth grade, amerian eagle.  does that make in vintage!?!  HAHA!

dress - thrifted, merona brand

tank, leggings and sandal's - target

journey necklace - gift from kyle

tuesday

tunic top - just thrifted that on monday, had the tags on it still and said it was from gordman's, but it's a kohl's brand.  odd...

grey tank under - target

grey trousers - maurices

journey necklace - gift from kyle (i have a habit of leaving this one on for a while...as you can see from this post.)

awesome red ruffle shoes - target daily deals website, purchased for my wedding!  a whopping $14!

and because you all know i love to put in gratuitous wedding shots, here are my shoes in action on the day of!

those shoes are awesomely comfortable.  best $14 i ever spend on a pair of heels.

what did YOU wear this week!?!