A Schooner is a Sail Boat Stupid Head....

I haven't done an outfit post in awhile so I thought what better day than today!This morning has been pretty hectic.I'm dealing with a broken water heater that has caused a flood in the basement that my dad refuses to do anything about and hotter than Hades weather with not so much as a fan to cool me off.This is all just adding to my wanting to get up to Alaska stat determination.All these things would equal a bad day but I'm actually in a really good mood.Partly because its hard to be upset when you're wearing orange and yellow,try it!


I got this dress off Etsy for a mere $17.00!It has palm trees,hibiscus flowers and sail boats all over it,such a fun print!And the good news is despite the small measurements give in the listing it fits!Its a suck it in as I zip fit but when I do get rid of the rest of my baby weight it will fit perfectly.

The back is fun because you can wear it like I am right now OR unbutton the straps and cross cross them,what girl doesn't love options?!


The Hush Puppies I showed off awhile ago that I got off Etsy I liked so much and found another pair in a different color pattern,they're a size 7 so they are a bit big but still doable.


My root beer ribbon clamper I bought off Ebay a few years ago and I adore it.Most of my accessories are packed up waiting to meet the hubby in Alaska again but at least I have some out.I keep pining for all my orange bakelite bangles that would go great with this dress.

and here is a quick shot of my and my mini-me.She's off with my mom right now getting chicken feed for my brothers hens so I'm enjoying the quiet of just one kid right now.Best take advantage of it and do something more productive.Hope everyone is having a good day and if not seriously go put on a happy color!

Cheers & Jeers!

Yeah to waking up this morning and finding my entire Etsy shop licked clean!Every item sold!Woo hoo!Given I only had 22 items which isn't a lot compare to many other sellers but still I am impressed.It also means I should really get off my butt and go to the post office and hit up my favorite haunts to restock.

Jeers to this apartment complex.I was up till 2:30am because of the loud ghetto trash woman that was not only just being loud but blaring rap music...given any type of music at this late at night (especially on a Wed.!) is unacceptable but just to make it a tad worse it had to be my LEAST favorite genre of music,no offense if you like that stuff but it's not my cup of tea.Not to mention she has entirely too many children living in a 2 bedroom apartment so I felt bad for them.I complained to my office this morning and she will be given a warning,next time she's gone.AND she isn't in my building!She's catty corner to me across the parking lot and I could still hear her even with my widow shut!YET another reason I hope I can save up some money and get us out of here.I'd much rather blog about how cute my place is instead of griping about where I live *le sigh* soon I hope,soon.

Also big FAT jeers to Ebay!The bathing suit I listed on there I had stated as "payment due within 24 hours...guess who hasn't paid STILL!Between the way the treat their sellers and the unfortunate luck I've had with horrid "buyers" on there I will only be selling on there if it's something not allowed on Etsy.I knew I should have just listed the suit on Etsy but I thought "oh it will move faster on Ebay,dumb,dumb,dumb.Oh well,live and learn.I just wish she would respond .

On and cheers to Ollie's ears almost being up!They still fall but they're starting to stay up more and more.Eek!Those gloriously cute huge bat ears!He is exactly 4 months old today!

Aw,My Little Girl...

Funny how I complained that the full was so small for my husband and I...well Heidi officially has her big girl bed!We set it up today and it looks huge now with just little ole her in it!So tonight is my litte ones first night in a big girl bed!Which also means I need to get to sleep.I catnapped on the couch for an hour before the hubby left for work tonight and as he woke me up to wish me good night and point my sleepy butt towards the room (since the couch murders my back) my house wife alarm went off that the dish washer needed to be run so I unfortunatly caught my second wind as I rinsed the sink full of dishes and loaded them into the dishwasher.But still I need to force myself back to sleep as there is no longer a crib to contain my wild child and I need to be refreshed should she decided that she wants to get up earlier than normal.

I keep checking on her and she's done well about staying in one spot,she's closet to the wall but I still would feel awful if she rolled out of bed,it's a big step since we totally skipped the toddler bed stage.I need to get her a bedspread tomorrow since she's using the one we had and black is just a little morbid for a little girl.Our bed is freaking huge!We're going rough it and hopefully tomorrow I can find affordable sheets and other bedding for it.It was free so I shouldn't complain but the joys of being a woman is I can and do find fault with everything and my gripe is there's no bed frame.I looked on Craig's List and so far the cheapest Ive been able to find for a king frame is $50.00,ouch unfortunately that's $50.00 don't have.Oh well,its something I want to fix soon but it's not totally horrible without.There is something that just drives me nuts about beds on the floor though...maybe it reminds me too much of my gutter punk youth and screams "flop house" to me.The grown-up in me demands a bed frame!

I spent entirely too long trying to organize Heidi's room since we still have the crib too,either way I did it I still came to the same conclusion:Much too crowded!With things going the way they are financially I am started to go into panic attack mode that we may be stuck having to renew our lease here for another year and Heidi will have to share a room with Wayland when he comes!Oh nooooooo!Still I'm hoping for a miracle and that will not be the case.Maybe it sounds silly but one of the many joys is setting up for the new baby and I hate not being able to do that for Wayland.Especially since Heidi's room is girl city,vintage ballerina and pink galore everywhere so its no place for a little boy,especially since I wanted to do a western theme in his room,I just don't have a room,grrrr!Definitely one of those times in life where you're just like "man,where is the rich distant relative that's suppose to die and leave me all their money?!"Hahaha!

Hooray!

My husband and I had a lovely pillowtop queen bed when we lived in California,it was one of the many things that was left behind when we decided to blow that popsicle stand and make roots in the mid-west.Since then we have been sleeping on a full...which is fine if it's just you.However,with a large man,a woman with an ever growing belly,a dog and a sometimes toddler who likes to sneak in there when she can it so beyond doesn't work it boggles the mind.

Well,it looks like Thursday due to a friend moving back in with his wife(hooray for that) we'll be taking his king size bed off his hands (yeah!).Ok so it's not new but I can live with that,one day we'll have a super fancy brand spanking new bed again but till then I'm just happy to be moving on up!Which means Heidi will now inherit the full..oh dear am I ready for her to be in a big girl bed?

It's a little stressful too cause if her room was not crowded enough as is NOW we get to squeeze a bed in there.Dear Gods we need a bigger place so I can start setting up Wayland's room I hate this!One the plus side time to shop for new bedding!There is a really cute pink chenille bedspread for only $15.00 at the antique mall that I'll get for Heidi,I have no idea what we're going to do with our room yet...I need to ask my husband again if it was a king or a CA king...if its a regular king I can find something vintage for it which would be nice.More importantly I need money to do all this so let me throw in a shameless plug here,ha ha! A few things I listed last night:

vintage California souvenir apron:


vintage Hong Kong purse:


PunkRose ballet flats:

Hmm..oh in other news I tried to sign up to sell on Etsy and gah that was a big fail!For some reason it wouldn't let me validate my credit card even though I double checked and all my information was correct.I had to contact customer serivce and haven't heard back yet,I hope we can figure it out I need another outlet other than Ebay,its just too expenisve to list like I do and there is a big enough vintage community on Etsy that I don't feel as bad as I use to about trying to sell on there since it's marketed as a "hand made" place.

Tomorrow is Another Day...

There never seems to be enough hours in the day.I can't believe its already past midnight and I still have so much I need to do that it looks like I'll just have to put off till tomorrow.My husband had one of his old army buddies he hadn't seen in 6 years come down and stay with us for the weekend.It was a nice visit.I felt bad though.I really hate our apartment.I lament about it often and besides the fact that it simply will NOT do with Wayland on the way (heck just Heidi's stuff alone really requires a playroom but we someone manage to contain it all in her bedroom,I only know this will be way worse with another kiddo).Its not very fun to have guest when you don't have a guest room for them,I try to be a good hostess but I don't feel like I can do that to the full extent when we cant even offer our guest a little privacy during their stay.

He made due with crashing on the couch but it's hard to keep quite when you have a toddler and a puppy that LOVED him(like Ollie would run into the living room every morning Ryan was here and jump onto his chest and lick his face,ha ha ha!)He took it all in stride though.I try not to stress about the future as it really is out of my hands but if this economy doesn't pick back up soon I might scream.All the lenders that we're all over us 6 months ago when we were entertaining the thought of a house now avoid us like the plague,unless you have perfect credit they want nothing to do with you.Very good isn't good enough anymore.Eh,I'm just sick of renting,blame it on the Irish in my blood but owning land is so important.It's not just a want its a need and I think I get too discouraged when I don't see something I want happening as fast as I'd like.

Well,I suppose I should stop rambling on here when I have a sink full of dishes still awaiting me (those can NOT be put off till tomorrow) and a few things to pack so I can take them to the post office tomorrow.I hope I get everything done early so I have relax time when Heidi takes her nap,I have a list of Hitchcock movies waiting for me to enjoy them.Everything else can be put off till later though I suppose,because as Scarlett once said: