Friday, September 30, 2011
Weekend Inspiration
Some inspiration for this weekend's projects.....
Here's to a productive weekend! :)
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Chalkboard Globe & Winner of Giveaway!
I have been loving the Chalkboard globes that I have seen DIY'd based off the Pottery Barn ones...
So I finally found a cheap globe... painted with chalkboard paint... and painted the stand with the any surface paint from the new Martha Stewart line (which it stuck to the cheap plastic stand like nothing!)
I love this little globe so much.... Me and chalkboard paint have an unhealthy relationship. I swear this stuff is addictive!
Here is a close up on the Paint. I was really impressed with how the paint stuck to the cheap plastic surface after one coat... and no primer needed :)
(Don't mind all the chalk dust from me erasing the globe... messy!)
And the winner is
Chosen By random.org
Comment # 3
Linda Ghent!
Contact me for details :)
Thanks everyone for entering!!!!!!!!!
Comment # 3
Linda Ghent!
Contact me for details :)
Thanks everyone for entering!!!!!!!!!
Saturday Night Cuddling
Snuggling
Giggling
Singing along to Disney songs
My idea of the perfect weekend night
Love this boy.
Love this life.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
MY FIRST GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!
One of my favorite prints on our gallery wall is the print of an Australian Shepherd...
And since then I have had a lot of questions/comments on our Australian Shepherd print we have up there. Everyone who is close to us knows how much we love our Nala... and finding an art print that symbolizes her... and her personality.. was perfect for us. Maddux loves running up to it and pointing and saying... Nala and then proceeding to try to get her to look at it... explaining to her .. that is her. Which her non verbal response is very clear... Kid... I don't care.
but moments like this... make me so thankful for the relationship we have with our dog. She is our family.... and a dog's loyalty to their family is inspiring.
I ordered the print on Etsy... From Her shop - OutsidePeg
And since so many of my friends and blog readers share my feelings toward their own four legged family members I asked Kari if she would do a giveaway... and she said YES!
So here we are ... my first giveaway.
You have to check out her shop... her prints are great.. I love them because she takes the personality of their breed and ads it into the print... she can change the color of the dog to look like your four legged family member....
She also has a few cat prints!!!!!
A few of my favorites include...
And since then I have had a lot of questions/comments on our Australian Shepherd print we have up there. Everyone who is close to us knows how much we love our Nala... and finding an art print that symbolizes her... and her personality.. was perfect for us. Maddux loves running up to it and pointing and saying... Nala and then proceeding to try to get her to look at it... explaining to her .. that is her. Which her non verbal response is very clear... Kid... I don't care.
I ordered the print on Etsy... From Her shop - OutsidePeg
And since so many of my friends and blog readers share my feelings toward their own four legged family members I asked Kari if she would do a giveaway... and she said YES!
So here we are ... my first giveaway.
You have to check out her shop... her prints are great.. I love them because she takes the personality of their breed and ads it into the print... she can change the color of the dog to look like your four legged family member....
She also has a few cat prints!!!!!
A few of my favorites include...
Rules To Enter The Giveaway
Kari from OutsidePeg is giving away a print of your choice
The breed of your choice
The size of your choice
(excludes custom pet portraits)
Giveaway will end Sunday at 9PM
The winner will be emailed.
All you have to do to enter is...
1. Click on her shop .. take a look around.. and comment to this post which print is your favorite... does it resemble your pet... does it resemble your childhood pet?
2. Become a follower of this blog Always Chasing Life
3. For additional entries comment on here if you posted this link on your facebook page and/or twitter
It's that simple people :)
Christmas will be here before we know it... do you have someone in your life that would love a print of their favorite four legged family member???
If so start taking a look around... You will not be disappointed!
OutsidePegs Etsy Store Link:
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Dear Maddux....
Dear Maddux,
You are currently 21.5 months old.. and recently I have had my breath taken away realizing... you are no longer a baby at all. You are a little person. It is so hard to explain to people without kids... how the smallest things you do can break me into tears... parenthood is bittersweet. I am so excited about all the new things you are doing... and looking forward to all the new things to come. But I just want it to slow down... I want more time to watch you now... to make sure I have burned every single moment into my memory... so I can hang on to this moment... this very moment.... forever.
You are still currently obsessed with Toy Story. In fact we had to buy you new shoes the other day... I handed you some awesome light up spiderman shoes... and you saw the Toy Story shoes... and kicked your feet screaming Woody! I have bought those exact Toy Story shoes twice now... and all I wanted was some new shoes on those feet... but no. my stubborn boy had to have his Woody & Buzz light up shoes. I handed them over... to where you immediately hugged them and tried to put them on your feet yourself. You won... again.
Driving in the car this weekend... Daddy and I were laughing... because we had a glimpse of you in the pool in a few years. You kept yelling "Mommy... Mommy" and I would turn and say "Yes baby" and you would show me a new toy... or your hand.... or just smile.. and you continued this for about 30 minutes straight. It reminded us of the kids in the pool yelling "Mom... Mom...MOM ... watch this!!!!!"
You love to look at our family photo books and point out all of the people you know. But when we point at the baby and say "Maddux" You shut the book on us and yell "NO. Baby!"
You have the best laugh I have ever heard. It is the most awesome little laugh....
You now say "Love you" to us at bedtime... every night on your own. The first time you did that... words cannot even explain the emotions ...
You are talking all the time... and its awesome how easy it has been to understand you... and how much you are now understanding.
You make the Darth Vader breathing noise when you see him... or pick up a light saber... or really play with any Star Wars toy... which brings your dad almost to tears ... he is so proud!
You love Nala... She is your best friend... you love giving her kisses... reading her books... talking to her... and chasing her. I love watching you two play.... best friends :)
You love playing with action figures... you will sit with them and just talk to yourself and laugh... and laugh. I have no idea what scenarios you are playing out... but you find them HILARIOUS.
You love saying hi to anyone that will listen. We go shopping and its just "Hi" "Hi" "Hi" the whole way through!
You love to dance... Music plays and you stand up and start dancing. You dance like a sumo wrestler... getting ready to attack... you kick out your legs and squat. Funniest dance ever!
You love marching through the house... I will yell READDDDDDYYYY March... and we will march throughout the house together... you giggling the whole time :)
You love staying at daycare... you never want to leave their playground :) I don't take it personally you don't want to leave.. instead I am thankful you enjoy it there so much. I am happy that you are having fun and have such great people taking care of you while I have to work.
I picked you up from daycare and Brittni said... Maddux wanted to put stuff in his pockets like all the other boys... So we got home. I cleaned out your pockets to find....
And tonight you got your first big boy haircut..... which you growled at the lady who was cutting your hair... maybe I should stop referring to Nala as your sister for a while ;)
This haircut makes you look so much older.... I cant believe it.
My handsome... handsome... handsome little man :)
Slow down kid on that whole growing up thing... you are breaking your momma's heart.
Love,
Mom
You are currently 21.5 months old.. and recently I have had my breath taken away realizing... you are no longer a baby at all. You are a little person. It is so hard to explain to people without kids... how the smallest things you do can break me into tears... parenthood is bittersweet. I am so excited about all the new things you are doing... and looking forward to all the new things to come. But I just want it to slow down... I want more time to watch you now... to make sure I have burned every single moment into my memory... so I can hang on to this moment... this very moment.... forever.
You are still currently obsessed with Toy Story. In fact we had to buy you new shoes the other day... I handed you some awesome light up spiderman shoes... and you saw the Toy Story shoes... and kicked your feet screaming Woody! I have bought those exact Toy Story shoes twice now... and all I wanted was some new shoes on those feet... but no. my stubborn boy had to have his Woody & Buzz light up shoes. I handed them over... to where you immediately hugged them and tried to put them on your feet yourself. You won... again.
Driving in the car this weekend... Daddy and I were laughing... because we had a glimpse of you in the pool in a few years. You kept yelling "Mommy... Mommy" and I would turn and say "Yes baby" and you would show me a new toy... or your hand.... or just smile.. and you continued this for about 30 minutes straight. It reminded us of the kids in the pool yelling "Mom... Mom...MOM ... watch this!!!!!"
You love to look at our family photo books and point out all of the people you know. But when we point at the baby and say "Maddux" You shut the book on us and yell "NO. Baby!"
You have the best laugh I have ever heard. It is the most awesome little laugh....
You now say "Love you" to us at bedtime... every night on your own. The first time you did that... words cannot even explain the emotions ...
You are talking all the time... and its awesome how easy it has been to understand you... and how much you are now understanding.
You make the Darth Vader breathing noise when you see him... or pick up a light saber... or really play with any Star Wars toy... which brings your dad almost to tears ... he is so proud!
You love Nala... She is your best friend... you love giving her kisses... reading her books... talking to her... and chasing her. I love watching you two play.... best friends :)
You love playing with action figures... you will sit with them and just talk to yourself and laugh... and laugh. I have no idea what scenarios you are playing out... but you find them HILARIOUS.
You love saying hi to anyone that will listen. We go shopping and its just "Hi" "Hi" "Hi" the whole way through!
You love to dance... Music plays and you stand up and start dancing. You dance like a sumo wrestler... getting ready to attack... you kick out your legs and squat. Funniest dance ever!
You love marching through the house... I will yell READDDDDDYYYY March... and we will march throughout the house together... you giggling the whole time :)
You love staying at daycare... you never want to leave their playground :) I don't take it personally you don't want to leave.. instead I am thankful you enjoy it there so much. I am happy that you are having fun and have such great people taking care of you while I have to work.
I picked you up from daycare and Brittni said... Maddux wanted to put stuff in his pockets like all the other boys... So we got home. I cleaned out your pockets to find....
How did you pack so much stuff in those tiny little pockets?!?!?!?!
And tonight you got your first big boy haircut..... which you growled at the lady who was cutting your hair... maybe I should stop referring to Nala as your sister for a while ;)
This haircut makes you look so much older.... I cant believe it.
My handsome... handsome... handsome little man :)
Slow down kid on that whole growing up thing... you are breaking your momma's heart.
Love,
Mom
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Life.... is.... crazy!
A lot of things have happened this week... mostly good... a few bad...
My camera busted this past weekend. I turned it off and... it will not turn back in. Contemplating on spending the money to fix it..... or maybe trying out a Nikon. Any suggestions anyone?!?!?!?
Good News - Found an AMAZING deal on Craigslist for a swingset... I love Craigslist... :)
Other major events... I accepted a new position this week. Which is scary. Change is scary. Not knowing what to expect... leaving something that you enjoy... with people you enjoy working with to enter a world of uncertainty..... Some people handle change well. I am not one of those people. I stress... I think of the worst case scenario.... I stress some more... I eat a lot of chocolate.... and well.. I will keep worrying. The morning of this change I will be a wreck... and from there... it will get better.
I am excited for this new position. I took a role as an Application Analyst at a hospital here in town. The hospital is changing data servers.... so I will be working on the project of converting the hospital over.. What this all will exactly entail... I am not entirely sure... It will be a lot of learning... on so many different levels... a hospital environment... learning new work lingo... taking classes to learn the system... to teach the system... analyze the system's progress and work out the bugs... and everything in between.
I started the process of interviewing for this job over a year ago... I took math tests.. interviews... and never heard anything. Shocking surprise to find out the project got pushed back and hearing from them now...
I am excited because I believe this will be good for me long term. But I am scared... because you never know what it will be like... you just never know. I am going into this with an optimistic mind frame... obviously. But I will worry. It is human to worry... .
I am sad about leaving a few close friendships I have made in the past year at my current position. I work with a great bunch of girls... and some of them have become close friends... who I admire and will sincerely miss on a day to day basis.
Leaving people is one of the hardest parts of this whole job changing business.... because that is what makes working fun....
A lot of this decision is based off this little man.
My camera busted this past weekend. I turned it off and... it will not turn back in. Contemplating on spending the money to fix it..... or maybe trying out a Nikon. Any suggestions anyone?!?!?!?
Good News - Found an AMAZING deal on Craigslist for a swingset... I love Craigslist... :)
Other major events... I accepted a new position this week. Which is scary. Change is scary. Not knowing what to expect... leaving something that you enjoy... with people you enjoy working with to enter a world of uncertainty..... Some people handle change well. I am not one of those people. I stress... I think of the worst case scenario.... I stress some more... I eat a lot of chocolate.... and well.. I will keep worrying. The morning of this change I will be a wreck... and from there... it will get better.
I am excited for this new position. I took a role as an Application Analyst at a hospital here in town. The hospital is changing data servers.... so I will be working on the project of converting the hospital over.. What this all will exactly entail... I am not entirely sure... It will be a lot of learning... on so many different levels... a hospital environment... learning new work lingo... taking classes to learn the system... to teach the system... analyze the system's progress and work out the bugs... and everything in between.
I started the process of interviewing for this job over a year ago... I took math tests.. interviews... and never heard anything. Shocking surprise to find out the project got pushed back and hearing from them now...
I am excited because I believe this will be good for me long term. But I am scared... because you never know what it will be like... you just never know. I am going into this with an optimistic mind frame... obviously. But I will worry. It is human to worry... .
I am sad about leaving a few close friendships I have made in the past year at my current position. I work with a great bunch of girls... and some of them have become close friends... who I admire and will sincerely miss on a day to day basis.
Leaving people is one of the hardest parts of this whole job changing business.... because that is what makes working fun....
A lot of this decision is based off this little man.
Making sure my decisions benefit him... its no longer thinking about what is best for me... I have to think of what is best for him.... so lets hope I made the correct decision. Time will tell.
And even though I will miss the friends I have made. I hope to remain in touch... and I look forward to the new friendships to come....
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
End of Summer.....
Last week, before all the cool weather came rolling in....
We decided to take advantage of a hot end of summer day.
I got out Maddux's kiddie pool and let him run around like a crazy man.
Instead of swimming in his pool... he spent his afternoon repeating the following steps... over and over again....
He cracks me up... Look at that face!!!!!
We decided to take advantage of a hot end of summer day.
I got out Maddux's kiddie pool and let him run around like a crazy man.
Instead of swimming in his pool... he spent his afternoon repeating the following steps... over and over again....
He cracks me up... Look at that face!!!!!
A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E
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