Hello again!

Well, school has been kicking my butt. I have 8 more kids than last year which means 8 more of everything. And while most of my kids are super sweet, they tend to be lacking in the ability to keep their mouths closed. Which leads to long, headache inducing days. They are getting better, but slowly.

So, what has been going on lately?

Hurrican Isaac came and went. We got 4 days of school for it, and combined with Monday off for Labor Day, we had a surprise 7 day weekend! You would think I would use this time for great things, but I got nothing major accomplished. I marathoned the entirety of The Pacific (watch it, its good) and made 3 new Flat Stanleys for my class (school uniform, classic,and LSU fan). I was lucky enough to have power the entire time, so it was an easy storm for me.

Here are some of the highlights from the past month or so...

LSU Stanley and "Hurricane" Isaac

Hurricane holiday Stanley crafting

my neighbor is King Kong...yes, that is a hanging bushel of bananas

attended the LSU season opener against Washington...bought tickets for $12 each about 5 minutes after the game started...cant beat that!

Learned a new way to curl my hair...will be sharing more about this later in the week

found a delicious new gelato flavor at Whole Foods...banana chocolate swirl. If you like banana flavored things, try it!

Our class got a pet gerbil, Nilla (because she is the color of a nilla wafer)

got free samples of Mario Badescu skin care products. I had already bough a few at Ulta, but am excited to try these new ones. If you fill out their skin survey, they will send you the recommended samples for free!

I promise to make a better effort!

Until later this week :)

-whit

Just waiting for Isaac...

Well, school is cancelled for two days. We've got a hurricane headed our way. While I have been through all the major storms in recent history (Katrina, Rita, Gustav, etc.) this is my first storm living alone and with Daniel out of the country. Makes me a little uneasy to be alone, but I have lots of people who have volunteered to host me if need be! Love yall.

I went back to my parents house this weekend. (Too bad school wasn't cancelled today as well. Then I could have had a long visit at home!)

My mom has been busy (with my older sister's help) redecorating and tweaking almost every room in our house.

When I moved into my own apartment back in 2006, I took my dresser and most of the items in my bedroom. My mom redecorated and then the room sat. Last time I was home, I noticed there is nothing on the walls, except one mirror (it's been this way for about 6 years. Not sure what took me so long). There was also a big open space where the dresser used to go.

Enter this piece:

This dresser used to be a light aqua green color. I remember it as part of us girls' nursery/ baby furniture.When my little sister was in high school, she began repainting it with zebra stripes. When she moved out, my mom began sanding it down to repaint but never finished. Well, she finally found a use for it! She left the drawers and top in their unfinished state, and covered the sides and trim with white paint.

I love it! It reminds me of something you might see at anthropologie. 

In other news...

I ordered my first top from Conversation Pieces after seeing it on J's Everyday Fashion (I can't find the original post, but you can see how she styled it here.) It came in the mail yesterday and I am so excited!

Love the fun packaging! I can't wait till the weather cools off a little so I can wear this shirt!

Well, summer is officially over

We just finished the first full week of school. Somehow over the summer, I forgot how tiring it is!
Goodbye summer, sleep and lazy days. I'll sure miss you!

Flaming Lips show (world record for most shows in most cities in 24 hours)

converted Granna's guest towel holder into a jewelry stand

Jessie (my long-time bff) is having her third boy! So glad I was there to share in the news :)

snowballs...nothing more summertime then that 

:)

Shipley's donuts. Delicious. 

4th of July mani's with my mom and sister

Love how they turned out!

I'll try to keep up here, but it might take me a bit to get back into the swing of school. Plus, we are starting an hour later, which means I now get to leave an hour later, aka smack in the middle of rush hour. My drive home is now averaging 90 minutes. (versus 30-40 last year) 

Fingers crossed things get less hectic soon!

25 days...

...until football season!

I absolutely cannot wait. Coaches' Poll has already ranked us #1 :)

I finished painting my shoes and am SO excited to wear them on game days.

Geaux Tigers!

I couldn't resist playing around with Pic Monkey :)
rar!

Obsessed

I got the new anthropologie catalog in the mail last week. As usual, I went through it, dog-earring all the pages that had something I like (it would actually be easier to dog ear the pages that have things I DON'T like :) ). One of my favorite things was the moccasin high-tops.

A few days later, while browsing on Pinterest, I saw this adorable outfit. Fun print skirt, scarf (have I mentioned that I love scarves? Ask anyone) and moccasin boots! Love.

image via Trendy Taste

At nearly $300, I cant really justify buying them myself. Santa maybe? I'll be very good! Now I just have to decide...which color? The brown would be more wearable, but the teal is so fun! Thoughts?

image via Anthropologie

image via Anthropologie

Last week of summer aka fit in as many crafts as possible!

Teachers go back to school on Wednesday. I can't believe the summer went by so quickly! Instead of laying around and relaxing these last few days, I have been busy squeezing in as many crafts and school projects as I can. Here's a preview of some of the things I have been working on.

LSU Toms...

I absolutely cannot wait until football season! Only 27 days!

I already made the decision. I'll do a reveal soon!

Classroom door decoration

I found this cute chevron magnetic board at Hobby Lobby yesterday. 50% off! I couldn't pass it up.

I painted and added the W to personalize it. I am so excited to hang this on my door.

Clock labels

I had a clock last year that never worked. Even when it had new batteries, it would only keep time for about an hour. I got a new clock and printed out the numbers for the minutes made by the amazingly talented Amy Lemons. I made the word labels myself.

Two more days of freedom!

Larry Bird's babies

You may remember that I have a bird's nest on my patio. I checked the nest when I got home from California on Tuesday and didn't see any babies (squabs to be exact). But when I looked today, one of the eggs has hatched! So sweet :) Hopefully the other one is ok and will hatch as well. I read online that they are laid about 48 hours apart, so maybe they hatch at slightly different times? Fingers crossed!

Larry, guarding his baby

baby bird!

so sweet and small. it's hard to not touch it. (I read online that mourning doves are known to carry lice and mites and that they can easily be transferred to humans. ick.)

family photo :)

Larry, his lady (trading places) and the kids