brassieres & jockstraps

in cleaning out my girls room for the move today, my 5yr old nephew was getting stuff from under the bed. all of a sudden he starts yelling, "ew. gross. disgusting! i can't believe i touched that!" and i said, "what? what is it?" "a BRA!" so i look over to see what it is, "oh that? nah, that's just a jock strap". yes, there was an actual jockstrap under the bed.

i, of course, went on to explain what it was to him. and scarlett, of course, already knew what it was for. i can thank lee for having that discussion with my daughters. they now are fully equipped with protecting their privates.

you're probably asking yourself, why would there be a jockstrap under the girls bed anyway? well, while living with my in-laws, the girls have been sleeping in my brother-in-laws room, who is away at college. he used to play football.

let's just say it'll be nice not having a teenage boy for a few years. but i sure do love you, ryan!

(sh) it happens.

i am on a diet.
but i've eaten 3 of these. today. (ok, four).

ideally, 5

1. our ideal home

2. in ideal city of/or surrounding Portland, OR

3. ideal number of people in our little family

4. ideal career(s), including my fave, motherhood

yes, i'm wondering about the marijuana leaf on the computer, as well.

fashion design

gourmet cook

nutritionist

5. ideal choice of words:

"that's boss"
"awes"
"toats"

all i want for christmas is everything

it's amazing to me how as soon as halloween is almost over, the stores are filling with lots of christmas goodies and gifts. lights, decorations, great deals on presents. i mean, where does thanksgiving fit in to all of this? i guess i really should be writing this post about gratitude and thanksgiving but, honestly, why start now? let's keep with american tradition here.

i really haven't even thought about what i want for christmas. this post will probably take me all day so i can mull it over. and really, who's to say i'm getting anything at all? it really is all about the kids anyway. it is so fun to buy for them. i love seeing their faces light up when they walk into the room on christmas morning to see what santa left for them. "this side is london's. this side is scarlett's".

but this year is my year. i have a feeling. here are a few things i've come up with, in case anyone is the slightest bit interested. :)

1. IKEA giftcards. we now have a home but no furniture with which to furnish.

2. this hot little number by free people (the white jacket):



3. cooking lessons, gourmet-style. i loooove to cook but want to make something that will blow everyone away.



4. this sexy little get-up to wear when i cook. gourmet-style:



5. subscription to people.stylewatch



6. parfum. mademoiselle by chanel. daisy by marc jacobs.




7. this fantastic body (unattainable by christmas, i know, but here's to dreaming)



8. a vintage mannequin for my bedroom

that's quite the short list, i must say. i guess i'll just have to add to it as something catches my eye...

We are moving...again...only, down the road

after too many weeks of house/apartment/duplex hunting, we fell upon this:



i went to see it on monday with scarlett and atticus and fell. in. love. as i was walking around inside i felt that this was THEE place. this is where we needed to be. now, we were not typically too stoked about living in utah county, right? but here are our reasons for justifying why we should:
1. its only about 10 minutes from the girls school they currently attend. and not to mention we will only be about 10 minutes from my in-laws.
2. it is bigger (approx 2600 sf)than what we were finding elsewhere (1200ish sf), for the same price.
3. its in a nice & decent neighborhood.
4. we literally are 2 houses & across the street from an enormous park that has two playgrounds, tons of large trees, and a huge grass area.
5. its only for about 9 months or so (until lee finds a job outside of utah, which means the girls will begin at a new school, which is why #1 is super important to us)
6. this home has 3 bdrm, 2 baths, 2 family rooms, 1 living room, 1 gas fireplace, they are including the washer and dryer for us, and the backyard is pretty large. it has a huge tree and attached to that tree are some handles used for rock climbing. you don't understand: our kids loooooooove to climb trees. and this will only exacerbate, er, encourage this type of fun.

right after walking through the place, i asked the realtor if she had time to wait for me to fill out the rental applications so i could just give them to her right then. she said she would wait. i filled them out, talked it over with lee, and heard back today that we were approved and can move in the weekend of the 13th or the 20th. of novemeber. just before Thanksgiving.

i cannot even tell you how excited i am. i've kind of been a pain in the ass the last little bit. ok, a HUGE pain in the ass (just ask lee) because of this entire waiting game. but as usual, things are now coming together and i couldn't more excited!

famous not-so-footwear

today i parked myself into a little corner of famous footwear. on hand, were my over-sized purse and my over-sized 11 month old boy (over-sized in that both were too heavy to carry around). i was perusing the boots and found these cute little gems:


i set atticus down and went to grab my size. i quickly put them on, zipped them up to my knee(while patting myself on the back at the fact they were able to zip all the way) and checked myself out in the mirror. nice! i loved them! i go and sit down, begin to unzip and then...stuck. i try for the next 10 minutes to get these stupid boots off, that i am quickly beginning to detest. atticus is sitting, or crawling rather, on the floor pulling out boxes, shoes, tissue and just having a hayday. normally i would scoop him up, clean the mess, and leave but i couldn't just walk out in $70 boots, right? so i'm sitting there, swearing in my mind, cursing this terrible curse, sweating, literally, trying to get these things off of me. when i saw people heading toward me, i totally played cool, like i was checking out all the features, seeing how they fold, zip, unzip, etc. i didn't let on that i was stuck in the boots. i contemplated asking the salesMAN to help me but didn't want to risk looking like a dumbass who doesn't know how to remove boots from feet, so i didn't. i then contemplated just ripping them off, risking ruining them but i didn't feel quite right about that either. so there i sat, sweating, breathing hard, trying to catch my breath, looking all around to make sure no one was noticing this fiasco. i think i actually imagined myself being stuck in this one boot forever. hobbling around the dirty streets, being known as the wretched lady with one sexy looking boot. and there sat atticus, making an enormous mess on the floor. i finally folded the boots down as far as they would go, dinked around with the zipper that was zipped halfway onto that annoying little fabric piece that is supposed to block the zipper from poking your skin and just yanked it off my foot. hallelujah! genius! i quickly put addy's mess away, left the boot on the bench, found these other little gems i liked just as much, that work:


paid for them and got the h outta there! what an ordeal.

and the award goes to...

i would just like to boast for a moment. my husband, who left advertising school 2.5 semesters early for an internship, won three awards tonight for a show that was held in minnesota. THREE! i knew he was perfect for this industry but just barely getting into the biz and winning awards? i could not be more proud. here are his lovely works of art. behold.
(click on the images to enlarge. lee is responsible for the copy i.e words. art was directed by partners from school)