mercy mr. percy

Last night I was organizing our closet again to see what I can do to spruce things up a bit after seeing all the pretty closet posts over at Brooklyn Limestone. I was in the process of removing an old briefcase that had been stored under Lee's hanging jeans when I discovered a big wet spot in the carpet and the briefcase was ewe gross! Crikey. Knowing that the closet backs up to our shower in the master bathroom, I immediately ruled out Cooper as the culprit. Sorry Coop. I then did the most logical thing I could think of at the moment. I recorded a video and sent it via text to Lee. Ha! Then he didn't respond because o yeh...he's doing that Army thing...So I then forwarded it to our besties, Jacob and Taylor to plead for help. I must also tell you that moments later they arrived sans red cape ready to save the day. We have A-mazing friends, huh?

I have since scheduled 3 appointments for estimates to get this leak fixed. There will be more to this story but for now I'll share the ridiculous video with you. You can tell I'm dumbstruck and thinking out loud as I put the pieces together:

please & thank you

I'd like a bold and yummy ikat table cloth like this:

To go in our home here:

I'm going to track down some ikat fabric.
Cut it into thirds or even fourths.
Sew the panels together so that it just covers the table.
Give to gma to then make a pleat/ruffle to cover just the thickness of the table.
Hmph.
Doesn't sound very easy and I prob made no sense.

It's a big 8-seater table in dying need of an eclectic pop of color.

one day

One day I want to be awesome parents like THESE guys. You may have already heard about THIS awesome little blog dedicated to a couple's little girl, Scarlet. The buzz is widespread and their following is growing fast! How they describe their blog: This is a project to our daughter, Scarlet. We, your parents, are documenting your life. Our hope is that when you grow older you'll be able to look back and see how happy you have always made us.

My favorite post yet:

Dear Scarlet,



You wanted a mohawk. We let you get one. It’s as simple as that, and it should be.

house of fifty

Keeping my eye on the prize for the end of THE deployment, I'm still scheming for decor for the house we're going to build. For some reason, chatter always migrates to the kitchen in my family. The heart of the home. I'd like my future kitchen to be big and offer lots of sitting. Thinking about the breakfast nook, I like this a lot:

For no other particular reason other than eye candy, I stumbled upon a couple lovely pops of color that I'm absolutely loving from House of Fifty. Funny how they happen to be vastly different in needs as it's a nursery and a bar/party scene: