A Day In the Life....

....Consists of wishing I could do a post like you'd see at Bleubird Vintage (example link) - where there is a photo taken every hour...and everything looks lovely and in good lighting and I don't know how she does it, but I really like it.

Alas, I haven't the skills, or the hip-titude, so instead  I will post the good, the bad and the awesome of my last couple days....

Good:

Finally cleaning out my fridge (mystery stink is finally gone, wahoo!)  and freezing the 50 bananas, give or take, that have been sitting on my counter for a week (YAY FOR SMOOTHIES!) 

frozen bananas are just better.  I don't know why, but they are.

Bad:  

 Well, I thought it was a good idea.  

I've had this Pottery Barn hard placemat hanging on my kitchen wall for over 12 years.  I like it, I think it's really cute.  But I was getting tired of it. 

I also bought some chalkboard paint.  I don't know why, I just saw so many ideas on Pinterest and I thought it would be fun to have some kind of chalkboard in the house.  I first considered painting my whole fridge, but then I thought to myself, "The surface and size and thickness of my Chocolat are perfect for a menu chalkboard.  So I painted over it.  And put it back in my kitchen.

My whole family was a bit sad.  Every single person noted their disappointment. Apparently they all really liked it as it was before.  Note Jack's note on the new chalkboard...

"Jack likes Chocolat"

 Woops.

Awesome:  

Tonight I spent an evening at my alma mater to watch one of the Young Women in my ward perform a music concert with her ASL class.  It was a bit weird being in my old high school as a lady.  But I really enjoyed watching the performance (she was really awesome, performed the song beautifully). 

And when I walked outside I remembered my favorite part about going to that school - the view when you walk outside;

Other awesome points of the day include:

*  Getting to play with a cute toddler and brand new, cooing and smiling baby while being able to see my kids at school during the day.

* Hearing that my friend will get to finally go pick up her THREE boys (she's adopting) in the Phillipines in only a couple of weeks!  They are 9, 7 and 5 years old and are about to have the greatest parents in the world.

* Imagining my sister back in Utah and all the fun we will have when she moves back here this summer.    Wahoo!!!

* Watching my husband work so hard from dark to dark and feel so grateful to have gotten so lucky.  I met him in high school and thought he was the most interesting, handsome, irrestisible guy.  Turns out I was right.