cooking...

i'm 31 and i want to cook. i mean, i can cook; warren and i enjoy doing it but i want to learn to really cook. according to julia, i have one year left before i really have to get down to business. i'm making homemade empanadas (thanks sis-in-law) for supper tonight....i figure i need the practice :)

*images courtesy of high street market, the city sage, apartment #34, urban electric, southern living

white wash....

loving these white wash spaces.....they feel so clean and crisp. if only i didn't have sippy cups, crayons, and grape jelly to deal with :)

*images courtesy of donna griffith, unknown, the city sage, unknown

hello everyone!! i have lots of stuff to do today since i have been away for a week but i love this quote and thought it would be a great way to start off monday!! and i couldn't help throwing in a pic of walker on vacay!! his dad, uncle, and grandfather caught some crab and so he thought he would show them off :)

*images courtesy of forever love stoned, me

soaking up the sun....

i'm off to put my feet in the sand...

see y'all in a week :)

*images courtesy of daisy pink cupcake, the swedish girl, bliss, dandelion and grey

my bro's pad....

you could say that my family all got bitten by the design bug....

my dad's day job is being a lawyer but his real passion is building....anything.

and my mom has a great eye for design and antique collecting....one of her favorite things is yard sales (although when they are bad, she swears it's her last one!!)

my brother and i grew up watching them restore our 100 yr old house and going to antique shows like lakewood on the weekends (the best antique show ever that sadly ended a couple of yrs ago). so that is where my brother and i get our love for design from...

i thought it would be fun to show you my brother's pad or rather cabin that my dad built for the family back when i was in high school. my brother lived in thailand on and off for 10 yrs and when he finally returned to the states, he convinced my dad to let him buy the cabin. after an addition (done by my dad and brother) and some furniture changing, this is what my brother calls home. the two are constantly tweaking it....and up next: the guest house- aka. my brother's airstream that sits up on the hill. he is going to make into a place his guests can come and stay!

august??!!

is it august already....that is insanity!! someone at the pool yesterday asked me what taylor was going to be for halloween...seriously?!

*images courtesy of forever lovestoned, little blue deer, martha stewart, the city sage, house and garden

definitely a monday.

i'm having one of those days....where instead on posing gracefully on this old truck, i would be the girl beating her head on it...and it's only 9:00 :)

at least i have this cheesy show finale to look forward to. i started watching it b/c one of my friends was married/divorced to him up until about 2 months before the show started taping and i had to see what his story was going to be. then i got sucked into it. i am totally addicted....not even going to lie about it. so who do you think ali is going to end up with- roberto or chris?

*images courtesy of style notes, nj.com