{Palm Springs in Connecticut}

I recently went on a rare thrifting excursion and passed at the chance to bring home the same Blanc de Chine table lamps in the above bedroom. Thinking about those lamps made me think about Bruce Glickman's very mod space so I had to dig up the pictures and yep there they were.

Wondering if I still came home with any treasures? Well take a look...

I guess I was channeling my inner Asianness.

{perfect baby shower}

I love the inspiration that comes from this beautiful baby shower. Love the colors, pom poms, the canopy that was created over the table and all of the elephants.

For more pictures hop on over to Style Me Pretty.

summertime discoveries

(To Grandma: Here is the latest)

Discoveries:

*I can take every single one of the kids to swim all by myself. Before doing such I was shaking in my boots thinking of doing this task. Of course they were all in floaties and life vests.

*Don't just bring sunblock and not use any.

*When you say "kids you have 5 minutes left to play in the pool", that really translates to it will take 1 hour to get everybody out and in the car.

*Sometimes I only have control over one thing in life and that is how I choose to react. I was trying so hard to not get mad about something so instead I busted out in crazy song (this is a frequent occurrence). This time it was to a Vanilla Ice tune.

"Stop collaborate and listen, Mom is back with a brand new invention..

Pick up all of your junk and stop spilling juices"

The kids just stared at me. I felt glad that I was not being video taped.

*Perfect Food Bars are my friends. The kids love them and just look below @ the ingredients. In my opinion they are also one of the best before work-out or mom on the go bars..especially because they are made from whole foods. Sometimes they go on sale @ Sprouts and are found with the yogurts in the refrigeration section just in case you were wondering. They also have a website here.

{mamma to the mia}

Give me a recipe today.

1 part homey kitchen

1 part berry tart

Go to Spain, take off your shoes, feel the summer breeze, bask in the summer sunshine & eat sweet summer cooking. Mix the above together, sift a bit and ENJOY.

The above place is suited for a Momma who loves to sing her mia in the kitchen. What a perfect summer retreat. I am in love with the portfolio of Spanish designer Isabel Lopez Quesada (thanks to a reader over on Habitually Chic). To see more of Isabel's refined work go to her website right here.

My Stuff Series

So I don't really know anything about designer jeans and I buy many of my clothes on major discounts. I do however know that I like flowers and nice people like Helena over @ A Diary of Lovely. She is REALLY good about making me feel cooler than I really am. I always tease her that if there were to be a president over blogland that she would be a front runner. She has always been very kind to me & I know many others as well...she's a great friend.

Anyway I can be found over on her "My Stuff Series" today, so go on over and check it out, not because of me (trust me I am not that interesting) but because Helena is just lovely.

Go here to hop on over.

{the four corners region} inspiration

I am constantly feeling inspired about where I live. In my opinion I live in one of the most unique corners of the world...I live pretty close to the four corners region where canyons, red cliffs and mesas abound. I think that is why I also have such a fascination with Native American culture. Just made a friend who comes from the reservation near Tuba City, AZ. She has tried really hard to keep her Native American traditions alive. She also gave me some very good leads on where to find reasonably priced old school turquoise jewelry...I'm thinking she ranks pretty high on the new friend list:-) Road trip anyone? Peace pipe anyone? Big Gulps anyone? Just checking to see if anybody reads this because if you do then you will know that sometimes I just write random items of silly business and one of my favorite lines from the movie "Dumb and Dumber" goes as follows,

"Big Gulps huh...Well see ya later" (I swear that line was not scripted into the movie but just happened and they kept it anyway..I think it is the most random part of the movie..hence I like it).

Know what else is random? Tuesdays! It is a day in the week that is sort of just thrown in there. It's not the first day of the week, it's not part of the weekend, it's not hump day and it is not even a Thursday....which at least is one day shy of the start of the weekend and if you make it to Thursday there is light @ the end of the tunnel in a work week.

Happy Tuesday where ever you live!

{images 1- Tory Burch, 2 - J. Crew, 3 - 1st Dibs, 4 - Lotus Bleu via designsponge, 5 - House Beautiful via the roof over my head, 6 - J. Crew, 7 - Peabody Essex Museum, 8 - Ian Carpenter via Armas Designs, 9 - Ann Stratton Photography, 10- Peabody Essex Museum, 11 - designsponge, 12 - unknown, 13 - nuevo-estilo, 14 - Full House}