surprise package!

the cutest package came in yesterday's mail.  my sister is amazing!

 so many exciting little things

love the wishbone necklace! 

thanks, LV!

when i grow up i want to be an interior designer

i just looked through the images from the decorator showhouse that's on view in NYC right now, and yes, there are some nice rooms (my fave is the blue & green living room), but i am completely underwhelmed! 
the best interior designers in the biggest city with bottomless budgets, and this is what gets turned out? 

bend rules

my man and i got away for three whole nights to fabulous bend, oregon! 

 

 the deschutes river from our deck

we recreated (as in tennis and my first and second mtb ever- SO fun!)

we partied (as in muchos margaritas and one of the best concerts we have been to).

we took it easy (as in sleeping in, and hanging out at the local breweries)

i am still savoring the memories.  it was much needed, and totally amazing.
thanks p&c, for being super-grandparents, and watching all three kiddos while we vacationed.

keep-calm-o-matic

thanks to mammalingo, i discovered this fun site where you can make your own "keep calm" signs. 
the keep-calm-o-matic rules!

go by bike

at  OHSU there are buh-jillions of bikes parked in this massive bike lot each day, a bike valet service, and a bike mechanic on site (working out of a cute little vintage trailer, obvs).  so rad, and i love the "go by bike" homage.

our city's beautiful old train station has a neon sign

that very famously lights up to read "go by train." 

 

a few years back the "go by streetcar" sign made its debut

visualizing colors

our current colors

 maybe something like this

 i just discovered this fun, helpful "color visualizer" tool on the sherwin williams site, and then i proceeded to waste spend over an hour trying new color schemes on the exterior of my home.  i'm not a fan of the paint that we have now, and we'll probably live with the terracotta-whatever-you-want-to-call-it color for another year or two, but you can bet when the time comes to choose the colors, i'll be visualizing with the help of this program.

 

probably not

chocowine

i love chocolate.  and i love wine.  but this product gets filed in the same drawer as doughnut beer.