insta-love.

ta-da!! instagram photos! 
i'm going to let the pictures do all the talking today.

lately.

i've been a very inconsistent blogger. i got lost for a half hour on post last thursday. awesome. i learned how to shoot really fancy weapons at a cowboy. just my right arm got a wicked sunburn at last weekends drift event. mom called me up with some very interesting news {i can't share yet, because i'm completely undecided. thanks mom}. there were at least three trips for frozen yogurt. the heat has finally broken. and i'm feeling a bit anxious about my new volunteer position with the FRG {family readiness group}.

i have a few instagram pictures for you! you totally didn't see that coming right? you're hugely surprised right now. i should probably re-name this blog to 'hello {i} love instagram.'

{link love} wednesday.

it's about 10:45, and i'm sitting here in bed feeling quite exhausted. husband is already happily asleep right in the middle of the bed next to me. if only i were so lucky to just fall asleep when my head hit the pillow like him. in all fairness he {we, being that every light in the room goes on when he wakes} gets up suupppeerr early, and then works really hard all day. can't blame the guy for wanting to have an 8 o'clock bedtime now can i? Anyhow.... seeing as how we're moving into the 'holiday season,' i thought i would share some cute table ideas for that breakfast/brunch/lunch/dinner/outdoors/indoors party you know you want to have. three or maybe four or five times...

awesome right? you can check out all six inspiring ideas for table setting over at BHLDN.

now all i need to do is convince the family to fly to washington, stay at a crummy hotel {because we have no guest rooms i so desperately want}, only to have christmas + new years parties at our house. OR tell all my friends i'm pregnant, make them believe me, have them fly to washington to see me, and then have a 'hahaha i'm totally not pregnant, i just wanted to have a dinner party with my friends,' dinner party. yesss. time to scheme. friend, if you're reading this right now, i would never............

extra long side note: husband suggested we have a platoon party for those hard working army men the other day... i pretty much screamed yes! promptly started making an out-loud mental list of things we needed like, balloons of course, when he stopped me right there, laughed, and said, 'all we need to do is provide the beer.' errr, whhhaattt???? no. sure maybe they won't notice or even care if their ice cold beer is sitting in a fancy wood bucket, or if the cupcakes i made them are sitting on iron and glass pedestals. i can make it appropriate for army, that's all part of the fun! plus, someone there will totally notice. he probably won't say anything, but he'll notice, and then tell his wife all about it later, and she'll be a part of event planning on base, and then offer me a job to help throw fancy parties everyday, and i'll be super happy forever {don't burst my bubble, it will happen okay}.

alright then, off to bed i go. :0)

today.

so it's tuesday, and somehow already september 6?! i need time to just slow down for a few ok? thanks time. on another note, i have good news and bad news about this past weekend dear readers. the good news is that husband and i had a great time, but the bad news is that we didn't break out the camera at all. i managed to snap a few iphone pictures along the way... i know it's not the same. anyways, here's a small recap from my instagram of the weekend.

cruising in the ghia to get some frozen yogurt. it was sooo good.

bean lounging. a love letter from husband. preparing for fall. new dress for jclark's wedding. the ONE day of cooler weather this month. where the magic happens.

we picked up some snazzy new runners this weekend.

testing out my green thumb. our antiquing finds.

it's going to be a good month.

husband is back! he even arrived a whole day early!! according to him that was always the original day, but i beg to differ. nonetheless, it was the most wonderful thing waking up to a phone call on tuesday morning to husband saying, 'hi babe! can you come and pick me up now?' and then while on my way a text message, 'did you leave i need wifey hugs and kisses time now. move it.' awwe!! it's so cute i know {luckily he doesn't read this, so he won't know i told everyone that}. anyways, we've got a long weekend for labor day starting tomorrow, and we have some serious togetherness time needed. plus our second vehicle is arriving at the house today! sometime right around NOW as a matter of fact. you don't know how happy this car makes me. not only is it awesome to cruise around in, but now i can have my own car back! i know that it misses me driving it, and i feel so free just thinking about all of the places i can go. so i'll be back on tuesday, hopefully with loads of pictures from the weekend. i give you all a fair warning... they might ALL end up being of husband. :0)

the weekend.

guess who i get to pick up tomorrow night!!!! if you guessed HUSBAND, you're right! husband is coming home!! YAY!!! jump up and down with me and sport a big happy smile the rest of the day will ya? i'll be up super duper late tonight so that i can sleep in tomorrow morning because i am picking him up at 3:30am {ok, so that's technically wednesday morning}! i couldn't be more excited. we have so much to talk about, so much cuddling {plus many other adult things} to catch up on, and so many movies to see! i found out the exact date he would be home on friday, so i've spent the weekend preparing. The house has been cleaned exceptionally, even the garage {go me!}. the linens have been washed, the laundry is all hung up and in it's place, groceries have been purchased, and there's numerous baked yummies for him to enjoy. eating MRE's for a month has got to work up a 'real food' appetite right?
soooo, there's homemade tortilla chips, incredible 69 calorie brownie cookies, pumpkin spice muffins/cupcakes, and a rice krispie treat cake that i can't wait to stuff my face with. i sure hope husband is in the mood for junk food, because there is no way i am going to eat all of that alone. he'll have to take it to work and pass it around to those other hardworking men just coming home. other than all that goodness, i went out on a few walks, broke in my new shoes {thanks mom :o)!},drank numerous frappuccinos, found some funny packaging in the first aid kit, made smore's, and played with lots of glitter. how was your weekend??

the weekend.

we've made it! two weeks of visitors and it's finally time for some relaxation at home. we came home pretty late on sunday from visiting with husband's family in seattle, and i couldn't have been happier laying around in my pj's doing nothing yesterday. i didn't even manage to unpack our bags. i did successfully manage to eat breakfast, eat lunch, then have a snack, watch some tv, edit photos, eat dinner with hubby, and watch the bachelorette until bed time. i thought it best that i get up and accomplish something today, so here it is, our weekend in pictures. 

hello friday.

we're off to spend the weekend in seattle with husband's family!

have a great weekend!

weekend snaps.

husband and i spent some quality time around town this past weekend. we haven't done much exploring since we moved in, and we thought it was about time that we get out of the house. here's how it went... we ate giant plates of mexican food at the mayan cantina, husband picked out his 'hello kitty' christmas present, we saw 'midnight in paris' (go and see this movie if you haven't, it was incredible!) at the theater, and finished off the evening with some cold stone. all in all it was a wonderful saturday!