This face

After an incredibly frustrating day at work.  I came home to this face just wanting to snuggle.

3 good things that happened today

1- went back to kickboxing for the first time in 3 weeks. (I always feel bad ass when I am putting on my hand wrap and gloves).

2- felt super cute with my new hair and awesome jeans at work today.

3- had a nice phone conversation with both my parents tonight and dad will be home in about 2 weeks. 

It's a good day :)

365 Days of Positivity

I feel like 2016 became synonymous with the "year of suck".  SO much focus on the bad things.

This year, I want to try and focus on the positive.  My goal is to post something positive every day for a year.  I missed the first day, so you get two posts today.  

Day 1:

I know I'm still going to make some bad decisions, let's just hope they are better than last year's :)

18th Annual Spaghetti Dinner

We had our 18th annual Spaghetti Dinner on May 30th, and I got to show off my new house.  I was super excited, yet also kind of terrified at the large turn out we had.  My mom came back from China, My sister L and niece came back from Cali, and family friend P came from Ohio.  That's how cool our parties are.  :)

I was worried about trying to fit 37 people in my house (and so many adorable children).  But, I think it was a WONDERFUL turnout and I had a GREAT time.  No need to have worried.  

We even had L&M Bakery cake (so yummy) with a clever saying.  

It was so much fun, we should do this more than once a year :-P

Crafting room

I eventually really want something like this in my crafting room for all my yarn. I love how pretty and organized it looks. 

Unfortunately,  I have a lot of yarn and that's not really in my price range at this point.  But,  I decided vertical storage of yarn is super helpful when you want to know what yarn you already have.  And I think it's really pretty and makes a fun design feature.

So,  for $20ish dollars,  I bought 8 expandable hat racks on amazon, and I'm doing a temporary approach to storing/decorating with my yarn.  

I don't have all the yarn wounds into balls yet,  and I'm pretty sure this won't be big enough to display all the yarn.   But I'm liking it so far anyway.

Back deck

I have a nice size deck in my backyard (access is through the kitchen).  It runs the width of my house and extends out about 10 feet (never actually measured it,  so that's just a guesstimate). 

I really like having a deck,  I'm just having a hard time making it comfortable.   I bought furniture for a small balcony about two years ago,  and it is obviously too small for my current set up.  I don't really plan to buy anything new this year unless I find something on super sale...bc apparently everything I like is expensive (of course it is).

So,  making do with what I have this summer.  I created two separate sitting areas...and I really need to buy a fourth chair for that one table.

And I put some flowers around to make it a little more bright and cheery.  Need to get three more hanging pots for the other side of the deck.

It isn't my favorite area,  but it works for now until I can find some better patio furniture. At least Oscar likes it out there.  :)  And I still have the super tiny elephant grill on my table.   

Too cute for words

My sisters have some adorable kids.