30 before 30....

Most people dread thirty or the big 3-0, but I am kinda excited about it.  There is just something sophisticated sounding about the 30's in comparison to the 20's.   I have decided to make a list of 30 things I want to do before I am thirty.  It is sort of a random list of fun, but why not finish out my 20's doing things that make my heart smile?

1.    go on a hike on a beautiful fall day
2.    start my long attempt at learning to sew
3.    read Ethan through the toddler list at our library
4.    start Pilate's again (can we say peaceful)
5.    watch Ethan walk on the beach
6.    surprise my hubbie with a candle lit dinner for two cooked by me
7.    hang curtains in our bedroom
8.    rename my blog (more to come on that one)
9.    for one solid week nap when my toddler baby naps
10.  have one day alone to sit in the sun and read....alone
11.  plant flowers
12.  have fresh peonies in my house on our anniversary, just like I carried in our wedding
13.  wine with girlfriends somewhere fabulous
14.  have dinner on our patio this summer barefoot
15.  go to the symphony

take a break...this list is long

16.  use a fun textile somewhere in the house.....(curtains, pillow)
17.   journal on my old laptop...I did this a lot in college
18.  give someone a simple gift....just because
19.  challenge for my RN III at work
20.  leave the tv off for an entire day
21.  go see the ballet with my mom
22.  sleep with the windows open {i love the sound of a summer night}
23.  take a bubble bath....with candles and a gossip magazine!
24.  spring picnic at the park with ethan and david
25.  drink hot tea from my Kate Spade teacup
26.  bake something yummy
27.  host a dinner party
28.  swim on a hot summer night
29.  take alex on a walk {just him and i like old times}
30.  sit still for 20 minutes in a quiet house and not do a single thing---going to be the hardest one yet!

see honey, there is still hope!

Sincerely,
Scarlett

lust list....

a little something for datenight {i heart anthropology}

necklace from Piperlime

this spring get up for my little sailor from miniboden

courtesy of JCrew {of course}

this Timex...perfect for summer

anything with nautical strips

 Wellie's for Mr. HomeBuilder hubby

Why not tag on a pair for myself in my favorite color 

and of course for our little bear, too!

iphone case {mine just so happened to break after finding this cute one}

can you tell I have a mild case of spring fever already and it is still January.....sigh

sincerely,

Scarlett

18 month photographs...

Here are a few of Ethan's 18 Month Photos taken by my photographer friend Tarrah.  Needless to say Ethan wasn't passing out smiles like he normally does, but we were happy with his sweet little serious face.  Thank you Tarrah for spending the morning with us.  Family and friends this is your hint to send me what photos you want and the size you want.  The photo from the last post was taken by her as well.  

 

little bear...

Many of you have heard me call Ethan, bear.  Yet, no one has ever asked me where the name came from or what it means.  First of all, I have never been big on nicknames.  Maybe this sprung from my own name being difficult to shorten to a nickname.  When Ethan was a wee little bear and we spent many hours a day nursing.  That is when the name just came to me.  He was round and cuddly with a sweet face....like a teddy bear.  He reminded me of that cute little bear BabyGap puts on all of their clothes.  Hence, the name bear, baby bear, or lately little bear.

nine frames...

Last week I finished hanging my frames finally {after a big oops of ordering all the photos as horizontal prints and realizing I had planned on hanging the frames in a portrait style}.  It was incredibly hard to pick 9 favorite photos to frame from the thousands I have on my mac, but it quickly got narrowed down by having to pick vertical ones.  I still am on the fence about changing out the black and white photographs to colored ones.  I am the biggest fan of black and white, but I have found that they have a hard time capturing those sweet rosy cheeks.  What are your thoughts:  b&w or colored?  

My next project is to tackle our closet.  Ugh.  Particularly our dresser that houses every tee shirt that has come into our lives since 90's.  I attempted this while we packed to move into the rental house, then again as we moved into our new house ~ without success.  I realized this needed to be done when we had no hangers after Christmas.  I have slowly been making piles for yard sale/goodwill, but I need to do a knock out job.  Goal~out with old and in the new:   Spring clothes are already calling my name.  

here's hoping I can get our closet to look more like this!