A few of my favorite things!

I just wanted to post something a little more bright and fun on my blog. You’ll have to pardon the cruddy image quality; I used my phone to get it done quickly.

These are a few places in my house that I love. They make me smile when I look at them. It may be because I got something for a great price or if it was a great gift. It may just be because I like how it turned out…how I designed a neat little area.

Enjoy!

This is one of my bookshelves in my living room. I love how the books look and the photo of my husband and I as well as John Corbett (Aidan from SATC) and I.

These were wedding gifts from my mother. They are banana leaf drawers/tables. The look a little pukey in this lighting.

This is my bedsite table. It was a perfect find for the space and with banana leaf drawers. The bowl on top with shells? was a $2 find. Handmade!

This is another great find! $17 for this mirror. I love my bathroom. We’re going for a spa feel hence the mud colored walls.

This is a small wall in the bathroom. Teak candles on top. A cool image and frame on the bottom. Magazine cutout.

This is my bookshelf in my office. Full of design books and fun stuff. And Betsey Johnson!

My favorite little nook behind my laptop. Good smelling candles and my favorite frame that I got for only $3. Waiting for that perfect family photo!

Never enough time.

Jim Croce said it best: there’s never enough time to do the things you want to do.

And money.

That’s my addition.

The hardest thing about starting my new business is that I just don’t have enough time to work when I’m home. I can only work when I’m home the 3 1/2 days I’m here. Cram. Bam. Thank you mam!

I try to relax as well since work is demanding, and home is too with having a toddler running around. I hope that when the time comes, it will be easy for me to transition from PV to working at home. I just don’t want to make that call and business not be good for me afterwards. I have no doubt in my mind that I will do good work, it’s just frustrating worrying so much about my performance level that I’m afraid clients may not have the patience to wait. See, designing a website can take some time, especially just the writing out the code part. So far it has taken me about a month on Stella’s site and it’s almost done. I know at times she was ready to have it done already. Same for me.

It probably wouldn’t have taken me as long had I not had to be confined at work with no internet for 84 hours a week.

I really can’t wait to be a WAHM and I am being hopeful. I really want this to work for me! Mostly because I am burnt out on being a counselor and being in a therapeutic environment. I’ve done my time. 9 years to be exact.

I’m ready to have fun designing!

Thursday Thirteen

13 Things I enjoy:

1. I enjoy internet time (obviously)

2. Photography (another duh)

3. My bebe (why is he 3rd??)

4. Home redecorating

5. Reading anything Jen Lancaster writes – and other books!!

6. Driving my sexy ass mom-mobile

7. Cleaning – I like to hear the squeak of dishes

8. Rob & Big, Sex and The City

9. Concerts and music (I have almost 700 CDs)

10. I love the smell of spring and the feel of sunshine across my face – unless it is burning me.

11. Expensive purses. I heart Betsey Johnson. You should see my small BJ collection!!

12. Shopping period.

13. New socks.