hello monday....i'd be lying if i said i was happy to see you....sorry i was mia last week.  my poison ivy took me on a wild ride straight to the doctor, mixed in w/ a road trip, and a lot of work deadlines.  but now it's a fresh week and i promise to be better!!  hope y'all had a wonderful weekend!

last night i finished emily giffin's where we belong... i love her (i've read all of her books) and this book was so good.  i feel like i'm in a funk now that's its over b/c selfishly i want more....
any suggestions on what i should read next??

friday- check
road trip- check
good company- check
holiday on monday- check
SUPER EXCITED- check, check

sometimes you try to prove a point...i decided it was kind of liberating to mow the grass...you know, in a "i'm a girl and i can totally do it" kind of way (and i thought it burned calories).  well, it bit me in the you know what, b/c i am now covered in poison ivy.  awesome.   yea, i think i'm done with you mr. lawn mower.  conquered and totally paying for it....right before labor day.

*images courtesy of pearls and peonies, phoebe howard, gardiner & larson, muse interiors

i hope y'all had a wonderful weekend....ours ended too quickly.  i have been cooking w/ pinterest again and we are officially back friends.....i'll do a post on some of the recipes i tried that didn't make me look bad later this week.

racing out the door for meetings today, but i wanted to leave you with some pretty things to help start your day....

wow.  so this is what silence sounds like.  it's officially the first day of school.  we managed to get two kiddos off to school...and no tears were shed by walker (a pure miracle), taylor, or me (i got them out last night).  while having the house to myself is nice (and much needed), i must say, i miss those little munchkins.