pillow infidelity

let me start by sharing with you

the only safe

unmoved or relocated pillow

in my home

i don't know about you

but when i move one thing

replacement of multiple other things

soon follows

such has been the case

around here

the last several weeks

my latest crush is pillows

linen pillows

burlap pillows

vintage french pillows

antique linen pillows

soft scrunchy pillows

which reminds me~~
one of my daughter's friends walked in the other day
& said
"wow, what a white room"
apparantly she repeated that observation multiple times
as she visited our home
& it didn't sound like she was a fan

clearly
the poor child
doesn't appreciate the neutral movement
that , dare i say, is taking over my home decorating
bless her heart


of course my more critical daughter
was mighty quick to point out
" see mom, i told you its too white in here"

but then she fessed up
that her bestie
loved our "wow, what a white home" home

everyone's a critic right?

oh

& by the way , i have a red sofa for crying out loud

its not "all white" 'round here....sheesh

back on track

as you can see

the pillow movement took on a life of its own

sorta like american idol

gotta wait til the 'next week' to find out

who was gonna get moved out

it all started in the bedroom

doesn't it always?

im sorry

that was sorta inappropriate

my bff kristin & her resident marthastewartmom

took two of my mother in law's vintage linen towels

( they can do anything)

& made these precious precious pillows

i love these little pretties

but had to break it to the big guy

they are not for laying on, squisshing, or propping upon

duh

then i tried to decide if a ginormous pillow

appropriate for squishing & laying upon

would be better suited for the bed

or this one?

being the funny guy that he is

he often times sends photo texts to me while i'm at work

to "make sure" he made the bed correctly

& that the pillow placement meets approval

har har

the latest score are these finds from Restoration Hardware

i think i might of grabbed the last few
which only means multiple other Atlanta housewives
are now facing the same potential pillow infidelity i am




& being all about symmetry
the next question was
2 or 3?

the next morning the sun was shining
& the birdies were chirping
so i took that as affirmation that all 3 would remain

closure
i love that




well
i think today
every pillow has its place



& now i can get on to other
major decisions
such as
what stays on the kitchen counter
& what's gonna go



clearly i need to get a life

{{ps~ just in case you're curious~~

the pillows are from petit coterie,

mimi charmante, lola b's boutique,

lettered threads

restoration hardware, jeanne d'arc living,

the beautiful life, & dreams of france}}

deleted scenes

the previous post

was pretty loaded with the good things that happened last week

wonderful blessings that were much fun to celebrate

but in an effort to keep it real

i figured i'd share some of the events

deleted scenes, if you will

that didn't make the cut

for the original post

remember in Steel Magnolias, when Sally Field realizes her hair looks horrid?

& i quote
M'Lynn as she's looking at herself in Truvy's compact mirror

"Oh my God Shelby was right,

my hair does look like a brown football helmet!" & then continues to sob

well that was the same moment for me

when after eating my birthday breakfast with my girlfriend

who i finally had my photo taken with

all in honor of blog post, mind you

( the photo that is)

i realized my hair looked awful

AWFUL
heather? why didn't you tell me? oh dear friend o' mine!

nothing like realizing you actually look worse than you originally thought

so the perfect birthday continues to roll on...

while on the phone chatting with my bestie kristin

& backing out of my driveway

i hear a thud

i'll be dadblasted

i ran over a squirrel!!!!!

& as if that weren't enough

i realized that it wasn't completely dead

oh my word!!!

so i did what any of you would have done

i closed my eyes

& ran over it again!

eeekkkkkkkk

i killed an friggin animal

ON MY BIRTHDAY

for pete's sake

what kinda luck is that?

kristin mind you
is cracking up
cracking up!




so i tell her
maybe i should call & see if dan can come home & move it
i mean
i can't have that poor
albeit
squished squirrel
looking at me
all day on my birthday
right?

glory be
i came home from my little errand
& squirrely
was gone!!

i dont' know how or why
but thank goodness

well the highlight of my glorious birthday week

was getting pulled over by a cop

for speeding

"i had to get to kickboxing, mr policeman

especially after seeing that dreadful birthday breakfast photo of myself "

of course i was an easy target

being that everyone else in Atlanta

was enjoying a perfect spring break on the Gulf Coast!!

thankyouverymuch

oh wait, there's more
we head over to one of my favorite homes in the city
for a photoshoot
only to have my rockin zoom lens
freeze up
& begin what i assume is the beginning of a slow death

sigh


&
the AMAZING Good Friday concert we attended...
well
little bit felt horrible the majority of the evening
with one of her migraines
& spent the majority of the evening feeling completely miserable


for all my facebook friends that remember
the flooded kitchen from a few weeks ago
well
the fridge
is still leaking
fantastic


but
lets end on a up swing

please tell me you saw that tender embrace
when Phil Mickelson won the Masters
&
then went on to find his wife Amy
who's been battling breast cancer
in the crowd
having been to sick to attend
earlier in the week




i sat there all choked up watching this man
who clearly loves his wife
win the Masters

i love to see the good guy win


ummmmm......
not ....the other guy









so

in the famous words of hannah montana

"everybody has those days"

hope you enjoyed mine!

oh & ps....if any of you are thinking of turning me into the PETA folks....please know part one was all an accident, part two was all about putting the poor guy out of his misery....i do apologize mr. squirrel, but if you'd make up your mind which side of the street you plan to stay on, we wouldn't have had such an unfortunate series of events...

spring break , so far.....

spring in atlanta will take your breath away

but if you blink, you might just miss it

the weather is gorgeous & the flowers are amazing
it seems though, that our springs get shorter each year

i think we hit 90 degrees yesterday

we've had many memory makers this past week~~

first off i'd love to recommend a sweetheart of a movie

caroline & i just watched a precious tender movie this morning

Hachi

a true story about the loyalty between

a dog & his person

i'm a wreck

if you know me, dogs , especially big dogs tug fiercely on my heartstrings

my birthday was april fools day, which is sorta a waste being that i'm a terrible joker
& can never
ever
remember a punch line
anyways i woke to a gorgeous day, beautiful tulips from my sweetie
probably the most beautiful words a friend has ever spoken to me

{i told you that your love language was the spoken word!--i thank you sweet kristin from the bottom of my heart...you blessed me big , today!}

breakfast with one of my favorite friends
lunch with my dad
& dinner at one of my fave outdoor pizza spots

friday night we attended the Good Friday Concert

at a beautiful new outdoor amphitheatre

with 12,000 folks

just shy of $200,000 were raised that night

all going to help different ministry efforts in Haiti
WOW!

i don't even have the words to describe how this service blew me away

totally touched my heart as we contemplated why we celebrate Easter

& glory of our risen Lord

if that concert sounded anything sorta like Heaven will sound....

we're in for amazing worship my friends!
a.m.a.z.i.n.g

last week, caroline asked Jesus into her heart!!!!!!!

here she is texting her sunday school teacher minutes later to give her the scoop

Easter Sunday

Dan baptized her

he has baptized each of the girls

i wish i could tell you how much my heart swells

watching this tender man

bless the girls

they truly see the unconditional love of Jesus

walked out , by their own daddy

the day prior

dan & i celebrated our 11 year anniversary

this sweet man loves well

he loves selflessly & endlessly

& with a loyalty that humbles me daily

allofmylove2you dmk

savannah (my oldest) is gone for the week

but left the most heartfelt note for caroline to open up

just before she was baptized

i love to see my girls love on each other like that

we miss you sweet girl but i am so thankful that caroline has such

an awesome big sissy!
sweet emily left for her first mission trip
one of the places she will minister to is a home for unwed teenage mom's
i pray she sees Jesus this week
& that she is drawn even closer to Him









lastly, i'd love to share some glimpses of spring
around our home....
this will be part 1
as i've been photographing everything i can
& playing with textures
but this post has already reached epic proportions....











(my birthday treat to myself, twill shades from jacki--perfection!)

{{i also want to thank you for many of you who continue to ask how caroline is doing....she is still having tests run by the G.I. specialist but seems to be feeling better.

i have been terrible about posting regularly

& even more terrible at touching base with each of you~~please forgive...& i'll be in touch, pinkie promise

thank you again.....you are a blessing}}