MY favorites

Blake and I are finally (mostly) over our colds! Thank goodness it wasn't too long lasting. I was starting to go a little crazy from lack of sleep. As usual, my kiddos don't seem to sleep as well when they're sick, and I need more sleep when I'm sick. We are always total opposites on the sleep spectrum. Figures.

I have been totally obsessed with etsy lately. I know it's been around awhile, and I've always loved checking out the homemade goodies, but lately I've been favoriting tons of art prints for my walls. I just bought a letterpress print of a quote by Helen Keller: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. And I just discovered a super cute bird's nest necklace representing a bird mama and her bird babies! Especially perfect because Logan loves birds. Maybe it will just have to be my Mother's day gift to myself :)

Since I posted a few of Logan's favorite things yesterday, I'm gonna take up a little blog space for myself. :)

A few of MY favorite things these days:
1. etsy (duh!)
2. chevron stripes
3. essie nail polish
4. Starbucks Via iced coffee
5. strawberries & cool whip
6. Paper Coterie photo books (I can't stop making them!)
7. getting rid of everything unnecessary in my house
8. finding new places to explore
9. new books to read (I keep hearing that 50 Shades of Grey is worth reading...)
10. red wine (ok, who am I kidding, this has ALWAYS been a favorite!!)
11. crafty blogs (eighteen25.blogspot.com has been a fun one lately)
12. Instagram

Speaking of good ol' #7, I have been on a serious purge kick. Does that even make sense? Well, I have been unpacking box after box only to toss over half of the contents into yet another box labeled "Goodwill". I can't help it. I keep finding all of this junk that I haven't even used in the last year (or more!) and I feel compelled to send it to a new home, hopefully one other than my guest room closet. One of my new goals is to be less materialistic (and by that I mean less hoarder-ish, haha!). Wish me luck. My current etsy obsession is not helping.