Inspiration

Stumbled across this photo today during a search for inspiring images. Jackie “compared the Kennedy years in the White House to King Arthur’s mythical Camelot”. Isn't this a cool picture?

Can you imagine if this were your life?

This weekend

I relaxed and tried to get my balance back.

I bought this night stand at Crate & Barrel. It was on super-sale!
Floor sample, last one, more than 50% off! And I love it.

And Jay and I saw this crazy pillow at Target. It’s an ice cream sandwich pillow. What?!

And...it's Friday

Let’s go with a solid cliché here. TGIF! This has been a long, challenging week. Not a Silver Lining, so I won’t go into to the details. This picture pretty much sums up my feelings today. I feel like a cross-eyed baby.

Onto some positive notes. This weekend we don’t have any plans! I am so excited about this. I think I am just now recovering from last weekend and the whirlwind bachelorette party in Chicago. What a weekend that was! Memorable and awesome. But now, I’m ready for some R&R. Jay and I plan to spend a lot of time at home this weekend. And we’re talking about dinner and a movie on Saturday. A pretty typical date, but we haven’t had a typical date, pretty much all summer. So here we go, the movie choices. This cracks me up. I want to see Midnight in Paris.  

Jay wants to see Cowboys & Aliens. Hmmmm, I wonder how this is going to go down.

This is an age old dilemma. I think we may have to flip a coin. Although, I wouldn't mind seeing his choice. I mean who doesn't like Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig? I can gaurantee we can agree on a restaurant though. We never have problems with that.

The Time Has Come

Jay and I have reached a point where a shared a calendar is necessary. We are having trouble keeping up with each other’s schedules. Sometimes, we can’t even seem to keep up with all the conversations we need to have.  So, time for a cool kitchen calendar! I’m hoping this calendar will be a place where we can keep lists, dates, occasions, and invitations. I’ve found this calendar on Etsy. This seems to fit the bill. It’s a functional calendar. And bonus, it has a paisley patterned cork board at the top for invitations or photos. I love paisley patterns. And the price is pretty good. $60 bucks. Not bad but not cheap…and cheap is usually better. And, will this fit on the wall we have available in the kitchen? Hmmm.

Or this one. Also an Etsy find. This one is cheaper ($25), smaller, and lacking the cork board but it is magnetic. We can also get our names customized on it. I can see "Jay & Gudrun" fitting nicely along the top! Or we could wait until we're married and get "The Ellsworths" on top, but we'd have to await awhile to do that. Decisions, decisions.

Even cheaper, at the Container store. They have this $11.99 magnetic, dry erase calendar. Another one to ponder. And should we get the lavendar or the lime?

And back to Etsy. This one seems pretty cool. The Calendar is under glass, so you’re writing on the glass as if it were a dry erase board. This one is $30 and seems pretty charming. There are so many choices!

They also have it in turquoise...

Just from beginning my search, I’m getting the feeling there are a million varieties out there. Anyone like any of these? Anyone know where I should look for a functional yet stylish kitchen calendar? I'm going to keep browsing. I'll let you know where we end up!

Karaoke

I’ve always loved music and singing in the car. So I think it’s only natural that the Karaoke bar has become one of my favorite places to go for a good time on a Saturday night. I think the main reason I love karaoke bars so much is basically because, the karaoke bar is just like singing in my car; only better because they serve drinks and instead of the people beside you giving you looks, the people beside you give you a high five and sing along!

This past weekend, at my college roommate’s bachelorette party in Chicago, we ventured out to the Blue Frog. The Blue Frog was nothing short of phenomenal. Far more incriminating photos were taken, but for the sake of everyone involved here are the ones that won't get anyone in trouble! ;)

The Blue Frog is one of those great dive bars. Not a single soul in this bar was close to sober. Not one person. Which made for great Karaoke. And every person was singing every song at the top of their lungs whether they had the mic or not. And it didn't matter if you were on key, sounded great, or even knew all the words. It was amazing. The whole bar was united. Everyone was enthusiastic. The 4 bridesmaids and the soon-to-be bride were having a blast.  

And Dorothy is also a bit of a talent. She killed some Karaoke. I cannot sing, but I love it and did it anyway.