yippee!!  it's friday!  as soon as i finish packaging a ton of boxes, i'm off to the mountains for the weekend.  ryan offered to drive us there but i'm not sure his ride is safe for the kiddos :)  have a great weekend!! xo- Shannon

don't you love that quote....so true and something that i have to remember when decorating my own home....

*images courtesy of gretchen o, fern living, knitofactso

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fall is in the air!!!  yippee!  i ran out and got a new door mat for the occasion....and my husband may or may not have said "what's up w/ the equestrian theme outside"....men!!!

*images courtesy of cape cod collegiate, crush cal de sac, womac interiors, houzz, me

red is a color i don't use a lot....but after seeing these images, it makes me what to add a little in my house.....or my closet :)

bright white....that's what i need right now.  i stayed up too late last night.  i'm not a good sleeper when my husband is away (luckily he's on his way home now).  so i stay up really late listening to all the sounds, triple checking on my sleeping kiddos, watching horrible late night tv, looking at pinterest...i wish i was just the kind of person who got into bed and fell fast asleep.  but hey, at least it's the weekend!!  i hope y'all have a peaceful one :)  see you next week!

 i haven't been watching tv lately but on mon, i dabbled back into one of my guilty plessures- the voice....i've got to say adam and blake can make a girl laugh!!  i love their bromance!

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