Shabby Chic Chloe

This our incredibly sweet dog, Chloe. My husband brought her to us on Christmas morning. She has the sweetest personality. We are all crazy about her. My daughter and I have been patiently waiting for this dogbed to go on sale at Target. Chloe already has the collar and leash. She sits by my feet in my office and now will rest in a more comfortable fashion. We are currently shopping for bedding and several pillows in this same "Shabby Chic" pattern for my daughter's room and have been buying baskets for my laundry room and scrapbook room. Now we will be arguing over which room this new bed will go in. Taylor's been after me all week to get to Target after we spotted this in Sunday's ad.

111
That's the temperature that my car's thermometer read at 3:15 today. It's not fall. Not even close. Here in sunny Arizona, it won't even begin to feel like fall until September. Can't wait. Fall is my favorite season of the year. I always have to leave town at least once to see the fall leaves changing. Just can't miss it. If you had a midwest upbringing like me, you would have to too.

Double Trouble
What are the odds that both of my children would break their arms within 5 months of each other??? It gets better. Both of them had to have their bones popped back into place before their casts were put on. Cole just got the bad news that he is out of soccer for the rest of the season. He had the unfortunate experience of breaking his arm during the first practice. I need to spoil him for a few months. Poor guy.

This is me.
According to six second graders. My week started out with a telephone call from a teacher asking if I would work 1/2 a day for her because her child was sick. In a blink of an eye, everything changed. Her child was hospitalized, had two surgeries and several other medical problems arose. I've been praying for her all week. I was asked to substitute for her class for the remainder of the week and I was honored to do so. My week is over, but I will never forget the 24 second graders that stole my heart this week. This was my first "long term" assignment. I can't get these kiddos out of my head. It's like being a parent. You're always thinking about them, checking on them and wondering where they are. They will be thrilled to have their teacher back, but I will miss them.

The Lake House
My husband and I have dubbed Mondays as "Movie Mondays". He started working Saturdays for awhile and plans to take Sundays and Mondays off. We had big plans to sneak out to a movie every Monday while the kids were in school. Due to time restraints we haven't been able to fit in a movie before it's time to pick up the kids from school . . . . until yesterday. We saw The Lake House starring Sandra Bullock. I thought it was the best movie that I had seen in years. Especially if you are a romantic like me. Because it took us a few weeks to be able to fit it in to our schedules, it had already moved to the discount theatre. I would highly recommend that you see this big screen if you can. It was a great "date" movie.

It's Shabby
I've been working on my scrapbook room/home office for about 2 weeks now. I've been wanting to make it more girly. That means pink in girly language. I wanted to pick up some shabby items at yard sales and antique stores. I found this cabinet Saturday for $2.00 and my son switched out the door pull for me with this one that I bought at the Daisy Kingdom shop in Oregon. I've been inspired by Becky whose wonderful decorating style is featured often on her live and learn blog.

Aqua Belt and Weights.
If you don't own a set of these, run out and buy one. I love them. I've been in the pool every morning this week circling the deep end doing my exercise routine. That's the only beauty of summers in Arizona. The pool was glorious this morning at 6:45. The temperature was perfect. Happy Friday everyone.