Waiting for Water to Drip

Pedro kitty is growing up. He has gotten a lot bigger in the past few weeks and he is still as sweet as can be. This is what he does in the morning when I am getting ready for work. He sits there staring at the faucet waiting for the water to drip. At first I thought he was just thirsty, but I filled the little birdbath on the counter there with water and he could care less about that! He is steadfast in his focus and has the utmost patience. Maybe I could learn something from my fur baby!

Oh, Bebe'

I will be hosting a baby shower for my sis-in-law, Jenny, on Nov 15th. I am so excited because I love throwing parties! I mentioned here before that I chose a french theme for the shower. Jenny is having a sweet baby girl to be named Caroline Rose. I am going with a black and white shower with baby pink accents. These baskets I bought at TJ Maxx were my inspiration for the whole thing. Aren't they pretty? Best of all, they were on sale. I bought both baskets for less than $25 total! I know!!!! I can't wait to fill them up with croissants and door prizes.


I was fishing around for some baby shower games and some of you gave me some good ideas. Stay tuned for the photos of the food and fanfare!

Here are photos of the invites I made. We have a lot of friends and family out of town that cannot attend, but me and my friend, Theresa, made 50 invites by hand. They turned out really sweet.

You probably can't see very well, but the little pink dots are pearlescent beads and they are so pretty in person. I was going for understated and elegant, I hope it didn't come off as too plain. What do you think?

My friend, Kat, is having 10 weeks of giveaways. Yup, you heard me, 10 weekends worth of prizes. The first prize is a doozie, so head on over and check it out.

Halloween Parade

Grim Reeper!!


Polka Dot Rocker!!


Kids from the Hood!!


Itty Bitty Blue Power Ranger!!!

Daddy trying to freak us out!!

Boo-tiful Halloween

Happy Halloween, Y'all! Hope everyone young and old has a safe, fun and memorable All Hallows Eve!

Pssssst....Guess Who's Right Next Door?

Today I came to work and our building was surrounded by a swarm of police cars, vans and bomb squad personnel. Because Barack Obama is right next door!! Scroll down a couple of posts and you will see photos of my Office With a View - well that hotel you see there in photo one and two - is where Barack and his entourage are hanging out right this minute. He held a rally here last night that drew a record crowd of 22 thousand people. Yesterday about lunchtime I noticed people starting to line up - the doors opened at 7 pm and the rally started at 9 pm and folks were staking out their spots nice and early - and let me tell you - baby, it's cold outside. This created a traffic nightware for those of us who would rather watch such events in their sweat pants on a cozy couch with some hot chocolate. My 15 minute commute turned into 45. I am ready for this presidential madness to end. And whatever your political affiliation might be, I wager we can all agree on that - stopping the madness!

Baby Shower Bliss - Got Games??

In a couple of weeks, I will be hosting a baby shower for my sweet sister-in-law, Jenny. I am so excited and have been collecting my thoughts and ideas for months. See, Jenny is having a little baby girl. Now as a mom to 4 boys, I need some baby girl goodness in my life. Yesterday, I read Lula's post about her Sweet Caroline and I got even more excited, because you see, my new niece will also be named Caroline (Rose). I love how Lula in true southern style incorporated a family sir name as her baby girl's middle name - go read all about it, k?

Any hoo, I have decided on a French theme with black and white and baby pink as the color scheme and matching fancy french food to boot. But the one hitch in my giddy-up is shower games. So who better to turn to than the wealth of blog knowledge out there. I love parties, but I loathe silly party games - I know that sounds like a party pooper, but I just don't like them. I have thrown a lot of parties in my day and seen a myraid of party games, but no ideas I really like. So ladies, gimme some!! Puh-leez, because I already bought the most adorable game prizes!