bliss.

(yes we eat a lot of yogurt)

yes. no.

a commercial i really love:



a commercial i really hate:

Rest in Peace my sweet, sweet Dommy.

Do I REALLY have to replace my domino fix with Real Simple and Dwell?! THIS SUCKS.

books betch.

after reading the entire twilight series, watching the movie repeatedly, crying because the whole story is over, crying because the next movie isn't released until november, crying because i can never have edward cullen, where was i? oh. yes. so.

i decided to make the big decision, and READ OTHER BOOKS.

this was a hard step to take my friends, but i did it. i read a book. a new book. that doesn't have edward cullen in it.

its called "people are unappealing - even me" by sara barron.

coupla things.

1. this broad is funny. like, funnier than me. is it possible? apparently. do i hate her for this? lil bit. will i forgive her? yes.

2. i am not done with this book. i am almost done with this book, but am now taking things slow with sara because i respect her and quite honestly i am dreading the inevitable withdrawal i will experience. similar to the one i had re: edward (see above).

3. i was thinking about how much sara and i would get along and facebooked her. she added me as a friend and now i feel like we're tight. i haven't said anything to her yet, but i can tell, she just gets me.

4. today, while i was making breakfast, i thought about how ironic her book title (people are unappealing, even me) is. you know, what with the facebook stalking and all that i did.

here! take it!




and now... i shall read one more page. just one. savor.

birthday shopping.

check out this rad clutch i bought from Miss Ruby Sue on Etsy. Her stuff is adorable, i can't wait to get this bad boy in the mail.

this is one of those clutches that serves multiple purposes.

1. its a little old lady-ish. therefore i can smack people upside the head that may or may not need it.

2. its also "i'm so vintage and fresh"-ish so i can toss it about nonchalantly to-and-fro while other people glare at me with envy from afar.





do you see what i mean.

Ranundnoaiunarekjdsfjibbajabbas

My new favorite flower - the Ranunculus.








I randomly saw this flower in the gardening section of Home Depot and had to go home and see if I could plant them in my garden, and after a little research I found this:

The Flower Fields. OMG.

And it just opened, March 1st. I win at life.

nostalgia - $3.00

Remember the Little People?






Did anyone else have these little wooden toys? Seeing this listing on Etsy brought some major flashbacks.

I had a whole posse of these guys at my grandmother's house. They were totally getting it on with the Rainbow Brite Action Team who were disturbingly disproportionate and far more cutting edge. And now you can buy prints and greeting cards with images of their mugs here on Play Family House, sweet.

hurl.

see this face that garth makes 24/7?



i just discovered that this is the same face i make when i'm scrubbing my floors (minus the smile).

just a visual for ya.

the book.

ok OBV i have lost interest in myspace and moved on to facebook.

but still.

i will NOT add your stupid application. leave me alone. look at this mess!





i am a one application girl. superpoke all they way baby.




(pushing up my geek glasses)

crap.

i have cold cold blue feet.

perhaps i'll go with more of a "robin's egg".

ohhh boy.

i've been back in massachusetts for like EVER and i'm finally home and in decorate mode. my new spanish style house is absolutely adorable, but my white walls have finally drained the life out of me.

its been tough trying to figure out colors for my walls that will make me happy and keep with the character of the house. i've always been SO afraid of bright intense color, i love it every time i see it but i worry that it will vomit if i have to look at it every day. last year i painted my kitchen this bright green, and i think everyone else secretly cringed, but i LOVED it. here's a swatch:



every morning i walked into a bright happy green kitchen that made me want to cook breakfast, make coffee, read my magazines, and listen to music. and that's what i did, religiously.

so after getting this month's issue of domino (what would i do without you dommy), i found EXACTLY what i've been looking for. page 99, titled "exotic bohemian". here is a really bad cell phone pic, it does the colors no justice:



the color is called paddington blue, by benjamin moore, and its so delish i want to eat it. here's a better swatch:



honestly? i am so scared to do it that i knew posting it here would make me commit to it. here goes nuthin'.

Holler at your Etsy.

I still keep finding that there are people who have never heard of Etsy.

This is the best site ever. And the perfect place to Christmas shop.

How rad is this shirt? Grab it here

olllllllllld (like really really old) navy.

oh old navy. you have really outdone yourself this holiday season. bright striped sweaters with matching scarves?!!?




look at these fresh new looks that i have never seen before.





um hey - you know what you could really use? some flannel pants with like - reindeer on them. because you never do that. oh. good.



ummm i know the economy sucks the big one. and i know business is not booming. but lets be honest old navy. were you really trying in the first place?

december 1st - not so much

all within 10 minutes:

i had to get my smog check test thing today. so at the station, some sweet little old lady at the desk takes my information, gives me a jolly rancher, tells me a cute little story, takes my boyfriend's credit card and swipes it. then she asks me for my ID. i tell her "oh i'm sorry, thats my boyfriend's card - if you want to do it as debit i can enter a pin so you know its legit".

this does not work. instead, she stands up, waves the card in the air and informs me that i am breaking the law by using another person's credit card. she should take it and cut it in half because that's what the bank would want her to do. i tell her "ma'am, you can't do that, its illegal to take my card unless the bank tells you to because its has been reported stolen". this angers her even more and she tells me i am a little brat, i am a know-it-all, i am breaking the law, and she's keeping my card. i tell her again, she has no right to do that, and instead of getting upset, i can go to the atm and pay with cash instead. she throws the card at me and tells me it's too late, but to leave immediately or she will call the police. all of this happens in front of about 20 people that now have saucer eyes and jaws on the floor. it probably didn't help that i was laughing the whole time, but come on. an 80 year old lady yelling at me is just funny. time to drive across the street to the dmv.

oh boy. it seems i have accidentally stolen some guys parking spot that he had been waiting for, i promise i had no idea he "claimed" it, since he was hidden behind another car at a 90 degree angle, so i slipped right in and there he was in my rear view, his face a bright shade of red. i kind of felt bad, but not really because i was certain that i had been searching for a spot longer than he had been. anyways, instead of driving off in a fit of anger, he puts his car in park and rolls down his window and hangs out of it waiting for me to get out of my car so he can yell at me. i pretend not to notice and decide to make a phone call - that will really piss him off. after about two minutes, he drives off.

i turn off my car and grab my bag and hear a very alarming "CLUNK" to my right. apparently a young woman getting out of her minivan has misjudged the space between our vehicles and thrust her door full force into the side of my car. i don't even think i would have really cared, but human nature and dane cook are right, the first thing out of my mouth is "HELLOOO!".

do you know what she does? she throws her arms in the air and yells "WHAT!? i didn't MEAN to do it! bitch." and storms away.

what. the heck. was all of that nonsense.

twitta

anyone addicted to twitter? i honestly don't know why i love it so much but i do. i think because its one more way to be nosy and all up in people's biznass.

anyway, follow me here:

cahly's twitter

healthy stuff

its funny. when i was a kid, i ate yogurt with cheerios about 10 times a day. now as an adult, i eat yogurt with granola about 10 times a day. addicted.

so yoplait light has these great new flavors that are sooooo good, i feel like i'm eating dessert everytime i grab one.

so i visit the website (it could use some work) and find that they have yoplait recipes! yessss. smoothies, desserts, and even dinner.

check out this ginger cake with caramel apple topping:



and lemon country coffee cake:



check out all the flavors, i'm telling you, they're delicious and nutritious.



and since we're on the subject of healthy stuff, i finally gave in and tried some silk soy milk.

look, i had soy milk years ago and it tasted just like....soy. it was like someone put a bunch of soybeans in a blender and handed it to me. i couldn't handle it. but i saw this commercial for chocolate soy milk and my mouth was watering. i picked up a carton of silk chocolate soy milk yesterday and it's almost gone. did you know that it has the same nutritional value as regular milk, and then some? soy consumption can decrease the risk of heart disease, osteoporosis, and some cancers. its way better than milk, and now i don't feel like i'm sucking off the cow's teat. (i just wanted to say teat)

weenie.

i'm on fire tonight, here's what i did this evening. happy halloween week!

yes cupcake.

speaking of halloween, i was looking for some fun cupcake ideas and ran into this blog, which is incredibly popular with the baking crews but new to me!

even though i have been obsessed with cooking in recent years, i was never really into baking (why is beyond me, i have a sweet tooth like no other). but recently i made this apple crisp that was to die for, and since then i actually went out and bought baking powder!! i don't think i have ever owned a little can of baking powder, this is very exciting for me. not to say i hadn't made cookies/cakes before, but not from scratch, eek!

so anyway, after searching for halloween cupcake recipes, i found bakerella and my jaw dropped (and then my mouth watered) when i saw these pictures. beautiful work and soooo much inspiration.

white gold

i'm sure you've all seen this already, its been up for awhile, but i just had to revisit it because a friend is going to be the white gold guy for halloween.

i love everything about this site. its interactive, informative, well designed, and who would have though milk could look any cooler that it was when our favorite celebrities were wearing it as a mustache?















white gold is white gold.com

oh,and happy halloween week! here's what we were saturday, and will be again friday... and...then...again on saturday.

saturday night.

that's right. i am spending my saturday night at home on my laptop looking at cute pictures of puppy dogs.

check out this little gem:

Upside Down Dogs

i almost feel bad for my dog and what i'm about to put him through to get a shot like one of these. notice how i don't feel bad for myself for sitting home on a weekend night entertaining myself with pictures of upside down dogs.