sail...

I always like to begin my morning...

like this morning

really enjoying my coffee

taking a 1/2 hour of personal time

of which usually leads to another 1/2 hour or hour of a little work

and another cup of coffee

note...my cups of coffee are a lot bigger than normal...

I was just informed over the weekend when Bobby told me how much he actually makes in the morning

and realizing there is about 1/2 cup left after I'm done...

I'm going to play dumb here and act like he didn't tell me

because I enjoy it way too much

coffee is like cheese to me

I can never do without...

back to my morning now...

after a couple of hours of which the girls walk in my room or downstairs wherever I may be

girls are dressed

smoothies are made for them

and they are loaded in the double jogger to go on a run with me

and right before I walk out the door to go anywhere I always seem to notice what we finally did with the letters I had gotten Bobby as a birthday gift last year...
it makes me smile to see it right before I leave every time

we just couldn't seem to find the right spot or have the right idea

isn't it funny how you can have something for so long and then it comes to you?

{well I should note here...

that it was actually Bobby's idea that he came up with a couple of weeks ago}

he loves getting the credit for this one...

but now I'm thinking of another idea for curtains for the window that is below...

oh boy...

but that is the greatest part on making your house a home

one idea just spirals into more...

so I have three ideas for curtains...

maybe blue and white ticking to go with our beachy theme

or vintage floral pattern to spice it up with color

or simple white curtains...

I'm personally leaning towards adding some spice in the kitchen I think...

but we'll see...

Kasey had once shared a fabulous idea a friend of hers had that if I find the right ones...

I would love to use the idea too...

making curtains/valance out of very cute dishtowels...

and you just know who has the fabulous dishtowels with perfect color and vintage style right?

I won't even name the store because it gives Bobby a heart attack everytime I do.

not to mention

I almost had a heart attack already this morning...

I walked out into the garage and found on my once organized shelf that the hubby has his stuff piled on

because he is cleaning out his car that is now listed on craigslist...

YIPPEE!

{I'll be doing a happy dance when that car is gone}

I found a love letter I wrote him about 9  1/2 years ago

{it must have been in his car for 9  1/2 years literally}

that is about how much he loves to clean

every 9 1/2 years {chuckle}

can we say cheesy writing Martha?

what was I writing?

now I know why when I was about 9 or 10 or so

and my sister and I walked in on my parents going through some boxes

laughing hysterically in their bedroom at their old love letters to one another

and destroying them right then and there and before our eyes...

I tried to tell them they should keep them

because then someday we could read them

but they didn't go for it

now I know why...

I completely understand why they didn't want them in our hands someday

after reading one I wrote

now I am thinking of befriending my shredder this week...

because I'm thinking of destroying such myself

and now the second my hubby reads this

I'll probably be getting a phone call from him

he'll be asking me what I'm doing

to make sure I am not destroying them

because he keeps everything

and he is probably freaking out because I don't

I love to trash and donate stuff

I'm not great at dealing with clutter

so I minimalize

him...

not so much!

I don't even think that is in his vocabulary

don't get me wrong...I keep the important things

I am very sentimental

but I don't keep everything...

but here is what I'm thinking...

maybe it was a great thing I found a ridiculously cheesy love letter

I probably should consider writing some more 3 page {cheesy} love letters

for awhile I wrote nice things on tags

but after reading that I don't think they are quite the same

granted those were fun and challenging to do

but...

 I've really slacked on love letters this past year...two years...or so...

really slacked...

I know there is a lot going around blogland about writing letters

but now I have an itch after finding that today to go write a love letter

on extra narrow notebook paper

{chuckle and smile}

as I know me mentioning extra narrow notebook paper will plant a smile on him too...

I think I may need some practice though

I feel rusty as of right now...

wish me luck!