milk and cookies.

last night i was in the mood for baking, but i wanted to be soooorta healthy in doing so.

so i made taylor some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

i'm being super "good" right now, so i didn't have any, but from the looks and smell of 'em they seemed pretty yummy...

and i think taylor thought they were pretty yummy too...

as he ate so many he couldn't move from his chair!

and then i caught him eating a few this morning... he's not very sly about stealing cookies for breakfast. 

happy day 2 of june! 

pinwheel party.

yesterday evening, my best friend, davana, came over with her boyfriend to make pinwheels with tay and i.

the night was full of hot glue guns and burnt fingers, stepping on head pins, drilling, snapping wooden dowels with inadequate scissors... and it was the most fun i've had on a tuesday night!

we drank wine, we ate, we laughed...

pinwheel instructions:

what you'll need:

several sheets of 12" x 12" double sided scrapbook or decorative paper

round-headed pins

12" wooden dowels

hot glue gun and glue sticks

a push pin

flower shaped craft punch

a pair of scissors

a ruler

pinwheel instructions:

1. begin by measuring and cutting 6" inch squares out of your paper

2. find the center of your one of he squares and mark it by poking a hole through it with your pushpin

3.lay your paper patter side down, and use your ruler to draw diagonal lines from each corner to make an "x".

4. cut along the diagonal lines from all four corners, stopping one inch before you meet the hole in the center of your paper. 

5. use your pushpin to make a hole in the right hand corner of each side of the square, just to the left of the line you just cut.

 
6. use your punch to cut out a paper flower. stick your round-headed pin through the center of the flower.


7. one by one, bring each of the for pin-holed corners to the center and stick the flower and pin through each of the four holes.


8. next, put the pin through the hole in the center of the square and set aside.


9. make a pilot hole, using your pushpin, 1/2 inch down from the end of the dowel.


10. put a drop of hot glue on the hole, and quickly insert the pin that runs through the pinwheel center into the glue and dowel. Be careful not to let the pinwheel paper touch the glue on the dowel while its drying. if it sticks, it can't spin!

it was fun to spend this pinwheel affair with such lovely people who i love dearly

happy wednesday my friends. we're half-way to the weekend!

*pinwheel instructions courtesy of:oncewed.com

sunday farmers.

i really do value my alone time, and there is no better way to embrace it than a sunday morning date with my camera to the brentwood farmers market.

the hardest part about posting today is choosing which photos to share with you. here are a few of the good ones.

i hope you enjoy..

thanks for stoppin' by...

happy rest of your weekend, sweet friends

i hope it is full and wonderful!

never too old.

my mom graduated from her master's program yesterday at CSUN college

i'm very proud of her.

this program was tough, and the whole family felt it the past 2 years.

but she did it and now has a little more job security as a LAUSD teacher.

this lady has gone through a lot of tribe and tribulation...

she has been laid off twice in the 2 past years, with long hopeful summers of a job opening in the fall (which she got both years)

she commuted from the sf valley to downtown los angeles to teach, while going to school full-time at night, her father died (by grandfather), her son went through some lows (my brother), took care of her mother (my grandma), sponsored young women in AA and spoke around the country, and she still had time to be a super-mom.

she's 51 years old and has accomplished more than you could imagine.

for anyone that says they "can't do it" let my mom be your motivation.

...and not to mention she graduated summa cum laude with a $5K scholarship and a special honor award.

go mom! you are my hero.

hues of blue.

a blue morning it is...

every friday morning, i make taylor french toast

french toast fridays!

this morning i made it with blueberry jam from the farmers market with fresh blueberries.

(taylor snuck in some nutella on the top when i wasn't looking...)

we didn't plan for the day to be so blue.

but as we were getting ready to walk out the door, we realized we matched...

in blue!!

happy happy HAPPY friday, my dear friends!

new rug!

after contemplating whether this was worth it, i finally decided to buy this 2x3 rug for our front door from urban outfitters

source: urbanoutfitters.com

i got it because taylor forgets either his keys, phone, or wallet at least twice a week.

i thought this was hilarious and came to the conclusion that it was no longer a want, but a necessity

hopefully he doesn't forget his stuff anymore!

should be here in a week.

and, shhhh don't tell taylor!

its hump day.

the salad turned out great!

it may not look exactly like the picture in the book, but it was just as good, i'm sure.

and that's right folks, those are our new painted walls in the background (+ our new beautiful walnut table!) more (better) pictures to come of our "work in progress" kitchen.

i must apologize for my recent photographs - they've all been from my iPhone. i've been very bad and haven't been taking my camera everywhere, but i will be sure to lug it around my neck this weekend.

yes, i already have the weekend on my mind.

1) i'm excited its a 3-day one!

2) facial this saturday with taylor's momma

3) reggae festival at UCLA on sunday

i'm sure there will be more fun planned as the weekend gets closer, but these 3 are reason enough to keep me excited!

HAPPY HUMP-DAY!

p.s. leave a comment or email me for the salad recipe if you're interested!