Hello! Not too long ago, I was asked to share 15 random things about myself. To be honest, I wasnt convinced anyone would be interested in knowing 15 random things about me. But I do really enjoy reading little personal tidbits about other bloggers so I thought, why not! Here goes......
1. I love dessert. As in cupcakes. As in frosting. I will buy a half dozen cupcakes and have them gone by the next day. I often consider giving up sugar, but who am I kidding.
2. One of my most embarrassing married moments was my husband finding a 9 months pregnant me sitting in front of an open freezer at midnight using a giant serving spoon to shovel ice cream into my mouth. In my defense, it was June and the weather was hot. :)
3. My husband delivered two of our children. The experience is something I will cherish forever.
4. Another one of my most embarrassing moments (I have lots of them) was in college. While marching in the University band at a televised college football game, my uniform pants got caught on the sideline fence while taking the field for the pre-game show, completely ripping from the waist down. Having a drill sergeant type scary band director, I opted to just keep going instead of run off the field breaking formation and facing his wrath, and do my best to ignore the fact that my behind was exposed to a million people while my pant leg flapped in the breeze. If that wasnt exciting enough, my replacement pants they gave me afterward were 6 sizes too big and dropped to my ankles during the half time show while I tried to balance holding them up with one hand and a piccolo with the other. Did I mention it was televised? In front of a million people?
5. I am loving this stuff right now. It smells like chocolate cupcakes and possibly explains number 1 above.
6. I have been blessed with very compassionate boys. I am so proud of their hearts.
7. Starting a blog terrified me because I was afraid of putting myself out there and I wasnt sure I had anything to offer the blog world.
8. I love this girl. She has been such an inspiration to me!
9. Because we are such a busy family with crazy schedules and older children in sports, we hardly ever eat at the dinner table as a family. Something I would love to change. But carving out a time when we are all home together is difficult.
10. My most favorite thing to do in the world is spend time with my husband and kids. Even if its just watching TV.
11. I 100% believe that you should go for your dreams, whatever they may be.
12. I love watching cartoons with my youngest. Franklin anyone?
13. I love the people I have e-met since blogging and consider it one of the biggest blessings of being a blogger.
14. Another one of my favorite things to do, that I do without fail every night, is watch The Golden Girls after hubby falls asleep.
15. One of my favorite memories with my step daughter is watching Brian Regans comedy act about the styrofoam ball solar system science fair project and laughing forever. "The big yellow ones the sun!"
So, thats it. A little bit of me. Hope you enjoyed!
This year for the living room I seemed to be drawn to a campy, rustic cabin decor. Mostly because of that wonderful buffalo check throw I came across. It was my inspiration for the entire room. And of course, I had to throw some industrial vintage decor in there too.
And funny little elves that are so old they are falling apart, that always make my kids laugh....
This year I also wanted to add vintage Bingo cards because they remind me of one of the first dates that hubby I went on 23 years ago. We went to a local summer festival and played Bingo under a row of twinkly lights and stars until late into the evening and by the time the evening was over, I was head over heels. :) 
I fell in love with these aqua colored cards.
As well as these....
Just looking at the tree makes me smile because it is filled with so many wonderful memories.
This year I was drawn to red and white stripes so I continued that theme into the dining room.
I found these adorable little red stripe bowls at Crate and Barrel and fell in love. 
And the linen napkins came from this sweet little Etsy shop. I loved the design and I love handmade even more. 
And thats it! Dont you love decorating for the Holidays? Are you like me and ready to take it all down the day after Christmas? ;-)
