a weekend & a tribute

April 30, 2012

Miscellaneous

on saturday, we went to my great grandmother’s funeral. she was born in 1902 which made her 109 years old and the oldest woman alive in the state. she was the sweetest lady and spent her life giving service to her family and loved ones. her funeral to us was bittersweet. it was sad in the sense that we will not be able to see her, but was also happy in that she had been ready to pass on for quite some time and was ready to move on to better and greater things. she lived a long wonderful life and will be missed, but it would be selfish of me to not be happy she finally got to have a new adventure and join her family and husband who have already passed to the other side. 

other things we did this weekend include: hanging out with some family that had come into town, going on walks, watching movies late into the night, a top gear (uk) marathon, dancing to old music, cleaning, playing games, eating fast food, and much much more. here are a few photos snapped during our weekend. 

we also played hide and seek with kramer and put this little video together of his amazing seeking skills. i apologize for the quality, it was taken on my iphone and is a little pixelated and blurry. enjoy. 

    

giveaway (closed)

April 27, 2012

Miscellaneous

the beautiful holly is giving you all the opportunity to win this gorgeous wrap it up bracelet from her etsy store, holly lauren. her new spring collection “boho barbie” has recently become available, it is so cool, you have to check it out! to have a chance to win this spectacular beauty, you must ‘like’ the holly lauren jewelry facebook page by clicking here, and also go check out her store by clicking here. pretty easy huh? if you would like an extra entry make sure you are a follower of this blog. the winner will be announced next friday. good luck! 
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the winner is
congratulations barb k. be sure to send me an email!

about time

Miscellaneous

although mine and camden’s marriage is very good, just like everything else it is not perfect and takes a bit of work. we had been fighting a bit this week, mostly about money and bills and communicating (meaning listening. .), it was driving both of us a bit crazy. we seem too often have our fights at night, when we are both extremely tired and irritable. this however, works out in camden’s favor seeing as he can go to sleep mad just like that. boom, he closes his eyes and he is out. i on the other hand, will toss and turn all night letting my rage keep me from sleeping.
it doesn’t take much to keep me awake. i have always had trouble sleeping and find it irritating when others seem to fall into that sweet slumber so quickly. it is hard for me to turn my mind off at night, i can’t stop making to-do lists and scenarios and thinking of ideas. i’m always asking myself why i can’t have this sort of brain activity when i am trying to get things done during the day. that is just how it works i guess.
that night, laying in my rage, listening to the soft snoring of camden and kramer, everything seeming so much worse than it was i thought to myself ‘ok, fine! we will see about that, you don’t want to talk now so you have gone to sleep. well tomorrow when you call me wanting to talk maybe i just wont answer the phone.’ silly i know. well the next day came and of course, i answered the phone. i was tired of being mad and camden was too. we talked and both apologized for our dramatic behavior and moved on thinking that was that.
i got home that afternoon around the same time i always do, said hello to an excited kramer, put my hair in a pony, grabbed a cup of v8 juice and slumped down, tired from a long day with a previous night of not much sleep. a few minutes later the jolting of the front door handle startled both kramer and i seeing as we were not expecting camden home for a few hours or so. in walked camden, his motorcycle jacket in one hand and a pretty little silver box topped with a bow in the other. i started thinking great, whose party/birthday have i forgotten, and asked “hey who is the present for?” camden said matter of fact with a face like, really sara? “you of course”. i opened that sweet little present to find “that” watch that i had been wanting for some time. so he had been listening all this time after all. thank you camden i love the new watch, it’s perfect!

also that night, it was about time we washed kramer. we have been on so many walks lately since it has been warming up, that he was getting a bit unrecognizable. we took our walk a bit later than usual so we were a bit tired when it came to bath time. although kramer hates taking baths, he likes snuggling with camden in his towel afterwards. i took these pictures as they were both trying to stay awake very late at night. 
happy weekend everyone, check back in later today for april’s last giveaway!

going bradshaw

April 26, 2012

Miscellaneous

if i were a single girl looking for love in new york city, and often said things like: “as we speed along this endless road to the destination called who we hope to be, i can’t help but whine, ‘are we there yet?'” and “when it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?”, then this might be what my apartment would look like. just saying. 
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guest post

April 25, 2012

Miscellaneous

Hello Chalk White lovelies! I am so thrilled to be visiting today. My name is Sarah and I am the keeper of Joyfully Gray:  a little lifestyle blog about my days as a wife, mama, teacher, style scout, thrifter, reader & more. One of my favorite aspects of blogging is that it gives me the opportunity to capture details of my life that I might otherwise take for granted. I love finding significance in a warm cup of coffee or even the fine calligraphy stroke of a pen. Recording my days and our home inspires me to count my blessings and find magic in the small things.
Today I would like to share some pieces of these things that I find so lovely .. tid-bits of our life and our home. It is not these things in our home that bring me such happiness, but it is the stories behind our things and the memories kept in the room where we most often hang out together — where we sit listening to our mountains of vinyl, dancing on the sofa cushions, reading books, and banging on my great-grandmother’s piano. All of these moments are what make our our family what it is. We would love for you to come by for a visit sometime, just click here!
Enjoy these polaroid bits and thank you for having me today.
xoxo, Sarah Gray