the Hippo Brigade

While I was away…

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August 4, 2011

I thought time away from my blog would afford me loads of magical free time. With my new free time, I imagined these grandiose displays of domestic housewifery. “Why of course I will make you pot roast for dinner dear, I’m not writing my blog, so I have ooh so much time to devote to you and your man-sized hunger.” Or “While yesterday’s tousled yoga pants look cozy, I’m going to wear this kicky dress and these pointy heels because I’m not blogging today, which means I’m going to go OUTSIDE!” Or “yes, why I would love nothing more than to sit on the floor with you and help you make a macaroni necklace for me.” Ahh…my grandiose dreams. Alas, the dreams were shattered by day 3 when all these summer duties kept piling up, and I forgot all about my alleged free time.

Here is an assortment of things that I have been up to while I was away:

• Berlyn started a dance class.

• And a swim class

• I got hired and fired by my hair stylist, Tera Rae Stephens.

You see, she told me she needed a snappy and energetic assistant to help her in the salon. Naturally, I volunteered my services as I would often use the words “snappy” and “energetic” to describe myself. But I only committed to one day a week, as I am not a hairstylist extraordinaire, but instead a stay-at-home-mother who dreams of being a hairstylist extraordinaire…one day. Tragically our time expired when she desperately needed someone to work for her more than one day a week, and I was unwilling to be that person. It was a nice departure from my chaotic reality once a week, and I’m sad it ended.

• I read through 3 books in the Bible…Which is a lot considering that my attention span can barely accommodate the literary dispatches of a fashion magazine.

• Our DIY project in our bedroom got out of hand and ended up costing us 6 times more than we anticipated.

On a whim we decided our bedroom needed a change.

So first we wallpapered the crap out of it. Then we noticed how much the carpet sucked, so we decided to rip it up and put some hardwood down.

Only to realize that doing hardwood ourselves was a mistake. We are not those people on HGTV that make it look so easy, as they snap their hardwood into place while they sip their iced coffee and exchange inside jokes. So we decided we should never watch HGTV again. And re-carpet instead. Then we thought why stop in the master bedroom, why not replace the whole upstairs carpet!? Then we decided to re-tile the bathroom floor too. And that’s when we decided that we should probably stop deciding things before we go broke.

• Hudson learned approximatly 24 new words, among were the words poop, beer, and arm pit. It goes without saying that we are beyond proud.

• …AND I got a new site design! My handsome husband designed it. I’m pretty sure the moustache gives him super-powered designing skills.

• Also the amazing Jen Peters did my new hippo icon. She’s increadibly creative and adorable, and when she’s not designing Hippo Brigade icons, she designs a different owl everyday on her website! Here are just a few of my favorites:

• Finally, I’ll be over at BlogHer this weekend. If you’re going, come say hi to me!

Cheers!