Candy! Candy! Candy! Oh yeah....

We have been busy, busy, busy! Lots of printing out fantatstic labels for our spooky treats and drinks at this past Saturday night HALLOWEEN TEEN SCREAM (now I'm going to have to remember where I got some of them....)

Check out Centsational Girl and feel free to download away from the super cool LoveManor

I'm dressed as "Satan's Mistress" today for the office :) getting ready for tonight's festivities.....

Happy Halloween everyone!

Nostalgia or NUTS?

I've been on the hunt for a really SPECTACULAR project. I have also been on the hunt for a *hi-fi* for about 5 years. In fact I started collecting records without the turntable. Seriously, I have Thriller, it has yet to be played. That is a crime against nature, I know.

So I have been searching for a bit of both. How does this grab ya?

I'm thinking yellow.....or teal......new fabric in the speaker cabinets?

I know. I'm nuts. That however does not change the fact that you want to come over, sit on my livingroom floor and play oldies all day drinking root beer ;)

I shall let you know how this unfolds, shall I?

Just to keep you dreaming on a cool, Fall day....

I receive Coastal Living magazine, you know for the drool and jealousy factor. This new Beach House 2011 is to die for....shall I run away from my life and move to Virginia? I'm thinking about it!

The "junior" Master Suite is where I'd like to lay my head....how about you?

DREAM indeed!

Bobbing to the surface....

Has it been actual weeks since I've posted here? Gads, my life right now is like being inside a blender on the HIGH setting, except I'm not HIGH and that may be why I am not doing everything on the To-Do list with a sunny smile on my face :(

That being said, the Hubs and I are off this weekend for a much-needed weekend away at a local hotel. We have enlisted the Grammas' help and will have 2 glorious days of wild sex and couple-time. OK, OK....room service and bad daytime TV. :)

Anyway, if anyone is still reading this.....I will be coming back. I will be posting some of the glorious crap I've been up to and I promise to WOW you all. LOL

For now, picture this as me, coming up for air soon!

Pillow talk.....anyone?

As teased about....my lovely DIY Pillow covers came this week and I cannot wait to show some of them off in my neatened up livingroom :) This is the hardest room in my house to style. It is the first room you see when you come in, the last impression when you leave and it is a doozy of a space to make fit into our lifestyle. 12' x 22'...it's a bowling alley.

I am not a "formal" diningroom kinda gal. I aspire to be.....but with the amount of boys here and the dog (who you'll see) I gave that up for a sturdy harvest table, benches and $8.00 IKEA plastic stacking chairs in the kitchen/diner until they go to college.

So our bowling alley is actually an office/ library and sitting room adjacent to our kitchen/diner. Take a tour? Please do, don't forget to look at all the sexy pillows!!!

The new addition here is the sofabed from my Mom (who has a new teeny apartment and couldn't take it with her).











One problem....this is what is hiding beneath the slipcover....avert your eyes if you have a weak stomach.

Here is the other side, a setee just for you to rest into while I go get us something to drink...lovely little vintage piece I picked up for $40 that creates a neat seat and the right amount of tension in a very contemporary home.

The side table in here is a rescue from my husband's family cottage. I gained a sister-in-law over the past few years that likes to "clean out" and burn things up there. I have now rescued a number of things, this gateleg being one of them. Seriously, who would throw this on a pile?? Don't answer that. My husband already weighed in on this issue :)

Who doesn't have a book called the "Dangerous Book for Boys"? LOL













The office ended up being a corner of the bowling alley next to the front window and across from the "WALL of CRAP".

I keep the only puter in the house in plain view....again with the boys being the reason here. You know what boys google at 1 am? No? Don't ask.

Quinn likes this spot. He's secretly taking over the world from this location :)

We moved the mid-century desk I scored last year for Liam's room here and I labelled the drawers for the minions to place items appropriately. You know, so I'm not screeching throughout the house like a banshee looking for a pen! Don't worry about Liam, he's getting a better deal (wink wink).

The curtains are hung from a tension wire system from IKEA and are sari fabric from Vancouver that my sister sourced and bought for me on a trip back home

Told ya you would see the dog! So there you have it, my bowling alley, revamped and revealed :) Did you spot some of those sexy pillows????

Thanks Sugarplum!

Do you know Cassie? She blogged about this fantastic dealio a number of weeks ago and I just about DIED!

So, when in doubt.....VISA to the rescue! Unfortunately, I found out mid-purchase that yardage does not ship to Canada :( BOOOOOO! However, being tenacious (as I have been told I can be), I did find out that the pillow covers could be shipped!

*cue the angels here*

So, I ordered and have received 7 lovely covers for around my casa. Pics to come for sure but here is a teaser :)

Thanks be to the lovely LISA from DIY Pillows for the quick shipping. I've been stalking my mailbox for a week!

Hello Universe? I wanna get off now.

The swirling, roiling chaos of my life has seriously impeded my projects, my hobbies, my sanity. I have been in a whirlwind of CRAZY. From back-to-school, to Mom, to working more overtime than I thought possible to meals, to garbage night, to homework, to husband's work on strike.....man I could go on. But I won't. Suffice to say, I apologize for being conspicuously absent these past few weeks. I hate NOT blogging or keeping up with my peeps. I'll be trying to get here more this next week after the general melee sorts itself out....

For now...