If I was still in school, today would have been considered a surprise half day. Half days always seemed to come this time of year and were AWeSOME and felt a bit like this, didn’t they? (look at that happy little Miles face!!)

Here’s why it was such a fun day.

We had Kindermusik this morning and we LOVE every single minute of that class and are meeting the sweetest people there. It’s become something I look forward to all week long, especially now since we have added a pit stop on the way home at the doughnut shop. (There’s a new bakery on Jefferson and their glazed doughnuts are TO DIE FOR.) So after class I did some work and then when Miles woke up from his nap, my mom stopped by. I wasn’t planning on it, but she offered to watch Miles for a bit and I ran out and did some quick toddler free shopping. (Thank you Grandma, I’m sure you didn’t know you were stepping into a two hour babysitting session. Bless you!)

Wow! I was a shoppin fool with the freedom of just me to run around. (I even got to spend some time in the racy book section of Barnes & Noble for a bachelorette gift…something that feels weird already (albeit totally fun), but would have been even weirder with Miles in tow. Not sure that would have even happened….) I picked up some pumpkins (yippee! Orange color pop to my house! ), got 14 random things at the grocery store, oh and had to pick up a garbage disposal at Lowes since ours broke this morning and has currently left the kitchen smelling DISGUSTING. I couldn’t help but take my time to day dream a bit in the kitchen and bath area, something I would never do with Miles in tow. So that’s where the extra “half day off” came in.

When I returned, my much anticipated Pulp Products custom bulletin board came in. (Three weeks in the waiting. UGH!) I have a two calendar system (though I could easily use 4…) where I need to see two months at a glance at any given time in the day. Yea, I have stuff on the computer calendar (plus my future iphone which I will be getting this Christmas. It’s soooo going to happen, I don’t care if I have to break contract with Verizon!) but honestly, I’m a pencil and paper person for the most part. So instead of tacking the calendars up on the wall like a jail cell, I wanted a nice fabric covered board I could put my calendars on so it wouldn’t look all janky in my kitchen/dining area. Plus, I wanted them to match other frames I have going on.

So behold, my new board. That fabric is self healing, you can’t see the push pin holes to save your life. I get excited about the dumbest things.:

Here’s my board with my two calendar system, though I’m sure it will change over time. See how torn up my calendars look? for THREE WEEKS, these calendars have been tossed around the kitchen, floating aimlessly (and getting spilled on) as they waited for their hanging spot. It kind of drove us nuts.

I know, I know, this doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I have been looking for a board like this (one that is nice enough to be in a major space in our home) and waiting for it so long that I’m just happy it’s here and now that it is, I have an entire wall project that can commence. I’m excited as I have had a BLANK wall in our dining area for about 6 months now and I’m ready to get some photography on it!

So poor John has lots to do to help me out this weekend from my little shopping sprees I’ve been on. He’s got a garbage disposal to install, my board to hang plus the array of frames I have purchased for the rest of my kitchen/dining area wall. Bless him for being such a sweetie. I STINK at hanging photos, so trust me, nobody wants me in charge of the project. Oh and if we have time, I want to clean the garage. I sound like a JOY to be married to, don’t I? 🙂

Have a great weekend and hopefully any projects you have are fun and you and like we always do, make time for lazy weekend mornings to just snuggle and chill.