Thursday, September 3, 2009

Home, Sweet Home

I hold you all 100% responsible for the fact that ...

THEY ACCEPTED OUR OFFER ON THE HOUSE!


Thank you all so much for all the finger-crossing, prayers, and well wishes... we are so excited we can hardly see straight. Next on our list of things to-do: have the inspection done on the house... and then we can close within the month. Wow, so exciting!

So, I have to share, because it is completely appropriate and very hilarious - I drew this picture when I was 10, of what I expected my future to be like. It had an essay attached, which I unfortunately lost, but I still remember the fact that I wanted to be a colonial farmer living in Williamsburg, Virginia (I was a very... shall we say 'unusual'.... 10 year old, just in case you were wondering).

Um. I thought churning butter and washing clothes on a metal wash board sounded like a mighty fine life. I also couldn't wait to stick the world's largest magenta bow over my farmhouse door. hmmmm...

I may or may not be putting a ginormous bow on my house-to-be (leaning toward the may not side), but I can't wait to scour every craft room photo and little girl's room photo that flickr has to offer, as I gather ideas for how I'm going to decorate my place. I actually get to paint the walls any color I like! Wooooot!

Please keep those well wishes coming as we get all the house stuff sorted and I'll keep you posted! Eeeeeee, I'm so excited!

xoxo,

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Think Happy Thoughts..... Think Happy Thoughts...

Okay, everyone. I would love it very, very much if you could all think happy thoughts in my direction... today we are putting in an offer on a house (a house, our very first house!) and are SO excited, as it is the cutest house ever and we want it very, very badly.

After shuffling our kids from tiny apartment to tiny apartment for the last 5 years, we are completely ready to settle down for a while, and this is the house we want to settle in. Awesome location, excellent elementary school, four bedrooms (one will be a craft room, just for ME!), a living room, a family room, and a huge backyard... I'm freaking out from excitement, if you can imagine.

So close your eyes, cross your fingers, and project those happy house thoughts in my direction, if you don't mind!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

xoxo,

Monday, August 31, 2009

Capture the Moments WITH Your Kids (and also, teach the 2 year old to SMILE!)

On Saturday afternoon, it occurred to me that the last time I was in a picture with my two children, was ONE photo from last summer. And the last time I was in a picture with just Gracie was ONE photo from last winter, and with Annelie... are you ready for this? This is bad.... two years ago. I know, I know. She is only 2.5 now, so that means the last photo of the two of us, she was only 6 months old.

So, without wasting a second, I grabbed my kids, grabbed my camera, and sat us all down for a photo shoot. I couldn't help but crack up when I saw Amanda's post over at The Mama Dramalogues yesterday - Great minds think alike!

In my head, I had this idea that we'd have a lovely smiling family photo - the three Hopkins gals.

Annelie... she obviously had other ideas.

*Sigh*

She thinks she is so darned cute.

And funny.


And while these pictures are certainly something for the album... I think we may need to try for that super sweet smiling family photo another day!

xoxo,

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Come Shopping at CafePress!

I've had an empty CafePress shop for about a year now... why it was empty, I do not know! But now, if you hop on over to

you can find a whole assortment of Elegant Snobbery goodies, from shirts (for the whole family!) to coffee mugs to baby onesies.

Here is a sneak peek of what you'll find:


Cute, huh?

Enjoy!

xoxo,

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Quick and Easy 2-Tiered Skirt Tutorial

I just posted this over at The Mama Dramalogues... come on by!

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Happy weekend!

xoxo,

Friday, August 28, 2009

Because I SAID SO!

Can someone please tell me - seriously, I beg you, please tell me - why my kids don't seem to think that I'm the boss?

Because I am. I am the boss. The BOSS, I say.

When we first moved to Texas from California, I was so impressed by the obedient little preschoolers in Gracie's play group. When their mamas told them what to do, the little kids replied, "Yes, ma'am" and then did it.

Gracie doesn't say "Yes, ma'am." She generally doesn't say anything, preferring to cross her arms over her chest and glare at me when I ask her to do something she doesn't want to do. Sometimes, she'll say something along the lines of "But I don't want to," but she surely never says "Yes, ma'am."

Today has been a very fun (ie not fun at all) day filled with me shouting things such as, "Gracie, I'm not going to say it again - If you don't put your toys in the toy box, I'm THROWING THEM ALL AWAY!" and also, "Annelie, if you say 'duh' one more time when I talk to you, you are GOING STRAIGHT TO BED!"

Now just in case you are wondering if I'm one of those train-wreck sort of parents often found on shows such as The Super Nanny... I'm not. Really, I'm not. I know perfectly well how to handle my kids... they just seem to have other ideas about it today.

"Cleaning my room is so boring, Mom," Gracie cheerfully informed me about 20 minutes ago, when she came out of her (still messy) room dressed up in a sparkly green ballet costume and dressy plastic hot-pink high heels. And to her, that was the perfect reason why she shouldn't have to clean her room.

I'm tired. I'm weary. It seriously doesn't help that Annelie said, "Because I said so, duh" about 20 times this morning (earning herself a 3 minute time-out each time) and Gracie has already lost allowance-earning privileges for the day.

It is only the early afternoon and I'm ready to skip town on the hunt for the best mind-numbing cocktail in Texas. And by golly, Gracie's room better be spotless when I get back.

xoxo,

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts Note Card set of 4
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I got this in an email from Will today and thought it was too funny not to share. Thursdays can be such a drag... time for something funny!


-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

-More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

-There is a great need for sarcasm font.

-I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

- LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

- Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

- Bad decisions make good stories

-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous?
Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV.
There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this.
It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room.
Will we still be friends after this?'

-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?
Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

-I think the freezer deserves a light as well.


Hope you had a good laugh!

xoxo,

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