Author: Aubrey

day 1 success.

Mason’s first day of school was a success. I mean I think we can call it that. It’s been 2 days and we are still getting bits and pieces of what happened. But everything we heard sounded great. He did good! Everyone has asked how I did. Well I was good until I saw the […]

the time has come.

tomorrow my little boy will start a new adventure of his own. one that i won’t be there to fully watch. will he know what to do, what to say? will he have fun, make friends, get scared? what will he do if he gets embarrassed, or hurt, or lonely? well i’m sure all those […]

coming soon…

I am not a reader. I would like to be but I just don’t take/make time for it. But there are so many books I would like to read. Rarely, though do I actually get to a place where I make that happen. There is one book coming out September 1 that I know I […]

5 projects on my “do some day list”

Here are 5 projects I would like to do at some point, hopefully in the near future. All found on pinterest. http://bit.ly/kIn42P Love this as a decoration or serving piece. http://bit.ly/pm7pFK Definitely doing these! Maybe even in the same colors. Love ’em. Just as simple as styrofoam balls and thumbtacks. Easy peasy. http://bit.ly/nrLVdT I always […]

coffee. it does me good.

  This my friends is my leftover morning coffee warmed up that I am enjoying/absolutely needing right now at 4:30. Why am I so tired? Maybe it’s the full days we’ve had of filling our house with groceries, catching up on laundry and going to the pool squeezing every last bit of summer out. Well […]

summer shopping on a budget.

At the start of summer I realized as I was getting my summer clothes out that I am wearing the exact same clothes as I did the last summer and the summer before and somethings….the summer before! As you can imagine I was ready to make a change. But our budget was not really saying […]

Introducing the newest Barela.

We have a new member in our family. No, I am not pregnant. Just thought I’d say it because I know you are probably thinking it. Not a baby but a puppy! We were supposed to pick him up next week once we returned from Colorado but plans changed and he decided to make an […]