This Weather

So glad I found these boots on clearance at Old Navy for $10. This is what I have been wearing since....well it seems like forever really. This weather makes me want to hitch up the Lil' Lemondrop and head farther south, in search of the sun. I need some vitamin D on my face and flip flops on my feet. I might have been born and raised in PA, but I have turned into a wimp in the 13 years of living in coastal NC. It is not suppose to be 47 degrees this time of year.

(you may now insert a thought of me crossing my arms and stomping my feet)

It's A Sickness Really

So as much as I love my Lil' Lemon Drop and could never think of parting with her, I have my sites on a new project. After camping this past weekend a few things came to light for me:

* I am in need of a self contained unit.
* I really could use one more sleeping area.

I go camping minus the Mr most of the time. It is the thing the kids and I do to help pass the time when he is away. The campground we stayed at was wonderful but the bathhouse was about a 1/4 mile away. Not good for a momma with 3 kids that have to stay in eye shot of me. So I talked to my Daddy and he found some other options for me. Here is one of them. Please excuse the photo quality it is from a cell phone.

This is a 1972 Shasta Starflyte.

I am already dreaming up a new color scheme for her. The fact that she has her original wings is always a plus in my book. I am thinking of a nice airy interior seaside cottage style....I mean we do live at the ocean after all.

I would love to hear your thoughts. The idea of getting to do another project with my Dad makes me happy. And coming up with the inside look and outside color pattern is something I love.

The Lemon Drop Spread Her Wings

We had an awesome weekend camping. The weather was perfect, as if we special ordered it just for this trip. It was so great to get my tiny trailer on the road again. I had missed her. So had the kids!

Pancakes always taste better from a pink stove!

We went with two other families that have become our family, since we live away from "home". It was just me and the kids as my Mr was away on business as he so often is. This gives me and the kids something to do to break up the time.

I love that they love camping. I hope to give them so many happy memories doing this. I hope to give them a love of being outside and enjoying the more simple things in life. God gave us this amazing world and I want them to know it!

I am so blessed in so many ways and all the people there this past weekend are one of the many blessings. God sure must love me to have put them all in my life, my awesome kids included!! Can't wait for our next trip and some more campfire popcorn!!

* Thanks Johnny, my popcorn maker is going to be one of the most used gifts I've ever gotten for Christmas!!

The Things We Have Been Doing

Life is busy as normal around here. The bedroom redo is slowly coming around, well to be honest its kinda stalled out. That's ok with me, I'll get back to it soon. In the mean time I have been doing a little of this and that.

I put Tripp in swim lessons this month. My other two swim like fish, Tripp not so much. So in looking ahead to the hot summer months that are just around the corner I am hoping to make him a little more comfortable in the water.

He spends a good bit of time flirting with the four little girls in his class.

This is him finally allowing his teacher to kinda let go of the noodle. Little steps, we'll take 'em!!!

And while he is learning to be the little fish that I know is in there somewhere, I sit on the side lines crocheting. This is a star blanket that is worked in the round. It is for the one in the swim class, he is picking the colors as I go. I'm loving his bold color choices so far!

Master Suite Progress

Progress is being made in my master suite redo. This will be the first time in nearly 13 years of marriage we will have a put together room. It always seemed like the other rooms were more important to furnish. So this is long overdue. Here is a sneak peak at what I've finished so far!

My lovely romantic chandelier. I super heart this. You can also see a glimpse of my new color in the background. It is by glidden and called Stone White.

These are two pillows I was in the process of making. They were drying in this photo. They turned out so great. They look super cute on my bed. I finished them into small rectangular pillows.

Still plenty more to accomplish before it is ready for a full reveal. I am calling this phase one. I want to finish everything in the next few weeks. I'm so excited to finally get a grown up bedroom!!

Being Inspired

I'm sitting having a cup of tea, thinking of my love, and being inspired by the color of this ball of yarn. I often look at this yarn and think how much I love everything about it. Crazy I know, cause it is just a ball of yarn.

I am getting ready to paint my bedroom this weekend and found some other inspiration while looking at my sweet friends blog Nora Pearl. The camper she featured had me swooning. I love how these ladies take their little (some not so much) houses on wheels and turn them into something you would never expect! Having a tiny trailer and trying to girly it up as much as possible I get it. When my lemondrop is all set up I want to hang a sign at my campsite for people to stop and take a peak. My dad and I put so much work into making it pretty that its a shame we are the only ones who see it. So after pouring over the photos most of the morning I decided I needed to get on the ball and make my bedroom retreat. I want to surprise my Mr when he gets home. And to think the inspiration started with a camper and a ball of yarn ;)

Dusting Her Off

Starting to put plans on the calendar to take the Lemondrop out. Oh how I have missed her. I feel she has been neglected. There are some modifications that need to be made so that we can use her all summer long. (I need her to have a removable AC unit cause you can't camp past june in the SE without one) My daddy is also going to help me put in an electric fridge instead of the retro icebox I had originally put in. Lesson learned that you also can't keep things cold in an icebox without the actual blocks of ice and I have yet to find a place that sells them, and even with a drain it is a crazy mess when the ice melts.....But oh I just can't wait to get her out!