Here I am!

Can't you see me? I'm the one here behind the monitor still blogging, believe it or not! Well, okay, mostly reading blogs, but I did start a lovely post two days ago that I had to save for later. I wanted to show off pictures from our little vacation, but realized that I should get permission from my sister-in-law before plastering her darling children's faces all over the internet! So, once I hear from her, you might see the full version or the slightly edited version of our road trip to southern California. Suffice it to say, I had a great time. We've never been able to afford to do much in the way of travel and this trip was definitely "on the cheap", but it will be a happy memory to last me for many years!

I have really been enjoying my bloglines lately and have found two new blogs that I love. The first is Princess Nimble-Thimble. She makes darling things that I can only describe as Good. As in virtuous. They have an elegant sturdiness to them and there is no irony, just honest goodness. I hope you will pop over and see her beautiful work. She also sells her handcrafts and that's awfully good too!

The other good blog I have recently found is Simply Green by author Danny Seo. He is very inspiring! I found him via Alicia at Posie Gets Cozy who is also very inspiring. Between the two of them and this magazine I picked up today,
I am wanting to play decorator very badly! I don't think I've ever mentioned this before, but since I was eleven, I've always dreamed of being an interior designer. As is my way, I talked myself out of it, but I still love to design and decorate beautiful rooms in my head (and sometimes on paper). This is how I rock myself to sleep at night!

Needless to say, I've been watching HGTV's DesignStar very closely! If anyone else is as nerdy as me: aren't you glad Temple is finally gone?! Me too!