{Getting ready to flea!}

Oh my goodness, I am a sluggish, tired, lazy beast with almost zero motivation to do anything right now!!! I have no time to lose since the flea market is this coming Sunday, but I seriously cannot get my act together!!! Ugh!! Every area of my house is a mess, especially the places that I have "dumped" my flea market treasures, and all I want to do is lay around and take tums and crunch ice!! Big time ugh!!

Here is the status - I am about half way through with tagging everything, and I still have 2 chairs to paint/upholster and a coffee table to stain! Ahhhhh!!! I need some energy STAT!!

War room # 1 - tagging station (this has been used as a "craft room/play room, but will sometime soon transform into a nursery :) )
War room #2 - the garage. Filled with un-finished projects and my large pieces for sale.
I need to whip myself into action - starting now!! Watch my dust! ;)

Oh....and on a totally unrelated note, has anyone else been TERRIFIED of a vitamin! This thing is RIDICULOUSLY huge!!!
And the picture doesn't even do it justice. I swear it is like an inch long and thick!!! I started to take it but hesitated like 5 times before actually popping it in and getting it down!! I was worried that my husband would have to come in and give me the Heimlich, lol, but thankfully, it went down ok! Ha! Yikes!! I am s-c-a-r-e-d!! No bueno!

Happy Tuesday! Wish me luck with the mojo and the vitamin! At least the flea is over this weekend. The vitamin will be in my life for 8 more months!!! Ahhhh!!

;)
-L

{R.I.P. Red}

So......sad to report that Red didn't have such a long and fruitful life!! He had the "ick" and passed away yesterday! :( poor guy!! I am going to take a fish break for a while, and will start fresh in a few months! It makes me too sad! Rest in peace, sweet Red!! From what we could tell, you were a really great fish!

In other news, Josh and I went to a wedding yesterday - it was a lot of fun!
(disregard the possessed look we have in our eyes - all of the lights made the flash go crazy - haha)

I have SO much to do to get ready for the flea market this weekend, so I am off to get caught up! Being newly pregnant and sleeping in until noon does not make for very productive days!! ;)

Happy Monday!

-L

{Pretty flowers and a new little buddy}

We are dog sitting for a friend of ours this week, and although he is a very sweet black lab that gets along great with our dogs, at this very moment, he is barking VERY loudly because he needs to be taken out, so I have to make this post brief. I just didn't want the day to go by without sharing two things.....

**These beauties....

Pink peonies!!

These are my sisters favorite flowers, and I must say, I am in love with them too!! They have them at Trader Joe's right now ($6.99 for 5 stems), so I couldn't pass them up (and as you can tell, I splurged and got 2 bunches!!)

**And this little guy......

His name is "Red" :)

He is our new little buddy. I don't think I mentioned it on here, but my beta fish "Jobin" passed away on the same exact day that Ali's fish did (weird, right?! totally!). I waited a little while (until I healed) to bring this little guy home! He is so pretty and already seems happy in his new home! Welcome Red! We are so happy to have you in the fam!

I'll chat more tomorrow! Have a great evening!

-lisa

Oh...P.S. - Tomorrow at 3 pm I have my VERY first baby doctor appointment. I get an 8 week ultrasound and an official check-in with my doctor!! I am so excited (and a little bit nervous if I'm being honest)! Fingers crossed that everything is moving along perfectly with our little tadpole! K? Thanks!! :)

{More thrify goodness, a name, and my girls}

As I mentioned in my previous post, we took a family outing to the flea market in Long Beach for Father's Day this year! My dad LOVES walking around looking at everything, just like my sis and I do. My brother puts up with it, and actually got a couple of things this time. Here are some of my fabulous finds....

*Disclaimer: I know I am supposed to be looking for the things for our flea booth, but unfortunately (and fortunately), I think that all things purchased this time are keepers!! I have been really good about not keeping things so far, so I am letting myself have these goodies!

Since I have an affinity for the whole mid-century modern vibe, this amazing lucite magazine rack was a must-have! I L-O-V-E it!!

And I got these two American potato (gunny) sacks.....could be cool as a seat cushion for some of the chairs that I am going to sell at the flea, or maybe stretched across a canvas or on the backing of a shadow box. Hmm...the possibilities are endless!

And then there was this way cool wire basket. I think I'll use him to help store all of my craft supplies :)

I also found this adorable little race horse picture. I thought this could be cool as a part of a vignette of frames in a hallway, or even in a nursery.....hmmm.......interesting!! ;) (side note - I am not typically very "country" or into horse-themed art, but there is definitely something charming about this little guy. He has that little something going on that I like!)

And last but certainly not least, I scored this pristine milk glass citrus reamer for my collection :)

LOVE!! All in all it was a great (long) day at the flea!! I always have the best time hanging out with my family!

Speaking of family, I finally (after only 10 months of being married) officially and legally changed my last name!! I really want all of my "baby" stuff to say "Vinograd", and needless to say, although I love my dad, getting rid of the last name "Lichterman" has been something that I have been looking forward to for a long time - LOL. Sorry papa!

And just for good measure, here is a picture of my little Sadie resting near her mama while she "works", and Bear hanging out with us too! Such sweet girls!!



Happy Tuesday! :)
-L

{Another fabulous find...}

Today, my sis and I went to a church furniture warehouse sale that is in our neighborhood. It is open every Saturday, and we had been a couple of times before. The very first time we were there, a beautiful french style bucket chair caught our eye. IT-WAS-BEAUTIFUL - and completely flawless!! We even liked the upholstery just how it was - a cream and orange damask/diamond pattern. We wouldn't change a thing! We asked the man how much he would take for it, and he said $175.00 firm. Yowza!!! Thanks but no thanks!! That was way too rich for our blood! He said he had recently taken the price down to $175.00 from $300.00, so with that in mind, $175.00 sounded like a much better deal, but it was still WAY out of our flea-budget price range.

Boo!

But........today......only 3 weeks later.......the chair had a shiny new price tag on it.....

$60.00

And she is all ours!!

We can easily get double that at the flea or on Craig's List! It is in immaculate condition and is definitely a good statement piece! Needless to say, we were all smiles today! :)

We are off to the Long Beach Antiques & Collectibles Show with our dad tomorrow for our Father's Day outing! I'll keep you posted on other treasures we hunt down!

:)
-L

{Obsessed!!}

Ok, sooooooo......I promise to get back to talking about the fabulous world of home decor/design/crafting/DIY/etc. soon, but being that I am so newly pregnant and have been down and out with shingles ever since the day I found out, I haven't really had the chance to be REALLY excited about everything. So, now that I am finally feeling better, I can really celebrate!!!! Yay!!! I am SOOOOOO excited!! As I mentioned before, I have wanted to be a mama for as long as I can remember. Since I was in college (or maybe even before that), I have had a "hope chest" that I have been filling with things from my childhood that I had wanted to save as well as random baby things that I have accumulated over the years. I must mention that the "chest" is rather small. Let me now mention that I will need to get a bigger one!!! Or wait, maybe a chest of drawers for the nursery!!!! Yesssss!!! Oh yeah baby!!! Bun in the oven!!!! Woohoo!! How's that celebrating for ya!!!! LOL

Today, I have to add the following pieces of adorableness......

this adorable little skunk hat!!

these adorable little pants! :)


this wormy!!
(which I bought for both Noah and Hayden before they were born)


and this adorable giraffe jacket (with ears on the hood!!!)

My hubby is in trouble, isn't he??!!!! LOL!!! I know!! So stinkin' cute!! I promised him that I would be conscientious, and that I would not go over board! So....shhhhhh....this is our little secret (and mums the word, Mama V!!! ;) hehee!). For now, I'm sticking to things that can be worn by a boy or a girl - FOR NOW - but I can't wait to find out what we are having. Then the real trouble will begin!!

:)
-lisa

{Whew!!......}

I must say, that was a pretty rough go! I'll tell you what, those shingles are no joke! This whole thing has not been fun - not fun at all (understatement of the century!). I do think that the worst is over and thanks to the wonderful support of my family and friends (and especially my amazing husband for doing EVERYTHING for me), I am finally on the mend. The rash is still here, but is getting better, and I do still have quite a bit of nerve pain, but it is MUCH better than it was 2 days ago!! MUCH!! This was a very interesting first week of pregnancy (well...first week actually knowing that I'm pregnant). I am truly hoping that the only place to go from here is up!!! :) Fingers crossed, ok guys!? Thanks!

xo -L

**Oh....and someone please tell my sister that the new nickname she has for me - "Shingy's" - is NOT nice and that she must nip that in the bud asap!! LOL!! ( ;) I love you sis! - but stop it!! haha )