May 11, 2010 and an Ode to White Floor Boards

Today is my birthday.

"Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to Arica, Happy Birthday to me!"

I woke up feeling just like it was any other day though. Breakfast for the kids, chores, school lessons and then violin class for Tay... BUT I feel like I have the right to really linger, to take my time, because I am told... "today is my day".

So in my "lingering", I found myself "lingering" on the Internet, and eventually came across these...

I call these pictures "Ode... to white floor boards"

I LOVE wooden floors painted white. I LOVE homes with simple, clean (I guess it's really not so clean, but i find it gives off that feel) white decor. If we own a home someday (God willing), yes, I will definitely be so daring. I will paint the floor boards white (if my hubby lets me).

I think this is something you find often in Europe, which gives me another reason why I think we should move there - hee hee.

This image found here

Last five images found here

Little Italy in San Francisco

In March we were fortunate enough to stay in San Francisco for a few days (A city we really love visiting).

We drove around and ended up on Columbus Street where we discovered Little Italy. An Italian bakery we walked by had so many delicious pastries in it's window... yum.

And this was fun... I was taking pictures in front of this man's restaraunt and the next thing I knew he was posing for me.

And yes, here is our little Sasha. Just look at how sad she is. Momma and daddy thought she needed to walk, and she felt otherwise. It's hard not to cave in to a face like that, but Justin and I were strong. She of course cheered up soon enough. I had to post these pictures, because even in this sad moment momma thought she looked adorable.

All images in this post were taken by me.