Things I Am Loving...

1. Necklaces like this and this.
2. White potatoes. I've just been craving them like mad lately. I guess it could be worse.
3. Christmas shopping!
4. Speaking of, this article. I cannot quit laughing. Forgive the profanities. They do make it funnier.
5. The jewelry at Geranium in St. Louis
6. Dry Lavender Soda 
7. Quilt patterns. I'm going to have one made soon, and can't stop looking for beautiful patterns.
8. These boots
9. I stumbled upon W just singing this song so sweetly a couple days ago. Who can blame her? It's beautiful, Annie Lennox is intoxicating, and she was named after David Gray, for goodness sakes.
10. Reading to my children chapter books that I treasured as a child...The Boxcar Children, Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web...
11. Nashville on ABC Wednesday nights
12. Chai tea soy lattes from Kaldi's Coffee or more conveniently drive-thru-able, Starbucks
13. Kale
14. The latest Avett Brothers album

Some Summer Beauties

1. I'VE NEVER WANTED A SHOE SO MUCH
2. FANCY DRESS
3. THEY FOLD!
4. SO SO CUTE
5. BASIC SANDALS
6. PRETTY FOR SUMMER
7. TOO LOVELY
8. CUTE AND CASUAL
9. TUNIC DRESS
10. IF I ONLY HAD $450 TO SPEND ON CAFTANS
11. I BUY THIS EVERY SUMMER
12. STATEMENT

What I'm Loving Lately

1. Sour cherries from Oh Lolli Lolli
2. Terrarium planning, even though I don't have a terrarium
3. "Protein Wraps"- whole wheat tortilla, quinoa, scrambled egg, nutritional yeast, beans, spinach and avocado
4. St. Louis pubic radio
5. This Daniel Blue Hallelujah cover
6. Naked, raw almonds
7. The lineup of artists for the 2012 St. Louis Art Fair
8. The gargantuan pot of delicious vegetarian chili I made...even after giving Aaron half of it and eating it for nearly every meal (breakfast this morning, no joke) I don't know how I'm going to eat it all
9. I've been shaving my arms and it feels wonderful
10. The new Trampled by Turtles album
11. Melatonin tablets
12. Today's weather!

What I'm Loving Lately

1. R.W. Knudsen Just Juice
2. My children's artwork
3. Salted avocado slices
4. The Sorceress on He-Man
5. Red Scalloped shorts
6. Nikki Lane, First Aid Kit, and the No Depression: What It Sounds Like albums
7. Warmer weather!
8. My new shirt I've been wearing entirely too much
9. Healthier nachos
10. Project Runway All-Stars
11. I've been wearing this green all week
12. Salsa verde
13. My sweet girl in her sweet boots
14. The new star missions in Hanging With Friends
15. Starbucks Earl Grey soymilk frappucinos
16. Green olives
17. Great Harvest and Whole Foods free samples

What I'm Loving Lately

1. Ready-to eat beets from Trader Joes

2. Pearl Jam Vitalogy- it's like an old, cozy friend

3. My new boots

4. W's new haircut

5. M&Ms- my whole family has given in to the addiction

6. A new year, new beginnings

7. PBS Masterpiece Classics

8. Mushrooms

9. Empire of the Summer Moon- the best book I've read in a long time

10. My new book gifted to me from my sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Domino The Book of Decorating

11. Annie's Organic Cheddar Snack Mix

12. Hot teas

13. Our indoor swing

14. Friends reruns

What I'm Loving

1. R's new little gray cardigan. What a hipster!

2. Red red lipstick

3. The Fossil store at the Galleria

4. Christmas shopping

5. Kiwi Magazine

6. Bailey's Range restaurant downtown

7. Highway to Heaven reruns

8. Cranberry walnut bread from Great Harvest

9. The new charm necklace collection at Anthropologie

10. The new Disney Store at the Galleria. I'm just like a little kid in there.

11. The book I'm reading

What I'm Loving Lately

1. Nature's Path organic "Love Crunch" granola. So good plain, with almond milk, over ice cream...

2. Reading poetry to the kids

3. I've been listening to, almost exclusively, Summer of Love/Monterey Pop hippie music

4. My new boots

5. Making W's school lunches

6. R is starting to talk!

7. A center part in my hair

8. My newly configured laundry room

9. Little new, red potatoes

10. W's new winter coat

11. This video. Don't you just love bluegrass, or is that just me? The majesty doesn't start until 2:40, so skip to that time.

12. Buttered, whole grain toast with hulled hemp seeds. My new favorite snack.

13. If I get the guts to dye, this hair color. Clearly I won't look as hot as she.

14. Yang Yang's art. I met with him at the art fair last weekend, and he was a sweet and gracious man. His art is beautiful, and for me- somewhat reminiscent of Chagall.

Things I'm Loving

1. Rose water

2. Succulents

3. Full skirts. I tried this one on today and went back and forth. Sans bow it was perfect.

4. Grandma-chic

5. These boots. I wonder how I could convince Andy a $350 boot is a need and not a want? Andy, I wear a size 8, in case you agree.

6. Rimi Yang art. Breathtaking!

7. Club soda and juice spritzers

8. Words painted on walls. I have all these little things I want on our walls but will wait until we move next year. I hope I don't overdo it.

9. This rug

10. We can't keep up with R's puzzle doing talents. It's remarkable.

11. The Head and The Heart. Buy their album. So good.

12. Pillows. I troll the web for them constantly. Yet I never buy any. I'm just a sucker for a decorative pillow.

13. The soft-baked chocolate chip cookies from Whole Foods

14. Football season's almost here!

What I'm Into Lately

1. Diced celery in everything

2. Overnight oatmeal

3. My clothes being of the style I describe as "easy, breezy, neutral"

4. My frienemy Kath

5. Protecting myself from random shooters (thank you, Grey's Anatomy)

6. Nutrition

7. Nurturing my English Ivy on my balcony

8. Naturally healing my son's dry, sensitive skin (it's working! no thanks on the steroid cream)

9. My Klee biographies

10. The perfect cut-off short

11. Nostalgic music from my past

12. Apples

More Things I Am Loving

1. This Octopus Triptych

2. Deliciousness

3. These cute shoes

4. If I carried a diaper bag

5. Greta's sparkle headbands

6. This house

7. This wedding stationery (and cake topper!)

8. Upcoming GLEE!

9. These plates

10. Sweet Treat