Pinterest Pet Peeves

1. Crafting with paint samples

2. Furniture made from pallets

3. Those mummy dogs- made from hot dogs or viennie wienies and crescent rolls- that just won't seem to go away

4. When someone, instead of repinning one of your original pins, goes to the website and pins it themselves also

5. When the pin's description ends with "GENIUS!" or "Why didn't I think of this?!"

6. While most people think it's a great go-to spot for teacher gifts, I think the opposite. I think teachers don't want your homemade crafts. You might think, "but they did love it!" Well, I was a teacher, and I pretended to like a lot of things, too. At least attach a gift card or something. My favorite gifts were thoughtful letters/notes and a gift card.

7. Maybe #6 has roots in this other pet peeve of mine...crafts that have cheesy taglines, like a bag of Rolos (I mean, your teacher served your family for an entire school year for little pay- give her something nicer than a bag of Rolos!) with a tag that says--YOU ROLO-VER THE REST!

8. I should stop now before I continue to offend people

Spotify Today

1. Pearl Jam live

2. Hem

3. Adele

4. David Bazan

5. Margot and the Nuclear So-So's

6. Buffalo Springfield

7. The Mamas and The Papas

8. Ricky Skaggs

This Morning's Dunkin Donuts Order

1. Coconut for me

2. Apple & Spice for me

3. Chocolate iced with sprinkles for R

4. Butternut for Andy

5. Chocolate glazed for Andy

6. Pink iced for W

My Dream Show

1. Emmylou Harris
2. Alison Krauss
3. Gillian Welch
4. Dolly Parton
5. Joni Mitchell
6. Patty Griffin
7. Indigo Girls

8. Lucinda Williams


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Today

1. Well, I fell asleep last night at about 8:30, and slept until 8:30, so I woke up with 12 hours of sleep under my belt.

2. Andy was gone all morning on a 51 mile ride

3. I showered and cleaned the house

4. My great friend Jaimie and her daughter Brooke came over and visited with us

5. I am currently on the Internet and eating leftover California Pizza Kitchen (Yesterday was a hard day, and my sweet husband took the kids and I shopping and out to dinner last night because I needed it)

6. Nap time for everyone

7. Tonight the kids are spending the night with Grandma and Grandpa, and we are going out to eat and to GILLIAN WELCH with the Langs. Not too shabby.

My Must-Haves For Fall

1. Short boots (Somewhere between cowboy boots, those old "half-boots" that were popular in the late 80s/early 90s, and my dad's steel-toed work boots. I'll know them when I see them)

2. A gold belt

3. A couple new plaid button-ups

4. Patterned tights

5. Long-sleeved tissue tees

6. Striped henley, boyfriend-fit

7. A cardigan with some bones and structure. Not like all of the wrap-around, loose ones I always lean towards

8. A knit poncho

9. Aaron got the cutest black dress this week, and it inspired me to get a perfect black dress

10. I have this mental image of the perfect pair of jeans, I've yet to find them, though

11. A statement collar necklace

12. A chiffon bow blouse. I love this one.

13. Opaque black tights and navy tights and gray tights. I love tights.

14. Military-inspired jacket

15. A long, airy, pleated skirt

16. this

The Best Thing I Ever Ate

*this list was taken from the episodes of the Food Network show The Best Thing I Ever Ate

1. Totally Fried- Fried artichoke tapas plate at One 19 North in Kirwood, MO

2. Pizza- Patsy's Pizza in New York City

3. Wake Up Call- Sweet potato pancakes in Nashville, TN at Pancake Pantry

4. Between Bread- the avocado/sprouts pita from Karyn's Green in Chicago

5. With My Hands- Hush Puppies from Oceanic in Wrightsville Beach, NC

6. Hometown Favorites- Stoby's cheese dip in Conway, AR

7. Cheesy- Cavatelli al Forno from Rosebud on Rush in Chicago

8. Chocolate- the Chocolate Mess at Marketplace in Conway, AR

9. Guilty Pleasures- cinnamon rolls from the bakery at Silver Dollar City

10. Chilled Perfection- house margarita at Rosalita's Cantina in downtown St. Louis

11. Simply Irresistible- the fried pickles at Fitz's in U City, MO

12. Sweet Tooth- can I say my sister's vegan chocolate pie with strawberries? I think so.

13. Appetizers- Spinach and artichoke ravioli at McGurk's in St. Louis

14. In a Bowl- the tomato garlic soup at Almond's in Clayton, MO

15. Hidden Treasures- Coconut cream pie at the Blue Owl Bakery in Kimmswick, MO

16. With Fruit- Candied Walnut & Grape Salad from Dewey's Pizza in St. Louis

17. Best I Ever Drank- A goji berry & acai slushie from Karyn's Raw in Chicago

18. Bang for the Buck- vegetarian dinner #1 at El Maguey in St. Louis, with the white cheese dip all over the top.

19. At a Deli- the egg salad sandwich at Burger Heaven in New York City

20. Under Wraps- the old Weedwacker wrap they sold at Wild Oats in Little Rock

21. Cake Walk- strawberry cake from Stoby's in Conway, AR

22. With Chopsticks- Buddha's Feast with brown rice from PF Changs, anywhere

23. On a Stick- Tofu on a stick at Terrene in St. Louis

24. Ice Creamy- Peach ice cream in a sugar cone at Kilwin's in Asheville, NC

25. Childhood Favorites- chocolate milkshake from Jane & Ed's in Crane, MO (long gone)

26. All American- veggie burger and fries and a root beer from Fitz's in U City, MO

27. New Orleans- Snowballs. They put every other sno-cone in a state of shame. So good, and you can only get them in New Orleans. Don't be fooled by sno-cone shacks that claim to be New-Orleans style. They aren't.