Oatmeal Polka Dots.

Dress: H&M

Shoes: Gypsies from Blowfish

I finally had a day off today, after working seven days in a row. I was really looking forward to wearing something other than my uniform! I put on my new favorite dress from H&M (that I'm considering getting in mint, too, because duh!) and curled my hair and did my makeup extra nice, and then sat around the house I don't even care, though, sometimes you gotta love lazy days. Of course, it didn't stay lazy for long. 

The second I stepped outside for the first time I promptly dropped my iPhone and it fell through the barely big enough gap between the deck and the house to the ground a few feet below. Did I mention our deck is completely sealed around the edges, meaning no way to get under it without pulling up boards? Yep. So that happened, Chris had to yank one of the boards out to get my phone out. It was one of those moments when the universe plots everything so perfectly to make you look like a big fat idiot. But at least we got it out, and you better believe I'm keeping that thing zipped up in my purse every time I walk out the door! 

I've been to learn and practice more with my photography skills, but mostly I don't really know what I'm doing. I futz around with the settings and where to stand in relation to the sun until it looks pretty nice. But I'm still learning, and sometimes things look nice on that little display screen on my camera, but when I see them on my laptop they're not what I expected (like the last photo, super washed out, and I can't even tell you how many pictures I went through that were just a teeny bit blurry!). It was also super super windy today! But I kind of like the look of photos that are just a little bit off! It's all a learning experience :)

I hope you're having a great evening! I'm off to figure out what to do for dinner... It's still so nice out I'm thinking picnic!

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We planted our little window boxes the other day with three colors of petunias, celosia, and creeping jenny. I love how they turned out!!

June is going to be an exciting month! I've got lots of fun things planned, and most exciting of all it's my birthday month! I have a couple medium and small ads left for June, so email me at susannahbean AT gmail DOT com if you're interested! 

Chris and I are enjoying some coffee and toast on the couch and watching Shin Chan before we head off to work. No big parties for us on this holiday, but that's alright :) How are you celebrating Memorial Day?

Coral and Cream.

Dress: Thrifted vintage

Cardigan: Target clearance

Belt: H&M

Shoes: Gypsy Wedges from Blowfish

I wore this outfit out the other day when Chris and I picked up some plants for our window boxes and back garden! We got bell peppers, watermelon, strawberries, cherry tomatoes, and squash for our little patch in the backyard. I really hope we can keep up with it, we've only ever done one container garden a few years ago in our college apartment. I love love love all the landscaping at this house, I'll definitely have to share it with you soon!

Right now we're dog-sitting for Chris's dad and stepmom, and it's been a pretty hilarious venture so far. The pup, Beauty, is hilarious. She's super dramatic- she'll jump up on the couch and just flop down and sigh, you can just hear her saying "playyyyyyyy with meeeeee!". Jeans is tolerant of her, he'll get close enough to sniff her but then backs off, and we've only had a handful off hissing matches. Right now the three of us are hanging out on the couch watching Gossip Girl and thinking about what to make for dinner. I'm seriously debating Kraft Mac 'n Cheese... :) Hope you're day is amazing!

Instagram!

I've been trying to use Instagram a bit more lately, and I thought I'd share my most recent pictures on the blog! If you're on Instagram, you can search susannahbean to find me!


I'm trying to figure out what to put in my window boxes. Also, I love the little gnome our landlord left behind :)
I found this little headband in a box of craft room junk. What do you think of it?
I found these pretties too :) I'd like to find new homes for the purple one (on the bottom) and the yellow one, $7 each with shipping. Email me if you're interested!!
I really can't resist buying my nephew clothes! I'm definitely gonna be in trouble when I have babies of my own.
Jeans is adjusting well to the new house, and totally loves his little kitty perch again (he hasn't used it in years, but we put it in front of the window and he's on it all the time!)
I feel like it's really weird that Jeans lays with his back legs straight out (he looks more normal in the picture than it does in person, he's usually on his tummy with his legs pointed straight behind him!). Apparently a lot of people's cats lay like that though.
Jeans and Chris play peek-a-boo in the kitchen entryway.
Please don't judge me for this, but Jeans and I share water bottles. He gets so pushy when I open a bottle, I just gave up trying to keep him from drinking out of them. I know, I'm a gross cat-mom.

My dad and stepmom rescued this little squirrel a few weeks ago and I got to visit with him! It was seriously a dream come true. So so cute, and I want one! But, he's a wild animal that'll be going back outside as soon as he's big enough.

Thank you all for your sweet words about my dad! He came home yesterday morning, and he's getting lots of rest and feeling better every minute :) We're all so glad he's ok, it was definitely a scary situation but I'm glad he was able to have the surgery before anything terrible happened. Now we just have 6-9 weeks of recovery to get through...!!

Life.

 

I feel like every other blog post of mine is an explanation of where I've been. But things are pretty crazy in my life right now. If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen that my dad had to have surgery. He's been seeing a cardiologist for a little while who told him that he'd have to have open heart surgery in the next few years, then it turned into the next few weeks, and then he went for a test on Wednesday and they wouldn't let him leave. He had a triple bypass and aortic valve replacement surgery on Thursday. It's been tough, and I've spent a lot of time at the hospital, but he's doing great! I haven't had too much time or energy to wear my blogger hat, but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things soon :) Thank you all for bearing with me! And thank you for all your good vibes and kind words, it's all meant so much to me.