This episode concludes our Male Signature Style Feature. To finish and conclusively determine your Mister's style mantra, pop the corn, and click to link and watch these six manly movie shorts:
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If you don't read this beauty-full post from Meredith of Yours, Mine, Ours, you're going to regret it.
A lot of people say they have no regrets.
I say baloney.
I regret the times my sarcastic big mouth hurt someone's feelings, all those teen-aged fights with my mom over stupid things, & all those days I skipped flossing (just had a root canal. not my fave.). ... I also regret all the moments I wasted dissing my pre-baby body.
What the heck was I complaining about??
After 9 months of pregnancy, 25 hours of labor, & 13 months of round the clock nursing, I finally realized how good I had it before.
I had my son almost 2 years ago & I still think of my outer beauty in three segments:
Before Baby (I miss you!!), Preggo (don't remind me!!), & After Baby (deflated-ville!!).
For the last 23 months I've been in a state of denial:
It has to go back! The stretchmarks everywhere, saggy tummy skin, and sad sad chest area have got to be some sort of trial period cosmic joke.
...
Well, a few months ago I had another flash of realization:
If I didn't start enjoying what I had now, I was just gonna look back and regret this time too.
So I'm working on it. And it's going OK so far. Some days are better than others, but for the most part, I'm feeling good.
Almost like my old self even.
When my son/any future kids I have grow up, I want them to know I never regretted having them.
That yes, their arrivals changed me. But that overall, I was changed for the better.
If I can teach them that, I'll definitely never regret it.
Its a home and gardening show on the October 7th and 8th horizon. That Friday and Saturday will endow me with knowledge of how to fashion my new house. Did you know we are building a fresh Bagley Estate? Well its actually an old house, a really, really old house, that we are rebuilding. Not that the carpet in the bathroom wasn't charming and of course I appreciated the sheet of linoleum covering a hole in the countertop, but there might be room for creativity.
And following my perfectly timed conference, I am going to get crafty in the baby rooms and transform my yard into an urban farm, all without going over the dainty budget Mister Bagley left for me to decorate with.
The Bagley Estate Vision, Coming Fall 2011
So what do you want to do with your estate?
And aren't you going to come with me to the next meet & greet in August?
If you haven't met her yet, may I recommend a visit with Tieka of Selective Potential
Two years ago, I huffed and I puffed. My bathing suits hid under towels. My clothes bunched or stretched where they should have draped or hung. I was uncomfortable with my body. According to my BMI (body mass index), I was numerically overweight. It was an unsettling feeling and something that was holding me back from feeling like 'myself'. I decided to make a change. I started a weight loss program and six months later, I had lost 35 pounds.
Physically I had found myself, but it took my brain a lot longer to catch up. Mentally I was still 'chubby' or 'overweight'. So I started researching personal style, found fashion blogs, and immediately started mine, Selective Potential. It took hundreds if not thousands of photos of myself to realize I was 'beautiful.' I had been 'beautiful' all along, but seeing myself through a different lens with a fresh outlook helped me to see, the real me. And the real me, plus of minus 35 pounds is, was, and always will be beautiful.
You can come too, tickets are just $10! You'll get a new fun Make & Take project from another one of our classes (Gardening Virgins), take home another swag bag full of new fun items, check out a different photo "booth" created by Heirloom Photography, and learn even more about what we're doing at the Main Event in October! Please help the online community unite and create a new wave of self-sustainable D-I-Yers. As always, you can visit our website at hellotherehouse.com and our blog at hellotherehouse.blogspot.com to see all the latest news about hello there! house
Tickets can be purchased at the Meet 'N' Greet Event Brite Page and tickets to the main event in October (which are still on Early Bird Pricing of $150 until July 23rd!) can be purchased at the Registration Event Brite page
So it turns out I need at least two issues of "I Wants", because my wanting persists. And not just clothes, but the knowledge and guttural experience we tuck into our trousers. So here are a few of my attempts to turn my wants into needs.
Andrew (former professional sports photographer) Bagley chides my camera prowess and generally suggests I leave his fancy-pants Canon on auto. He's gone so far as to suggest I would be better equipped to manage a camera phone, but Kirsten Duke has faith in me. She will learn me about aperture and f-stops and fancy lens stuff. You can see her this Saturday, July 16th at 10 am in Scottsdale too, and since we are besties, you get $25 off. If your weekend is already booked, maybe you can want her e-book so bad that you need it.
Speaking of husband, he also doesn't believe in collecting books. But my dear, wise one delivered a finely composed point yesterday. We squirrel away money and food in case of hard times, but what will we read and use to educate our families in the event of catastrophe? Am I supposed to read to my children from archived Pottery Barn catalogs? Can we agree that I need these beautifully clothbound books?
Coco, Levi, and I are going to go to France together...as soon as Andrew sells his crop of Mermacorns. And of course, we will need to wield at least conversational French. Mister says that Spanish (Arizona's unofficial state language) is more, but what about when we need to order Hot Chocolate and crusty bread in our Parisian cafe?
Studies, conducted by me, have conclusively proven that productivity would increase 2 gagillion percent if I had these ridiculously chic office supplies? Andrew might try to tell you that I should save my pennies to replace my lappy, which had an unfortunate keyboard stroke after encountering Coco and the sippy cup. The sudden death of electrical cells in the localized right half of the keyboard resulted in loss of control over the "p" "m" ";" "u" and "7" keys. I was forced to copy and paste every occurrence of these characters until I bought an external keyboard. But I think my life would be better with a pink ruler don't you?
One of my top three favorite bands is going to be performing less than a mile from my doorstep on September 13th. I'd be supporting my community, the arts, the pretty dress industry...these are causes I believe in.
"I Wants" are not "I Needs." An "I Need" is something like a gallon of milk, shoelaces, or light bulbs. "I Wants" include seven day trips to Santorini, Greece and double digit hair care products.
Usually when I want something, I send a link to Andrew telling him he can buy it for me and he generally responds.
"You are such a good wife and you really should have that. You should have two of those, so you have one to wear while the other is in the wash. I'll add to my list of all the things I need to buy you once I sell the patent to my Anti-Eating Face Mask."
But today, I thought I'd send you my links, and then maybe you could send me your links. Follow along,
Ted Baker is to Andrew what Kate Spade is to me. The fabrics are woven from baby sheep dreams, and while the cuts are clean-line traditional, they have layers of surprising details imbued into each carefully crafted item. I found this shirt for my Mister at MyHabit, and I could save $25 using the SUMMER25 coupon code, not to mention Free Shipping. Aren't I a frugal fantasy spender? And generous too.
Can you not see Coco's chubby arms bobbing beneath the cap sleeves and chubby legs dancing below the dress hem. The colors are begging to flatter with her squishy olive skin, and The Mini Social wants her to have this frock for 25% off.
And for Baby Boyfriend, Dad would undoubtedly approve of this homage to Andrewbutton-up, but I love putting Levi in things that his Dad wouldn't even consider like these khaki and navy gingham shorts.
Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard
I would wear it over a crisp white button-up.
Tell me what you want in the comments or linkedy link to it below, no?
