By Lisa Gutierrez on 03/11/2011
Living in an apartment my entire life, I never really looked forward to spring and summer. I just didn’t care. We (my neighbor and some cousins) played outside in the concrete jungle of a complex and in the local washateria that had sweet arcade games (Galaga and Street Fighter were our favorites). I never had a garden or a backyard of my own, so it was no big whoop. I liked winter because I live in coastal Texas and winter only lasts about 2 weeks. I get absolutely giddy when the temperature drops below 60.
I still feel that way about winter, but I’m also finding myself amazingly excited about Spring. The grass is turning green and the sun is staying out longer. Jason comes home from work and the boys play soccer for an hour or so until dinner or dark. I’m collecting little succulents that I find beautiful and I even bought 3 edible (eventually) plants–bells, jalapenos, and strawberries! I’m not psyching myself up for them to completely succeed. I know zilch about growing vegetables, but I can try, right? Maybe my little chants of “grow, grow, pleeease grow” while I water, will persuade them to give me fruit. Who knows.
All that to say–the warmer weather is making me happy. I need this green; I need this light.
Out of all the things on my 25 before 26 list, I’m most glad I completed #1.
By Lisa Gutierrez on 03/05/2011 
Hello, lovelies!
My birthday is Monday, so let’s have a little sale-abration! Get 20% off your entire order when you use the coupon code: HAPPYBIRTHDAY!
I’ll be back early next week to share my new goals for the year and what I accomplished and/or didn’t-quite-complete during my 25th. It’s a bummer not being able to complete everything, but life goes on, so the best I can do is to try again.
Have a beautiful weekend, everyone!
By Lisa Gutierrez on 03/03/2011 
My mom was going to put this shelf in a garage sale. Not one to pass up anything that can be put on my wall, I traded some old baby clothes for it. It had been in the garage for a while, so it was pretty dusty, but I could see its potential!
After cleaning it up a bit with some TSP substitute, I took the back off and spray painted it a few times to get it this bright white. I had it sitting in the breakfast room for a few days before I finally hung it. It took about 10 minutes and four nail holes to finally get it leveled. HA! Apparently the hardware on the back is eeeever-so-slightly uneven, so it was lop-sided, even though I had used the level to mark where my nails would go on the wall.
That wasn’t the hardest part about this project, though. No, deciding what would go in it was! I’m still not completely thrilled with my choices. Right now, it just doesn’t have a unifying theme.
I think I need to start a collection of small things to put in it. Yeah. I’ll start a new collection. The shelf made me do it.
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By Lisa Gutierrez on 02/24/2011 
I have been here. Home. I have been slacking off on my blog and I do apologize. I just needed a bit of a break from the hustle and bustle of the internet-world. It’s on 24 hours a day! I couldn’t keep up and so I took a breather. I’m glad. I have my Project 365 photos to post (my Vivacity blog has been neglected for a while!) and some WIPs I’d like to blog about. I hope that I can get my blogging mojo back. Perhaps I should look into scheduling posts. Every time I do, though, it never seems to post, so I end up manually updating later.
What has occupied YOUR time, this week?
By Lisa Gutierrez on 02/13/2011 
Daddy left on his semi-annual business trip to Las Vegas, this morning. He goes twice a year and I still turn into Mopey McMoperson when he leaves. I think the boys just thought he was working really late. Thank goodness my family likes to keep these guys entertained. I’d be even more frazzled if I had to do it alone. They are electric. Always on! Always go! Always this! Always that! They go to bed when I tell them, though, so I will continue to just count my blessings and ignore the rest.
They were pretty colorful, today. Nathan is wearing purple Levi’s. The color was called ‘parachute’. I loved that! I found them and the purple Vans in the kids clearance section on kohls.com. I knew they’d be PERFECT for him because he loveloveloves purple. He’s always asking to wear these pants. I wish he didn’t get so dirty, because they are always getting thrown in the wash and I know they’re going to wear out really quick. I’m going to keep my eye out for extra pairs. I should have bought more!
I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. I will be spending Valentine’s Day with my two sweethearts and lamenting yet another February 14th with my husband in a different state.
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