happy little things #1

hey everyone!  hope you all had a great weekend, can't wait to read all about them so i can live vicariously through you all. i have to say that work hasn't been too bad and i just have two more days and then i am FREEEEEEEEEEE for 3 days! hehe

a new little feature that i want to throw in the mix when the mood strikes. a reminder to me really about the little things that make me happy, make me smile or giggle. plus it is a way for you all to get to know me a little better :)

a while back tom and i went on a walk after dinner. it was sooo nice and a great break from the regularly work night routine. he wanted to show me a front yard that had a crazy cactus yard and i LOVE a good cactus jungle, i mean who doesn't! little maintenance, barely need to water, a win win really. needless to say we never found that yard and we walked around for a good hour and a half. the journey was much more fun then finding the actual house and more proof to me that tom has absolutely NO sense of direction, poor guy.

a little reminder to all to literally stop and smell the roses. they smell damn good!



xo,
cb

i'm 100!!! oh and some pictures :D

happy friday everyone and i was so excited to see that i have 100 FOLLOWERS today!! pretty sweet since i have been at this for only 4 months, you guys ROCK! so to show my extreme appreciate i am going to have a giveaway! so stay TUNED!!!!!! should be able to post something this weekend!!

oh and thanks for all the wonderful comments on yesterdays post!!!! it was so awesome to get all that love!!

so this past weekend we developed a roll we had rolling around in gladys so we dropped it off at walgreens and to our surprise it was pictures of the walk we went on a while back where i found that really awesome woven leather purse! the mister wasn't to happy with the results but i thought they came out great! here are a few of my favorites!

this entire block was great! we both really loved these houses that look to have been built by the same architect and maybe around the 60's...so cute!

Loved this little house too!

 this is a cactus plant in the meek estate park right by our house..it is HUGE like over 12 ft high!! i love the pink light marks on this one!

oh and i couldn't tell you what this house looked like because the ENTIRE front yard was this AMAZING garden! if i had a house with that much space that was all my very own, THIS is totally what it would look like. i told the mister as we were standing there admiring their yard, that this is the type of garden where fairy tales are made from. it looked like a place i would love to escape to and wonder around in for hours....like a secret garden.....hhhmmm that sounds so relaxing right now :)

tomorrow the mister and i are having a garage sale, yay! can't wait to clean house! and then on sunday my mom and i are going to a vintage expo!!! i can't wait! we went last year and had an AWESOME time! we went right before our wedding and the mister got his sharkskin suit and i got my wedding ring there! can't wait to show you all my treasures!!

have a fabulous weekend my dears!!


xo,
cb

taking a stroll

yesterday the mister and i took a walk around our neighborhood! yay for us and sticking to one of my 4 simple goals! it was soo much fun...we didn't take many pictures as it was a first time and it was just so exciting just to be walking around on such a lovely evening! first we walked through meek park which is literally a hop skip and jump away from our house...i wish we took more picture of this but does anyone know what berry grows on trees?? we were completely baffled by this one tree in the park with, what looked like blackberries growing on it and couldn't think of one berry tree...

we spent the entire time pointing and getting really excited about all the cute houses that we never noticed while driving or riding by. there were so many that we loved and some with amazing gardens, some with whimsical forest like front yards and some with awesome cactus jungles...next time i will be sure to capture them so we can all be on the same page...oh and my advice to you is wear comfortable shoes...i was not prepared and i now have huge blisters from my sandals :(

near the end of our lovely stroll on the sidewalk was a box of unwanted treasures and inside i found this amazing woven leather purse!!!!!!!! i was so excited to find this and in great condition too and best of all it was free!!! we are definitely taking more walks :D


what free items have you found that you love?

xo,
cb

4 simple goals bandwagon :D

so i am jumping on this 4 goals bandwagon that elsie at a beautiful mess has created. i think it is a great idea and so helpful to write down...and even better to share!! so here goes....

1) go on evening walks around our neighborhood with the mister. this gets us out of the house, more exercise and a time to just be together <3

2) make more time to go on more bike adventures: kinda the same deal as the first one but we can go further! this also can include another bike camping trip we have been wanting to go on again :)

3) try and accomplish one craft project at a time i order to take citybirds to the next level: i tend to get really excited about an idea, so much that whatever project i may be working on i drop to try out a new idea..this is very very bad behavior in my book as i have a long list of projects i want to get done for a christmas craft fair!!

4) wake up each morning & think something positive about my life: everyday should start off on the right foot and since i am not too crazy about my day job (i tend to be really negative about it) that this will help over come the negative energy i spend thinking about it! plus... i have a theory for every positive action or thought that occurs a positive something always seems to happen :)

as for my treat i really want to make a wrap dress so when i get some of  these things done i will treat myself to getting the items for my dress :)

i am off to northern cali to spend some time with friends, family and a little thing i call summer..which for some reason has totally skipped the bay area...AND will post pictures of my new adopted KITTY when i get a chance!!!!!

hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

xo,
cb