one little look {simple summer night}

be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are.

when you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

{lao tzu}

tank: old navy

shorts: gap

sandals: jack rogers

eight things you should know

mike & i get fro yo a lot. like a lot a lot. he always gets the same exact thing: original tart yogurt with strawberries & granola and i just don't understand it. i think i finally showed him that a variety of flavors and toppings is really the way to go. this night, he 1/2 stepped out of his little box and he was not sorry. i, on the other hand, always get just a little bit of at least three flavors of yogurt and then lots and lots of whatever toppings i'm in the mood for.

i've been cutting my tee shirts for yearsssss, but last week, my friend sarah was working out in an awesome diy tank top & inspired me to chop up one of my ferzoco auto sales tee shirts. it is now the perfect lifting tank & i am in love. 

this past weekend i attended two very happy celebrations for a couple of my girlfriends: a baby shower & a wedding shower. i am so super happy for them, and here i am with my best friends from grad school at laura's wedding shower!

ruby is the world's cutest photo-bomber... no?

i've been living by this simple little motto a whole lot lately and i've gotta say, it makes life pretty wonderful. 

marinating broccoli in soy sauce and then grilling it is the best idea ever {mike's ideas= best ideas}. also, porterhouse steaks topped with butter {?!?!} are pretty amazing. it's like ruth's chris set up shop right outside my back door! 

there are 8 1/2 days of school left & i have been ready for summer since april. 

i blame this song the most:

happy monday

hi guys! i thought i would share some snapshots from the past week and a half... enjoy :)

{a delicioso mexican lunch with mi mama}

{worry dolls}

 

{making moonshine}

{enjoying the new deck}

{a spoiled pup's birthday cake}

{happy 6th birthday mr brutus}

{green machine}

{roses for my friend's baby shower}

{baby shower in the school library}

{new sandals}

 {the world's cutest tiny bananas}

{snuggling the rubester who's been sidelined by a bad paw}

{vovo's peonies in bloom at my parents' house}

{my favorite guy}

have a great week! xoxo lindsay

ruining ruby's day {a video}

every day after school, i have about 8 minutes to let the dogs out, change, fill up my water bottle, let the dogs back in, and leave for my workout. this really cramps ruby's sun-loving style. just watch...

xoxo headboard

1. measure the width of your bed. a queen sized bed is about five feet {60in} wide.

2. decide how high you would like your headboard to be. some people love shorter headboards, some people like theirs to go all the way to the ceiling. i wanted mine to be well above the height of the pillows, about three feet from the top of the bed. 

3. buy your wood. i bought five 6'x6"x1" boards for about $35.

4. cut your wood. i cut about six inches off of the end of each board with my power saw because i wanted the headboard slightly wider than the five foot wide bed. 

5. sand the edges to your liking. 

6. stain your wood. i love this part. i use a micro-fiber cloth and minwax dark walnut stain because that's just my favorite. i put on a pretty light coat of the stain {a little goes a long way} and then go over it again with another layer if i want it darker. let it dry for however long your stain jar recommends. i am bad at this part, so i won't tell you how long i waited.

7. put all of your boards together and decide where you want your letters and how large you'd like them to be. big letters can really make a statement and small letters can be quite charming. i decided to go big, so i used chalk to write out xoxo in semi-cursive on the top 4 boards. i knew the bottom board would end up covered by the pillows, so i left it blank. 

8. paint right over the chalk. i used my regular old white acrylic painters' paint and it worked really well. it was very smooth and none of the stain bled through it. let it dry.

9. hang your headboard piece by piece. i measured from the floor up the wall and made three marks to show where i wanted the top of the top board to be. then i nailed the center of the top board right into the wall {screws may be better, depending on what your walls are made of}. i didn't use a level, i just eyed it and made sure it looked straight from the foot of the bed. then i just nailed the center of the last four boards into the wall, making sure all of the parts of the letters lined up, but leaving a small space between each board.

10. once i was sure that the boards were all nice and straight, i nailed the left and right sides of each of them into the wall as well. so, three nails per board. 

and that is it! isn't it beautiful?!? and oh so seriously simple.