a jolt to the bladder.

you're familiar with the newest beverage size at starbucks, right?  no?  you're not? 

well, i am.

meet the trenta, 31 ounces of iced coffee goodness:

{a horribly fantastic cell phone pic of my trenta iced
hazelnut breve coffee}

i meet up with this gal & this gal about once a week for coffee.  about a month ago, during one of our friday morning coffee dates, i decided to take the plunge and "trenta size" my beverage.  whoa.

yes, whoa.

caffeine doesn't really do much for me {since i consume so much of it}, but let me tell you i got one heck of a work out that day because all i did was walk back & forth to the bathroom!  caffeine is a diuretic.  diuretics make you pee.  a lot. 

the drink was good, don't get me wrong. 

oh, and not only did i pee all day long, but i also didn't have much of an appetite either.  why?  well, the average human stomach has a capacity of about 900 ml.  the trenta?  um, it's about 916 ml of caffeinated liquid goodness.*

i'm not knocking the trenta.  in fact, if you're an iced coffee fan like i am, then i say try it.  if you don't like iced coffee, you can try iced tea in it.  you only live once, so why not, right?

*click here if you want a diagram of the sizes in comparison to a human stomach.

revamping le crapper.

remember a few posts ago i mentioned that i found three new bathroom vanities i liked at that big, orange home improvement warehouse?

well, as much as i would like to totally redo our hall bathroom, it's just not in the budget.  instead, i'm going to repaint the walls {and maybe repaint the current vanity}, switch out the bath mat & hand towels and work on some new artwork for the walls. 

the hall bathroom will be going from kid-friendly & fun to more grown up & sophisticated.

i bought this shower curtain at kohl's over the weekend {it was originally $49.99 and on sale for $29.99, but when it rang up at the register it was $24.99!}:

{source}

i have some leftover paint that will match the pale, pale blue color in the shower curtain.  and, i actually have a beige that should look good with the shower curtain, too.  i am thinking i might put a horizontal stripe on the wall opposite of the sink & toilet.  the hall bathroom is small {as is the rest of my house!} and i think taking the bathroom from the funky mandarin orange color it currently is to something cool & light will open the space up.

the biggest challenge will be decorating the walls.  i currently have beach themed artwork on the walls.  i may just put a vinyl decal on the wall or just paint a canvas in a design similar to that on the shower curtain.  or, that horizontal stripe on the wall just might be all of the oomph the walls will need.

i'm hoping to get started on the bathroom redo this week.  the biggest hurdle will be priming the walls with a coat of kilz.  and, i suppose i should snap a few before photos for you, right??

home depot is the devil.

over the weekend, an innocent trip to the home depot {for spark plugs for the weed eater} resulted in yet another project being tacked onto adam's never ending "honey do" list:

see those three vanities in the picture?  the home depot must have known that they were my top three favorites at the store.  i manhandled the vanities.  opened & closed doors.  pulled drawers.  caressed the counters.  played with the fixtures {even though they are a separate purchase}. 

adam should have never, ever walked away to look at measuring tapes.  he left me to my own devices and i immediately started planning out a new hall bathroom.  it's satisfactory at the moment, but it could really use a face lift.  of course, that means a new tub/shower stall, a new floor, possibly a new mirror {unless we frame the existing one out} and definitely new paint for the walls.  oh, and new shower curtains, a new bath math, maybe new towels.  you know, to go with a new vanity.

yep.  another project for the "honey do" list.

realistically, we don't need a new bathroom.  but aesthetically, we do.  ha!  so, until i convince adam of this, i'll just keep dreaming about:

which is your favorite?  is there a "honey do" project you can't wait to scratch off the list?

{all pictures were found here}

south america.

my son came bursting into our bedroom this morning.

"mom, i just went pee and you know what?"

with one eye open & the rest of me snuggled nice and warm in our new 700 thread count sheets & fuzzy blanket {i love you, target}, i replied, "um...what son?"

"you know the bubbles?"

"what bubbles?"

"the bubbles you make when you pee."

"um, okay..."

"mine just made the shape of south america."

such is life with a very imaginative six year old boy in the house...i just hope he flushed & washed his hands.

Stranded.

As I was cooking dinner tonight {chicken & chorizo tacos...yum!} my cell phone rang.

Odd, I thought, as I looked at the phone and saw that it was the hubs calling. After all, he was at home.

I answered.

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The man called me from the freaking bathroom. The bathroom.

Apparently, he does not look at the toilet paper roll before he, uh, sits for a spell. The man was stranded with no T.P. He said that he yelled, but no one heard him {Duh, I was in the kitchen & the kids were playing with the dog}. And, since no one heard his pleas for help he decided to call.

I've never laughed so hard in my life. Well, I have...just not this week...until now.

THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN...

...going to the bathroom and falling into the toilet because your dear, sweet hubby left the seat up only to find out that there's no freakin' toilet paper left on the roll.

Seriously?!