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Giveaway Monday over at Tatertots and Jello

Another awesome chance to WIN a beautiful Word Art Sign from Barn Owl Primitives!  Hip, quality, fun wall art, doesn't get much better than this!  I am just dying to get my hands on one of these amazing, hand painted signs, one way or another & you can too!  Click on the link, head on over to Tatertots and Jello, check out the blog, check out the BOP signs, and get yourself entered into the giveaway!  Hooray!

  I've got my eye on the You Are My Sunshine sign, and I love the Family Rules by kids one too, but honestly, I'd be happy for any of the signs to come live at my house.

My Orange Crush

I have just a teeny tiny obsession with all things vintage. I mostly just window shop online, swooning over etsy goodness & obsessing over things that delight me, but occasionally I'll take the plunge and actually indulge myself on a little something. I could get seriously giddy over things from just about any historic era, love antiques, love vintage cars, vintage ads, vintage fabrics, unique European designed things, kitchenware, furniture, art, you get the picture, but I probably have the biggest passion for mid-century/circa 1940's-60's, the Mad Men (love that show btw) type household goodies. I also have just a teeny tiny obsession with tea, both hot & iced. I drink ice tea pretty much daily. Yowsas! Bright fun accent colors in my kitchen make me smile too! So, naturally I really should treat myself to this fabulous orange vintage tea kettle from the etsy shop Linea72, now shouldn't I?

Polly, put the kettle on?

Yes, please, Polly, put the wondorously unique cheery vintage European orange kettle on, and we'll all have deliriously happy tea.

P.S. We won't mention too loudly here that my husband partner man of the house dude also recently sent me into tea kettle depression when he left the stove burner, with my cute current red kettle sitting on it, on all day when none of us were home, burning it, discoloring it and ruining it's appearance. Luckily though, his wee (moment of dementia) mishap did not burn down our house, and a kettle can be replaced. Rightfully so, I'm due for some replacement tea kettle love real soon.

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Mama in Pigtails

I rarely post to my blog (note to self, gotta work on that). I don't really know what to post or what to share. I have no followers, so this makes it super duper easy for me to participate in Ashley over at

Little Miss Momma 's self-portrait party. No one will peek anyway. He, he, he.

I do not like my face photographed here or there, I do not like photos of myself anywhere.

I don't like my pic in a house, not with a mouse, not in a box or with a fox.

I just don't like my face too much, not in the rain or on a train.

Try it, you might like it? Try taking my own pic you say, try it, try it & I may.

If you will let me be, I'll try taking a pic for you to see, I'll give you one, okay Ashley?

Hey, it's not that bad, I don't mind the silhouette you see, there it is, here it is, the pic you see below that's

ME.

'Mama B'

A little line inspiration borrowed from the book:
'Green Eggs and Ham' By Dr. Seuss

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2011

"My country tis' of thee, sweet land of liberty"

"Let Freedom Ring!"

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

For many years now, I have attended our local Martin Luther King, Jr. marade (march/parade). It's an important day to me, as it symbolizes something that matters a great deal to me, it represents freedom, it honors the people in our history that suffered, that were spit upon, ridiculed, burned, tortured, hung, killed & because of them my life is better, easier. They affected our world, they made our world a better place, and the world my son lives in a better place. My mixed-race adoption was made possible because others paved the road for me to experience equality, for my parents to adopt the child they selected & wanted. My son exists, because I am able to love, learn & journey in a country where free choice is possible. We choose the religion we want, we vote, we have opportunities in education, etc., much of which was affected and changed for the better because of people like Dr. King.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a pioneer, a peacemaker, a dreamer, a progressive, a pacifist, a martyr, a preacher, a thinker, a writer (Letters from Birmingham), a leader, a prophet. I continue to honor and respect him on the holiday America set aside to do this, because I believe in what he sought for our future. I want my son to know his roots, our country's roots, and to be a peacemaker & a dreamer & a thinker too. I want to strife for a better America & for my son to have courage and determination, like that we saw & continue to see in leaders of the civil rights movement. Today, we did not make it to the marade, but I wanted to share a piece of this historical movement with my son, in some way.

I have this poster on the wall in my little home "office" space. It's the 'I have a Dream' Martin Luther King, Jr. speech poster. I look at it everyday. I played the video clip of MLK's speech for my two (almost three) year old son, and he climbed up on my lap to watch. I pointed to the video & then to the poster & told him that this was the same man. He said, "wow look at that mom, wow." It was pretty neat. It felt good to have him experience the MLK speech "live" and also make the connection to our home life, where he sees this poster everyday.

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

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