On the list of things that make me swoon, baby calf eyes are near the top.   Huge, dark, gentle, and heavy with lashes.

I’d like to be hanging out with this little guy today.

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Happy Friday!
love,
Kate

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Go ahead, start celebrating.

Happy Friday!
-Kate

If I were the type to buy myself jewelry, this fancy little rose gold gal would be in my top 5.

Today, anyway.

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Hope your weekend has a little bit of sparkle!
Shine on,
Kate

It’s technically still Friday here in central time.

One of my favorite things about living in a rural community is the stars.  Sweet summertime stars.

It is 75° out, now that the sun has been down over Alabama for a while.  In my back yard is a swing, a field full of fireflies, and a sky full of stars whispering my name.  Tonight, I think I’ll answer.

Happy Friday and goodnight!

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Wishing you all a sweet, sweet weekend.

Literally.

I hope your Friday is this happy:

You guys, that’s the best face I’ve ever seen.
Much love!
Kate

P.S. I love GIFs and The Office.  So naturally, I’ve watched this one 45,876 times today.

Last week we were in Bloomington, Indiana visiting my parents.

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It was beautiful.

It was amazing.

I got bangs.

And this.

Just kidding.

About the tu-tu that is.

The bangs are real.

When we got home Madeline ran into every room of the house and gasped because, “we were gone for so long she forgot what it looked like.”  While she was squealing in amazement over every inch of our floor plan, I went through the mail and found :

1. A giant box of gourmet chocolates.

2. A tax refund check.

It was the best welcome home party I’ve ever been to.  Madeline and I gasped and squealed together.

Dan gets home from New York tomorrow morning.  Until then, I will be lying in my bed reading Joan Didion.

Oh, Mom, I borrowed your Joan Didion book.  Thanks!

Happy Friday, y’all.
Much love,
Kate

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We’ll all be traveling this week: Dan to NYC and the rest of us to Indiana.  Each of us is going to need a little bravery.

Dan, because he will be staying in Harlem and overcoming a language barrier to work with West African immigrants.

Me, because I’ll be driving for 7 hours by myself with with 2 kids in the backseat.  And one of those kids is Madeline.

I know we’ll both return home happy, tired, and with many grand tales of adventure.

Wishing you adventure and bravery this weekend.
Happy Friday!
-Kate

(I’ll still be here blogging next week, perks of living in 2012.  ”To be absent from the home is to be present with the internet,” or something like that.  Stay tuned!)

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Happy Friday and Happy Mother’s Day weekend!  Catch you on the flip side.
-Kate

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Right now, I want to be on a beach far away.  I want to be wearing a maxi dress, all freckley and just a tiny bit sunburned, sitting on a deck of a restaurant, sipping a glass of water with beads running down the side, eating fresh seafood with my husband.  At sunset.  And there should be live music, too.

That is what I want.

Instead, I am wearing my pajamas, and eating fish sticks for lunch with Madeline.

It’s not so bad actually, the important things are the same.  I’m wearing something comfy, sitting with one of my favorite people on the planet, eating seafood.

May your Friday be filled with grand day dreams and sweet realities.
Happy Friday!

Kate