Our House

Well, the outside of it anyway!  We've experienced a lot of beautiful days this summer, so I thought it'd be nice to share what it looks like at La Casa Le-Gooding (haha I know I totally just wrote that, it's so bloggy).

Here's our lovely home.  Sorry about the sun glare, not sure how to adjust it on my camera (still learning).

You can see that the front steps need some work.  Matt wants to replace this whole thing and extend it out farther.  I'm not so sure!

You see these awesome planter boxes?  It's the first thing I ever snagged on Freecycle!  I had been eyeing some at Home Depot, but didn't want to pay the $35 or so for them.  They were on Freecycle for a reason though...they were awfully faded and beat (wish I took a before picture).  But with a good cleaning and a can of cinnamon spray paint, voila!  I love these plants too.  The crazy lady at the plant store helped Matt and me pick them out.  Along with...

I love this planter!  Probably because I'm so much worse at gardening and planting than I thought I'd ever be.  It's just a hosta with some begonias and some other yellow flower things, but we loved it...for the few weeks that it lasted!  Some a-hole deer came and chewed off all of the leaves!  It looks like someone took a machete to it.  I'll have to post a pic later.

Now to the backyard!  I took this after a lot of the cute yellow flowers died for the season; it was very pretty back there!

I know, it would have been awesome to get a picture of a hummingbird there.  Sigh!

Matt looks like he's posing, but he's just dainty that way.

Here's the DIY firepit I made last summer.  

That's all for now!  I'll be posting more cat pics, thrift finds, and more later!

Guest Thrift Finds!

Hello, everyone (by everyone, I mean maybe my mom and maybe my sister Khanh)!  This is a very special post, as it contains finds from Lara, my thrifting kindred spirit.  Thank you for sharing these amazing finds, Lara!

I love these tea towel calendars...it seems the only ones I can find have Bible verses
on them.  This one is so charming!

Classy drink tray.  Looks substantial!  Lara, I can see you making Pimm's Cups with this!  Mmm Pimm's...

Gorgeous!!  Though I think these are new (but oh-so vintage-y!)

And last, but certainly not least, this AMAZING vintage seltzer bottle.  I LOVE this.
For those who do not know, Lara got me hooked on seltzer - can you believe
that there is still old-fashioned seltzer delivery??  Best seltzer I've ever had was at her
house, so it is only fitting that she owns this amazing piece of work!

The Great Sardini

My latest food phase is eating sardines.  My mom bought a huge lot at BJ's, so I took some home to try it.  I've always thought they were too fishy and kinda gross (I can't recall the last time I had them), but after seeing them featured on an episode of Good Eats (on healthy diets) and hearing my mom rave about how awesome they are on crusty bread with chili peppers, I had to try them again.  My mom is right!  They are delicious that way!  Squeeze some lemon on there and you're golden.

Eating sardines in a house with another person who does not like sardines can be tricky.  Matt hates it.  He leaves the kitchen and doesn't come back (and usually ends up upstairs playing NBA 2K11).  However, I just bought the Trader Joe's brand, and for some reason they don't have that overwhelming fish smell.  They are a bit pricier then BJ's, so I'll be sticking with the BJ's brand (Seasons).  Sorry Matt!  He calls me the Great Sardini now.

Also, I didn't take that photo above, got it from the internet.  I somehow misplaced my camera, so my latest thrift finds won't be posted until I find it.