Hi everyone!! I'm Erica, a Boston girl and I blog over at Young and Fabulous! I am honored to be taking over Lindsey's blog for y'all today!

Speaking of blogging...what's the point of it if you aren't yourself!? One of the most important things I've learned from myself and other bloggers is to laugh at yourself. Who cares if it's embarrassing. Besides the fact that it can be good blogging material, it'll be fun to look back and remember that time you pee'd yourself at work.

That's right folks. What better way to truly introduce myself to you all, Miss Lindsey's followers, than yo tell you about that time I pissed my pants at work...about 3 weeks ago.

I was having a great day. It involved a wicked cute pencil skirt that I had recently bought. I went into the single bathroom and lifted my skirt to admire my badonk in the mirror. Yeah, I admit I was checking myself out! Shh you've all done it! So I went to do the deed and had forgotten to pull my lil undies down. As I was going, I was thinking to myself "dammit...this feels so weird for some reason," but I thought nothing of it.

Then it hit me. I still had on my undies. There was seepage. And just all around nastiness. So I took them off, threw them out, and free-balled it for the rest of the day. And that's that!

So all in all, whether you blog about times you've buried your aunt flow underwear in your backyard, or pissing your pants at work, just be yourself! Hope you will all come visit me! Thanks so much Lindsey!!

Country Roots goes Bohemian!!

Good morning from Bohemian Treehouse! I'm so excited that Lindsey has let me be a part of the wonderful world of Country Roots City Living.. I am also a Texas girl, but my roots are not country or city.. They are bohemian.. I like to thrift, decorate, up-cycle, drink wine and blog on bohemian interior design. My favorite things about bohemian decor is the "no rules" style.
Bohemian spaces have bright colors, a mix of styles, lots of fabrics, art and funky finds.  Here are a couple of my absolute FAVORITE rooms.

 This is Justina Blakeny's home. This bright rug, pendant light and chairs make this room so lovely.

 

Bohemian interiors always have a cluttered mess of art! It looks effortlessly messy! 

Okay, I know ivory is soooo not cool in this bedroom. But I love these pieces. I'm going to pretend its faux ivory inlay. :)

Love  this blue room. It may be my absolute favorite. Ivory inlayed items, color, gallery wall with plates, pink ( I love pink) and a great chandelier 

The bohemian look is easy to get.. Just mix in color, some ethnic art, a gallery wall, a great chandelier, textures ( like fur, ivory, copper and wood) and make a mess of it and enjoy!!

So much fun.. As you can tell I'm quite obsessed with the boho! Please come visit me sometime if you share my affliction!! Thanks again Lindsey!! Hope your week is fabulous!!!




Thank you for taking over and sharing your style!!
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And They Call Me Mommy Takeover!

Yesterday I had a fantastic guest post from Leslie and I have another fantastic one from Lacey! Lacey and I have yet to meet face to face but we email and text the entire day. I know you all will adore her as much as I do! Thank you for taking over Lacey!!

Hey Y'all!! I'm Lacey from ..And They Call Me Mommy! When Lindsey asked me to guest post for her I was really excited; I've never guest posted before & I adore Lindsey, sooo WIN! WIN!

So y'all may not know this yet, but Miss Lindsey is a HUGE Luke Bryan fan. We could pretend that she really admires his music and talent but really, the truth is she loves him because of this:

Photo Credit

Can't blame the girl - homeboy is HOT, Amen?! If you aren't familiar with Luke Bryan what the hell is wrong with you? do me a favor and familiarize yourself real quick please! Watch This.

I'm not gonna lie, if  'ol Luke asked me to do that for him, I'd be in. However, I like this idea better:

Once I stopped daydreaming about a lap dance from Luke Bryan I thought it'd be fun to share with you my Top 5 List of  booty shaking songs. Ready? Here they are in no particular order:

1) Neal McCoy - The Shake
2) Mystikal - Shake Ya @ss
3) Sir Mix A Lot - Baby Got Back
4) Trace Adkins - Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
5) Juvenile - Back That Thang Up 

So tell me, what's your favorite booty shakin song?

XO,
Lacey

 ©..And They Call Me Mommy,2012.

Guest Post : Welcome to Texas!

I am out running around and having a great time with my parents! I asked the Fabulous Leslie if she would post for me today. I am so excited that she said yes!! Please go show her some love!  Thank you Leslie for taking over for the day!!!


Hey y'all!! This is Leslie from Eat Pray Love Run and I am taking over Lindsey's blog for the day! 
While she is off spending some quality time with her family I thought I would share a little bit about the great state of Texas and Lindsey's new home, Houston.  I am sure she has a lot of friends and family back in Indiana who follow her blog so I thought I would give them a little glimpse into our city :)

To start off....for people who don't live in Texas or who have never visited, this is probably what you picture when you think of Texas:

While yes, you will find this in some parts of Texas, that is not what most of the state is like. 

Let's chat about Houston specifically since that is where we both live.  Houston is the 4th biggest city in the US.

Houston is less than an hour from the beach (Galveston), 3 1/2 hours from Dallas and 2 1/2 hours from Austin. 

Some of the best parts about Houston:

- Memorial Park- a giant park in the middle of the city that is a popular spot for runners, tennis players, cyclists and more.

-The Restaurants- Houston is known for its amazing restaurants.  To name a few of my personal favorites: Cyclone Anayas, Brenner's on the Bayou, Ouisies Table and Rudy's BBQ. 

-The Med Center- This part of Houston is filled with some of the best hospitals and cancer centers in the world.  People come from all over the world, literally, to be treated at places like MD Anderson and Texas Children's Hospital. 

- The Shopping-  The Galleria, Highland Park, River Oaks Shopping Center, Uptown Park and more.  These are just a few of the best shopping centers you could possibly find.

- The Location-  In less than an hour you can be at the beach!  In less than 2 hours you can be in Louisiana!  In less than 2 hours in a plane you can be in Cancun! It is nice being in the center of the US...you can be to the west coast in less than 4 hours or to the east coast in less than 4 hours (flying).

- The Nightlife-  Houston has everything from country bars to expensive, trendy night clubs. Washington Avenue and Midtown are the best spots for a fun night out. 

- NASA is about 30 minutes south of Houston and in the city there is a whole "district" filled with museums. 

BUT...there are just a couple negative things about Houston that I have to share.....

- THE TRAFFIC IS TERRRRRRRIBLE.  At all hours of the day and night.  It is awful. I just moved out to a suburb north of Houston and have a 50 minute commute into the city each morning and afternoon.  And that is without traffic. If you come to Houston, just be prepared to sit on a freeway at some point during your stay. 

- IT IS HOT.  Really, really, really hot and humid.  Summer pretty much lasts from May thru late September. And during our Fall & Winter, there is a good chance you will have some hot days.  The humidity is great for your skin but not so much for your hair or being outside for long periods of time. 

So...WELCOME TO HOUSTON, LINDSEY!! =)

Thank you so much for letting me take over your blog today and I hope you have a great time with your family!

And I can't wait to meet you soon!

Love from Texas, Leslie

(Please stop by my blog and say hi!!)

Gannon 2 years old

Gannon you are 2 BABY! Oh my how you have grown up! I think we need to put a brick on your head to stop you. I really don't want you to get older please stop! You are so much fun, you are funny, you love to laugh, you have fun doing just about anything! You are a momma's boy that is for sure. You will be playing then just stop what you are doing and come and give me some loves and kisses. You look up to big brother and try to do everything he is doing. I will have your stats when we got for your well check in a couple of weeks. I think you are around 30lbs. You are wearing size 18-24 month shirts and size 18 shorts. Your swimming trunks are size 12-18 months! You are in a size 6 diaper. We just switched ya because you kept peeing through everything you little pee pot!! 

You will eat just about anything we put in front of you. The spicier the better. You also love to dip things. Your first thing to dip was chips into some salsa. You are pretty easy going most of the time but when a fit comes out it is a major meltdown. You love to be in the water and swim. You are a little dare devil. You will get up on the latter and jump off of it facing forward or backward. You go under water like it is no big deal. You like to watch big brother play video games. You LOVE sport toys. You got a basketball goal and ball and you are now bending your knees and shooting it. I think you may be my little point guard. You also will flip all over the house. You will go into the closet and hang and swing on the bar in it. You are one strong little guy. Daddy and I look forward to watching you grow up! Our nickname was right on for you, you are our little monkey for sure!

Happy Birthday Monkey!!!

Take The Cake

I will do a full recap of Gannon's second Birthday another day. But I wanted to post about the birthday cake we had for Gannon. One of the most important items for the party to us is the cake. When our other child was five I had ordered him a train cake and it tasted great BUT the decoration on it was far from what we asked for. Needless to say he never has let me live it down and I feel like a mom fail. So with us being new to Houston I had no idea where to go to order Gannon's cake. I took to the internet to read reviews and to figure our what was near us. I was told one other place but I kept eye this one Place named Take the Cake.  I sent a facebook message to the Owner Anabel. We spoke through the internet a few times. I sent her a few different pictures of what I thought I might like. We ended up going with an 2 tier eight inch cake. It was chocolate on both layers with vanilla cream cheese in the middle. The icing was butter cream icing dyed green. The character and shapes were made out of fondant. Anabel did tell me that they were just starting to work with fondant so they were not experienced in a lot of things yet but learning. Take the cake did NOT disappoint. Anabel told me to take the cake out of the fridge the morning of the party. I did not do it since we were leaving for Galveston for the day and having cake later this evening. I didn't want to take a chance on my dogs getting in it. I did take it out of the fridge as soon as we got home. It was so yummy. Everyone done in and loved it!

I do have to admit that I was a little nervous for the mixed reviews but something had told me to go for it. What I also loved when I went to pick up the cake one of the workers there told me that Gannon's cake was her favorite and other customers had been requesting an Elmo cake. The worker told me that she had showed other customers who loved it and wanted it too. Then the worker said Anabel wanted to speak with me before we left. She was right out and was so so nice! She wanted to make sure that I liked it and it turned out the way I wanted it. Take the Cake has the best customer service and is so nice. If you are in need of a cake please choose them.

TGIF

Happy Friday Party People!!!!!!

Do you guys have any fun plans for the weekend? I do!!! Because THE PARENTS ARE HERE!!!!!!

 Picture taken by New Beginning Photography

One thing you may or may not know about me is 1. I am an only child. 2. I am very very close to my parents. I have not seen them in two months. Now that might not be that long to some of you but I have never gone longer than two weeks without seeing them. The two weeks is only in the winter if it snowed. Usually I saw them every single weekend. Another thing you may or may not know is that I talk to my mom 35677892 times a day AND we Facetime usually every other day!

Another fun thing that is happening this weekend is

 Picture taken by New Beginning Photography

This precious baby turns 2 on Sunday!!! I can't believe my babe is gonna be 2! He just needed to stay that tiny baby for a little bit longer!! So I am off to plan a party and to spend LOTS of time with the parents!


Go check me out on Sunday morning over at Nathan's blog, I am guest posting!! I also have some FANTASTIC guest posters next week so be sure to show them some love!


See you on the flip side!!!