Well, y'all...ding, ding, ding.
Here is a changing table I am going to sell on Craig's List.
I hope someone wants it. I don't need it anymore. My babies are grown up. Sniff, sniff. We do not need a changing table at Lipstick Manor anymore. I grew up looking across the road at this pond. I took this picture from Nonna's front room. It was a rainy, foggy Saturday morning, and it looked sublimely beautiful to me.
This old store is about 15 minutes down the road. It hasn't actually been a store in about thirty years. Nature is slowly reclaiming this site, and while it is sad in a way, it is also comforting too. It has looked like this for as long as I can remember. If it were cleaned up, torn down, or heaven forbid, housed something new like a strip mall, I would be very sad at the change. I took this picture on a recent visit with Nonna and Mommy and Daddy Lipstick. I figured this land wouldn't sit unchanged forever, and I would grieve if I only had my memory.
Mr. Lipstick sings to us in the mornings. Pretty Girl likes to stack dolls and stuffed animals on top of him while he sings. He has infinite patience about the whole situation, even while JBB tries to stop her, all the while creating even more distraction to our morning concert. It is hilarious and comforting and precious. See that pile of messiness to the left. That is a glimpse into my closet. It is big. It used to be a bedroom and Mr. Lipstick converted it into a closet for me. Basically I just have more room to make a bigger mess. My name is Lipstick and I have a messy closet. If you came to my house, I would not show it to you. It is your job to look this sort of dirt up about me on the internet.
And finally...summer is here. I cannot wait for some pool time!
This picture is from our vacation last year. Of course, I can't believe how much the kids have grown in a year's time. And, by the way, that ladybug-pool-thing that Pretty Girl is sitting in...she really hated it.
9 comments:
My mom's closet used to function as a bedroom, too! She closes the door when company comes over :). y'll are so lucky to have Mr. Lipstick concerts in the morning. That's the stuff memories of memories. Sounds like you're making lots of amazing memories at Lipstick Manor.
My hubby sings and plays the guitar to us all the time. He has special songs for each of us....we all love it and I hope the kids will always remember it.
I like this!
I love the photos - esp. the one of the old store. If you converted it to black and white and framed it, it could be art.
Have a good day!
I pass that store every time I go from my parents' house into "town". We were just there for a visit and I kept imagining what it would be like inside - would there still be old canned goods sitting on the shelves? An old cash register that was never removed? My best friend used to live nearby and we would stop there occasionally on the way to her house. Ahhh, the memories. That's a great picture. Thank you.
Nice family! You are BLESSED!
I have the SAME ladybug float for Little One from last year.....Target of course
She hated it too
Somehow we missed this in our previous visits and just now discovered it...too, too funny. Which Twelve-Step program are you attending for the closet issue? (Not that we really need that information, nay nay, not us!)
The picture of Mr. Lipstick with Pretty Girl piling up all her animals is too sweet, something she and he can look back on years from now, the "do you remember when you used to bring your stuffed animals...?" type of memories that are beyond precious.
We love this one MIss Lipstick, we surely do.
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That pond is beautiful. I loved this post.
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