I'm a big wimp. And my extended vacation has turned into a temporary retirement.
Blame it on a busy job and impending motherhood (we're expecting a precious little one in early July. Gasp!) Eating for two is taking up all my free time...
Look forward to keeping tabs on y'all blogs, and thanks for a good run. I'll be sure to post when the spirit strikes.
Thanks to Dwell Magazine, I enjoyed 10% off this holiday card from Minted.com with code DMH (and now you can too):
I've received such encouraging comments and emails about the new look of Voila, thank you kindly! Enjoy your Monday, where every you may be. As for me, I'm still recovering from my cake hangover.
photo courtesy of Etsy
I had all sorts of clever ideas for my 31st birthday post today, but this one takes the cake. Literally. 
photo courtesy of Cake Wrecks
If you haven't seen the blog that details fantastic confection disasters, check out Cake Wrecks for a good laugh. That's my birthday wish.
Friends, I'm having an identity crisis of sorts.
As I've mentioned, I would blog if no one ever visited my site. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate all of you and don't want my blog to reflect me.
I love bubbles and color and patterns (which reminds me of my old site.)*
But in reality I'm not as "crafty" or "home-y" as my last blog background. So I spent the fist half of the LSU game testing out new templates and colors.
What do you think? Too boring? Do any of you have any advice? Or suggestions where I can get a new header? Or should I scratch the typewriter "V" completely and just write out my blog name a la The Sartorialist and A Cup of Jo?
Be brutally honest. Leave a comment or email me at visforvoila@gmail.com.
* Senior year of college I painted bubbles all over my bedroom walls instead of painting the room. They were fantastic.
Did I ask for gems or a trip through Europe? Did I beg for a fancy new winter coat?
Of course not! I'm getting my very own dustbuster for my birthday (yes, friends, they still make dustbusters).
Well, I actually got it early (the birthday isn't until next week) because the apartment need a good twice over before the family came last weekend. But I am still going to thank the husband a million times for getting me the very thing that I wanted more than anything else in the world.
It works like a dream. 31 is going to be a good year.
(Oh, and I got these classic little shoes early too- I've already confessed I am spoiled rotten, but now I must confess I like to pick out my presents and open them early. It's one of my favorite things.)
Well isn't this just lovely... Erin of This Lovely City has given me the Honest Scrap award. I'm honored, thank you Erin...
What is the Honest Scrap Award, you ask? Well, basically the rules are that your acceptance speech details 10 honest things about yourself and you pass the award on to 7 other inspiring blogs.
I'm a cheater (Oh, Erin, how could have known!!) so I'd like to pass this on to all of you, with the ONE rule that you let me know when yours is posted (now I insist, no breaking rules!)
1. I would still blog even if no one ever visited my site. Seriously. It's like keeping a diary of all the whimsical things that pop in and out of my life, minus all my emotional, complex feelings that I like to forget anyway.
2. That being said, I love a good dose of attention. Ask the husband.
3. Oh, and I have completely silly, sarcastic and self-deprecating sense of humor. If that combination is possible.
4. I still read wedding blogs and magazines and watch Say Yes to the Dress. While eating chocolate in bed. That just might explain the post-wedding lbs.
5. I am convinced cops are out to get me - even when I am the passenger.
6. I tell people I'm allergic to all seafood so they won't look at me dumbfounded when I tell them I just don't like it.
7. Oh, and seeds. I don't do seeds. Did I mention bananas? Yep, don't eat those either unless they are in loaf or muffin form.
8. I was not raised to be a picky eater, by the way. Sometimes people just don't like things no matter how hard they want to, no matter how hard they try... and their parents try... and even their siblings try (I distinctly remember being cornered a few times). I think there is a life lesson to learn here.
9. I'm obsessed with birth order.
10. Whew, I don't think have the stamina for these types of things like I did in my 20's!
Have a happy weekend y'all, and Geaux Tigers
