This is my life | Haircut

I've been talking about getting my hair cut for a long time now,

and it finally happened a couple of days ago.

Right after getting my hair cut. Woohooo!

I love getting my hair cut, but I always dread washing it for

the first time after the haircut.

Am I going to be able to style it like my hairdresser did? 

Is it going to take hours for me to make it look like she did?

Luckily, it didn't take hours, but it does require a slightly 

better styling iron than the one I have. 

(My hubby already said I could go ahead and order a new one. Yay!)

First off, I just added a bunch of volume to my hair.

Then I thought to myself - what's missing?

A shirt and make-up.

I went for a slightly messier look, which, I think, suits me better.

I'll try the slightly more glamorous look from my hairdresser

when I get that new styling iron.

Random side note:

My dog head buttet me today, resulting in a sore lip, and a red spot

right in the middle of my bottom lip. 

I guess I'll have to cover it up with some lip gloss or something.

/Lea Binta

Breakfast | Properly

Breakfast is actually my favorite meal of the day.

If it's done properly. 

So I decided to do it properly today.

Have a lovely tuesday!

/Lea Binta

Home Makeover | IKEA ftw

About a week ago I mentioned we were at IKEA to get a solution

for our messy bedroom. 

THIS is what the chaos looked like pre-IKEA.

Not very pretty, and it collected tons of dust. 

Annoying. 

Here's our, now beautiful, organized bedroom:

It looks so much better, it works better, there's almost no dust.

It's BRILLIANT!

/Lea Binta

Snapshots | Instagram

We had thunder and lightning today.

I looooove thunder!

Obelix didn't.

Well, I think he just thought someone was trying to break in.

He was barking at the window.

I had to sit down with him and explain what was going on.

Hard to do, when you aren't fluent in dog. 

He got the idea though, and enjoyed the rest of the thunder with me.

Aaaand that was the most actionpacked thing that happened today.

Hubby spends all his time at work or renovating the youth room

at our church. 

Kinda boring for me.

Why I don't help him out?

He's knocking down walls and has a bunch of guys helping him.

I'll help out painting the walls next week,

don't worry. 

Yeah, so practically nothing going on around here.

Obelix and I are just hanging out all day,

cuddling, watching tv, taking walks,

painting (just me, not him), singing along to music

(also just me, he only sings when Hubs plays his mouthorgan).

I wanted to show you some instagram pics of the last weeks time,

and I realized, since I'm home alone most of the time, 

they pretty much just consist of food and Obelix.

So here you go - the past week's food and cute dog pics.

/Lea Binta

Baking | S'mores - without the mess

Okay, so obviously the weather is horrible.

Rainy.

Windy.

Cold.

Not summer-y at all.

But forget about the weather for a moment.

If I say summer. Bonfire. Late nights.

What comes to mind?

S'mores!

I love s'mores, but I always end up with marshmallow in my hair.

Not so yummy. 

I found this idea on Pinterest to make s'mores without the mess,

and it was soooo good. 

And incredibly easy.

Place marshmallows and a few chocolate chips on separate crackers.

Put them in the oven for a few minutes, until the marshmallows puff up, 

and turn light brown. 

Or dark brown, if you prefer.

WATCH THEM! It only takes a few minutes,

and when they start to get brown they really get brown FAST!

Place crackers together and gently squeeze. 

Place them in the freezer for about 5 minutes.

While they're in the freezer melt some chocolate for coating them.

Coat your crackers halfway. I had some extra chocolate and some leftover

cherries - extra snack.

Enjoy!

/Lea Binta

Organizing | Ikea

Don't you just love IKEA?

I think everyone does!

Sure, it may mostly be junk, but it's CHEAP junk.

Who doesn't like cheap junk!?

We were at IKEA today, to get some stuff for organizing 

the chaos in the bedroom.

It's not completely finished and organized,

but I'll show you pictures when we're done in a couple of days.

Something I can show you is this pretty amazing hanger for scarfs:

I've seen it at IKEA before, but haven't thought to buy it.

Why, I really don't know, since all my scarfs have always

been a mess all over the place.

With this thing they're easy to keep track off.

(Even if you have lots, like I do)

Clever, no?

/Lea Binta

To Do | My summer bucket list

Summer's here.

Surprise. 

The thing is,

I don't really feel like I've done my summer stuff yet.

Like spending all day outside and going swimming in the ocean. 

It's not that I don't want to do this,

it's just that the weather hasn't been too great.

These past few days, though, the sun has been out,

and we've enjoyed every minute of it.

Now they say the rain will be back.

Tomorrow, already.

I just hope the sun returns, and lets me complete 

my summer bucket list.

It includes a picnic at a random, sunny spot.

A trip to the beach, 

with walks in the sand and dinner on the grill.

Eating icecream for dinner.

Watching the sunset.

Talking through the night, and watching the sunrise.

Tanning and reading in the garden. 

And many other wonderful things.

How are you spending your summer?

/Lea Binta