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September 19, 2016

Monday Musings 010

September 19, 2016/ Treana Bennett

YOWZA! We've been busy and fighting colds since we got back from Portland so here is a quick and snappy musing.

If you have not watched Ali Wong's Baby Cobra standup. What are you doing to your life? Watch when kids are asleep, you're a glass of wine into your evening, and your hubby is on the computer. :)

Lyla stuff! I ordered her Halloween costume, I love this portable high chair for her for travelling and eating out (we've used it a ton), and after a ton of research on excema creams that are safe/as non-chemical as possible I ordered some of this for her.

Another rad frame from Umbra.

We are only two months from the Gilmore Girls: Seasons. TWO MONTHS. My excitement for this cannot be overstated.

I was able to order this coffee table shouted out by Chris Loves Julia before the jerk raised the price to $600 because he got some press. I don't know if it is going in the living room or bar room yet, but I am stoked to add in some texture.

We had our open house yesterday and I am more in love with our house than ever before. What a great gathering space!

THIS IS BRILLIANT! And so is this! Cheap artwork/free artwork.

This video does a good job explaining my obsession with Alexa... and now Dot.

House of Bennetts

Hey now. I'm Treana...welcome to my little slice of the internet where I get to use exclamation points with abandon!!! We do more here than overuse certain forms of punctuation. Around these parts you'll find DIY projects, budgeting ups and downs and tools, photography fun, food goodness, music loves, and hopefully a little inspiration. We talk about anything and everything here and hope that you'll join us in our mutual weirdness we call life. For more about us, our wedding, and our lives, visit the 'Bout the Bennetts page. (I so wanted to put an exclamation point there).

My bestie had a baby ... in like five minutes. @mrs_ashleyf

My bestie had a baby ... in like five minutes. @mrs_ashleyf

Lyla is basically a whole grown up human after this year. #youdownwithlmb #ayearoflyla

Lyla is basically a whole grown up human after this year. #youdownwithlmb #ayearoflyla

2018 was the year of work and life domestic travel. In definitely not the order of these pics: San Antonio, Phoenix (2 times), San Fran (4 times), LA (3 times), DC, Chicago, Charlotte, and then Seattle/Portland. Plus three Denver trips where the work cane to me. #workingmom #haveworkoutsonphonewilltravel

2018 was the year of work and life domestic travel. In definitely not the order of these pics: San Antonio, Phoenix (2 times), San Fran (4 times), LA (3 times), DC, Chicago, Charlotte, and then Seattle/Portland. Plus three Denver trips where the work cane to me. #workingmom #haveworkoutsonphonewilltravel

Lyla’s family birthday party. Lyla is 3, Sophie is 13, and Henry is 10! And just so much family. #youdownwithlmb @jlpoundstone

Lyla’s family birthday party. Lyla is 3, Sophie is 13, and Henry is 10! And just so much family. #youdownwithlmb @jlpoundstone

Hardest and longest trip to the PNW. Healing and brutal. Like is just like that: brutal and beautiful. brutiful.

Hardest and longest trip to the PNW. Healing and brutal. Like is just like that: brutal and beautiful. brutiful.

I love you.

My heart. 💔

I was ten when they were born: identical twins. Jessica 8 pounds, Madeline 6. The two most perfect babies I’d ever seen. I was obsessed with them and that whole summer when I was 11, I would beg to go to my aunt/mom’s house so that I could babysit them and my mom could sleep (night shift, ya know). I spent so many hours with them, it’s ridiculous. They were fused to my heart. Then, as life, especially in my family, happens, a severing started. I went to college and made sure to stay close by for all my sisters but especially for Jessica. There was something deeply sad in her even then. I’ll never forget the panicked phone calls from my mom about finding vomit hidden all over the house and the desperation we all had to help Jess. To hear her. To save her. We. Fucking. Tried. The severing continued. The drugs and alcohol started on top of everything else. The suicide attempts over the last 8 years. Panicked. Always. And then the text from the other half of Jessica’s heart last night to me: “Call me when you can.” Reply: “Calling now Maddie.” I’m so pissed the severing fucking won and Jessica is gone. I’m infuriated that I’ve now lost my brother and a sister. The last picture I have of us is from Trenton’s funeral and its horseshit. This losing of young people in my family: usually everyone just abuses themselves until 90 somehow. But mostly I am shattered for the other half of Jessica’s heart, my Madeline, and my mom. When I last FaceTimed with Jess, she got to see Lyla and she said, in a whispered shock, “She’s... so happy?” Like that happiness has not occurred to her in a long time. But I KNOW it was there. I spent hours basking in it and didn’t want to be anywhere else than with the two of them. I hold on to that for Jess now that she can’t anymore. I hold on to the happiness she shared with Madeline cause hell, someone has to.

I was ten when they were born: identical twins. Jessica 8 pounds, Madeline 6. The two most perfect babies I’d ever seen. I was obsessed with them and that whole summer when I was 11, I would beg to go to my aunt/mom’s house so that I could babysit them and my mom could sleep (night shift, ya know). I spent so many hours with them, it’s ridiculous. They were fused to my heart. Then, as life, especially in my family, happens, a severing started. I went to college and made sure to stay close by for all my sisters but especially for Jessica. There was something deeply sad in her even then. I’ll never forget the panicked phone calls from my mom about finding vomit hidden all over the house and the desperation we all had to help Jess. To hear her. To save her. We. Fucking. Tried. The severing continued. The drugs and alcohol started on top of everything else. The suicide attempts over the last 8 years. Panicked. Always. And then the text from the other half of Jessica’s heart last night to me: “Call me when you can.” Reply: “Calling now Maddie.” I’m so pissed the severing fucking won and Jessica is gone. I’m infuriated that I’ve now lost my brother and a sister. The last picture I have of us is from Trenton’s funeral and its horseshit. This losing of young people in my family: usually everyone just abuses themselves until 90 somehow. But mostly I am shattered for the other half of Jessica’s heart, my Madeline, and my mom. When I last FaceTimed with Jess, she got to see Lyla and she said, in a whispered shock, “She’s... so happy?” Like that happiness has not occurred to her in a long time. But I KNOW it was there. I spent hours basking in it and didn’t want to be anywhere else than with the two of them. I hold on to that for Jess now that she can’t anymore. I hold on to the happiness she shared with Madeline cause hell, someone has to.

Hello Doug. Welcome home. We waited almost two years exactly to bring home a dog since we lost Walter. If his cuteness is any indication, we’re all gonna be fine here. #dougthedoodle #sweetdog @walkingwithwalterdenver

Hello Doug. Welcome home. We waited almost two years exactly to bring home a dog since we lost Walter. If his cuteness is any indication, we’re all gonna be fine here. #dougthedoodle #sweetdog @walkingwithwalterdenver

Just miss and love my bestie and also can’t believe how good we look in a picture with a flash... in the dark. #wecute #webothareasweatymesspostworkoutprobablyrightnow @sammikitch

Just miss and love my bestie and also can’t believe how good we look in a picture with a flash... in the dark. #wecute #webothareasweatymesspostworkoutprobablyrightnow @sammikitch

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