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Friday, March 16, 2012

Today i got my fabric order from fabricguru.com.   Ummmm.... i might have ordered too much :/  lol  I think i have enough to cover the entire living room!  I was actually worried i hadn't ordered enough.  At least it is cute and i can prob use it for some other project.




Here are few things that have put a smile on my face today:

My treadmill, if i go without getting on this thing, i really feel blah.  But once i get on it i get a much needed energy boost.


Nail polish!  I love to have my fingernails painted.  Also gives me a little boost.   It is the little things that help me feel so much better about myself!  It is so important to give yourself time and to take care of yourself.

Birthday invitations.  I am so excited about these.  Aren't they just adorable??  (i know it is a seriously bad photo, my camera on my phone is horrible)  Made them on snapfish.


And last but not least Warm weather!!!!  Makes me want to do this!  (and go to the lake ;) )


HAAAPPPYYYY FRIDAY!!!!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

I have been in this ongoing battle with my living room since we moved here.  I had red curtains at our old house and thought i would reuse those at this house.  I picked a honey yellow color and really liked the color... until now.  The room just wasn't doing it for me so i tried  to dress up the curtains by adding some stripes.  I am just not feelin it.

Today i was looking on fabricguru.com and found this gem :)  For only... wait for it...$3.95 per yard!!!!  I didn't know the look i wanted but knew i wanted this for the curtains.


I am thinking a greyish brown color would look great on the walls.  I want something that black and white photos will really look good on.  These are some colors that i thought would look good.


I have black leather furniture.  So it would go good with these colors too.

In other news.  Syler had a music program last night.  I didn't find out that he had a music program until he walked in the door at 4:30 and told me he had to be there at 6:45.  After i whined like a baby for a few mins  we moved quickly along to get dinner and get out the door.  Here are some snapshots of our night.









Monday, March 12, 2012

I really do love Mondays.  They are kind of refreshing to me.  Especially now that it is getting warm outside.  I work from home so i am busy on Monday's but i get some time to myself when Cici is sleeping. (I also like when she is awake too, she is in  great mood on Mondays.  But now that the weather is getting nicer i have had the windows open and my house smells AMAZING!

I have a great lunch date every day :)







 Doesn't she have the most beautiful lashes???


Tuesday, March 6, 2012

I have been working on this for several weeks now.  I haven't been working on it very consistently but finally finished it!  Feels good to check it off my list.

I was given some pallets and have many ideas for what i want to do with them but this is one that i knew i could do on my own.  I never could have imagined what a pain pallets are!  They are impossible to take apart if you want to use individual boards.  I had to use a saw and cut them apart.  BUT... it was worth it!  It was a great workout for my arms... so kinda like killing two birds with one stone.  My husband says he has never seen anyone work so hard for home decor... like out of breath, sweating about to pass out kind of work!  I am sure that there are many that work harder than me at it.  I just don't like to wait on anyone for help.  When i want something done, i get it done no matter what i have to do.  Unfortunately that leads to some not so great outcomes :/  I am an impatient gal!

Anyways, i have seen several different versions online of people using pallet wood to make floor to ceiling signs.  This is the direction i went with it.

(wow that is a blurry pic :/ yikes)

I used different sayings or words to describe what "LOVE" should mean to a family.  I wish i would have just put "Love is..." at the top then i wouldn't have had to use "is..." so many times.  But i had some words or sayings i wanted to use that didn't need an "is".  Hey you live and you learn.  I love it besides that!










I am the first to admit that i need a daily reminder to be patient, forgive, nurture... and so on!  It is at the end of the hallway so there is no way i can miss it.

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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Oh my.  That sums up my day pretty good.  Cici has a double ear infection and is a beast.  I am also playing single parent right now.  I really feel for the parents that do this all the time.  I don't think i could survive this for very long.  Today wasn't all bad, ended it on a bad note so out of pure exhaustion all i can think about is the bad!  This morning we made bath paint.  The girls took a LONG bath so i got alot done.  I worked this morning so the time was much appreciated.

Please look past the horribly gross looking muffin pan.  The paint looks pretty though right?


My oldest daughter had a birthday party this afternoon and since we live 20 miles from the town the party was in I needed to waste 2 hours so that i didn't have to drive there and back 4 times.  Since Cici isn't feeling the greatest and has been pure cranky it wasn't an easy thing.  We had many tantrums... the kind where the child is on the floor and you just leave them to do their thing.  I do not feed into her when she does this.  It really just makes me want to laugh... and cry.  Then we went to visit my brother who is still in town.  Cici did great from then until we got home... then it was all down hill again.  But now as she is laying next to me asleep I am able to look at her and see my precious little baby again. Slowly the stress is going away.

So remember that child's masterpiece board i was talking about before??  Well I called the next day and they were able to hold it for me :) Yay!  We picked it up today.  So glad i got it.  I think i will spotlight a different child each week to keep the peace.





Now that i have had some time to myself i am feeling SO much more at ease.  I told the older kids that i just needed a little mommy break.  But now i think we all need to SLEEP.  Ahhhhh... sounds so good!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Chasley came running in the house on Tuesday very excited to announce that tulips were peaking out of the ground.  I was so excited I ran out of the front door in the rain (with white socks on which is a huge pet peeve of mine... and I am always scolding the kids for this... shame on myself!) to see our little sprouts!  I was so excited that i decided to break out my spring wreath... well not really a wreath, it is a big paper flower.  Only to find a very sad surprise when we woke up the next morning to horrendous wind and wet snow/sleet.  I guess i was a little premature in my excitement for spring.  A girl can dream right??   I didn't let the snow stop me though.  I broke out some more spring decor today.  The sun did show it's sweet little face today, even if only for a few brief moments here and there, it made me feel like there is still hope.

I worked in the office today and went over to our gift shop today during a break and spotted a very cute display board for kids artwork.  I am only 5'1 and it was on the top shelf so i couldn't see the price.  I decided not to worry about.  But now it is all I can think about!  I have been scouring the internet for it but cannot find it anywhere!  It will drive me crazy until I find out if I can get one somewhere else or find out if they will get anymore in.  They only had one so I am sure it will be gone the next time I go in.  I would attempt to make one but it was perfect and I know I wouldn't be satisfied.  Maybe I will just call in the morning.  That would eliminate all this dumb worry right?  So I will stop talking about it now.

I haven't been on here for a while...  not because I haven't wanted to, I have just been so busy catering to my sick kids.  Seriously how many viral infections are going to go through our house??  Another reason I am ready for spring.  Let's open up these windows and get the germs out!  We like to share at our house :)  HOWEVER, I do not do that good on a couple hours of sleep.  What kind of infection makes it so you can't sleep and have a fever but no other symptoms??

Hmmm... what else have I been up to?  Well I constructed a pinewood derby car (all by myself).  We definitely didn't win, or come close.  But I can say that I have made one.  You could tell that all the other cars had some manly influence, but ours was decked out with cute swirly girly designs... I have never been much of tomboy.  I don't know how to do "boyish" so much, but I probably could have tried a little harder. The kids surprisingly didn't want much to do with it.  So it was all me.  And my better half was out of town.  Next time for Syler's sake i will try harder to make it look like a race car.  He was sick so he didn't really get to enjoy the whole experience.  Next year ya'll better watch out cause we will be stepping up our game!  That's right!!

My baby brother (well the oldest of my "babies") is in town.  He is working at a national wrestling tourny.  I was able to stop by (with some much enjoyed Starbucks) and see him for a while.  I seriously LOVE my family and wish that I could see them more often.

I think I have rambled enough for one sitting... now off to bed with a horribly cranky soon to be 2 year old.  I just adore getting to share a bed with someone who kicks me all night and pushes me off the side of the bed.  She likes her feet on her dad and her head on me.  Often changing positions and slapping, pushing and crying throughout the night.  It is going to be one enjoyable night of sleep :"(

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