Latest Find

I'm loving my new earrings by Joolie! I first saw these on Pioneer Woman's blog and had to have them. Perfect to represent my 3 babies.

Well Deserved

A few weeks ago I was introduced to another blog who was giving away a exterior home makeover...well, the ideas for one... I sent a picture of my house and my plea. As to my initial disappointment, I didn't win BUT the woman who did needs it more than I do. Her husband has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant but there are no matches for him. Please take a moment and visit this fantastic blog. You will be inspired. Hopefully inspired to help.

A Wad....

panties that is.....

We all get this way from time to time. It's not a lovely thing to admit that's for sure. Everything is going as planned, and BOOM!..... something happens that wasn't planned. Feelings get hurt and you may stomp you feet even. Then God brings your tiff into perspective. He shows you that there are way more important things going on that need attention and prayer even. Life is not about what we want.... but what God wants of us. Next time things don't go the way you expected, it's not the end of the world. Seek His face and try to discern what He wants you to do.

I don't know if any of you needed this but it helps me to vent :)

Scoop

I found a cute website and thought you may like it too! Here is an article on tips to have a great wardrobe on a budget!
MY SCOOP

For those of you that paint walls.....

I have been a busy bee in our hallway painting. The walls were white and the ceiling was green. I got eggshell base and have put 3 coats and when you look at it you see streaks!!! What in the world am I doing wrong? This is not the first time I have painted. I bought a really good roller for this job and it's driving me crazy. Any thoughts?? Of course you only see these spots in the glare of the light so it is really only noticeable when you are walking from my bedroom.... anyway, here is a peak of the color.

Projects Projects

Back in June, we had the dining room painted from burgundy to Lake Country by Valspar. Well, it turned out pretty bright and I'm starting to have a "what have i done" moment about the whole thing. Esp. since we hired professionals to paint it. I usually do all the painting in the house but this room needed primer and paint on ceilings and walls. I can't dare tell my hubby that I'm thinking about another color for it so I will wait and see if it looks ok after we finally furnish the room to be another living area/dining room as I would like. Hopefully by this June, the room will be somewhat furnished.

when we moved in this house the lady before us had allllllll this expensive wallpaper and borders put up in most of the rooms. I wish I had a picture of our bedroom and bathroom... salmon walls and LOUD magnolia border in the bathroom. That came down immediately after we moved in along with all of the other border in the bedrooms...Does anyone even use border anymore? That brings us to the foyer (which is directly off of my "tiffany blue" living/dining) wallpaper. I think it's beautiful even though it's not something I would pick out. And the molding detail is pretty neat. Before, below the wallpaper and molding, was the burgundy color and we didn't have it painted along with the dining room.... so i decided to take the leftover paint and tackle it myself...

This is the result..... which has me second guessing the whole color again

This morning I took a leap of faith and pulled put the Blonde shade we have in our living room and I'm so much happier with the turn out. And since I won't be taking that wallpaper down anytime soon, this will def work! All it needs now is a pretty rug.

Sew what?

Before I share my project with you I want to take a moment to talk about Lent. Growing up in the Catholic school system, we were taught that you give up something for Lent. I never truly understood the why but I would go along with it because, well, that's what you did. Then there was the "lull" in my life before I became a Christian and this Lent thing came up again. Since we are not Catholic, I brushed it off as a Catholic ritual. Then I was told it's a man-made act anyway... meaning it's not Biblical. But you know what? I think it is Biblical. Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter and represents the 40 days Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by Satan(Matthew 4:1-11). If you consider what God gave up for us ( his son) the least I can do is give up something that we really love for 40 days out of the year. This is how I feel about it anyway. So with that said, I have decided to give up facebook (cringing) because it really does take up much of my time. Time I could be focusing on my relationship with God, my husband, my children. This will truly be a sacrifice because I literally check it a dozen times a day. Crazy I know. I'm not announcing this to get credit...just to share.

Now, doesn't this look like the tools of a professional?

When i bought Wade's crib bedding ( Retro Cowboy by Michael Miller) I purchased some extra fabrics in the event I would make something. Now is my time! I have been so anxious to have the boys bed skirts made and fretting over finding a seamstress that would not charge me out the wahzoo to do it... a light bulb went off! (or should that be on?) Anyway...

The boys' beds ( which were my Nana's antique twin beds) are up against the walls so I knew I didn't need a full bed skirt. And the way the bed frame is made, you can't just let the skirt hang off the mattress... sooo I had the idea to velcro panels to the inside of the frame. Then for the "hem" I found some bonding tape and .....

Voila!
(and cost me about $5..plus the price of fabric of course)