Weekend Recap - Floor Redo

Happy Monday my friends and welcome! How was your weekend?  Did you do anything fun and exciting?  We worked around the house all day on Saturday starting bright and early Saturday morning and then deciding to finally "quit" about 7 p.m. just in time to watch our Hogs play football on tv.  While we watched tv, the hubs decided to make some yummy ribs and loaded nachos and served that with some nice cold beer.  Whew - we were so tired - here are a few pictures of our "hard" work:

I don't know if you can tell or not - but the flooring at the "top" of this picture is the old wood floor that is about 38 years old and in really bad shape and the "bottom" half of this picture is the new floor we were in the middle of putting down:

 Close up look at the new floor:

 Complete finished product:

Talk about HARD work but SO WORTH the pain and effort to put it in and get our office closer to being completed.  Then on Sunday I went and got an oil change, my husband went to work for a little while and then he met me and the kiddos at the mall and we did some much needed shopping.  They had a lot of great deals and I got some new and great ideas for my kid's Christmas gifts - trust me they are teens and VERY hard to buy for now! LOL 

So what did you do?  How was your weekend?  Please fill me in!  I hope to catch up with your blogs starting this morning at the office and then commenting on them later tonight as I am going to have some free time for a change in order to do so. 

Well, looks like it's that time again - so I better finish getting ready.  Have a great day my peeps and thanks so much for stopping by to say hello!

Lots of love and hugs,

Weekend Recap - Floor Redo

Happy Monday my friends and welcome! How was your weekend?  Did you do anything fun and exciting?  We worked around the house all day on Saturday starting bright and early Saturday morning and then deciding to finally "quit" about 7 p.m. just in time to watch our Hogs play football on tv.  While we watched tv, the hubs decided to make some yummy ribs and loaded nachos and served that with some nice cold beer.  Whew - we were so tired - here are a few pictures of our "hard" work:

I don't know if you can tell or not - but the flooring at the "top" of this picture is the old wood floor that is about 38 years old and in really bad shape and the "bottom" half of this picture is the new floor we were in the middle of putting down:

 Close up look at the new floor:

 Complete finished product:

Talk about HARD work but SO WORTH the pain and effort to put it in and get our office closer to being completed.  Then on Sunday I went and got an oil change, my husband went to work for a little while and then he met me and the kiddos at the mall and we did some much needed shopping.  They had a lot of great deals and I got some new and great ideas for my kid's Christmas gifts - trust me they are teens and VERY hard to buy for now! LOL 

So what did you do?  How was your weekend?  Please fill me in!  I hope to catch up with your blogs starting this morning at the office and then commenting on them later tonight as I am going to have some free time for a change in order to do so. 

Well, looks like it's that time again - so I better finish getting ready.  Have a great day my peeps and thanks so much for stopping by to say hello!

Lots of love and hugs,

Weekend Recap - Labor Day

Happy Tuesday lovies!  Hope you had a wonderful and safe holiday weekend.  We had a nice weekend but man, was I busy!  I am so tired that I need to go back to work just to get some rest! HA!  On Friday, I spent the first part of the day going to pick up my x-ray to take it to my Orthopaedic Surgeon's doctor visit.   Then while waiting for the time to go to the dr., I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon shopping at places like Michaels, etc. and had a lot of fun.  It was so nice to have some wonderful quiet "me" time for a change with no kids hanging at my feet saying they were bored and ready to go home - ahhhh..... peace and quiet! :o)

Anyway, then I headed to the doctor to see what he had to say about my knee.  Unfortunately, it was not good news.  He said it appears just from the exam that I do indeed have a torn meniscus but that the tear is on both sides of my knee.  He is sending me to get an MRI on Wednesday night to get the actual picture of my knee to see what we are looking at.  If the MRI does show a tear then he will go in and do a quick 20 minute operation to clean it out.  I will keep you updated once I know the results.

On Saturday we started the day off with my daughter having an interview at our movie theatre.  Afterwards, we went to the mall for some retail therapy and she wanted her hair dyed back to her natural color but a little darker, but everyone wanted $75 to $110 just to color it and I told them NO WAY - that was WAY too much!  So, I did what any other mommy on a budget would do - I went and bought a color treatment at Target and colored her hair myself! HA!  It cost me all of $8 and it turned out great!  Take a look for yourself:

Before:

After:

Much better - don't ya think?! :o)  She looks so much better with her natural color (though it is darker than her normal color and darker than I really wanted it to be)  She loves it though and that was well worth the $8.  I had never colored hair before and was terrified to do it for the first time - but it was SO easy that I couldn't believe it. 

Later that day she received some wonderful news.  The movie theater called and offered her a position with them.  She was SO excited and is still excited.  This is her first REAL job ever.  She starts her training this week and then will work only on weekends and holidays.  I will take pictures of her when she is in her new uniform for you to all see.  The one thing about her uniform that she is really excited about is, of all things, the name tag - HA!  I have no clue why - but she can't wait to wear her own name badge!  The good news is that whenever she is working, me, my husband and our son can go watch movies for FREE! WOO HOO!!  We are such huge movie buffs and spend so much money on movies that it's ridiculous! So imagine our excitement when we learned that good news! :o)  Saturday night after the hubby and son got home from working in CT again, we decided to rent the Razorback/Tennessee Tech game on Pay Per View so we could watch our home boys play and what a game it was - we kicked some MAJOR butt!  It was a heck of a game and a way to start off the year.  Of course, the 3rd and 4th games are going to be the really tough ones so we'll see how good our boys are on those days.  Either way though we support our Hogs! ;o)

The rest of the weekend was spent working around the house, cleaning out closets, organizing my office and getting donations ready to take and drop off.  Then I was able to take time and spray paint the remainder of my yard sale finds from weeks ago.  Also, while I was at it, I went ahead and put away my summer decorations and began decorating for Fall - it was BEAUTIFUL here this weekend and we had a high of only 65 on Sunday - it was GLORIOUS weather and so perfect!  We slept with the patio deck door of our bedroom open the entire weekend and enjoyed the "free" air conditioning.  Too bad that Monday was hot and sunny and back in the 80's.  This week is also going to be hot and sunny. I cannot wait for Fall to finally arrive once and for all and get rid of these hot and humid temps.  ACK!

Anywhooo....here are some of the items I spray painted yesterday.  

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

After (it just got a new paint job - same White color)

Thanks for stopping by to say hello and have a great day my friends!  I will have pictures tomorrow of my fall tablescape so be sure to check back at that time!  I could use some of your advice too as I still have some places that just need "something" more and would love to hear your ideas!

Lots of love and hugs

Weekend Recap - Labor Day

Happy Tuesday lovies!  Hope you had a wonderful and safe holiday weekend.  We had a nice weekend but man, was I busy!  I am so tired that I need to go back to work just to get some rest! HA!  On Friday, I spent the first part of the day going to pick up my x-ray to take it to my Orthopaedic Surgeon's doctor visit.   Then while waiting for the time to go to the dr., I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon shopping at places like Michaels, etc. and had a lot of fun.  It was so nice to have some wonderful quiet "me" time for a change with no kids hanging at my feet saying they were bored and ready to go home - ahhhh..... peace and quiet! :o)

Anyway, then I headed to the doctor to see what he had to say about my knee.  Unfortunately, it was not good news.  He said it appears just from the exam that I do indeed have a torn meniscus but that the tear is on both sides of my knee.  He is sending me to get an MRI on Wednesday night to get the actual picture of my knee to see what we are looking at.  If the MRI does show a tear then he will go in and do a quick 20 minute operation to clean it out.  I will keep you updated once I know the results.

On Saturday we started the day off with my daughter having an interview at our movie theatre.  Afterwards, we went to the mall for some retail therapy and she wanted her hair dyed back to her natural color but a little darker, but everyone wanted $75 to $110 just to color it and I told them NO WAY - that was WAY too much!  So, I did what any other mommy on a budget would do - I went and bought a color treatment at Target and colored her hair myself! HA!  It cost me all of $8 and it turned out great!  Take a look for yourself:

Before:

After:

Much better - don't ya think?! :o)  She looks so much better with her natural color (though it is darker than her normal color and darker than I really wanted it to be)  She loves it though and that was well worth the $8.  I had never colored hair before and was terrified to do it for the first time - but it was SO easy that I couldn't believe it. 

Later that day she received some wonderful news.  The movie theater called and offered her a position with them.  She was SO excited and is still excited.  This is her first REAL job ever.  She starts her training this week and then will work only on weekends and holidays.  I will take pictures of her when she is in her new uniform for you to all see.  The one thing about her uniform that she is really excited about is, of all things, the name tag - HA!  I have no clue why - but she can't wait to wear her own name badge!  The good news is that whenever she is working, me, my husband and our son can go watch movies for FREE! WOO HOO!!  We are such huge movie buffs and spend so much money on movies that it's ridiculous! So imagine our excitement when we learned that good news! :o)  Saturday night after the hubby and son got home from working in CT again, we decided to rent the Razorback/Tennessee Tech game on Pay Per View so we could watch our home boys play and what a game it was - we kicked some MAJOR butt!  It was a heck of a game and a way to start off the year.  Of course, the 3rd and 4th games are going to be the really tough ones so we'll see how good our boys are on those days.  Either way though we support our Hogs! ;o)

The rest of the weekend was spent working around the house, cleaning out closets, organizing my office and getting donations ready to take and drop off.  Then I was able to take time and spray paint the remainder of my yard sale finds from weeks ago.  Also, while I was at it, I went ahead and put away my summer decorations and began decorating for Fall - it was BEAUTIFUL here this weekend and we had a high of only 65 on Sunday - it was GLORIOUS weather and so perfect!  We slept with the patio deck door of our bedroom open the entire weekend and enjoyed the "free" air conditioning.  Too bad that Monday was hot and sunny and back in the 80's.  This week is also going to be hot and sunny. I cannot wait for Fall to finally arrive once and for all and get rid of these hot and humid temps.  ACK!

Anywhooo....here are some of the items I spray painted yesterday.  

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

After (it just got a new paint job - same White color)

Thanks for stopping by to say hello and have a great day my friends!  I will have pictures tomorrow of my fall tablescape so be sure to check back at that time!  I could use some of your advice too as I still have some places that just need "something" more and would love to hear your ideas!

Lots of love and hugs

Cedar Chest Makeover

Hey there dolls - how are you?  How was your Monday?  Great, I hope!  I was supposed to go to the Orthopaedic surgeon today about my knee, but we rescheduled it for this Friday instead - which was nice because that also gives me a 4 day weekend instead of a 3 day weekend and since I have to take off anyway, I might as well use it to my advantage, right?! :o)  Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments yesterday regarding my "freehand" painting.  It was a lot of fun, and not too shabby for a first timer, I thought. :o) 

Now.... today, I am going to show you the complete re-do of the cedar chest I picked up on the side of the road a couple of months back for my daughter's room.  Those of you who have been around a while know that it started out looking like this when I found it on the side of the road:

This is after I began to strip it down:

This is the inside in pristine condition:

And this is the finished product:

I wasn't real sure about painting it White, but my daughter wanted it to match her room instead of just being stained.  However, afterwards, I am really glad I did paint it White - I think it really turned out so nice and will look great in her room.  I used Kilz High Gloss White Paint (from Wal-Mart) as I thought it would look much better with a glossy finish and I was right!  So what do you think?  Please excuse the bad quality of photo but this was taken in my garage and I couldn't get the lighting right on it. *sigh*

I am linking up to this party today over at Coastal Charm.  Go check them out - there are a lot of great finds and great projects going on over there today!

Happy Tuesday my loves - have a great day and thanks for stopping by to say hello!

Lots of love and hugs,

Cedar Chest Makeover

Hey there dolls - how are you?  How was your Monday?  Great, I hope!  I was supposed to go to the Orthopaedic surgeon today about my knee, but we rescheduled it for this Friday instead - which was nice because that also gives me a 4 day weekend instead of a 3 day weekend and since I have to take off anyway, I might as well use it to my advantage, right?! :o)  Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments yesterday regarding my "freehand" painting.  It was a lot of fun, and not too shabby for a first timer, I thought. :o) 

Now.... today, I am going to show you the complete re-do of the cedar chest I picked up on the side of the road a couple of months back for my daughter's room.  Those of you who have been around a while know that it started out looking like this when I found it on the side of the road:

This is after I began to strip it down:

This is the inside in pristine condition:

And this is the finished product:

I wasn't real sure about painting it White, but my daughter wanted it to match her room instead of just being stained.  However, afterwards, I am really glad I did paint it White - I think it really turned out so nice and will look great in her room.  I used Kilz High Gloss White Paint (from Wal-Mart) as I thought it would look much better with a glossy finish and I was right!  So what do you think?  Please excuse the bad quality of photo but this was taken in my garage and I couldn't get the lighting right on it. *sigh*

I am linking up to this party today over at Coastal Charm.  Go check them out - there are a lot of great finds and great projects going on over there today!

Happy Tuesday my loves - have a great day and thanks for stopping by to say hello!

Lots of love and hugs,

Answers to Trunk Questions & Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Liquid Daily Sunblock Review #2

Happy Thursday my friends!  Hope you've had a great week so far.  The last 2 days have been absolutely C-R-A-Z-Y for me.  I've been working on a different floor, at a different desk, for different attorneys on Tuesday and Wednesday and I am so happy to finally get back to my own desk today.  The bad thing was all I did was cover their phones for them mainly because I was taking dictation and working on a 100 page document for my main boss who is in Bermuda for the summer (at his summer home) and really had no time to do much else - especially while taking 3 hours straight of dictation over the phone. ACK!  Needless to say, I am TIRED! zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Thank you for all of your questions and comments regarding the pictures from yesterday.  It is a Lane Hope Chest that I found and got for F-R-E-E on the side of the road along with some other items.  The outside looked bad but when I opened it and saw the inside was in perfect condition, I.HAD.TO.HAVE.IT!  I even went into the bar and asked one of the men there to come help me load it in my truck! HA!  Yes, I am restoring it myself, which is taking longer than I had planned.  I really thought I would have it finished completely by the end of the 3 day long weekend but as you can see, I barely got the top stripped by the end of the 3rd day and I can tell you that my arms and hands hurt more than they ever have.  It was extremely hard work! *sheesh*  LOL  I am giving it to my daughter as a gift for her.  I want to start collecting the things she will need when she goes away to college and/or gets married later down the road to get her started and this is the perfect trunk to do just that.  I've been looking for one for her since she was young, and this one just kind of fell in my lap so I could not, not take it home with me, right?! :o)

 

On another note, regarding the Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Liquid Daily Sunblock that I was given to try and review I have to say that I am in love with it completely! I love the way it makes my skin feel so soft and moisturized. There is absolutely no greasy film left behind and even as I am putting it on, I don't even know it's there. This is definitely a product I will choose to purchase once I have ran out of my last bottle that was given to me to try out. You should definitely try it - I think you will enjoy it as much as I do. The fact that it also has a 70 SPF helps too and I look forward to seeing how it works against the Florida sun in August on our vacation! If you would like to review UltraSheer®, too then go to http://www.giantwavepool.com/ultrasheer.  Or get $2 off your UltraSheer® purchase at http://www.neutrogena.com/suncoupon.

[Disclosure of Material Connection: I received the product mentioned above for free for review purposes from Tidal Labs. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."]

Well, have a wonderful and blessed day today my peeps and thanks for stopping by to say hello.

Lots of love and hugs,

Answers to Trunk Questions & Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Liquid Daily Sunblock Review #2

Happy Thursday my friends!  Hope you've had a great week so far.  The last 2 days have been absolutely C-R-A-Z-Y for me.  I've been working on a different floor, at a different desk, for different attorneys on Tuesday and Wednesday and I am so happy to finally get back to my own desk today.  The bad thing was all I did was cover their phones for them mainly because I was taking dictation and working on a 100 page document for my main boss who is in Bermuda for the summer (at his summer home) and really had no time to do much else - especially while taking 3 hours straight of dictation over the phone. ACK!  Needless to say, I am TIRED! zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Thank you for all of your questions and comments regarding the pictures from yesterday.  It is a Lane Hope Chest that I found and got for F-R-E-E on the side of the road along with some other items.  The outside looked bad but when I opened it and saw the inside was in perfect condition, I.HAD.TO.HAVE.IT!  I even went into the bar and asked one of the men there to come help me load it in my truck! HA!  Yes, I am restoring it myself, which is taking longer than I had planned.  I really thought I would have it finished completely by the end of the 3 day long weekend but as you can see, I barely got the top stripped by the end of the 3rd day and I can tell you that my arms and hands hurt more than they ever have.  It was extremely hard work! *sheesh*  LOL  I am giving it to my daughter as a gift for her.  I want to start collecting the things she will need when she goes away to college and/or gets married later down the road to get her started and this is the perfect trunk to do just that.  I've been looking for one for her since she was young, and this one just kind of fell in my lap so I could not, not take it home with me, right?! :o)

 

On another note, regarding the Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Liquid Daily Sunblock that I was given to try and review I have to say that I am in love with it completely! I love the way it makes my skin feel so soft and moisturized. There is absolutely no greasy film left behind and even as I am putting it on, I don't even know it's there. This is definitely a product I will choose to purchase once I have ran out of my last bottle that was given to me to try out. You should definitely try it - I think you will enjoy it as much as I do. The fact that it also has a 70 SPF helps too and I look forward to seeing how it works against the Florida sun in August on our vacation! If you would like to review UltraSheer®, too then go to http://www.giantwavepool.com/ultrasheer.  Or get $2 off your UltraSheer® purchase at http://www.neutrogena.com/suncoupon.

[Disclosure of Material Connection: I received the product mentioned above for free for review purposes from Tidal Labs. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."]

Well, have a wonderful and blessed day today my peeps and thanks for stopping by to say hello.

Lots of love and hugs,