Thursday, September 2, 2010

First Day of Back to School - WOOT WOOT!!

Can you hear the angels singing and see me dancing in the street?!  It is back to school day for my little (okay big) hoodlums - YAY!!!  Now, don't get me wrong - I completely think that it's insane to send kids back to school just 2 days before Labor Day and to go to school 2 days only to be out of school for another 3 days before going back again and then having another short week before starting full time - it's crazy, right - nooo... just me??? *crickets chirping*

Okay... moving on then.... I had hoped to have some first day of school pictures for you today but then I realized I won't have a chance to take pictures of them and get them posted before we all leave for the day - so instead I will post them tomorrow for you to see.  :o)

Instead, today I am going to play along in the "Thank you very much" blog carnival with Kmama at the Daily Dribbles.  So feel free to join in if you'd like.  What? You don't know what it is?  Well then... you can go here and check it out for yourself - Kmama gives excellent instructions on how you too can play along:


It's Free Therapy Day!! That's right, it's Thursday, which means it's the Thank You Very Much day. The way it works is that you take out all your frustrations on people/things that peeved you off during the week and thank them in a very sarcastic way, for being who or what they are/doing what they did.


Sooo...on with the fun...shall we?!

1.  To the school district for starting school 2 days before Labor Day - Thank you very much

2.  To the school district for allowing me to change my kid's bus stop to a safer stop - Thank you very much

3.  To my kids for going to bed on time last night in order to get a good night's rest for your first day of school - Thank you very much

4.  To the 2 Advil that I took before bed last night due to my legs bothering me - and for giving me wild, weird and scary dreams all  night (I was bitten by a snake on my butt cheeks in one of those dreams) - Thank you very much

5.  To the coffee for being ready this morning when I so desperately needed you - Thank you very much

6.  To my doctor's office for having my stuff ready and prepared for my Orthopaedic visit tomorrow - Thank you very much

7.  To today for being my Friday despite having to go to the doctor tomorrow - Thank you very much

8.  To all of you, my friends, for hanging out with me and my randomness and for your sweet, sweet comments - Thank you very much

9.  To my two kiddos for growing up on me way too fast and making me sad that you're almost adults and will fly the nest before long - Thank you very much

10.  To the 2 business places who called my daughter yesterday and both gave her a job on the same day within 30 minutes of each other - where now she has the opportunity to choose which one to take - Thank you very much

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by to say hello my sweets!  Be sure to check out my babies back to school photos tomorrow! :o)



Lots of love and hugs,

First Day of Back to School - WOOT WOOT!!

Can you hear the angels singing and see me dancing in the street?!  It is back to school day for my little (okay big) hoodlums - YAY!!!  Now, don't get me wrong - I completely think that it's insane to send kids back to school just 2 days before Labor Day and to go to school 2 days only to be out of school for another 3 days before going back again and then having another short week before starting full time - it's crazy, right - nooo... just me??? *crickets chirping*

Okay... moving on then.... I had hoped to have some first day of school pictures for you today but then I realized I won't have a chance to take pictures of them and get them posted before we all leave for the day - so instead I will post them tomorrow for you to see.  :o)

Instead, today I am going to play along in the "Thank you very much" blog carnival with Kmama at the Daily Dribbles.  So feel free to join in if you'd like.  What? You don't know what it is?  Well then... you can go here and check it out for yourself - Kmama gives excellent instructions on how you too can play along:


It's Free Therapy Day!! That's right, it's Thursday, which means it's the Thank You Very Much day. The way it works is that you take out all your frustrations on people/things that peeved you off during the week and thank them in a very sarcastic way, for being who or what they are/doing what they did.


Sooo...on with the fun...shall we?!

1.  To the school district for starting school 2 days before Labor Day - Thank you very much

2.  To the school district for allowing me to change my kid's bus stop to a safer stop - Thank you very much

3.  To my kids for going to bed on time last night in order to get a good night's rest for your first day of school - Thank you very much

4.  To the 2 Advil that I took before bed last night due to my legs bothering me - and for giving me wild, weird and scary dreams all  night (I was bitten by a snake on my butt cheeks in one of those dreams) - Thank you very much

5.  To the coffee for being ready this morning when I so desperately needed you - Thank you very much

6.  To my doctor's office for having my stuff ready and prepared for my Orthopaedic visit tomorrow - Thank you very much

7.  To today for being my Friday despite having to go to the doctor tomorrow - Thank you very much

8.  To all of you, my friends, for hanging out with me and my randomness and for your sweet, sweet comments - Thank you very much

9.  To my two kiddos for growing up on me way too fast and making me sad that you're almost adults and will fly the nest before long - Thank you very much

10.  To the 2 business places who called my daughter yesterday and both gave her a job on the same day within 30 minutes of each other - where now she has the opportunity to choose which one to take - Thank you very much

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by to say hello my sweets!  Be sure to check out my babies back to school photos tomorrow! :o)



Lots of love and hugs,

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Happy Hump Day!


It's almost that time! WOOO PIG SOOOIEEE!!!! 


VS.


Saturday at 6 p.m. - and I.can't.wait!  GO HOGS! :o)  Yes, I'm a football fanatic.... what gave it away? LOL

Happy Wednesday my friends! Thanks for stopping by to say hello and have a great day!

Lots of love and hugs,

Happy Hump Day!


It's almost that time! WOOO PIG SOOOIEEE!!!! 


VS.


Saturday at 6 p.m. - and I.can't.wait!  GO HOGS! :o)  Yes, I'm a football fanatic.... what gave it away? LOL

Happy Wednesday my friends! Thanks for stopping by to say hello and have a great day!

Lots of love and hugs,

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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,