Buried....

yep...I buried myself today.....in fabric....paper....thread....ribbbon
in whatever I could find to keep from falling apart
My husband who has worked for the same company (which will remain unmentioned)
has been laid off...effective March
Yep....it sucks.....
Why am I telling you ??
So you can pray....and send good thoughts....and mail me any change and heck...even french fries you find under your seats (humor helps me)

This horrible...shocking news however...made for a very productive Me

Have a happy day

Big Bed

This weekend we reached another milestone
Chloe got her Big girl bed
...you asked for some before photos....well...I forgot to take some Saturday
But I dug and found a couple just for you
sweet and pink

on the wall...nursery rhyme canvases that I made for her

Ah....now....bright....bold

definitely needs more pillows...

but pillows take time...have to find just the right ones

and if I am Meg....I make them....but I am not....she is GOOD !!

The tu-tu

I just could not put away the tu-tu

she is and will always be my little girl

big bed or not

have a happy day

Sooo....

This weekend I am attempting to get Chloe into a Big Girl Bed.
Oh sure...she has been out of the crib for years...her crib converted into a tiny daybed
and well...now she is looking a little large in that.

So I went to my favorite antique shop...Mom's basement...yes literally my Mom's basement...she has over the years collected the yummiest stuff.
She has the perfect full-sized metal bed....its brown...I may leave it....may paint it...either way..I Love it and it will be perfect and best of all...its FREE.

However we do have to mattress shop....so that is on the to do list....and bedding...and pillows...and of course with any new bed and bedding...comes new decor...so lots of fun to be had in my house this weekend.

I hope you have a weekend with lots of fun stuff going on.....but if you don't...and you are just sitting around...while you're at it...check out these cakes at Larissa Meek .......all I can say is WOW !!!!!

Swing by JaneSays too while you are relaxing...you just might see something you like.

Have a happy day

Inauguration Day

Here are some very good photos of Inauguration Day...maybe you have seen some of these..perhaps not all of them.

Enjoy !!
God Bless America

Have a happy day

Brace Yourselves

Brace yourselves they said......A Winter Blast is a comin'
Oh boy....last night as we ate dinner I peered out the little
Italian restaurant's window and thought now nice it would be if it would begin
right now.....how nice to sit here and eat my lasagna and garlic knots and
watch the snow land softly on the ground
but it was yet a few hours off.
We went to bed last night and as anyone living where we live knows....you can never really
be sure you will get the snow until you see it with your eyes.
Oh.....the letdown......Oh so sorry Chloe....my sweet little child who has
never played in more than 1 inch of snow....ever.
Oh brace yourself honey.....NO SNOW !!!!!! Here is our snow......Yep.....that's it.....all of it
As our luck would have....some force of nature came along and blew the storm a little south
and then a little east....leaving us with nothing more than a little dust

Instead of happily pulling on long johns....boots...and hats
Sweet Chloe plopped herself on the couch...bare feet and all and played a little Build-A-Bear

If you live in a land where you get a lot of snow...I know our depression seems crazy....but geeez...we never get snow...always left out....always skipped over....darn weather patterns.

If you have some right now....won't ya send us a little.....just enough for one snowball
Thanks...that would be GREAT !!

have a happy day

Some Wednesday Fun and Freaky-ness

I think this is just the cutest idea....
have you seen the personalized fruit roll-ups ?
Go here and check out all the things you can put on fruit roll-ups.
What a cute gift this would be for your kids class on valentine's day....or party favors...oh boy !!

---------------------------------------------------------------------
If your team (If you have a team) is out of the running....sorry ....mine is not.
GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For the Super Bowl Party (yes I am predicting) I need these customized m&m candies...with MY team logo....how fun !!

OK...so two things are bugging me....now these are real serious....any help you have is appreciated.

First...what the heck good is this ion setting on your hair dryer....what is it "supposed" to be doing....and does it do it...mine just accidentally gets fiddled with off and on...high and low....can not ever really tell a difference in my hair....so if you can solve the mystery of this feature....please do.

Second...this one...the hubs and I kindly quarrel about in the car. OK...so I set my heat vents where I want them to blow on me in the car....well when the car makes a turn...the flow of air hits me in a different spot....like turning the car changes the direction of the air coming thru the vent...why do I notice this...well, I do not like the air blowing in my face...too hot...can't breathe...and sometimes when the car turns...its in my face...Ugh...takes my breath away....and I know it was not blowing in my face before...and sure enough as soon as the car straightens up....the air flow goes back where it was pre-turn....does anyone else know what I am talking about ??

now that you think I am a complete freak....

have a happy day

Let It All Hang Out

Just like us....kids need to let it all out
sometimes
This day....something inside Chloe wanted to toss fabric squares in the air...
I could just tell
So I unleashed the beast
"Go ahead...throw them everywhere".....I said

Sometimes its hard for people like me (neat-freak)

to let our kids make a mess

It took me 5 minutes to pick up and stack all the fabric....

well worth the enjoyment Chloe had tossing each and every scrap into the air.

Let you hair down......feels good.

have a happy day

Its Thursday....

and I have an answer
a fun get your kids and sing a long song
a yummy product
and some really really good news Ashley....yes I did find a pink bird
in fact I found 2
I got these from this little shop on etsy
Thank you for all of your wonderful suggestions...I had so much fun going thru all the links you sent me...and the little pink owl is in my favorites as we speak...she may be my next purchase.

Do you love for your man to smell good ?
That's a dumb question huh?
I present to you.......Vaselines new line of skincare for men....the lotion
Oh...it smells so good...and is so light
Hubs has not worn cologne since I got him this lotion....he loves it....I love it.


What kind of Cat are you?
have you heard this song...by Billy Jonas
Chloe and I love to sing it....its part game part song.
go here and click the tiny play button under the song title
now get your kids and have fun
----------------------------------------------------------------------
And the good news.....Oh ..... its still a secret....I can't tell a one of you
you will all know soon enough.....but to you whom the good news is about
CONGRATULATIONS......I am over the moon about the news !!!!!

have a happy day

Oh Dear

Recall the family room re-do
Family room re-do pillows....
and my PRECIOUS Chloe....snoozing.....so precious.....

Family room re-do rug

Not so precious.....

the previously mentioned PRECIOUS Chloe...

perched her bootie upon the coffee table last night

tipping daddy's drink onto the.....Ahem....beautiful family room re-do rug.

I panicked.....by no means do I have a kid-un-friendly house

I know I know...with kids....things are gonna happen

but.....I am just not ok with my poor poor rug.

So in my panic...I did not run to the laptop and google

jute rug....tea stain.....nope ( which may have been the best thing to do)...I immediately grabbed the Resolve and went to spraying...

and scrubbing....

After some drying....its not looking so good

G takes beautiful rug upstairs to the big tub....gonna scrub and rinse....good.

Aghhhh.....its looks like this now.....notice the attractive water line...

So help me.....do I take it to the cleaners ??

Wet the whole rug...and see if I can get it one color all over??

Oh....please don't say buy a new rug.......but if you are gonna say anything at all

say it quick....I'll be out buying a new one tomorrow....the anal in me HAS to.

have a happy day

Mantle Re-Do

Along with a family room re-do....comes a mantle re-do
For a while now my mantle had been...well....rather...subdued....calm
Not like me at all
So I spiced it up
With some of my favorite goodies
some frames I made
my Little Bit Funky House
a print from The Dreamy Giraffe
and a card from the sweet Amy of Stinky Toes Designs

Yummy....I love it....all I need is a hot pinkish bird...to sit on the left....in front of that frame...I am thinkin' about this one....its soap...but why wouldn't it work.....know of any cute hot pink birds....let me know.

have a happy day