Eight years ago plus one day, we sat in an orphanage office half way around the world awaiting the arrival of our two new daughters. Today is our youngest daughter's ninth birthday. Time flew by so fast in between these two occurences in my life it's unbelievable! It seems like yesterday that I met this […]
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PICTURES ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL ~ of the family!
I LOVE using old and discarded things as creative decorations. I also LOVE pictures. I love creating photo albums, cool photo gallery walls, unique pictures inside cool frames. So when I see an AWESOME picture frame like this Source I copy, copy, copy!!!! On one of my many trips to the ReStore […]
KICKING OUT THE KICK SPACE ~ trimming off the bottom space of our cabinets
We got a little work done on our family room built-ins last week. How exciting!! If you can remember we bought a whole set of kitchen cabinets from The Habitat for Humanity ReStore. We got a little side tracked with the tv niche. But the LOML thinks he wants to do "easy" cuts […]
RIPPING OUT BASEBOARD ~ and getting a little frustration out!
We were very busy this weekend getting a little frustration out and getting a lot of work done all at the same time! We're building built-in bookcases on one whole side of our family room. I've primed the ReStore cabinets we bought with two coats of KILZ. Tomorrow I'll paint two coats of white […]
BANANA PUDDING ~ a yummy dessert for the holiday weekend
This Memorial Day weekend, I am blessed to have the whole gang home. This is my absolute favorite time EVER! For the holiday, I made a yummy dessert the LOML has been begging for. BANANA PUDDING INGREDIENTS 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1 (14 ounces) can of sweetened condensed milk […]
DIAPER WREATH ~ I’m goin’ to a baby shower!!
Having a baby is one of the most exciting times in a girl's life! For all her friends, the shower is a way to celebrate this exciting time. I have a dear friend…she's Daughter #1's fourth grade teacher. She was also Son #3 & Son #4's teacher, too. She is expecting her first baby. I think […]