Our Busy Weekend

This weekend was busy, busy, busy. But after the week I had, what could you expect. The “fun” started Tuesday morning when I ran out of the house on my way to work. As usual, I was cutting it close. The night before, I had taken off my wedding rings and watch and laid them on the entertainment center. I do two things IMMEDIATLY when I walk in the door from work; 1. kick off my shoes, and 2. take off my jewelry. This means that there is always a pile of shoes by our front door and my jewelry is sometimes not in the same place. I really do try but sometimes I slip up. Monday evening was one of those times. So anyway, I put my rings on my watchband and off I went. Tuesday as I was leaving I grabbed them and left the house. Somewhere between downtown and work I realized that I don’t remember doing anything with them once I got in the car. Panic ensues. I am trying to dig through my purse while driving down 280. Not good. I get to work and spend 10 minutes looking once I get to the parking garage. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. I called Ben and he is none to happy with me but he isn’t able to go to the house so, I go to plan B. Call Kim. Well, really, I text Kim. I mean, surely she has nothing better to do but go to my house and find my rings for me. Thankfully, she did just that. Whew.

Wednesday during lunch, I’m admiring my wonderful ring now safely on my finger and I realize that one of the prongs is broken. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Could this week get in worse?   WEEEEELLLLL, let’s flash forward to 5pm. I’m standing at the copier and think “You know what would be a great idea? I’m going to remove this staple out of this piece of paper with my teeth.”  Yeah, not really the best idea. I chipped a little piece off my tooth. GRRRRRRRRRR……….

Thankfully, Thursday and Friday were uneventful because Saturday was chaos! I had to be at the dentist at 7am. Ben made me write 100 times….”I will not remove staples with my teeth:).” Then we went to breakfast and I had to run by the store. We took my ring to the Jewelers. Those of you from Birmingham may be familiar with Levy’s Fine Jeweler. You know, Rhoda? I got to see Rhoda. I was so excited it was pitiful. Then we took my car to get washed and THEN ran by the store. I was exhausted and it was only 10:30. That afternoon we had a baby shower for Jenny at Katie’s house. It was great. She got some really cute things….even if she is taking her baby boy home in a dress!!!!!!! 

After the shower, Kim FORCED me to see Twilight; New Moon. I mean, I REALLY did not want to go. That movie is just so juvenile but since she wanted to, I tagged along. Ok, actually I was the one dying to go. It was great! Those books/movies just pull me in like the other millions of women around the world. 

If you made it to the end, thanks for hanging in there. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Vintage Kitchen Prints On A Budget

I thought I would join Kimba's DIY Day. This is the first time I have so I hope it works!

I've been wanting to post this project so I thought this would be the perfect excuse. I have one decent wall in our kitchen and I was trying to figure out what kind of "art" I wanted in the room. Before, I had a big clock but I wanted something different. I had priced some vintage prints but they were going to cost me a minimum of $10 to $15 (before the frame). So, when I found this book at Barnes and Noble for $14.98, a light bulb went on (picture a little light bulb over my head here!)


The book was full of lovely prints like these and a few that I decided not to use now but might have a future use for.


I found these frames on clearance at Walmart for $2.00 each. A word to the wise: the next time you think the price is too good to be true, it probably is. I should have waited and spent a bit more on the frame but, oh well. These will work for now.


And Voila'! These are perfect for now and I love the fact that some of the prints are items I use A LOT of (one being the garlic print). All in all, I spent around $33 for the whole project. Thanks for checking out my project and check out the other DIY projects at Kimba's if you have a few minutes.

Fall Days

Last night I headed to Nashville to spend today with my mom, Grandma, and Aunt Avo. My Uncle Mike was doing a craft show and I am always up for a good craft show. The problem I have now is I walk around and instead of enjoying the show, I spend my time trying to figure out how the stuff is made or thinking "I could do that." I THINK I could do that but I never quite get around to actually doing it! I am pledging to myself that I am going to start doing more.

The craft show was great. I got a couple of Christmas gifts and a very cute stocking holder. I had a wonderful day with my momma (and family). The only thing that would have made it better would have been if Mere had been there. I missed you baby sister!

Camera Status- FIXED!

Yay! I FINALLY made myself sit down and work on fixing our camera software. It was an easy fix but one I put off. If I had known how easy it was going to be, I would have done it last weekend. I apologize before hand for all the pictures, but I have some things I want to show you!

Ok, so I will be the first to admit that I don't really know anything about Sponge Bob. I think I MAY have seen a portion of one episode...would it be bad to admit that Ben was the one watching it? Anyway, when one of the ladies I work with asked me if I could do a Sponge Bob cake, I said "Sure, of course." I had to go right to work trying to find pictures because didn't have a clue how to do a Sponge Bob cake! While I don't want to become known as the Sponge Bob cake lady, I have to say that this is one of my favorite cakes I have ever done. I love it!

Last weekend we went to mom and dad's. They were having everyone from church over for a chili supper. We were SUPPOSED to have a bonfire which , besides the great company and seeing my family, was the #1 reason I went but it was too windy so dad nixed the fire. I had a wonderful time; I got to spend most of Saturday with two of my favorite guys (Ben and my brother, Joey) and then, I left Joey to babysit Ben while I went and did a little Christmas shopping. On the way out to mom and dad's for the party, I picked up my grandma Fletcher. It was great having her to myself for a few minutes. She enjoyed seeing some of her family and friends at the supper and it was good for her to get out. This is a picture of the field next to the house. This is also the reason I think it is a sin to sell cornstalks for $6.00 a bundle and up. Next year, I am going to be selling cornstalks out of my front yard and they aren't going to cost me a penny!

Finally, I have several projects I want to show you but this is one of my favorite. I love these little guys. I got my idea here but check out these cute tomato cage ghosts. Aren't they adorable? And SEW easy! (hehe). Actually, no sewing necessary on this one. I might sew them someday but these are just hot glued. What a cute idea to do one for each of your kids maybe? I didn't go into as much detail but I was going for quick and easy.

Ok, so that's it for now. I have more but one thing at a time. We are getting ready for Halloween. Trick or Trunk is coming up. Anyone got any great costume ideas they want to share?

FYI and DIY

I know that I have said it many times before and it won't suprise any of you to know that Fall is my favorite time of the year. Not only does it mean that I get to bring out my scarecrow and pumpkins, and leaves, it also makes me want to redecorate. I have been busy the last couple of weeks. We have finished our kitchen (still no curtain on the back door) and I have done a couple of projects including some "art" for the kitchen and a lamp for my bedroom. I had a couple of days off from work and I did a little "mini" makeover in our bedroom. I would love to show it to you, but I can't. Yep, your heard me right. Our camera has decided not to work so I can't upload the pictures. I am going to try to get it fixed soon so stay tuned. I have a couple of other things I am working on too so you might seem them soon as well!

Our Weekend

We had a wonderful, slow weekend. We mainly worked some around the house and just relaxed. We don't do that very often so it was nice for a change. Saturday night, I put together my new wreath for the front door. It still needs a little "something" - I haven't decided what exactly but I'm working on it:). I got the idea from The Nester; this is my new favorite blog! I love her ideas and her philosophy on home.

Blog Hopping

Since I've been away from Blog-land for a while, I have spent the last couple of evenings hopping from blog, to blog, to blog. Let me just say, I have found some that I LOVE with a capital L! For instance, why can't I find the stuff that Thrifty Decor Chic is finding at Goodwill? Maybe it is because I'm not going to Goodwill. Oh, yeah. Note to self: Put visiting Goodwill on top of "To Do" list!