Someone answer me this question. Why do children come running from all parts of the house when they hear glass breaking in the kitchen? And said children attempt to run right into the glass.
And why do children suddenly want to run up and down the stairs when the mom throws a bottle of fabric softener down the stairs thinking it was sealed but exploded all over the stairs and walls?
(don't ask.)
Why?
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
before & after
I picked up this little footstool at Goodwill for $3.99. Brian saw ugliness, I saw potential. I loved the shape of the little legs.
Here it is semi-before. I forgot to take a picture of it with the ugly orangy brown wood legs. I painted it my favorite turquoise color, sanded it, glazed it with some Valspar brown glaze and sealed it with poly. All of which I had here already.
Now that I look at it, I kind of like the fabric in the picture. Up close it was disgusting and dirty.
After:
I picked up this remnant at Joann's for $2.00. So for a grand total of $6, I have a cute little footstool.
Here it is semi-before. I forgot to take a picture of it with the ugly orangy brown wood legs. I painted it my favorite turquoise color, sanded it, glazed it with some Valspar brown glaze and sealed it with poly. All of which I had here already.
Now that I look at it, I kind of like the fabric in the picture. Up close it was disgusting and dirty.
After:
I picked up this remnant at Joann's for $2.00. So for a grand total of $6, I have a cute little footstool.
Monday, April 12, 2010
what every superhero wants to wear...
Makes you stronger if you wear the underwear on the outside of your jeans.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
wow
Well, this is one of those weeks. This all happened today.
* Stripped and stained our dining table only to hate it and sanded it down again. I ended up painting it and was finally putting the finishing poly top coat on when it collapsed in the middle. Hoping Brian can fix it tonight.
* Then a sock got stuck in the mudroom sink and the washer overflowed. Water everywhere. Got that cleaned up.
* Wanted to make bread today so I ground the wheat and wasn't able to get the lid off the grinder. Wheat stuck in there. No bread.
* Going to a bridal shower tonight and realized I have no wrapping paper at all. So my choices are leave present unwrapped and hand it to her (classy), wrap it in newspaper (even classier) or wrap it in tissue paper.
* Injured foot while working out and now it hurts.
* Primed a new footstool outside and was waiting for it to dry when a freak hailstorm passed through. Forgot about footstool until too late. Re-sanding and priming.
* Major clog in toilet that took me 10 minutes to clear enough to flush. Culprit: too much toilet paper.
* Realized that half of what I bought this week won't fit or work and needs to be returned. I hate returning stuff. Maybe Brian will do it :)
Kind of a frustrating day.
* Stripped and stained our dining table only to hate it and sanded it down again. I ended up painting it and was finally putting the finishing poly top coat on when it collapsed in the middle. Hoping Brian can fix it tonight.
* Then a sock got stuck in the mudroom sink and the washer overflowed. Water everywhere. Got that cleaned up.
* Wanted to make bread today so I ground the wheat and wasn't able to get the lid off the grinder. Wheat stuck in there. No bread.
* Going to a bridal shower tonight and realized I have no wrapping paper at all. So my choices are leave present unwrapped and hand it to her (classy), wrap it in newspaper (even classier) or wrap it in tissue paper.
* Injured foot while working out and now it hurts.
* Primed a new footstool outside and was waiting for it to dry when a freak hailstorm passed through. Forgot about footstool until too late. Re-sanding and priming.
* Major clog in toilet that took me 10 minutes to clear enough to flush. Culprit: too much toilet paper.
* Realized that half of what I bought this week won't fit or work and needs to be returned. I hate returning stuff. Maybe Brian will do it :)
Kind of a frustrating day.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
new car
Our old "little" van had been dying a slow death so we knew that we were going to need to buy a new car soon. I socked away as much cash as I could as we were determined to only buy with cash.
The van reached 211,000 miles and the radiator cracked. Brian took a gallon of water with him everyday and had to refill before he came home.
So he withdrew $7000 cash and we went to the local dealers. Our only requirement was that it had to be a Honda, Toyota or a newer Hyundai and have relatively low miles. We needed a commuter car as the van only got 18 mpg. We didn't want to pay more than $6500.
The first car we test drove was a Toyota Corolla with no power anything. It was fine but didn't thrill Brian. I spotted a Honda Civic at the rival dealer lot while on the Toyota test drive (ha!) so we went there next.
The Honda Civic was a 2002, power everything, A/C and had a CD player. It only had 92,000 miles and was in great condition. Well, it actually had about 143,000 kilometers as the car had come from Canada.
We test drove it and loved it! The list price was originally $7500 and we offered $6500 cash and that included all registration/DMV fees. They accepted. It was rather easy. I'm thinking they were glad of the cash and glad to get rid of a Canadian car.
Here's Brian pulling out the Ben Franklins. I was hoping we could get $1000 bills but having all those $100's was impressive too.
Picture of the car outside of the Goodwill Outlet store.
Brian had to get used to driving 100 kilometers/per hour on the highway and we may get the dashboard changed to miles.
I'm so thankful we were able to pay cash and I hope never to have a car payment the rest of my life. How refreshing it was to walk out of the dealership owning the car and not being a slave to the bank. It was a big sacrifice to save all of that money but totally worth it!
The van reached 211,000 miles and the radiator cracked. Brian took a gallon of water with him everyday and had to refill before he came home.
So he withdrew $7000 cash and we went to the local dealers. Our only requirement was that it had to be a Honda, Toyota or a newer Hyundai and have relatively low miles. We needed a commuter car as the van only got 18 mpg. We didn't want to pay more than $6500.
The first car we test drove was a Toyota Corolla with no power anything. It was fine but didn't thrill Brian. I spotted a Honda Civic at the rival dealer lot while on the Toyota test drive (ha!) so we went there next.
The Honda Civic was a 2002, power everything, A/C and had a CD player. It only had 92,000 miles and was in great condition. Well, it actually had about 143,000 kilometers as the car had come from Canada.
We test drove it and loved it! The list price was originally $7500 and we offered $6500 cash and that included all registration/DMV fees. They accepted. It was rather easy. I'm thinking they were glad of the cash and glad to get rid of a Canadian car.
Here's Brian pulling out the Ben Franklins. I was hoping we could get $1000 bills but having all those $100's was impressive too.
Picture of the car outside of the Goodwill Outlet store.
Brian had to get used to driving 100 kilometers/per hour on the highway and we may get the dashboard changed to miles.
I'm so thankful we were able to pay cash and I hope never to have a car payment the rest of my life. How refreshing it was to walk out of the dealership owning the car and not being a slave to the bank. It was a big sacrifice to save all of that money but totally worth it!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
drawing
Every morning when I sit down to breakfast at my desk, I can count on Graedon asking me for a piece of paper. The boy draws ALL.DAY.LONG. When I tell him that I have no more paper, he simply tells me to go buy some more. Easy, right?
Here is the boy drawing. Check out how he holds his pencil.
Grae is 4.5 years old and mostly only draws superheros. You know the normal Spiderman, Ironman, The Tick, Captain America. Like this:
Here is Ellie dressed as Captain America.
But occasionally he will draw things he has sees or likes. He drew this for me yesterday. Can you guess what it is?
It's a skier in the Olympics (see the 6-ringed flags? He didn't know they only had 5). He is skiing down the hill on a slalom course. I love his little hat with the dingo ball on top.
I'm amazed at what details Grae sees and then draws! I didn't realize he paid that much attention. So I guess I will just have to takes Graes advice and go buy more paper just to see what he comes up with next!
Here is the boy drawing. Check out how he holds his pencil.
Grae is 4.5 years old and mostly only draws superheros. You know the normal Spiderman, Ironman, The Tick, Captain America. Like this:
Here is Ellie dressed as Captain America.
But occasionally he will draw things he has sees or likes. He drew this for me yesterday. Can you guess what it is?
It's a skier in the Olympics (see the 6-ringed flags? He didn't know they only had 5). He is skiing down the hill on a slalom course. I love his little hat with the dingo ball on top.
I'm amazed at what details Grae sees and then draws! I didn't realize he paid that much attention. So I guess I will just have to takes Graes advice and go buy more paper just to see what he comes up with next!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
thrifting
So far this week, we've been to all four Goodwills in our area. We're looking for a dresser for Laruen & Ellie's bedroom so our first stop was to the Goodwill Outlet. This place is amazingly dirty and we come out feeling grimy but you can't beat the prices for books & furniture. Although we didn't find a dresser this time, we did come away with this desk for $5.00. I really couldn't pass it up as it was MY color!
It has a big gouge on top but I have plans to fill it in and decoupage a map on top. Ellie has claimed this desk for herself but has to fight off Grae and Molly to sit there.
On subsequent trips to the various Goodwills, I picked up all of this.
I needed a spice rack and have been on the hunt for something. I saw this for $2.00. It was originally a brown wood sleigh with a duck on the back that said Happy Holidays. I spray painted it my favorite red and now it works perfectly. I still need another one but at least this is a start.
Here is a totally fun Mood clock I had to have. It was only $0.25 at the outlet store. It's hanging in the kitchen above another thrifted shelf I bought and painted my favorite blue. It currently holds printed out recipes that I need to get into a binder but never find the time to do.
Isn't it totally fun! I was moody yesterday so that's why it's set to moody. Ava changes it to "dangerous" when I'm working out.
I've been picking up colored glass for a project above the tv. Just waiting to get the shelf installed.
The globes are my current obsession. They will also go above the tv, I think.
So that's all for the thrifting. I've run out of money and time to go do more this week. Now onto the decorating!
It has a big gouge on top but I have plans to fill it in and decoupage a map on top. Ellie has claimed this desk for herself but has to fight off Grae and Molly to sit there.
On subsequent trips to the various Goodwills, I picked up all of this.
I needed a spice rack and have been on the hunt for something. I saw this for $2.00. It was originally a brown wood sleigh with a duck on the back that said Happy Holidays. I spray painted it my favorite red and now it works perfectly. I still need another one but at least this is a start.
Here is a totally fun Mood clock I had to have. It was only $0.25 at the outlet store. It's hanging in the kitchen above another thrifted shelf I bought and painted my favorite blue. It currently holds printed out recipes that I need to get into a binder but never find the time to do.
Isn't it totally fun! I was moody yesterday so that's why it's set to moody. Ava changes it to "dangerous" when I'm working out.
I've been picking up colored glass for a project above the tv. Just waiting to get the shelf installed.
The globes are my current obsession. They will also go above the tv, I think.
So that's all for the thrifting. I've run out of money and time to go do more this week. Now onto the decorating!
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