Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Getting Prepared
There are so many different reports for snow over the weekend I don't even know who to believe. Where I am currently sitting, they are calling for 8+ inches. The Weather Channel is calling for 1-3 inches in the higher elevations and 1 inch or less in the valleys, like Chattanooga. I suspect our home on top of Flat Top will have 1 or more because we tend to get more than others in town. It was snowing on us Monday coming home from work on the mountain.
I am moving from my current location to another location tomorrow about an hour south. Winterfest is going on and we will be hanging out with some really great people from church. It's our annual Young Married Couples Class Retreat. Being in the Smokies, I'm sure we'll see more accumulation there than Chattanooga will see. We will be without child, so, I have prepared him and myself for a possible snow storm!!! He's got his snow bib and matching jacket set with toboggan and gloves just in case. I have my down coat and boots. I doubt it will do much but there's nothing wrong with being prepared right?
Next order of business is a new site I found thanks to my dear and missed friend,and fellow blogger Mandy. She turned me on to a website called Mom Central. It's great for meeting different women with your same interests like age of children or number of children or eve frugality, like me. It is similar to Blissfully Domestic Living but Mom Central is a place where you can receive free products and comment about them on your blog, Twitter etc. You can also take surveys and just meet fellow bloggers, etc. I can't wait to delve into it some more.
Mandy gave me another website to check out but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet. When I do I will let you know. I'm sure it will be just as fun and interesting as Mom Central and Domestic Living.
On another thought, when I got off work today, I went downstairs to the little thrift store. I've been in there before and they have some pretty good clothing at decent prices. Well, the prices this time were cheaper, I mean lower than the last time. With the very little time I had to look before my men picked me up, I found a super cute black dress I could wear to church and work for only $4.50!!! I will definitely be back in there on Monday morning when they open for sure to try it on and to see what other super deals they have! Talk about being Frugal!!! I love it!!!
Well, I need to run for now and start preparing my little one for bed. He's later than usual but with special reason, he's waiting on his Pops to get in from teaching!!! And, forgot to mention, he was almost perfect on the way to our current location! I'm knocking on wood (and constantly praying) for the same on the ride home Sunday!
Love to you all!
I am moving from my current location to another location tomorrow about an hour south. Winterfest is going on and we will be hanging out with some really great people from church. It's our annual Young Married Couples Class Retreat. Being in the Smokies, I'm sure we'll see more accumulation there than Chattanooga will see. We will be without child, so, I have prepared him and myself for a possible snow storm!!! He's got his snow bib and matching jacket set with toboggan and gloves just in case. I have my down coat and boots. I doubt it will do much but there's nothing wrong with being prepared right?
Next order of business is a new site I found thanks to my dear and missed friend,and fellow blogger Mandy. She turned me on to a website called Mom Central. It's great for meeting different women with your same interests like age of children or number of children or eve frugality, like me. It is similar to Blissfully Domestic Living but Mom Central is a place where you can receive free products and comment about them on your blog, Twitter etc. You can also take surveys and just meet fellow bloggers, etc. I can't wait to delve into it some more.
Mandy gave me another website to check out but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet. When I do I will let you know. I'm sure it will be just as fun and interesting as Mom Central and Domestic Living.
On another thought, when I got off work today, I went downstairs to the little thrift store. I've been in there before and they have some pretty good clothing at decent prices. Well, the prices this time were cheaper, I mean lower than the last time. With the very little time I had to look before my men picked me up, I found a super cute black dress I could wear to church and work for only $4.50!!! I will definitely be back in there on Monday morning when they open for sure to try it on and to see what other super deals they have! Talk about being Frugal!!! I love it!!!
Well, I need to run for now and start preparing my little one for bed. He's later than usual but with special reason, he's waiting on his Pops to get in from teaching!!! And, forgot to mention, he was almost perfect on the way to our current location! I'm knocking on wood (and constantly praying) for the same on the ride home Sunday!
Love to you all!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
~~~I'm awful~~~
Definitely not living up to one of my goals for the year. I just don't know where time seems to go in one day!
Not a lot has happened since the last post though. Blay has and is cutting his 3rd, 2 year molar and had to be out of school last Wednesday because of his 101 fever associated with it. Other than that, just his and my usual allergies. It never fails, if I get it, he gets it or if he gets it, I get it. Weird?
We didn't do too much last weekend. I did finally get a frame and a mat for John and my wedding picture to hang on the hallway to our bedroom. It goes perfectly next to my bridal picture. It's a hallway of wedding!
We are working on, or shall I say, John is working on stripping the wallpaper in the other hallway. It's just such a daunting task, neither one of us want to do it. I really need to because I'm the one who doesn't want it there. That hallway and the guest bathroom are the only two places now with wallpaper.
I have picked out a color for our dining room. John bought a new rug for the living room. We will slowly work our way through the house and have it finished. I am determined to have the thing decorated before we move again. Not that we are doing that any time soon.
I did find a really cool site for the style prints I was looking for in my dining room. It's a site called Fulcrum Gallery. The link will take you to the many different style of cafe pictures they carry. The pricing isn't bad, you just have to watch the sizing versus the pricing. I have found the two I recently bought at Kirklands on that site and one that I currently have in my kitchen. I haven't looked at any other categories but I believe I will if I can't find a picture for my bathroom!
I know I'm not the best at blogging or picture uploading but I have uploaded the very few pictures I have taken so far this month. You can check them out to the right on my Picasa site. I am going to try to get some more this weekend, especially if it snows. Yes, they are calling for the white fluffy stuff across the state. I don't know how excited I am but at least it will be the weekend!
Shall I also mention how proud I am of my little sister. She's reached 'adulthood' today. She's purchased her first home for her and my nephew! I am so proud of her. It took her a long time to get here but she did it!
Okay, so I should really go and work on work. I am just to anxious to leave here and do a little shopping before picking up the boys since I couldn't do it on lunch.
Love to all!
Not a lot has happened since the last post though. Blay has and is cutting his 3rd, 2 year molar and had to be out of school last Wednesday because of his 101 fever associated with it. Other than that, just his and my usual allergies. It never fails, if I get it, he gets it or if he gets it, I get it. Weird?
We didn't do too much last weekend. I did finally get a frame and a mat for John and my wedding picture to hang on the hallway to our bedroom. It goes perfectly next to my bridal picture. It's a hallway of wedding!
We are working on, or shall I say, John is working on stripping the wallpaper in the other hallway. It's just such a daunting task, neither one of us want to do it. I really need to because I'm the one who doesn't want it there. That hallway and the guest bathroom are the only two places now with wallpaper.
I have picked out a color for our dining room. John bought a new rug for the living room. We will slowly work our way through the house and have it finished. I am determined to have the thing decorated before we move again. Not that we are doing that any time soon.
I did find a really cool site for the style prints I was looking for in my dining room. It's a site called Fulcrum Gallery. The link will take you to the many different style of cafe pictures they carry. The pricing isn't bad, you just have to watch the sizing versus the pricing. I have found the two I recently bought at Kirklands on that site and one that I currently have in my kitchen. I haven't looked at any other categories but I believe I will if I can't find a picture for my bathroom!
I know I'm not the best at blogging or picture uploading but I have uploaded the very few pictures I have taken so far this month. You can check them out to the right on my Picasa site. I am going to try to get some more this weekend, especially if it snows. Yes, they are calling for the white fluffy stuff across the state. I don't know how excited I am but at least it will be the weekend!
Shall I also mention how proud I am of my little sister. She's reached 'adulthood' today. She's purchased her first home for her and my nephew! I am so proud of her. It took her a long time to get here but she did it!
Okay, so I should really go and work on work. I am just to anxious to leave here and do a little shopping before picking up the boys since I couldn't do it on lunch.
Love to all!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Decor
Decorating is something I am not good at, at all! I don't know if it is because I just don't have a niche for it or if I just have a mix of styles that I like. Since we have moved, I have bought very little to help decorate our house. The only room that is complete is the laundry room. All the other rooms, not so much.
I am on the hunt now for valances for the kitchen, a large cafe style print for the dining, pictures for our bedroom and bathroom, and much, much more. I look when I am out and about but just don't seem to find the 'perfect' piece of what I am looking for. Maybe this is where my 'no sense' of decorating comes in.
I have a wide variety of likes when it comes to decorating. I like modern, contemporary, and country. My husband doesn't really have a preference to a certain style but he really doesn't like the modern look. I have pretty much stayed in the contemporary look with this house and would like to stay that way, all but one room that is. Our guest room is going to be my antique room. There are already things in there that fit that bill. I just need to get the appropriate bedding and wall color and window treatments to go with to make that room complete.
My style in the kitchen and that will be carried over to the dining room is 'cafe' type. I have some great pictures hanging in my kitchen with some minature coffee plates hanging with them. I am looking for the perfect picture in the dining room showing a beautiful outdoor cafe setting with the little tables and chairs. I did come by one of these a few months ago, but my frugal mind would not allow me to make the purchase? Why, because it was $100 and I just couldn't picture myself spending that much on a picture!! Now, I am in deep regret because I have not seen one I love, frame and all. I plan on pulling the colors from the 'main' picture I purchase but sense finding one isn't looking so good, I just don't see that happening right now.
Another reason for the push on decorating, hubby dear has stated that he is not working on the inside of the house during the summer. He and I have spent so much time working on the inside we've neglected a lot of the outside. When we moved in, the blooming time for many of the plants had come and gone so we do not know what we do and do not have in our landscaping. We also have to get it 'in-shape'. It was very much neglected before we moved in.
So, if you haven't noticed, I have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, sunroom, foyer, and dining room to completely finish decorating. I have created a timeline for doing all of these rooms but if I don't find the needed pieces to do this, I will be in trouble, mainly with hubby dear. He's getting inpatient with me. Imagine that!!!! I can't wait for my dad and step mom to finish building their house so I can steal her back for shopping since she has an incredible sense of decorating.
Did I miss a gene somewhere?
I am on the hunt now for valances for the kitchen, a large cafe style print for the dining, pictures for our bedroom and bathroom, and much, much more. I look when I am out and about but just don't seem to find the 'perfect' piece of what I am looking for. Maybe this is where my 'no sense' of decorating comes in.
I have a wide variety of likes when it comes to decorating. I like modern, contemporary, and country. My husband doesn't really have a preference to a certain style but he really doesn't like the modern look. I have pretty much stayed in the contemporary look with this house and would like to stay that way, all but one room that is. Our guest room is going to be my antique room. There are already things in there that fit that bill. I just need to get the appropriate bedding and wall color and window treatments to go with to make that room complete.
My style in the kitchen and that will be carried over to the dining room is 'cafe' type. I have some great pictures hanging in my kitchen with some minature coffee plates hanging with them. I am looking for the perfect picture in the dining room showing a beautiful outdoor cafe setting with the little tables and chairs. I did come by one of these a few months ago, but my frugal mind would not allow me to make the purchase? Why, because it was $100 and I just couldn't picture myself spending that much on a picture!! Now, I am in deep regret because I have not seen one I love, frame and all. I plan on pulling the colors from the 'main' picture I purchase but sense finding one isn't looking so good, I just don't see that happening right now.
Another reason for the push on decorating, hubby dear has stated that he is not working on the inside of the house during the summer. He and I have spent so much time working on the inside we've neglected a lot of the outside. When we moved in, the blooming time for many of the plants had come and gone so we do not know what we do and do not have in our landscaping. We also have to get it 'in-shape'. It was very much neglected before we moved in.
So, if you haven't noticed, I have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, sunroom, foyer, and dining room to completely finish decorating. I have created a timeline for doing all of these rooms but if I don't find the needed pieces to do this, I will be in trouble, mainly with hubby dear. He's getting inpatient with me. Imagine that!!!! I can't wait for my dad and step mom to finish building their house so I can steal her back for shopping since she has an incredible sense of decorating.
Did I miss a gene somewhere?
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