Today is the big day! Fletch is off to Kindergarten. Surprisingly, I handled it pretty well. Hubby was a little more emotional then I ever expected him to be. Fletcher, of course, was fine. Here’s to a good, successful school year!
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Milestones
Today is the big day! Fletch is off to Kindergarten. Surprisingly, I handled it pretty well. Hubby was a little more emotional then I ever expected him to be. Fletcher, of course, was fine. Here’s to a good, successful school year!Sneak Peak
I can not get enough of these cute little pinwheels. They look adorable on cupcakes, which I can also not get enough of. These poor little guys need some cupcakes to partner up with. Ummm.
If you will notice, too…this is a little sneak peek of the kitchen redo. My new counter tops are installed and the tiling was wrapped up on Tuesday. I’m not ready for the big reveal yet. I still need to make the new window treatments and cover the bar stools. I was going to go with a nice top treatment on a pole, but now that the counters and tile are all in, I’m thinking simple Roman Shades instead. The fabric is ordered… found just what I wanted at Ballard Design AND it was On.Sale. Score! I guess that help make up for the horror of the faucet installation. Let’s just say it involved 5 trips to 3 different Lowes Home Improvements, one trip to The Home Depot, one trip to a kitchen & bath supply house, one leaky faucet, a faucet with a box of missing parts and two very high dollar sink strainers. Oh… and a partridge in a pear tree.Where’s the Baby…There’s the Baby
Seven Months Old.
Time Flies.
My other little baby, Fletcher, starts the big K next week. Kindergarten! I’m not too sure this momma this gonna handle that too well. There was already a brief eposide in the grocery store while buying juice boxes and goldfish to pack the lunch box.
Lots To Do
It seems like I have an endless “To Do” list lately. I guess the best thing about that is I seem to stay more focused and get more done when I have a lot to do. Here’s a sneak peak of the latest quilt I am working on. I hope to have it done by the end of the weekend.
In the middle of everything… this is going on in my kitchen. After ten years of a counter top I never liked, I am finally getting new ones. So, today is demo day in the kitchen. The hubby already tore down the old back splash and today he is taking off the old counter tops. Darn… I planned on cooking a nice big dinner, too. Oh well, guess I can’t. (Yeah right, like I was going to cook. But that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.) New counter tops get here Friday. I can’t wait! After that, hubby has to put up a new back splash. I’m thinking subway tile. Then I need to make a new window treatment for the window over the sink, then we need to recover the bar stools, then we need………the list goes on.I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Turning 5
Fletcher turned 5 a couple of weeks ago. (I haven’t had time to post, I know, I’m a slacker)
He wanted to have a Monster Truck Party….so that’s what we had.
I had fun making the invitations, cupcake toppers and wrapper, gift bag, etc. for the party with my new Silhouette SD. I even made monster truck tattoos for all the kids. (I am loving this machine.)Happy Mother’s Day!
For my mom, who I inherited all of my craftiness from. She made my dresses and bows and taught me how to decorate cakes and how to sew. But most importantly, she taught me how to be a good mother to my boys. Thank you!
Sweet Sunday Strawberries
Sunday my husband and I loaded up the mini-van with Fletcher, Nolan, my brother-in-law, sister and niece, Marion and headed to pick strawberries.
It went a little something like this for Fletcher… pick one, eat one, pick two, eat one. The weather was beautiful and we had a great time. Plus, we got a boat load of some delish strawberries! Now I have to figure out what to do with them. I’m thinking homemade strawberry ice cream.(Do I have a little redneck or what?!? Wearin’ shorts and still has to have those cowboy boots on. Don’t ask me where he got that hat, either. I didn’t buy it.)
Can’t beat it!Who Gets Married On Tax Day?
This day is special to me. Do you know why? Yup, I love Tax Day! Just kidding. Today is my 11th Wedding Anniversary. That’s right, this day 11 years ago while all of you were mailing out your taxes, my husband was having the BEST day of his life. No… it’s not because we had an open bar. It’s because he got to marry me, of course. I mean, every man wants a wife that can’t cook and spends all her free time sewing. Who knew that 11 years later we would have 2 beautiful boys and such a good life together! I Used To Be Cute
I know it sounds crazy, but I did used to be cute. I used to have a cute figure and wear cute clothes. I used to have a cute hair cut and wear cute make-up and cute shoes and drive a cute little car. I miss being cute! When did it happen that all of the sudden I woke up and was overweight and sweatpants became my usual outfit and a mini-van my mode of transportation? (I seriously went to the grocery store yesterday in my sweatpants and sweatshirt with no make-up and I honestly can’t recall if I even ran a hairbrush through my hair at all.) I used to care about how I looked and what I ate and if I exercised. I never wanted to be one of those women that got married and had kids and stopped caring about herself and the way she looked, but I guess I did. I need to get back to being the kind of women that takes care of herself because if I don’t take care of myself, who else will? I’ve decided that I’ve got to take some control (because lord knows I can’t afford plastic surgery, tee hee.) As Justin Timberlake put it, “I’m Bringing Sexy Back” or at least cute (probably cute, not sexy, yeah….most likely cute.)
34
Yesterday was my 34th. My 34th birthday, that is. The boys gave me a nice little gift certificate to get a mani and a pedi! Mommy like! The tooties are NOT looking so good these days and a pedi is just what they need. I actually could care less about having my toenails polished, although it is an added benefit. What I absolutely love about a pedi is the foot massage. Heaven! Might be having to make myself an appointment for some me time on Sunday and cash in my present. Oh yeah, the random picture above is the 80 key fobs I made for something my mom has got going on. I didn’t really have any pictures related to a birthday post and I am sitting here with Nolan and too lazy to get up and take a picture. So I’m just going with this one. They look kinda pretty there all in the bowl together.
Just thought I would mention, too ,that I saw that The Real Housewives of Orange County is coming back. Yeah! While at the grocery store this morning, I also saw a magazine with a pregnant Kim in a bikini on the cover. I don’t know how I feel about that or maybe I just don’t want to say…
also… to continue with my random thoughts that I felt like expressing to everyone in bloggy world for some reason today… never watched Celebrity Apprentice before, but may have to this season. NeNe laying the smack down on Star Jones in the promo looks like good t.v. to me!
(My sister would probably tell me right now that I need to get a life.)
Just thought I would mention, too ,that I saw that The Real Housewives of Orange County is coming back. Yeah! While at the grocery store this morning, I also saw a magazine with a pregnant Kim in a bikini on the cover. I don’t know how I feel about that or maybe I just don’t want to say…
also… to continue with my random thoughts that I felt like expressing to everyone in bloggy world for some reason today… never watched Celebrity Apprentice before, but may have to this season. NeNe laying the smack down on Star Jones in the promo looks like good t.v. to me!
(My sister would probably tell me right now that I need to get a life.)