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It's coming together

My living room is coming together. DeWayne and I hung the 3 of the picture ledges last night and I rubbled wall words on to two of the walls. I added a few pictures too. I will reframe things today and add more pictures this morning. It looks beautiful even if I do say so myself. The picture ledges are awesome. I am so thankful for friends who share their ideas. There was no way I was going to pay @$75 for a 4 foot ledge from Pottery Barn. I now have an 8 ft., a 6 ft. and 2 - 4 ft. sections (with enough stuff leftover to make some 2 ft. sections.) all for about $100. Yay! I promise pictures soon.

School was a little wild this week. It was a week of assemblies and special events. Second grade field trip, bus safety, pep rally, movie reward and popcorn, etc, etc.... It was the first 5 day week I have worked since January, so I can't complain too loud. Although, I would love to have another snow day! LOL

DeWayne and I ate supper with Dane and Jean Sunday evening. They gave us a small album of wedding pictures and then Jean shared the link to shutterfly with the rest of their pictures on it. WOW! I have a very photogenic family. Pretty, Pretty!

I just figured out I can post a few pictures from Shutterly straight to my Blog page. How cool is technology!

My sister and her family, Evan, and Dane and Jean are all coming today! I can't wait! I am making potato soup and brownies, and pineapple upside down cake. Yummy! So I guess I better get going!

Time to clean the bathroom, dust mop the floors, and cook the food, and oh yeah, a lot of laundry thrown in for good measure.

Snow Day Again

Another snow day. I think we are #5 but it could be #6. I have lost track. The children only had attendance on Monday. We may have to go tomorrow for our half day but I'm not sure. Mr. Smith will let me know. I am going to see Evan tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait to hug her neck. I have missed her.

Our snow here is nothing compared to the east coast. They have feet of snow not just inches. We're big babies compared to them. (But I do like my snow days!)

I finished painting my great room yesterday. It looks beautiful. DeWayne is working on the backsplash in the kitchen. And today, we will clean the floors and put the furniture back. Yay! Then I can take some pictures and share with my friends. When we get the furniture back in place DeWayne will then build my picture shelves. The color really makes my house look different.

With all these days off, I won't want to go back to work on Monday! LOL

Sunday I joined several ladies from our church to plan a Ladies Day for October 2. It was really fun to sit around with these women and brain storm ideas for topics and speakers for this event. We discussed many possibilities and topics. My friend Terah, is such an encourager. Long story short, I will be talking about my life and all the events of my early marriage. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I shared my story at Book Group last fall. Sooo, it should be an interesting event. (The theme is taking off old traits and putting on the traits of Jesus) I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

Just Another Saturday in February

Not just any Saturday but the first Saturday in February for 2010. Wow! I am so far behind in blogging that I should probably start over. :D

I have spent every Saturday in January prepping and painting the walls in my living/dining/kitchen room. And now they are finished. Beautiful, they are just beautiful. I remember why red was my favorite color when I was a little girl and that yellow makes me sooo happy. Since this big room is all wood (ceiling, floors, cabinets, furniture and trim) the color makes the wood look very rich. I now have to clean my wood floors and put my furniture back. I have some new ideas for the wall decorations. Slowly, I have to approach DeWayne slowly. HA!

He and I went to Home Depot last night and purchased new backsplash for my kitchen. It is very cool. It's plastic sheets that look like old fashioned tin. My friend Mary suggested it. Hopefully we will get to put some of it up this evening. So REALLY, I don't know if any project is ever considered finished!

My very good friend Mel became a grandma yesterday. Her son James and his wife Casey are parents. James and Dane are very good friends too. So they are more like family than just friends. Little Elias made his appearance right around midnight. I've seen his picture online but not in person yet. I can't wait to hold and snuggle him! She was describing the emotions yesterday of it finally sinking in that "I'm a Grandma!" It's an exciting time!

It snowed again last night. That's two Fridays in a row. Too bad these aren't coming on Sunday evenings so that Monday school is cancelled. :D