...Ok guys...

...now that school is OVER for the semester, I can focus on what's really important... family, christmas, and of course, this blog...

... be prepared...

...overload of posts...

there are a bunch of posts below... we'll start it off with our new phones... love them

....many more posts to come...

throwing this one in... :)

wait... even more pictures...

... victoria (patrick's lil' sis) got married May 28th! yay!...   

 

       

... more pictures ...

... Emiline Rose ...

my sweet niece born March 8th...
a bit late i know, but i love her anyway

... picture posts ...

i'm sure pictures can say it better than i can...

     

this is Pepper Raymond. newest member of our family... lilly loves her... :) really she does.

 

Wow...

ok. i'm probably the most lame blogger in the history of blogging....

here's my list of things to blog about:

• more crafting dos and dones!
• wedding of the summa
• new kitchen, dining room and hallway....
• pepper roo :)
• iwhat?
• escuela...
• promo and rio tinto
• and anything else i can't think of...

geez... i didn't realize my list was so long till i actually wrote it... i'm lame sauce.

check one off my list...

well here they are... all done... not the greatest of pictures but i do what i can.  this is the beginning of re-decorating my front living room. (not that i really decorated in the first place). these pillow covers were easy shmeasy! i love the green! that room need a bit of color and so far the green is looking good. i've added some candles since these pics and i've got some super great ideas of some more crafty dos for this room.

which leads me to my question of the day... i'm looking for big styrofoam balls.  big as in 6 inch, 5 inch and a 4 inch styrofoam ball.  i've seen them run from $10 down, but there's got to be a cheaper way to get some styrofoam balls. what do parents do who have to put together a model of the solar system? shell out the cash for a decent school project? geez!! anywho, if you know of any place to get these cheaper please share your knowledge.  i'm also looking for 3 5x5 styrofoam cubes but i heard the dollar store might be the place for those.

oh sorry i haven't posted these sooner... another crazy few weeks just went by. i'll have to tell you about it later... i'm off to the dollar store. :)

Can I get your number?

it's been a crazy and interesting week at home.  i'm not used to the whole staying in bed, all day, every day thing.  i found myself craving to do something. get out. start a project. do something crafty. i know i'm wild. i see now why my home isn't the most decorated or done up house on the block. it's because i'm not home enough to worry about it. but this week changed me.

therefore, we will be revamping a lot of things this summer.  i'm "redecorating" our front room (not too much just adding some color and a few decorative pieces here and there). we're also doing a complete rehall on the kitchen/dining room and hopefully, the garage.  it's frustrating because our home is 99% finished. that 1% is one wall in the garage needs sheet rock... i think.  it seems like that one wall is holding us back from doing a lot of things.  it's always "once we get that wall done, we can put up shelves, than store things in the garage that needs to go there, then we'll have more room for storage inside the house, then it'll be easier for this and that..." seriously. that wall is killing us.  so we're gonna do it. just finish it up. that's my goal.

also, because decorating is so expensive, i think, and i have a hard time justifying spending so much money on something just for looks i'm going to be making some new things.  the things i'm having a hard time with are curtains for my kitchen and pillows for the living room.  i just can't find anyting i like and is within my price range... so i've decided to just buckle down and make what I want. 

i have a bunch of mismatched pillows that i'm going to make pillow covers for. with fabric that i like. imagine that. i seriously hate pillow shoppin.  i have yet to find couch pillows that go with our black leather couches. so i'm going to make my own. i'm wild remember. so if anyone knows of some good fabric stores, and some good ideas let me know.  i've done the basics.... googled "how to make pillow covers" and fabric stores and pretty much everything else from recovery spot. now i just have to go look. :) here is my inspiration:

i can do it, now the curtains are a completely different story...