tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78652906324232221032024-03-13T22:59:08.236-07:00Cross My ListThanks To CY Photography For The Banner PhotosAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-1678626103359795132013-09-26T07:41:00.001-07:002013-09-26T07:41:36.855-07:00Weekly CVS Deals<div style="text-align: center;">
This week was another great week, I think every week will be great though. I have another trip to make b/c I needed to see how much some other stuff was listed at. </div>
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For under $28.00 I got:</div>
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6 packs of Jumbo size Huggies (these are 9.49/pack!)</div>
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1 50oz jug of All (this was actually purchased at Bi-lo)</div>
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4 Colgate Mouthwashes</div>
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4 Shave Gels</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-10124433867729157072013-09-21T17:35:00.001-07:002013-09-21T17:35:26.264-07:00Freezer Meal Recipe, Chicken-Cheese-Rice Casserole<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This recipe turned out really good and was easy. I ended up making a casserole for dinner tonight that fed 4 adults and 1 child and I had enough to freeze 3 one quart bags for future use. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-66668471305516919732013-09-15T17:01:00.004-07:002013-09-15T17:43:13.417-07:00Weekly CVS Trip: Diapers and Laundry DetergentThis week CVS had a good deal on laundry detergent and Luvs Diapers. I cloth diaper my babies but since we moved in with our in-laws, I had to stop because it was getting a little crazy around the house. <br />
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Colgate toothbrush x2</div>
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$2.00 mouthwash coupon x2</div>
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$1.00 toothbrush x2</div>
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Stress Relief Gum</div>
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$2.00 Nivea lotion</div>
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<strong>Transaction 3:</strong></div>
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4 Packs of Luvs Diapers</div>
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Target has a great deal on EDGE Shave gel. Their 7 oz. cans are $2.44 a pc and you can print a B1G1 off of <a href="http://www.coupons.com/">www.coupons.com</a> and a $1.00 Target printable coupon off <a href="http://www.target.com/">www.target.com</a> and use the Cartwheel target app for an additional 10% off. Total out of pocket for 2 shave gels comes in at $.15 LOVE!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-75038145486393553592013-09-08T15:49:00.001-07:002013-09-08T15:49:48.478-07:00Redoing Lanie's Headboard and NightstandI posted a few weeks ago that I loved Annie Sloan paint. Still do! I got a hand me down nightstand and it was horrible. Coats of nasty silver, red and black paint that had dried in gross runs. I needed a nightstand for Lanie's new room so I took this on as a redo. I painted Lanie's headboard last month, it was actually the headboard from Addison's crib that cracked. The company sent me a new headboard for the crib and I decided to still use the cracked one, now that's it's painted you can't even tell!<br />
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I used Annie Sloan Napoleonic Blue. It took 2 coats of paint and one coat of wax. Love it!<br />
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Lanie's room is going to be a nautical theme. There will be salmon accents and the hardware on furniture will be oil rubbed bronze. The duvet is from Pottery Barn Teen:</div>
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I wanted the rest of her furniture to be mostly white so I decided to try some distressing on her nightstand. Next up is her dresser that I found on craigslist. Using Annie Sloan Napoleonic Blue first and then Annie Sloan Pure White</div>
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I went Saturday because I had all the coupons and I wanted to jump in. The first trip is never the greatest because you don't have any ECB (Extra Care Bucks) to apply to your first transaction. But you have to start somewhere. <br />
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Trip #1: I did 2 Transactions<br />
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Pantene Shampoo $3.50<br />
Pantene Conditioner $3.50<br />
Edge Shave Gel $3.49<br />
Edge Shave Gel $3.59<br />
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Edge b1g1 free: -$3.50<br />
Pantene $2.00 of 2 : -$2.00<br />
CVS Coupon From Coupon Center at store , same day -$1.50<br />
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Earned $2 ECB from buying 1 Edge product and $1 ECB from buying two Pantene products<br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">Total $7.08 plus tax and $4.00 ECB for next purchase</span></strong><br />
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3 Colgate total mouthwash @ $5.79 each<br />
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25% off total (printed at register, got lucky)<br />
$3.00 ECB<br />
$1.10 off one Colgate mouthwash (times 3)<br />
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Earned $5 ECB from buying $10 in Colgate products<br />
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This week was better, since I had $5 ECB to start with. I modified the transactions from Southern Savers because I had a coupon from the CVS store printer that turned to be better for me. I'm going to try and go on Sundays because if you wait, the store may run out of stock. I was lucky yesterday when I started. <br />
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Colgate Toothpaste (x2) $5.98<br />
Bengay $4.49<br />
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Colgate toothpaste -$1.00<br />
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$5 ECB from last trip<br />
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Earned $4 ECB from Colgate and $2 ECB from Bengay<br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">Total: $2.47 plus tax and $4 ECB</span></strong><br />
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CVS Probiotic 15ct $9.99<br />
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Earned $9.99 ECB<br />
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Huggies Slip on Diapers $9.49<br />
(2) Nivea Body Lotions $12.00<br />
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Nivea lotion -$2.00<br />
Nivea lotion -$2.00<br />
Hand lotion coupon printed at CVS center -$2.00<br />
Huggies CVS Coupon -$3.00<br />
Huggies Manuf Coupon -$2.00<br />
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Do any of you "CVS" ? I want to start stockpiling again. Especially for when we are in our new house! I also made a BI-LO trip today and for the first time, I saved more than I spent on groceries! I will make a post on that at some point. As mentioned before, i'll go to CVS every Sunday if possible. I hope this helps someone out there that's looking to save! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-37507235274307421252013-08-15T16:50:00.000-07:002013-08-15T16:50:00.114-07:00Where did Summer go? RefresherWow, Summer flew by. I'm surprised that I'm saying that though because there were many days I felt that time was dragging (see our house build blog for more details ;) However, today we went and met Lanie's 1st grade teacher, waiiiiiiiiiit a second, 1st grade? *sobbing*<br />
She loved her new school and it turns out her teacher knew Justin from when he was little. She'll fit right in. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-1086411975237396762013-07-29T08:36:00.000-07:002013-07-29T08:36:02.847-07:00Dave Ramsey ClassesI wasn't sure what to title this post. I hope a lot of you read this. Justin and I did a Dave Ramsey course several years ago and we loved it! It's very motivational and has helped us with our finances tremendously. We don't do the full cash system like he promotes, just because it's <u>really</u> hard to do. Those of you who can do that 100%, *LARGE PAT ON THE BACK!* But we have taken many of his other concepts to stay out of debt and manage our money! <br />
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Our church is hosting this 9 week course. It will be held in the sanctuary every Thursday night from September 19th until November 14th. It starts at 7 p.m. The first half is the video of Dave Ramsey teaching (he's super funny and not boring to watch at ALL!) and then the second half is when you get to work in your workbook. You can share ideas of what you think works and there is no limit on ideas!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-84206130776863021302013-07-26T09:18:00.001-07:002014-02-17T11:26:35.519-08:00Furniture Projects- Annie Sloan StyleSince we will be in our new house in a few months, I've been working on revamping some furniture. I found an awesome Buffet at a used furniture store for 50 bucks. Solid wood, yes $50. Love! I wanted to post about using Annie Sloan paint. I was intimidated at first because it sounded WAY to good to be true. But it's not! It was actually fun painting this furniture because I didn't pick up a sander and I didn't have to prime it! The wood is really dark so I ended up with 2 full coats. The top I did 4 coats, because it had some oil spots that I didn't see until I started to paint. <br />
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Furniture Piece: $50<br />
Duck Egg Blue 1 quart $36 ( I think this is right)<br />
Paintbrush $24 (maybe a little more? But I'm using on multiple projects so it's not fair to include the full price!)<br />
Quart of Clear Wax by Annie Sloan (Again, I'm using it for more projects so unfair to count the full price) But I think it was around ?$25<br />
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First coat of Annie Sloan Duck Egg Blue</div>
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I painted the entire piece in a circular motion so it looks slightly aged</div>
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The Buffet isn't 100% completed because it's so huge (about 6 feet long!) that I can't put the doors on until we move into the new house. There is also a small piece on the very bottom that you can't really see, but I can't paint it until I have it set up. I put one door on so that I can see what it will eventually look like :) and...it's amazing. When we move it to it's 'home' I will paint the interior as well. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-19163089952074417762013-05-29T11:34:00.000-07:002013-06-03T14:13:41.274-07:00We are building!These past few months have been nuts. We have been living with the in-laws for a little over 3 months now and time has actually been flying by. We are so thankful they let us move in, it has let us save money for our new house. <br />
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Back to the beginning, please be patient with they layout until I figure out what works best for the build. I googled a bunch of blogs in the last few months to get ideas for our house, and to see what we could expect. I want nothing more than this blog to help someone in the future.<br />
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If you'd like to check it out go to... <a href="http://buildingourcustommonroe.blogspot.com/">http://buildingourcustommonroe.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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I kept the extra branches from our Christmas tree and decided to fill an Ikea vase with them. It's actually really cute and is on our breakfast table! A pinterest pin caught my eye a few weeks back and I wanted to make the girls a cute little desert. They are supposed to resemble Santa Claus, but I forgot to buy the black icing. They were still cute, and honestly...they were eaten in about 3 seconds so who <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-22863122402447794152012-12-02T14:39:00.001-08:002012-12-02T14:42:21.620-08:00Bad Habits...Lately I've been feeling like I'm falling deeper and deeper into a bad eating habit. I love to eat! I felt like I was eating junky food and that I'm also snacking alot. I do <em>NOT </em>want that to catch up with me, and I already felt like it had started too.<br />
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I had done some research in the past on juicing. It intrigued me but I wasn't ready to start all that. I wasn't ready to add something else to my ever busy life. I was catching up on Sydney at <a href="http://www.thedaybookblog.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000;">the Daybook</span></a> and she had a post recently about juicing. She said something about eating cold cereal as dinner often, and that's so me. Now that school is on break I'm taking the plunge! I'm super excited! I made a trip to the store to stock up on fresh fruits and veggies. I am so a beginner at this so I'm not sure how long the food will last for me. I'm hoping 5 days. I went off of a recipe i found on Williams Sonoma's website and let that guide how many ingredients I bought. It took me a while to find a few things...I've never eaten Kale or Beets... In my life! So I'm excited to shock my body. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-50831737122825679552012-11-09T07:24:00.000-08:002012-11-09T07:24:17.382-08:00Our First ShowingIf you know me, you know I'm super OCD and stressful about things like...being judged ;) So when we were getting our house ready to list I really tried to pull myself out of the process and envision what potential buyers would want. Those weeks were stressful! Painting and sanding and just touching things up were time consuming. <em>It felt SO GOOD to list the house.</em> <br />
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Then I got dissapointed when I didn't have an immediate showing! I would get phone calls from random numbers that I hoped were agents and they were just appointment reminders...like from the dentist. So I stopped getting my hopes up and one night didn't sweep the floor and I didn't put every single dish that was dirty in the dishwasher. Sure enough, that next day I got a call!<br />
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I didn't have a heart attack...but almost. Justin and I flew home to tidy things up. 1 hour later I was shaking and all worked up, back to where I was before. That showing was yesterday and I'm on this 'high' of when is it going to happen again!? This whole situation is very weird for me...Having strangers come in and judge my house. Hopefully I can get used to it?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-78363822773465032522012-10-20T06:31:00.003-07:002012-10-20T06:31:49.781-07:00The Pumpkin Patch<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The time came where it was Lanie's first field trip. What!? Seriously...Lanie is old enough for field trips. She was so excited to go and talked about it pretty much every day. We set out her "fall-ish" outfit= Orange Tunic with skinny jeans and modern cowgirl boots. That wins every time with me, If I could wear skinny jeans (ehemmm...jeggings) every single day I would! Anyways, I decided to take the bug aka Addison along, Aunt Deboo joined us! </span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We got there about 45 minutes early...hey, maybe I was excited too :) We enjoyed the quiet of the farm and walked around before 250 elementary school kids crashed the party.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-28032864881993929572012-10-04T11:52:00.001-07:002012-10-04T11:55:13.679-07:00Thursday's List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">a FSBO website with a MLS listing. Exciting stuff! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-26554418452201233342012-09-28T10:34:00.000-07:002012-09-28T10:34:00.488-07:00Lunchtime Post<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's the middle of the day and I'm chowing down on an egg roll and some steak. Random? Yes, I know! But really good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Justin and are renting a POD. These things are so cool! Last night we loaded it up with our stuff we have packed away. We tend to collect things...lots of things. We went through every room in our house and packed away the things that we don't absolutely need for the next year or so. By doing this, our house is so much easier to keep clean and it's so organized!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We bought land! Some of you already know this but now I can give some more information about it! This Summer we both decided that we want to build. We are both pretty picky and finding a home that has everything we want could have been a disaster. We hope our next home is what I like to call, our "Forever Home" I want to raise our family there. I grew up in the same home from the time I was around 2-18 years old and I loved it. I knew my neighbors growing up. I want our kids to have the same thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We will, hopefully,be listing our house in the next couple of weeks and we have decided to list it For Sale By Owner. We have done a lot of upgrades and are going to price it aggressively. Super excited!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-36014467877791176482012-09-27T11:39:00.002-07:002012-09-28T11:30:00.761-07:00A Fresh StartLife is busy, I feel like my life never slows down. Surely, other people feel the same way? I'm not sure. My last blog started as a description of Cloth Diapering, which by the way I'm still using my cloth diapers, love them! But I hit a wall, I started back to school, we bought property, Lanie started school....<br />
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See where I'm going with this? I felt it was appropriate to cut all ties and start fresh. To start neutral with something that can be flexible with my life. I'm a list person...calendar person. I have lists for everything: Target (yes it has it's own category), Grocery, Christmas, Bills, Projected Projects, Work, School, ......... <br />
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Because no matter what's happening, it's on my list and it must be crossed off...</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-80845753751879071722012-01-25T07:34:00.000-08:002012-09-27T13:57:47.853-07:00Ruffle Pants<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We <b>haven't</b> told the girls about our upcoming Disney trip yet, but I've begun the search for their outfits...when I get onto something, I go a little over the top! I found these super cute outfits on Etsy...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.181245517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.181245517.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.156366223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.156366223.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And at first I'm thinking $30-$35 per set? Certainly I can make these!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I found a pretty good tutorial and started to make a pair for Lanie...And they turned out so small I'm not sure if Addy can squeeze into them...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So on my second try I succeeded (minus the thread color, LOL!) But I have issues with the casing for the elastic...I'm not sure why I can't get it, but it's so difficult for me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ae3viWSTinA/TyAgwRi6WHI/AAAAAAAAAgY/P4jfHzpoEXw/s1600/photo+%252810%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ae3viWSTinA/TyAgwRi6WHI/AAAAAAAAAgY/P4jfHzpoEXw/s640/photo+%252810%2529.JPG" width="476" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love how big the ruffles are! I'm currently working on a pair with a Red and White polka dot flare...Hopefully I'll have them finished up tomorrow :) I'll also add the tutorial because it is seriously pretty easy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865290632423222103.post-34903797418920510282012-01-19T07:22:00.000-08:002012-09-27T13:57:47.829-07:00I'm a SLACKER!<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, this is my first post of 2012! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It has been a little over a year since I started blogging, I can't believe it! It's neat to look back now at the pictures and compare :) I will probably do A LOT of compare posts!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With Justin working up in Concord and school starting back, I just haven't had time to blog :( I've kept up with other blogs though and they are still inspiring! So what's new? Well...Justin leaves @ 5:30 a.m. every morning in order to go to the gym before he leaves for Concord. Tj and Justin opened up a new Sonny's location! It's very exciting, yet very tiring. I'm proud of them and I know they are having fun! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">School started a few weeks back and I'm taking Biology. There is so much information my brain is going to explode, lol. It is neat though b/c I do remember some of these things from high school. I'm also taking Developmental Psych, and it's very interesting. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Work has been crazy, it's so different not having Justin & Tj around...I've worked with Justin for the last 7 years or so, I'm definitely having withdrawals from seeing him :( </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-----------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To catch up from my Bathroom Reno..This was before, *GAG* what what I thinking?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T_c1_c0Jo0E/TxgxmkzCCpI/AAAAAAAAAfg/bHdpYqnC90s/s1600/photo+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T_c1_c0Jo0E/TxgxmkzCCpI/AAAAAAAAAfg/bHdpYqnC90s/s400/photo+%25281%2529.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HcQ5RntoE5w/TxgxnXCXTcI/AAAAAAAAAfo/lduMkC8VbUY/s1600/photo+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HcQ5RntoE5w/TxgxnXCXTcI/AAAAAAAAAfo/lduMkC8VbUY/s400/photo+%25282%2529.JPG" width="298" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First I painted the walls...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DzKAILyZ3SA/Txgxoz9eHhI/AAAAAAAAAgI/96G_R4IB78k/s1600/photo+%25288%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DzKAILyZ3SA/Txgxoz9eHhI/AAAAAAAAAgI/96G_R4IB78k/s320/photo+%25288%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then removed the old light fixture. I installed my first wall box</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (is that what it's called? ha!) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hctn73xwu20/Txgxoq53hiI/AAAAAAAAAgA/K6ExLDzDbVw/s1600/photo+%25287%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hctn73xwu20/Txgxoq53hiI/AAAAAAAAAgA/K6ExLDzDbVw/s320/photo+%25287%2529.JPG" width="239" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also removed the mini blinds and hung faux wood blinds to match the rest of the house</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My plans are still to frame the mirror (when I have time ;) )</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KVc4QZo-ZIk/TxgxoKEj5sI/AAAAAAAAAf4/JBtXOLkyNoI/s1600/photo+%25286%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KVc4QZo-ZIk/TxgxoKEj5sI/AAAAAAAAAf4/JBtXOLkyNoI/s400/photo+%25286%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Love those distressed frames to the left? Luckily, about a year ago I spray painted them white, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">then I </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>forgot </i></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">about them and they rusted and peeled up. </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>PERFECT</i></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I bleached them to get the rust off and wiped them down...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dC45JVYihQc/Txgxnrn9-DI/AAAAAAAAAfw/7KhzDrjnKKM/s1600/photo+%25285%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dC45JVYihQc/Txgxnrn9-DI/AAAAAAAAAfw/7KhzDrjnKKM/s400/photo+%25285%2529.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you haven't figured out by now, I go through obsessive phases. 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Those are some of them :) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gifiVVXy6XY/TxgzssZiBtI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/ZqtE2AKL_Do/s1600/photo+%25289%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="478" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gifiVVXy6XY/TxgzssZiBtI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/ZqtE2AKL_Do/s640/photo+%25289%2529.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 2 on the side are Mary Anne 5x7's simply in Black.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The one in the middle is a June 8x10 in Morning Grey, You can tell it has a blue hint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm not sure what pictures I'll put in these...My original idea was to make prints of white brick, I still may do that...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><u>What's Left:</u></b></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I mentioned before, frame the mirror with white molding</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fix the Tile around the bath & add trim</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Paint cabinetry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hang shelving</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Do Pinterest ideas for decor</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ok, Until Next Time :) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanks for reading!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03232795003641779600noreply@blogger.com1