Weekend projects

Sanding needed to be accomplished on My projects in the garage!


And the grape vine NEEDED to go. It was a mess, not pretty and unneeded.


And sanding of the night stands for Liz's room:


Well FIRST thing I want to do with these two is this!


Love them with legs. I think I can do this. I think I will try!!

Second is this Only in reverse of the colors. I picked up a subtle silver gray paint in the "reject" pile for 1/2 off ($1.50 - small jar if semigloss). So it's already coming together! Yay!!

So first legs then paint.


Thinking something like this for the dresser? Same thing gray on white so it's subtle.


May be a bit much for one room. Still thinking this one through.

Snow Day!!

6:30 wake up call to tell you that work is closed. Really the ringer was off on the phone however I work up with a BING at about that time. I finally gave up and got up to check the snow amount.

I forgot how light the house is on a snowy day/pre-dawn

There is ice all around the edges.








Angela made a snowball...





And started the base for her snow man...


The snow was more sleet than snow really. So it didn't stick well. That and it was cold out there! Doesn't make for good snowmen.





Two pieces of the snowman.





Then M came over to play so I graciously gave up my waterproof gloves to miss M to build a snowman. Whooohooo. I mean. Awh, darn. Hahaha. Kidding. I did stay out for a snowball fight and the creation of one of the snowman parts.





I got in the hot tub.. Then the girls took it over after I got out ;)


Here's a shot of Angela's little buddy ;)


Selfies!


Gotta love the expression. Ha! Love that kid. She's a goof!

It's snowing!

We had the WHOLE day off from work and school and it took until 9pm for the snow to hit. It's just started to come down pretty good now. The under layer here is sleet. It's so funny because you can hear all the kids in the neighborhood whooping and squealing in the night.


Is there something in my hair? Ha!














Burrrr. This is 9pm. I'll grab a few more shots at 10.

Lizzie's room in progress...

The new bed was chosen on Monday ...





and delivered today!! Yes that is one super TALL mattress. We may have to get a step stool for the room on a permanent basis!

So with the bed comes the realization we need bedding...





Off to the Warehouse we go (love that place). I found the perfect bedspread in full and NO queen... Until we saw it on the clearance rack! Last set for $45. My first word was "mine!" Then curtains and some new sheets and wahla.

The room is coming together:











So far it's all Liz approved as well ;)

Next up the green end stands get a coat of paint and new hardware... When we thaw here... If ever. BURRR! We barely got above freezing today. Canada needs to take its winters back. It's cold out there!!!

Living room Curtain make-over.

Before:

After:

MUCH more bright and airy in there now!

Just call us the Clampets

Two of these:


One of these:


One of these:


One of these:


Looks like this:



When a husband packs it up for the consignment store - sweet!!

And so it begins

The new bookshelf full!!


The HOLE where I am cramming most things for now...


The lonely twin bed with some art awaiting the placement once the new queen bed is purchased.


The desk that will be next to be replaced.


And the progression moves forward this weekend. Maybe a trip to Ikea and the purchase of a queen bed? You never know ;)

Target clearance finds.

I say each year that I will NOT buy on Christmas Clearance but Target is EVIL and always has fun treasures for me to find!!



Sweet scissors for $.50 each. Can't resist a good pair of scissors. I got three and left some for other bargain hunters.


I also found the illusion Scotch Tape this year which is good because I have. Kid with a tape fetish ;)


I found washi tape simply by the grace of being tall and being able to see that there were little rolls if tape in the box on on top if the shelf. Sweet. I actually got 10 rolls total. Only two if the solid gold however I guess the gold rose wasn't popular.


Cookies. Cookies. There were a few other varieties and chocolate that is not pictured.



My personal favorite. A poker set for $1.99 cheaper than a deck of cards (ok a very NICE deck of cards, but still!)


And finally there were a few new friends for a coworker. ;)

Vain thoughts

Oh, wait those should be vanity thoughts...
During my horrendous upgrade the 3rd and 4th - and continuing through the 9th I haven't had a minute to spare. This is about the same time that Mom and Dad had a large water leak in their house taking out the their bathroom vanity and wetting the house pretty good on that end. I was RIGHT on the first day of the deployement of software.
Yeah.. Poor Mom and Dad didn't get ANY help from me. Butch went out there to help take care of what he could as well as there were also SUPER freezing temps as well with a whole 24 hours plus that didn't get above 20 degrees - for Georgia that is RARE. The good thing is we had NO rain during that time so it was freezing rain - thank goodness!!
Anyway, poor mom and dad were not only without a bedroom (it was torn up to move beds and end stands, etc.) they are without a master bathroom AND without water thanks to the super freezing temps. To top if off, there was no-one to be able to call because during this time frame, I'm in the middle of a horrible deployment that lead me to have 35 hours of overtime (really I get comp, but who's counting?) during a 6 day period... with one whole day off thinking oblivousely that the upgrade went just fine on Sunday... yeah, nothing like working two work weeks in a matter of 5 working days... NOT good, not good.
NOW that I'm out of my oblivion I'm able to help mom and dad a bit more and OMG, what a mess.
They are doing good, they got the whole thing cleaned up and dried out, but getting the repairs done in the amount given and NOT going into the deductible, that is another matter. Fun stuff.
NOW there are a few kinks in here too - the cabinet that we have to replace? It's custom - what?? Yes, it's only 30" tall. They don't MAKE them 30" tall anymore. This would not be an issue however the lovely home builder who built the house GLUED the mirror down so in order to stay under the deductible we're just not left with a lot of good options - 1)build a custom vanity 2) remove the mirror and most of the freaking drywall 3)repair the current vanity (only the back , the bottom and the right side have much, if any damage. Where are we right now? Yep, repai the current vanity. We'll see how well that goes as most of it's in good shape... reinforce the bottom and put anew back on it (partial, I'm sure) and we'll be off and running again. AND we're able to have Steve come out and asst with the fix so we can get things moving along and done in short order - by this weekend, we're hopeful to have them back in their bedroom and bathroom and have it all in good order and with only the insurance money spent.
We may need an extra prayer to get to that point... but we're on our way to that end.