i've been busy

But I have SOMEHOW found the time to check my fellow bloggers blogs and found some fun giveaways that if I link to them I will get double the chance of winning. And they are awesome so check them out.

#1

We all love Cally's stuff.

Being one of her sisters doesn't mean I get free stuff all the time.

I have to enter just like everyone else.

So here is the link to the big CALICO give away.

You wont be dissappointed. promise.

and the song on her playlist is FABULOUS. Love the weepies.

#2

When I need a good laugh I go here.

Beezwax from Arizona has a way with words.

She cracks me up and she is giving something away too!

CHECK IT OUT!

I love it.

I'm gonna go look for some more other free stuff.

There are some great and funny peeps out there.

And I may have some finished basement pictures for you soon.

The bathroom is ALMOST completely done.

lesson learned

Oooo La La!

I have seen the error of my ways! I LOVE cleaning showers.

All bathrooms, in general, are a joy and bring a thrill of happiness into my day.

Especially if I spend the proper amount of time scrubbing and making them sparkling clean and smelling fresh.

Joy of Joys!

And now that I've added yet another one (bathroom) to my

'opportunity to learn the value hard work and a job well done'

I am in heaven. Well, not yet. But I am closer.

It was a hard road but I have learned this lesson well.

So well, in fact, that I should be released from this calling (bathroom cleaner) and install maybe these ladies or maybe these guys in office.

I could spend the extra time working on the lessons of life I have not yet perfected.

So, honey. What do ya think?

9 years old

Happy birthday, my Icy Blast boy!

new attitude

The color came out nice. Brian put up the lights last night. Now we just have the tile floor, toilet, vanity, closet doors, and trim to do!

I do have to clean all the crud out of that shower/tub insert. Grodie! Can do!

All by the end of this month. In-laws are coming.

Wanna see their room?

Mmmmmm. It's like a black and white cookie. So delish.

We have to put up the chair rail, baseboards and crown molding. Oh - and paint the doors and trim around. Can do!

This is my project today though...

I have been charged with the task of washing that floor.

We are going to epoxy it. Like those fancy garage floor coverings. We've never done that before and thought it'd be great for the food storage room. If I have time I'm gonna roll that bad stuff on as well. New adventures! Can Do!

I have a new attitude to make life (with me) easier.

ill

I've been sick.

Not fun, but thanks to dear friends who cared for me and my kids - we survived. And I am feeling sooooo much better - finally.
So I will put effort forth into a new post soon. But my brain cells are not functioning properly. (which is a true statement since my 3rd child was born - I think they call it placenta brain. AND apparently it is an irreversible condition - gross, I know. sorry)

We are still painting in the basement. Now working on the bathroom to hopefully have that finished before Brian's parents come to visit at the end of September.
We're attempting to put down tile for the floor. Never done that before. Yea. A new adventure. Which I'm finding out that although I LOVE reading about adventure, I'm not so excited about actually experiencing them anymore.

So on with your lives lovely people. While I try to finish this basement project and wait for something exciting to happen or a clever thought to cross my squishy brain.

tremendous love to you
xoxoxoxo

loved

Thanks Babe. Love it!

Check out Cally's cute bag giveaway

so you, too, can have something

cute and crafty from that creative chica.

operation de-odorize

Bright and early Thursday morning...

mom: "Don't forget the deodorant, k -Nash?"

Nash (eyes brighten): "Oh Yeah! I got it right here!"

Takes off his pajama shirt and struggles a bit with that vacuumed on lid. Carter (7) watches very interested.

Nash applies the deodorant kind of sideways, but who cares, really.

Nash: 'Woah! That is COLD! NOW I know why they call it Icy Blast!"

chuckle, chuckle.

Nash: "No really Mom! Look. It says Icy Blast. It also says here...wait, where is that thing I read...Oh - K. It says 'Smell Great All Day!'"

Yup. I hope it works for ya Mrs. Tillison.
My baby. Growin' up.

stinky boy

My son needs deodorant.

He'll only be 9 in two weeks.

Stinky, stinky boy.

That is kind of a crazy milestone. My little 8 year old in third grade needs DEODORANT! I mean he definitely needs to be de-odor-ized, I do not despute that...but he's my little boy. In third grade!
So as I glanced over the wide selection at Wal-Mart, I am noticing they don't have Scooby-Doo, Sponge Bob, Pokemon, Spiderman, or Speed Racer deoderant. I had to buy the same stuff I buy my big old manly husband!!! But not the same smell...that would be wrong. I smelled a great many deodorants to see which one smelled more like a little 8 year old than a big muscly man. I settled on Speed Stick (close to Speed Racer - I'll put a couple car stickers on it in a minute.) Irish Spring-Icy Blast! It's more of a soapy clean smell than a spicy musky smell. And it'll help him smell great ALL DAY! I am accepting the growing boy.

This is for you Mrs. Tillison.