for melissa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYJuKX2j-Cw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR6ugBV7Tx8
(see 4:00)

Yesterday was a Momsense kind of day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W95Y8hNQiH8

LM Tag!!!!!

Anyone else about dying of boredom without LM this week?? How about a game of LM Blog Tag??

Here is a list of blogs that belong to fellow LMers. Visit them and leave them a comment. Then make a list of LM blog links on YOUR blog and come back here and leave me a linked comment to your blog so I can harass your friends like you harassed mine. :P

Mestebla: http://mestebla.blogspot.com/
Musigal: http://www.kerriosity.blogspot.com/
Mandipig: http://www.mandimiller.blogspot.com/
Becca: http://beccasblankslate.blogspot.com/
Jen Kalyn (check out her ultrasound pics!): http://www.kalynfamilyadventures.blogspot.com/
Kysha: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/viewofthebay/
Montana's Mom: http://diaryofamadcaucasianwoman.blogspot.com/
Angie: http://www.randomangie.blogspot.com/
Simply Susan: http://simplysusanslife.blogspot.com/
Clarice: http://islandgirlinutah.blogspot.com/
KaraH: http://karahenrysblog.blogspot.com/
NikkiH:http://nikkihobbs.blogspot.com/
AnnaMarie: http://annamariemondro.blogspot.com/

Hopefully LM will be back up soon.

In other news, the il's flight from germany was canceled. They think they will now be here on Monday but haven't sent us new flight info yet. :D

More random pictures

I ought to enter an ugly wallpaper contest, huh?? This is the last of the kitchen wallpaper which the trash collectors took away this morning. Hallelujah!!!
(oh, and for those in the know - I keep the vodka AND duct tape in that cupboard there!)

Quintessential summer picture!

The beginnings of a little something something for above the fireplace...

Nearly complete dining room now with our WONDERFUL GRAFFITI!!! :D

Growing like weeds in my front yard. ;)

Random Pictures

Playing a bit of catch up today with pictures...




GONE BABY GONE!!!!!! (ugly bathroom wallpaper!)

Wonderful Graffiti samples on my beautiful dining room wall. I have to say they sent me my order slightly different than I ordered. When I emailed them about it they apologized and said they would get my order out to me correctly asap. No excuses, no ignoring me, just "sorry, we'll make it right". Now THAT is good customer service!!

The coolest girl in the coolest hangout this summer!!

A cute pic of sis. Don't ask her to drive. Don't ask her to smile. Just ask her to get in he bathtub! ;)

Something you don't see everyday. :D

ohhhhhhhhhh!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Love my two loves!

I totally didn't have the settings on my camera (whose battery was dying at that very moment) right, but it's still a cool pic.

I'm not saying who beat the boy. Just that he has a big ol' shiner. Poor kid, it took good week to go away. Good thing God makes boys extra tough!!

(ok, ok! He tried to climb a bookshelf and fell off. No one beat him! sheesh!)

Still paint crazy in this house. The living, dining, entry, lower entry, hallway, and bathroom are done. Sis is painting the laundry and downstairs bath blue and orange this week and I'm stripping the kitchen out. So much fun!!!

Sarah had german camp for the last two weeks and this week has VBS at Little Lambs. Love that place!

I bought some canvas's yesterday at Michaels and some texture paint for a project to go on the fireplace. It's just paint so far, but I'm excited about it!!

Ok, that's it. I know that's not much, but really, not much going on except painting...

Memory Tag!!

1. Leave a comment on my blog of one memory that you and I have together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember that maybe brings a smile to your face!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It will be fun to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

New Dance Floor

So, I bought a rug at Ikea the other day for our living room. Last night Andy removed the old area rug and I laid out the new one. You know what that means right? Put on some music and DANCE! :D Here's Sarah and Max (and pooh) having a great time on the new rug. Definitely worth the $$ ;)

How Cool Is This???

This is the first coat of the glazing effect that sis is doing on the wall in our living/ dining. She says it will take 2-3 coats. HOW COOL IS THAT??? I love it already!!!!! I want to get this Wonderful Graffiti Quote to put on that wall... kinda at the head of the table. Won't that look great??!! I just am SO EXCITED about how it's all coming along.

We also now have paint for the bathroom and sarah's room. Just keep painting, painting, painting...

Last night, Andy set up a Slip an Slide that I bought last year. Sarah had a BLAST playing with that. And Cooper got a bath to clean up the dirty hot stinky dog. He's so pretty when he's had a bath. I even took him for a short walk around our neighborhood OFF LEASE... he stays pretty darn close to me, too. Don't tell anyone, but I really do love dopey cooper ;)

After a day of hot hot hot, sis and I went to the cheapie theater to escape the heat and saw MADE OF HONOR. Very cute film. Where have I seen that girl before though?? Today is supposed to be cooler - in the 90's. Such fun. And I have a hair appt for this afternoon. Guess tomorrow's pictures will have to include ME!

Later!

Hot as...

It was 104* today. UGH.

Bedtime stories with Daddy. I got a ton of books from the library to keep Sarah occupied during our painting - the DK Encyclopedia's are a big hit. Here she is learning all about the ocean. I found it funny that she did NOT want to go explore the depths of the ocean but she IS interested in going to outerspace. Gotta love a kid with opinions!! ;)

Well, this picture looks more "rusty" to me than this brown paint really is. Here's the first coat in our entryway of the most delicious chocolate brown EVER. It's Miller Paint Cafe Brown (I think) and it's the perfect color of a hersheys chocolate bar. And what better color for the place where the kids hands go up an down the wall all day long?? :D

The red dining room wall... 2nd coat. It's coming along. LOVING this red. Not too dark, not too "cherry". PERFECT MELISSA RED!!! :D The last coat will go on today, whooohoooo!


So, what else is going on besides paint? Really not much at all. Paint paint paint. Wash walls, pull up floor trip, tape, paint paint paint. (and eat a few reeces pieces!)

The weather has been cool this week but warmed up yesterday. Today it's supposed to get to 97* UGH. NOT good painting weather! I went to Home Depot last night with my partner in crime (sis) and bought new fixtures for my bathroom - we'll be painting it soon to (just keep painting, painting, painting...) and I wanted to replace the outdated crap that's in there. Of course, i fell in LOVE with something that's a dark bronze look and my sink faucet is silver. So, not sure if I'm going to return what I bought, be mismatched, or spend MORE on a faucet that coordinates.

On the Sarah front, she's riding her bike now... has been for a month or more. Break my heart, baby girl. :( She's growing up so fast. She's also FINALLY figured out how to swing!!! I noticed a blister/ caulous on her hand from all the gripping the swing this week. heheh.

Ok, that's about it for today. Inlaws are due in 33 days. OH! We got an email from one of Andy's very cool cousins yesterday. I think she lives in Hamburg. She and her boyfriend will be coming through on vacation in two weeks - so we'll get to meet up with them for dinner or something.

Later, gater!