Sunday, February 28, 2010

Thursday, February 25, 2010

She's 15 Today....

Happy Birthday Mallory!!
Enjoy your day with your friends!
Love,
Mom and Dad

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Who Knew....

a $45.00 garage sale find
could provide this much winter entertainment....






~I think he secretly prays for snow~
Sorry for the blurry pic's the guy's in motion!

Awww, he's a good guy!
It's his stress reliever from work....
and life!
This is actually today's snow in Michigan!

Friday, February 19, 2010

I Know It's Only Friday....

but I stopped at Tuesday Morning!
and look what I found....

~ these 2 adorable china cups~
I couldn't pass them up with the bird design....
and they are the perfect pale blue color for my bedding!
Care for cream in your coffee?
or do like it without?

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Going For Cozy....

Romantic, Relaxing and Inviting!
I think I'm almost there!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

I Couldn't Pass These Up....

Okay, so yesterday my daughter had an away basketball game. When the games are away, I usually leave a bit early and I stop at a favorite shop (or two) that I don't get too all that often. Yesterday was Michael's and Marshall's. Well, I didn't see anything I "had to have" at Michael's so onto Marshall's I went. I always scan the clearanced area of the home section before I leave the store. So I'm looking and not really seeing anything. I look down on the bottom shelf and there are these really ugly fur covered bean bags AND....


these really cool stacking baskets....hidden, it appeared. Possibly by someone that couldn't make up their mind at the time and thought they would come back for them! Well, they are not going to be there....they are at my house now! Ha, ha....I just love it when I find stuff like this!


This one was $4.00....originally $9.99!

This one was $5.00....originally $14.99!


This one was $8.00....originally $19.99!
The cool thing is I remembered seeing them, I thought, in
Country Sampler magazine! You probably have too!
So when I finally got home I immediately got out a few of my
magazines and sure enough, there they were. Only there are
4 baskets and I only found 3! :( But that's okay, because....

If I were to get these, I would have to pay $67.99 plus S & H!
But, I only paid $18.02 with tax....
and saved, from the original prices marked $27.97!
Not bad for a quick stop at Marshall's!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

I've Been Tweaking....

My blog, I changed things up a bit today!
I'm liking it alot, but I can not figure out how to get
my blog title in the little tag area!
Oh Well, I still like it!


~before picture~

And I finally got my paint.
So I have been tweaking our Master Bedroom.
I'm really liking that also!
Will share photos in a few days....
hopefully!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

A Fun Saturday Night....

This past Saturday was the H.S. Black and White Dance. Our school doesn't have very many dances....I guess they never really have. But a few times a year they do and they are typically the kind you have to dress up for. Our Home is usually the meeting place for the girls and their friends. This is Mallory and her friend Haylee....checking their look in the mirror before everyone else comes.



~Striking a pose~
(don't look at the mantel, haven't dressed it up yet)

Our Home is large enough to accommodate quite a few people.
But if they all congregate in one area....it's not so BIG!
For some reason I could not get them out of the center point of our Home
....all 20 people!


~14 friends~
She says she has none!
Do you ever hear that?

After pictures here it was off to dinner....for them!
Then off to the dance.
Then a few back here for a sleepover.
What a fun night.
With friends!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Time To Move On....

from the Snow that is coming down outside my window right now! I mean really, have we NOT had enough of this stuff already? Please....make it stop! But we are supposed to get 6-12 inches in the next 24 to 28 hours they say. My DH called me on his way to work this morning and someone had spun out and went right into the ditch right in front of him. He said they just missed the guard rail. Slow down people....it's snowing!

Also, it's time to move on from my last post! First I want to Thank everyone who stopped by and offered support, knowledge and wisdom! It is very much appreciated and I read every single one with an open heart! Please know that I have done and do alot of what everyone has suggested. I just did not post about my disciplinary actions....my post was way too long as it was. Taking away privileges is a BIGGY here! In raising 3 daughters, our oldest being 21 yrs old, this is not my first issue with this sort of thing. BUT, each child is different and different ways of handling them work for each one. We all get frustrated at times and I know that! I am not the only one that lets things slide at times. I am not needing a part time job, getting out of the house is not the issue! It is the whole realm of things! Like I have always said when my older two still lived at Home....It takes 5 of us to make the house messy....it takes 5 of us to keep it clean!! That is the real issue around here. Now there is 3 of us to make the house messy and it takes 3 of us to keep it clean! But somewhere along the way I lose the other 2 mess makers! And that is when frustration builds on my part and a good venting is needed! Thank you for allowing me to do so!

Now on to BETTER topics!

I want to paint and the paint store is too far for me (at least in my comfort zone) to travel in this kind of weather today! You know those kind of days that they say: IF you don't have to get out and travel you shouldn't? Well, that is the case here today. I don't have to....but, I Want Paint! I have rooms I could be re-doing while the snow is coming down! I have BIG plans for my kitchen and BIG plans for my master bedroom.

Speaking of paint, what finish do you use in your bedrooms, opposed to your kitchens and living rooms? Flat, eggshell, satin? Just curious! I haven't painted our MB in about 9 yrs and I think it is done in flat. The walls are the old plaster with all the bumps and pock marks from years of dwellers that have done who knows what in these rooms.

Character is what it has....lots of character!

Also I am {thinking} about painting a large portion of my kitchen wall in blackboard paint. BUT, my question is has anyone every done this and THEN decided they didn't like it after awhile? Can you paint over it? Does it look funny if you do? Just thoughts!

Again, any wisdom or knowledge is welcome! Thanks again for stopping by!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Is It Me?....

I try not to be one who gets on here and posts about my problems or issues. Although, I am not against those that do....because there are many times I feel the need to do just that, but don't! But today I am going to use this post as a journal of sorts....maybe venting forum is a better way to say it. I am quite sure that later I am going to wish I hadn't and may delete the whole thing....because more often then not once I get something off my chest, regret for airing it sets in and I think to myself "Why did I just do that!" But if you don't mind I would like to say that I had my feelings hurt last night, as is often the case lately!

That is why I am titling this "Is it me?"

Of course I would have to go back a bit for anybody to understand what in the heck I am talking about....so if you care to bare with me! Here goes:

Our youngest daughter, the only one Home now, has been having a sleeping issue since before Thanksgiving. She went to a sleepover around that time with a group of girls, I am just remembering I posted about it on 11/18/09 (I just discovered I don't know how to do the "here" and have it show up...oh well). Anyway, they watched (meaning everyone but her) Paranormal Activity. And they did nothing but talk about it around her for weeks! She now has sleeping issues and won't sleep in her room, which happens to be toward the back of our Home. She is perfectly safe there....but none the less, she now sleeps in her sister's room/guest room I re-did recently, because it is closer to our room! This was all fine and good for awhile because we wanted her to feel safe....no problem. I made it totally clear to her that just because she is sleeping there, does NOT mean she is taking over the room as if it were hers!

I know she says!

Well, as I predicted (to myself) she has slowly taken over this room. This is the one room I could count on to....stay clean and relaxed looking after years of having her sister demolish the room when she was here on a daily basis. So now, not only has she left her own room messy and very lived in looking, she leaves this room the same way. She never has time to make the bed, pick up her clothes, throw away her trash or bring down her dirty dishes to the kitchen. She goes to school like every other kid at 7:15 a.m. and I pick her up at 2:30 p.m. everyday. She is in basketball, so everyday she does have practice if there is not an actual game. She rarely has homework, because she gets it done in school. Practice lasts about 1 hr and 45 mins. Otherwise, she is Home, doing what you might ask.....sitting on the computer. Which really doesn't bother me that she gets on the computer. But I would appreciate some "help" in the area of her room! She knows this....but she fights it every single day. She has no chores, because I am an at Home mom and there are only 3 of us here now, for the most part I can get what needs to be done...done! But, I do not clean their rooms (my girls that is). When they became old enough to do it on their own it became their job!

Should I feel bad about that??

Because I am "at Home", does that mean anything concerning Home is my JOB? I mean okay, what else do I do all day right? That is basically what my DH asked me last night around 10 p.m. when I was telling DD she was not sleeping in her sisters room anymore! You see I spent my day yesterday cleaning "both of her bedrooms", because you see now she has 2 since she can't sleep in hers! She makes a BIG deal anytime I ask her to clean up or straighten her room! Why am I worried about it she asks?

Okay, so yesterday afternoon DH calls me from work and asks what I am doing? I tell him that I am cleaning DD's 2 bedrooms. I say that I think it is time that she moves into her "own room", he agrees! He suggests we talk to her "tonight"! (which was last night).....I say okay, your with me on this right? I'm not off on thinking she has done this long enough right (I mean she will be 15 on the 25th)! He seems to agree again and repeats that we will talk "tonight"! Well, tonight never came out of his mouth, so after Idol at 10 p.m., ....bedtime, I said you need to sleep in your room tonight! The fussing began and DH all of a sudden was NOT with me on this! You see he was tired, and I know he was....me too!

But where's my back up man?

All of a sudden I was told I picked the wrong time, 10 o'clock at night was not the time, why didn't I bring it up earlier? and so on! (if I would have brought it up earlier, she would have just whined longer!) I said, Why didn't YOU bring it up earlier? I reminded him that we talked about this earlier! I mean is it my JOB too, to have these conversations and reinforce things all by myself, because I am "at Home" all day?

So here is the thing that was said that Hurt my feelings! He looks at me and points to her and says: She has the equivalent of a JOB by going to school everyday!!!! Whoa....I mean WHOA! Did I just hear him right? MY 15 yr old daughter....has a JOB by going to school everyday! SO, does that mean that "I" don't....because I am Home everyday and do nothing??

So I remind BOTH of them what I ACTUALLY do all day! Things like, getting up before either of them and bringing him up his coffee. Making sure she's awake so she can get ready for school, ironing his clothes so he can go to work, taking her to school, getting the groceries, washing the clothes, making the bed, vacuuming the floors, paying the bills, washing the dishes, running the errands, taking her to and from bball practice, picking up AFTER THEM because they can't seem to do it themselves....need I say more?! I think I do a heck of ALOT for having NO JOB!

Again.....Is it me?

Well, she slept in her sister's room! But she did make the bed when she got out of it!
I did iron his clothes this morning, even though last night I told him I was done! He did try and make up to me before he walked out the door....but I am still hurt and mad! I told him he hurt me last night and I was still not happy! Of course he says that he didn't mean it that way! Right!

Overall she is a GREAT kid and I LOVE my DH very much, but we all have those times and I know that. But it doesn't make it hurt any less when it does happen on those few occasions!

I now need to go to my JOB and wash all of this "dirty laundry" that I have been airing!
Thanks for listening! I know someone out there can relate to me right now!

P.S. This John Mayer song came on the radio right after I dropped off my daughter at school this morning on my way Home! I took it as a sign, ha,ha! Please enjoy it! :)
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