cattle rolls in while i get ready to roll out…
our next door neighbors are finally back…i love cow pictures so my jam i made for my family to take as a gift is done with my hand written labels because being out in the middle of nowhere when your printer goes out of ink the only place you can buy ink is online, and […]
apple blossems crazy kids and getting ready to head out to san diego.
beautiful isn’t it? my apple trees are all blooming! i’m so excited i can hardly stand it!!! last year we got a couple of apples that made for some good sling shots…nothing else…but i hear that around here (and everywhere else?) apple trees produce every other year, and if that’s the case this is the […]
conversation with the husband…
because i have nothing to write i thought i would share with you a conversation i had with my husband (the marriage and family therapist who does wilderness therapy for troubled teens turned JI Joe) a few weeks ago i’ll set the scene: jake took the liberty of writing something on the blog about just […]
did anyone else notice?
um…i’m like less than 10 days away of 100 days crossed off this deployment…i think i’m going to cry…too late. (no, it’s a good thing i know…i think i just need a good cry some chocolate and a new book or a great chick flick…)
bread, martha, and summer programs…
no hell isn’t freezing over…what is the world coming to? *sigh* i don’t know if i really want the answer to that…but yes, those would be my hands making bread…I KNOW! yesterday sarah and i made bread…well let me clarify…she made bread, i helped…i wanted to learn. what a process…loooong process. i’m like a gnat! […]
long gone goats and baby sulivan’s quilt
well i did it, i got rid of the demons that are other wise known as goats. yesterday was the last straw that broke the camel’s back, or in my case the last straw that made it really easy for me to call the one family i KNEW would take the goats. billy got out […]
tables, armiores, and chairs oh my!
new updated pics of the slc trip: me being a dork…as usual… i stole these pics from my friend rachel…she wasn’t a ninny…she remembered her camera! this is me and some of my new bloggy friends (apron girls) at Gardener’s village… as i roamed the isles of the D.I.’s up north this weekend, i was […]
up to slc i go…
for much r&r, fabric hunting, DI rummaging, (i don’t think i’ll be able to hit any garage sales though) and warmer weather i go. there are so many of you i would love to come by and sit and chat with…but i have to do visits in intervals. (so i don’t just show up on […]
before and after: katie’s room
this was my first picture a few months ago, i knew i liked some things in her room, but it was all over the place and i knew i needed to make some changes. this is a step closer to what i want…it’s still eclectic, country, vintage…all over the place but i’m really starting to […]
painting sweats and pj’s
i didn’t get to get dressed yesterday. after my walk i went straight into my sweatpants that i use to paint in… i painted the boy’s bookshelves but ran out of paint before i could finish it completely…lets be honest…it’ll probably be another year before i finish it but at least it looks 100% better […]
okay permission to totally brag…
okay first off i took that picture (everyone with real talent in taking good pictures are rolling their eyes right now), second i made that skirt (everyone with some talent in sewing are rolling their eyes right now) and third i made the little girl inside that skirt and in the picture (okay that one […]
12:08 a.m. to 7:06 a.m.
that’s how long i slept….uninterrupted mind you. i can’t even tell you when the last time was that that happened. it seems like every night i’m woken up by one of the kids needing me, or kyle crawling in bed with me, or just me waking up and doing a once over at the other […]
once again…i’m reminded i live in a super small town
our kind of traffic jam…coincidently…your dog will chase after these sheep when they cross your front lawn, and when that happens sheep move REALLY fast and go jumping and flying everywhere…which then coincidently makes for a REALLY mad farmer who is transporting his sheep from the winter location to the summer location…sorry dude next time […]
some great second hand finds and weekend plans
this green little cupboard used to be a plain jane wood bookshelf. i asked jake if he could build me some doors, he gave me the “look” because back then when i asked we didn’t have hardly any power tools…but he did it anyways. and now it’s been with us through 3 moves and 6 […]
i threw a pity party…
i threw a pity party yesterday, no one was invited but me…after 2 phone calls from the school, cold weather, and everything going poo-poo on me in my world, i decided to go ahead and welcome the gloomy cloud over my head. i went to bed early after watching t.v. (something i really haven’t done […]
what i did and didn’t do
*i DID make and finish AND package my felt sugar cookies. *i DID simplify kate’s room to some basic colors that i will build on. *i DID work on my quilt gosh i mean kate’s quilt, and i am in love with it (and almost done with it) *i DID start eating my weight in […]
um i posted something too people…
obviously i see that the minute my husband shows up i’m chopped liver… nice. i see how it is…whatevah.
What happens when you don’t guard you password…
…your husband hijacks you blog. Really though I thought I would surprise Vanessa and show her that I too can work the blog. Today we were supposed to go onto our FOB but ended up staying at Baghram for a little while longer. So while we were waiting to go we snapped some pictures. Make […]
these hands and phantoms
these are the hands of my father in law. he can do a better job than any professional i know. currently he is working on my sprinkler system, picking up where my husband left off before he had to leave. these hands can do just about anything handyman-ish, they could build you a house they […]
my little cook
she likes to pretend cook, i’m crossing my fingers that she will eventually like to do “real” cooking, so then i can just pass that off to her. and i can just sew and clean, and not have to worry about the cooking…
it has begun…
my work in progress… i’m really loving this quilt, and at the end of her all white bed (someday) i think it will be perfect!!! 3 women and their projects, 9 boys under the age of 8, 3 girls under the age of 4, a lot of pizza, milk, some diet Dr. Pepper, a little […]
from our crew to yours…
happy mothers day! mom i hope you got to see this before you went home to s.d. love you!
a little bit of army stuff…
i don’t write much about him cause his work in the army is case sensitive, and he’s adamant about me keeping that promise that i would not divulge any info that might in someway hurt the company while overseas, so even though i don’t write about him, we are updated from time to time that […]
these are my new plates
well not yet…but if anyone wants to buy them for me they are EXACTLY what i’ve been wanting for years and years and years. you can find them at potterybarn.
big changes…
it all started with this picture ( i don’t even know where i found it, so if anyone knows who’s blog it was i just randomly checking out when i fell in love and got dizzy with excitement, will you let me know?) her room was going to be all white with a splash here […]
your new body by summer…
in the city there are many workout options. there are Pilate centers, yoga centers, gyms almost on ever other block, boot camps for all sorts of different things, liposuction centers…you name you got it. out here we have to do things a little differently. first off you have to deal with land, the mowing alone […]
what i’m doing today…
first off thank you for your comments yesterday, the sites, and the encouraging words alone made me have a great day. i know we will be alright. he’s a great kid, and we’re doing better already, even from when we first got the diagnosis. today is filled with things i need to do… kind of […]
i don’t think i’m THAT cool…
but if for some wierd strange reason you want to be notified when i update my blog, you can subscribe to do so on the left hand side where it says “get my blog emailed each time i update it…” i mean really why would you want to? i’m a dork with dumb things to […]
no wamies, no wamies….please nooo wamies
every morning i wake up and think “why can’t it be saturday?” every monday i wake up and sigh, and say to my self “just so-n-so more days till school is out” every day i send out my 8 year old out my front door, i wonder “how’s today going to be like?” every time […]
learning to photoshop
okay, i bought myself a few things this last week, an early birthday present? maybe a belated 10 year anniversary present…hmmm nope i’m just going to blame this one on i really needed a pick me up and on friday and i wanted photoshop and darn it i was going to buy it. so i […]
*sigh*
stupid, stupid, stupid cold weather. over night below freezing temps doesn’t make for good conditions for my poor little flowers. i get it, i’m not in california, i’ll play by the rules for living in an area where it’s 7000 + ft altitude. *sigh*
some of my favorite things
stitchery and books. there’s something about the whole cottage thing that makes me warm and happy. i love that i walk in and instantly want to look around at what the walls or see what the cupboards hold. curl up on the couch with a quilt and a book or stitch something new, or just […]
my inspiration…
from: cottage style decorating by sunset one of my favorite books to just sit and stare at. i think i’m going to start tackling the outside of the house again.
i want to be her
i’m not to be jealous of many people, i love to meet women with a ton of talent or prettiness or confidence and LEARN. but this woman is the shiz, i can honestly have the crappiest day and i’ll drop everything (after the kids are asleep) and go to her blog and i will seriously […]
what i did yesturday
well as if we don’t have enough crazy going on around here, lets just add a whole new litter to the mess shall we?things i learned from the experience 1)i’m super happy i only have one kid at a time, i mean i could probably handle twins but uh no thank you to 7 at […]