Floatin' couches and other ails

sorry y'all, I got sick last weekend  and pretty much have been keeping the couch from floating away this week. Well, it's not like I did nothing. With husband darling out of town I fed, bathed and chauffeured 3 kids around all week, threw together a 3rd grade Valentine's party in less then 24 hours including hand cutting over 440 strips of paper! I also ran errands, for which I considered wearing my yoga pants and slippers but just couldn't. So I wore my yoga pants and tennies with some lipstick and diamond earrings. A girl's gotta represent even when she is sick!

    I also painted the kitchen island just as I said I would. Then I realized I hated the color and repainted it a different color. Sadly it looks pretty much the same as before. Except clean and fresh. It is drying very slowly in my frigid garage so I figured as long as I already had a mess I might as well make a bigger one so I drug my garage sale find coffee table that was an annoying yellow and oak combo out for a coat of white love too! So it now has been sanded, primed and first coat of what may be many applied. Now husband darling is coming home tonite and frankly, doesn't give a damn about painting the coffee table but is going to be pretty pissy about me hoggin' up the garage space. (insert self conscious shrug) sorry lovey! (little wink as I hand him a beer).
   I promise to post pics of the failed paint color and all end results as soon as the paint is dry! Brrrrrr, it is cold in that garage tonite! Well, I have a date with my sofa cushions and a remote for a bit before I toddle off to bed. I think I need one of daddy's cure-all toddies tonite! (hot tea, honey, lemon and a splash of Kentucky's fine Jack Daniels whiskey) That will warm your bones!

I'm off to work cafeteria duty at the munchkin school. But my crafty plans for the weekend include painting the kitchen island, the coffee table in the family room and maybe rearranging the furniture in my bedroom! And a little Spy Kids movie action with my favorite smelly boys. I do like to stay busy!

Lovey Dovey Days are comin'

okey dokey,
some of y'all know I LOVE to change up stuff for ANY holiday! So I redid my mantle from the winter display I put up after Christmas to a fun Valentine theme! i just went around the house and gathered up anything that reminded me of love, hugs, kisses. Y'know mushy gushy stuff, as my baby would say. A quick stop at the thrift store netter me a BBand B print of the bible verse from Corinthians about Love! (for 5 bucks!) and a stop at the dollar store got me some red doilies and candlesticks! Here is how I put it all together! ( you pinterest buddies will see I used a few ideas I nabbed on there!) Don't forget to tell me what you think, I love to hear your ideas and what you are up to in your castle!

oh first pics are of the winter mantle then what I changed it to for V-day!

I think it is a fun change of pace, especially on the grey days, it is cheerful! Now here is what I did with the candlesticks I thrifted!

now I just gotta keep my sweetie out of the sweets!
   And I just didn't have room on the mantle for all the things I gathered that are so special to me so I rearranged the shelves over the couch to hold some of my favorite expressions of love from my sweet babies!

gotta love the mama gifts! Next to the silhoutte of each boy is his love gift to me. I get all warm and fuzzy when I look at them!
well, y'all that is what I have been doin'. At least the stuff interesting enough to take a picture of! Didn't figure me cleanin' up the garage and doin' like a hundred loads of laundry was really interesting!lol

A little hallway spiff-up!

hey y'all,
sorry I abandaned you for a bit, things are hectic this week at Chaos Central. The rebels tried to stage a coup and I had to defend the throne! I have been as busy as a honeybee in a greenhouse full of flowers!

So when I left you it was with a promise of pics on my latest endeavor. Reorganizing some pictures, in my upstairs hall I have a display of extended family pics so my babies get that all important sense of roots!  After the holidays when I was cleanin' up the mess I noticed some of them were lookin raggedy as Dixie's dog blanket! So I pulled them all down, cleaned the frames and put some fresh pics up for renewed interest.
Here's how it came out!

Well, now once I try that door mat air vent thing somebody posted on pinterest my hall will be looking pretty spiffy! What do you think? I love your comments so don't stop by without sayin' hi!