September Acres

My daughter put this sign up on the playroom door today after the dog stepped on some of her stickers (gasp!). I was blow drying my hair when I heard the playroom door close and a few seconds later I saw the dog walk by so I knew something was up. I was impressed with how neat the handwriting was. She also spelled everything correctly by herself. The kitchen is painted -yea! At first I tought 'chocolate curl' was going to be too light but once it dried it was perfect. We will have some of the counters installed this week and they will finish next week. The 4th of July holiday is pushing it back. We will know on Monday what they can install this week. Now that the paint is done I am eager to see how it looks with the counter top. I have been wathcing 'Design Star' on HGTV. After today, I think I should try out - haha. It was good tonight. I love when they work alone- I think you really see the cream rise to the top. These were two of the better rooms. The one on my l...

I was tagged by Eileen so here goes: Everything is supposed to have one word answers (I'll do my best on the one word part but some of them are tough to use just one word). Yourself: Friendly Your hair: brown Your favorite item: camera Your dream last night: none Your Favorite drink: water Your dream car: Yukon Your dream home: beach house Room you're in: office Your biggest fear: losing my car in a parking lot (crazy, I know) Where do you want to be in 10 years: doing more of what I do now Who you hung out with last night: friends (at Bunko) You're not: rude On of of your wishlist items: countertops The last thing you did: put daughter to bed You are wearing: pajamas Favorite weather: sunny Favorite book: "In an instant" Last thing you ate: banana split Your life: fabulous Your mood: good What are you thinking of right now: how boring these answers must be to anyone reading! :) What are you doing at this moment: typing Relationship status: married Well if...

Well, our kitchen seems to be coming along. The cabinets are painted, the half wall between the kitchen and dining room is gone, tile is fixed. The counters should go in next week along with a new island and the slide outs in the pantry. I am really still kind of in disbelief. We have talked about this for so long and it's finally almost done. I still have some things to do: Prime and paint the part of the wall that needed new drywall when the half wall came down. Paint the kitchen. It is a pretty quick job since there is not a ton of wall space. We picked the color 'chocolate curl'- isn't that great for a kitchen? It is a dark brown (of course). It is from Lowe's - Olympic. They supposedly have a lower VOC which is good. Every little bit helps. I picked 'peppered pecan' for this small area in the hallway that has cabinets and is also getting new countertop since there is some left over. Right now it's is a lavendar - ish color which looked great with...

I was driving my daughter to VBS tonight and a commercial came on the radio for Del Taco. It goes something like this: Man 1: "I just filled up my car and it cost $100. Now I have no money for food. Man 2: "What kind of car do you have?" 1: "A hybrid" 2: "A hybrid?" 1: "A hybrid SUV" 2: "oh, well come to DelTaco to get a burrito (or whatever kind of food it was) for $2.99" The commercial finishes and my daughter says to me "How does that make the price of gas go down?" What does through their minds?? I was laughing so hard - it was a great question. One I guess only a child would ask. The adults are on their way to Del Taco..

at 11 am today. Yes, it's going to be a hot one! This is our 3rd or 4th day over 110. And it's still technically spring! I am not complaining at all; I like the heat. It just takes a few days to switch the schedule around, plan outings in the morning before it gets too hot & hunker down in the afternoon; either in the house or in the pool. Today we will probably stay in as my daughter has her 2nd night of VBS so it will be good to relax and not get too tired out in the heat. Their VBS is from 5:30-8:30. Not my first choice but I am not running it (nor do I want to!) She did great last night though. She did swim yesterday and Sunday was mostly a swimming day so she was beat by yesterday afternoon. I half thought that I would find her sleeping in the corner when I went to pick her up last night but she was dancing and singing away. They were told to bring their swimsuits tonight for some water fun. We had company this weekend. Our friends have 2 boys, age 7 &...

We are back from our vacation in Washington. We had a great time, although it rained almost every day. Apparently, this is the coldest first week of June since 1894. The above picture is the view from our bedroom at low tide. Still pretty magnificent - rain or not. It was getting hard at the end of the trip to keep the 6 year old occupied she took it all in stride. We went into Seattle on Monday, which turned out to be the nicest weather day. We went to the Space Needle which was great. Walked around alot which we all needed to do! :) Since it was Sunday alot of the cute home furnishings shops were closed - not that I would buy anything but I love to look in fun places like that. They had an Ann Sacks store which was closed. But there were huge windows showing all the cool stuff they have. We went to the Pike Place market which was lots of fun. On Saturday afternoon, my daughter & I went to a local ballet recital. It was really good - dancers from age 4-24. It was entertaining ...

This was our little guest last night at dinner. My daughter set her up at the table with Bitty Baby's high chair on top of a dining chair. The playdoh was her baby food. They are so creative. My daughter had a birthday party to go to yesterday for one of her friends. It was a pool party & the weather was perfect. She had fun & was pooped when she got home. She was there almost four hours. The little girl's mom said she could stay as long as we needed her too since my husband and I were having a date 'afternoon' since I am leaving tomorrow to meet my sister for a vacation (my mom is going with us too). This little girl's mom is so nice - she is also my daughter's Daisy scout leader and she is so great with the girls. Super creative too. I hope the girls continue to be friends for a long time since I like the mom so much. :) Every January I wish my daughter had a summer birthday. It is so easy to plan a pool party. It keeps the kids occupied...