Thanksgiving Day

        Marcus took a quick timeout from his wii game to pose with his mom.

                                             Earlier that morning, Mitch dared the kids to jump into the pool and they did it!  I can't tell you how cold that water is, but both of them had a look of shock on their faces when they came up out of the pool!

                                                                Family photo

                                       You will probably see this one again on our Christmas card.

                                                               

                       Copper LOVES Max and whenever he comes over he gets lots of love from her.

                                                   Do these 2 look like brothers or what?

KU and Family project

                     Look what Mitch and I got in the mail from my "Mother #2"...that would be my Best friend Joyce's mom :)  When I was back home I was at Joyce's house and saw these place mats on her kitchen table. I told her how neat those were and she must have told her mom because now we have them too!  Yay!  Thank you Mom #2  :)

       Here's my giant letter project...I have filled the bottoms with rocks so they wont tip over, glued the tops and now just waiting for it to dry...then I will paint

                                                     Here they are!!!!!! I wanted a rustic, beat up look.  It is actually supposed to have a metallic look to them, but it's hard to tell in the pictures.

                       You can see it's high up...that's Marcus' bedroom door...

    Im going to get some plastic green plants and a vase or 2 to add to it and then that top area should be complete.  When I was looking for letters, I couldn't find them big enough and the ones I did see cost anywhere from $10-$18 a piece.  All this project cost me was 2 cans of Spray paint and tacky glue a total of about $7..everything else I had on hand.  I actually finished a project!!!

Friends

              Both Mackenzie and Caitie go to different schools this year and it's been since June since they have seen each other.  We met them at sort of a half way point between our housees last night so Mac could spend the night with her.  They were happy to see each other!

             Ok...well, Im still hanging in there on this project.  Gluing all the letters was time consuming...but now I think Im ready to remove the rubberbands, add some rocks or sand inside them (the tops are still open at this point) to give them support to stand up and then seal the tops.

                                           After I do that, then I will start to paint...

13th Wedding Anniversary

                           Mac thought she didn't get her face in the picture; she was working on a little project.  Doing modge podge with some pretty colors then adding the names of all her friends...kept her busy for a couple hours :)

                                 Tuesday the 13th was Mitch and I's anniversary! 13 years...he surprised me at work and walked in with the roses and chocolates and then came home with the wine!  Im so lucky, so blessed and so happy :) :)

Projects

                    This is a project I decided to see if I could do myself.  I have been looking for giant block letters that can sit up on their own and just haven't found what I have been looking for.  So to start off, I made these stencils.  Then I traced them onto cardboard and cut them out...

    ....then I took a break to take this picture of my Goodwill purchase that I repainted for Mitch's "Hideout"...I LOVE this table :)

   okay...now back to my letters.  Let me just tell you...the letter A was very time consuming.  Trying to hold it all together while the glue set up; So Mitch helped me tape it...but later I discovered rubberbands work great and I wont have tape marks later.  My goal is to paint them a rustic red and brown (each letter only 1 color) then rough them up with sandpaper to give it a "beat up" look and may even Modge Podge a letter or 2 with vintage writing or music notes.  I know it's hard to visualize the final outcome; it's still trapped in my mind just waiting to come out :)  I will hopefully finish this project and share pictures when it's done!....to be continued!  :)

                On to another project...painting my house.  This is the 4th room Ive done.  This color is called Gardener's Soil.  I know you can't really see it, but it has a touch of plum color in the brown.  Very pretty.  I was scared Mitch might think it was too dark, but he loved it!  Yay!

                                     My furniture looks great next to the paint!

                                                            

New furniture

                         Well, the rest of our furniture came today...doesn't it look pretty? The couch and loveseat, the coffee table and end table as well as the lamp on the end table.  I forgot to take a picture of the table and stools that is up in the loft...I will take a picture later...

                                       The wall behind the loveseat and longer couch will be painted a dark brown in the next week or two.  Then I can begin to hang pictures and things.  The color of the couches is like a camel tan...it's a little lighter than I originally wanted, but now that it's here I like a lot :)

                      This is the sofa table that we decided to put by the front door.  I had some pretty fall flowers on the bottom in the baskets, but then Copper discovered them and chewed up 2 of them...bad dog!