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On Being Thankful

* I am thankful for music & all the magical qualities it possesses
* I am thankful for my husband, the growth we've experienced together, & our future
* I am thankful for our happy, healthy, beautiful girls
* I am thankful for Pinterest & the time I waste  utillize researching new creative endeavors
* I am thankful for my mommy & my daddy
* I am thankful for my kickass sister & brother
* I am thankful for friends
* I am thankful for sweatpants
* I am thankful for sleep
* I am thankful for my sewing machine
* I am thankful for dance parties in the kitchen 
* I am thankful for every person that has ever walked in to my life as a lesson, a blessing, or a blesson
* I am thankful for knowing myself, staying true to who I am, & never apologizing for it
* I am thankful for ponytail holders
* I am thankful for socks
* I am thankful for books; I love them 
* I am thankful for sunshine

Sunday is Late Again, But Lesson Worthy

Big Al is right, you know. Nothing good ever came from standing idly by, sheepishly watching while people do harm to others, our world, or themselves. Stand up. 

Sunday Goodness

Sunday It Sho Is

My Romance

Popped into my head, so I thought I'd share. Happy Friday....

 

Icky Weather Fun

The weather has finally taken a real turn for the ick, bringing rain, cold temps, & cooties. To raise our spirits, O & I decided to do some baking. For all my baking friends reading this, do not judge me on what you're about to see. It was fast & easy ---- the perfect combination for baking with a little Weasel. 

 That's it. You just mix them together:

Then, because it doesn't have any raw egg that may cause botulism or whatev, you get to lick the bowl!

 Here's what it looks like when it's all done:

And it's delish.

Whoopsie It's Tuesday So Should Post the Sundayness

 

I honestly do this multiple times a day. I'm sure my family & friends would say having me in their lives is like living in a musical. I can find a song lyric for just about any scenario; if I can't find a song that fits I'll make up my own.  If you have yet to burst into song I highly recommend you give it a try ---- It's awesome. 

Sunday

 

I may not be, erummah, little but....

Surprise Project

C & I LOVE this song. Well, really we love anything DMB does....This one is particularly important to us. So when I saw this on Pinterest I knew I wanted to make one for us, but put my own spin on it. 


I drug the girls to Hobby Lobby to find some letters; here's what we found:

We have a whole bunch of scrap wood in our back yard from building the girls' swing set (we'll get to that in another post). I picked through the pieces until I found some I liked.

 

My original idea was to use the longer piece of wood so the project would be more linear & would fit in the space above our headboard, but below the vent. Stupid vent....Well, the big piece of wood was stinkin' HEAVY & the whole thing would have to be bolted to the wall. Plan B: I found two more wood pieces the size of the one in front. The pieces I chose were pretty beat up & had nail holes in them. I love them. I spray painted the letters a chocolate brown & used a watered lime green paint on the boards. Then I used an antiquing glaze over the boards. The boards weren't as green as I hoped after the glaze, but I decided that was okay. 

I wanted to finish the whole thing & put it on the wall without telling C; see how long it took for him to notice. But I kind of needed help attaching the boards together, so he helped me by putting the boards together with a metal stick thingy one the back & a hanging wire. "Metal stick thingy". WOW. Probably a good thing I asked for his help....


Here's how it looks on our wall: 

This is my most favorite thing I have ever made.