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Our front porch's feelings were hurt. The inside of the house is so beautiful, but there it was with mud wasp nests everywhere, a falling apart doorbell, a dry and empty flower pot, a door with worn green paint (so last decade), and tarnished doorknobs. "I just don't fit in!" was the cry.
Joel spent a few hours sprucing it up.
Now it fits in just fine! And just in time for our first official party!
These were really fun to make! Different - each in their own scrappy, wonky way.
Jag - a period of overindulgence in an activity; a binge
I am on an organization jag. It's official and I admit it! I just can't seem to stop organizing my house. Not a bad problem to have, eh? This weekend I tackled the fabric scraps. I do not have baskets and baskets of scraps, just one small bag full. I organized them all by color, folded, and stacked them back into my scrap bag with a new determination to use up all the goodness I found there.
My improv projects will help. Also, if I can get it together, tomorrow I plan to sew some Maverick Stars for the Bushfire Project. I'll have to hurry though! They are due by March, which is right around the corner. If you haven't jumped into this project yet, there's still time. But wouldn't you know - the only thing I don't have for this project is the light background. An excuse to go to the fabric store!!!
My mom bought me my own pair of ruby slipper. Yes, less gaudy than Dorthy's but nonetheless ruby red. I've been clicking away all week!
Why there really is no place like home:
I guess in general I'm just glad to be home. Happy Friday!
We were talking amongst "the syndicate" recently and I happened to mention subscribing to the RSS feeds of the blogs I enjoy reading on a regular basis. They asked, so I thought that maybe I would explain how it works to you as well. Keep in mind this is not a technical dissertation from a computer genius.
When I first started getting hooked on reading a few blogs I would save the address to each of them in my favorites section of my web browser. Then all I had to do was click on each of them to see if they had a new post. Ok, but then I read - who knows on whose blog - a mention of an RSS feed. I did a bit of checking and found out that this would be faster way of checking for new posts on my favorites.
If a blog offers an RSS feed, you can subscribe to their feed by clicking this sign, or as on my blog, just click "subscribe to this blog's feed" in the right hand column at the bottom. It will then pull up a feed of that blog and allow you to add it to your Common Feed List. Any new posts will be automatically downloaded to your computer and can be viewed by clicking on the star (favorites) and clicking the Feeds tab. This will bring up a list of the feeds you have subscribed to and will show if there is a post you have not previously viewed. This saves a lot of time clicking back and forth.
I'm sure there are tech gurus who could explain it better, but that's my version. If you can't get it to work, please feel free to comment with any questions about the how to.
I'm hooked on Itso. I was really having a problem storing all my cooking mags. I had them in stacks under the kitchen sink. Whenever I wanted to get them out, I had to dig through piles. But no longer thanks to my Itso fabric covered storage bins!
Oh, and check out the Orla goodness as well!
Yesterday was our first official "back home" day. Five months is a very long time! We are very grateful to Mema and Pop for putting us up that whole time, but we are even more grateful that we are back in our own space. The boxes are mostly unpacked thanks to Mom, Tracy, and Michelle who came to help a few days. The boys have been great as well! They unpacked and put their rooms together mostly by themselves. The poor washer and dryer have been going unceasingly, but even the piles of laundry are down to a minimum.
Last night we sat down at our nice cozy kitchen table and played Life. As we were playing, I got to thinking how our game of life took us around quite a bend in the road. Our family is stronger because of it. I feel that relying on and supporting each other during these last months has given us a greater love and appreciation for each other. And it sure has made us more thankful for what God has given us. When all the boxes are unpacked and the pictures are on the walls, I'll give you a "MOVE THAT BUS" virtual tour.
... but at least we have these!
I could really go for these easy treats: Warm Chocolate Pudding Cake, Cupid's Cups (I don't really even care for Jello, but these are too cute!), and Chocolate Passion Bowl.
But this Valentine's Day, I think I'll stick to petit fours for the boys.
No recipe really and pitifully easy. At eleven o'clock last night I cut up pound cake, baptized them in a ganache, and shaved chocolate over the top. Happy Valentine's Day, boys!
We had the best day for moving. Hardly a cloud in the sky, cool temperatures, and no humidity. Everything has been taken out of the storage unit and the kitchen is pretty much put together. That's what I call a good day's work.
I've been wanting to show you my bargain of the century. We have been searching for a new breakfast table for the kitchen. We had a few limitations. We have a window seat that we use as one of the seats at the table. That crosses bar height tables off the list. We wanted either a square or rectangle - the round we had before wasn't our favorite. Also, we wanted something made of solid wood. And we wanted something dark. Not too picky are we!
This is what we turned up at Target. It was the floor model in the HOME seasonal section on clearance. Square, solid mango wood, dark, and distressed as an added benefit. The only problem - it was bar height. Target usually puts a sale price sticker on the item, but this table didn't have one. When the price pulled up at $50, we couldn't pass it up. We grabbed it, took it home, and had our flooring guy cut off the legs to table height. A $300 table for $50! This never happens to me! NEVER! I finally found a bargain. Aren't you proud of me Rebekah?
