Fairy Princess Tea Party!!!

Saturday was the birthday party I helped plan with a friend of mine. I was, of course, late. But, I thought I would share some of the contributions I made!

The cake is buttercream with fondant fairies...yes, I made them. Enjoy!!

We made the crowns and wands Little Miss has here.

My friend did an amazing spread!! The cake's final resting place.

The bags...filled...and the wands and crowns.

I made her. Get it?!

It was a great party and everyone enjoyed it. Now, I feel the push to get workin' on my house again! Finally, I'll get back to posting! lol Also, for those of you who DON'T know... I am now a....

 Hooray!!! Now, if you need scentsy... you can call, email or stop by and order!!!

The house is calling me...Bee blogging soon!

Taking a break with the house!

This week, I've had to take a break with the house. I offered to help a friend out with their daughter's party, so I am currently obsessed about that. It's what I would love to ultimately do; party planning. See? They're the gift bags. It's a fairy princess tea party....with one boy. lol

Just some stuff to add to the gift bags.

 Also, I get to host our monthly book club meeting this Wednesday. We're reading Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax M.D. Ph.D. It's great! Especially since I have a boy! lol

 On Friday, I am also having a Stampin' Up party! Hooray! I love stamps. Then, along with all of that, I have to be a good Young Women's president and do glow-in-the-dark volleyball for mutual. *Sigh* I'm tired already.

Don't you love the pom poms? lol

Kitchen Transformation!!!

So, I decided that if I wanted a happy honey (and really, who doesn't) then I should work on the kitchen. Down the stairs I went, full of renewed energy and desire to please my dear and wonderful husband when I was greeted with this.

 I know. I'd cry too...I think I might have. 

Well, I put my shoulder to the wheel and dug in. It was hard! Not really, but mainly because I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. But, when my honey came home and was thrilled with "what I could set my mind to", I guess it was worth it. 

 Sorry the pictures are wonky. You're supposed to keep the camera at the same angle, but that's hard with this in your arms. lol

 Also, Happy Birthday to my Mom and Dad!!!

 

Ambitious Ambitions.....Uh... ok.

Ok, so I THOUGHT I was going to get the room done, but I didn't. It was taking a long time with details I didn't think I was going to do. That's normal for me. Also, I got sidetracked and put together my bathroom upstairs. Hey, it happens.

BEFORE: A lovely artwork

AFTER: A sparkling tub of clean!

Look!! NO BOXES!!!

Wanna hear a joke? Ok, do you know why there aren't any boxes in the bathroom?? Because their all out in the hall!!! What? Not funny? I didn't think so either.

Here's a look at the things we're painting on the wall.

Yes, it's a GLITTER-BEE!

 My Honey says he wants me ("You are GOING to do this room next.") to start working on the kitchen next. (Me: "But I don't want to! Don't you think I should work on OUR room next?"

Him: "NO, uh-uh, nope. You need to get this room organized! It's a mess in here!" 

Me: "But I don't want to!!!" yes..I was using our children's patented whining....

Him: "Tough, get to work." Snap, snap of fingers. 

BTW I did whack him and remind him that I AM NOT A DOG and DO NOT SNAP AT ME! lol)

So, I guess I will be tackling our KITCHEN!! Remember it? Full of JUNK! lol It's better after honey took a bunch of boxes upstairs but still, it's a room I dread. I think I'd rather tackle my craft room!!

Yeah. WAY WORSE! But SOOOO like Christmas....where you get everything you LIKE! lol

 Here's Lookin' at YOU!

To Infinity, and Beyond!

So we FINALLY finished the rooms!!! YEAH (Hallelujah chorus blasting in the background)!!!!

 So, now it's time for show and tell...

 Chickie and Little Miss' room turned out AWESOME! We ended up putting on 4 COATS! But, we also realized that we were skimping on the paint so that's why it took all four coats. Needless to say we used half a gallon doing the last coat. lol

 Today we will finish the flowers complete with birds (by request), bees and butterflies. I'll post the pictures tomorrow.

 Karate kid's room only took three coats, which pleased me greatly!!!!

 Since he has his moon and stars given by G-ma and G-pa B, we decided to add a little something to spice up his walls. lol Meet our astronaut.

Karate Kid is over the moon! lol hahahaha

 Today, we're putting up stars!! Lots and LOTS of glow in the dark stars. 725 of them to be exact. I know. AGH!

 Apparently there as been talk among our friends that no one believes I'm going to paint our room black. Yes, black. Well, stay tooned....I'll be doing it soon.

Six Questions!

A friend of mine, Lara at Overstuffed (it's a great blog), tagged me and challenged me to answer these six questions. So, since I've been struggling to finish the two rooms (I'm on the fourth and third coat!!!!!) I think I'll answer them.

1.  How do you cope with the yucky season where you live?

           Well, I don't think I cope.lol I have problems with depression as well. I get a lot of blessings from my husband. LOTS. Yesterday was particularly terrible. I sat on the computer ALL day playing games and didn't accomplish anything. If the kids made noise or screamed, I lost it. It was awful. I even semi-cussed out my husband when it really wasn't that big of a deal, poor guy. And then in the blessing, he reminded me that music makes me happy. So, I sat down and played "The Hustle", yes, I really did.....and my children danced around the room. I did feel a little better.

But normally, it's: get depressed then spend the rest of the next three months struggling to get out and stay out. It's not usually until May that I feel like myself again.

2.  Tell me something you like about me or my blog?  (I need a little self esteem boost lately)

      I love looking into your life. I think that sounds terrible, but I feel better when I don't feel like I'm the only one struggling with kids, or honeys, or anything! Not to say you struggle all the time, but you portray a very real view of life; the good that comes with the bad too.

3.  Name a movie you can quote several lines from.

     Unfortunately, this would have to go to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I know (hangs head). My husband is training me to remember and automatically know what movies he's quoting. We work on:
                  Dodgeball, Ace Ventura movies (make that all Jim Carrey movies), Tommy Boy and more.

     Oh goody.

4.  Least thing you like about mothering.

         Repeating myself a MILLION times before I'm listened to.

5.  Favorite thing about being a wife 

       Well....I agreed with Lara about having my best friend around all of the time, and my Honey does make me laugh, but one of my favorite things is inappropriate to mention. ; P

6.  If you could've majored in anything in college, without thought to what you'd do with it afterwards, what would it have been?

       I really wanted to get my degree in Music Education to teach band in High School. lol I know. But, I had kids instead. They make just as much noise...but I guess they are less in tune. : P

 I don't really know anyone to pass this on to, so I guess I lose? lol

Another Layer of Pink!

After slaving and working SOOO hard, we still need another coat on Chickie and Little Miss' walls. I think it's a red thing. A friend of mine just painted her front room RED (I know, awesome) and she had to do three coats as well. Hmmm. I actually had to take these pictures with the light OFF and my flash on. lol

 Also, after speaking with my mom - who, by the way, gives me almost ALL of my great ideas - she suggested I do a mural. Brilliant! I've always wanted to do a mural! lol So, I will be painting giant flowers on their walls...of course, after the third coat. 

 Almost there...can you see the vision yet?!

This is how my camera saw the room with the light ON... camera over-stimulation?