Wordy Wednesday (a day late)

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Tuesday's Truth's

• My fingernails are scary. They are all different lengths and my polish is virtually non-existent except for a few fingers with small hints of the polish I used um...3 weeks ago or so? (I spared you a photo of this - although it IS the month of Halloween so something that scary might actually be appropriate?) 

• My sister walked in my house today and said, "nice outfit"...I asked her why she mentioned it and she said, "because the last 3 times I've seen you, you've been wearing that same outfit." Nice. Truth is, I am actually wearing a different black top this time but the point was duly noted. Quit it with the black, jeans and leopard print combo already.

•  My four-year-old is almost exclusively a dog now. As I am typing this, he is sitting at our school table coloring his picture with his paw (this is when his fingers are folded in towards his palm to form a "paw"). A few little yaps have escaped his weird little mouth. Weird but still fiercely adorable. 

 

•  We are having hotdogs and mac 'n cheese for dinner. Neither vegetables nor fruit are anywhere in sight. Oh and we're eating it on paper plates. Mother-of-the-year what WHAT?!

• Ya know that weird little dog I was telling you about earlier? Well, today I caught a bunch of girls fawning all over him.

He does have that effect on women.

•  I made cupcakes for a ladies meeting at our church last night. Got there only to find out that they decided to bag it since they didn't have a very good turnout. I was left with the cupcakes.

So...today I was forced to eat one. 

It was worth every.single.calorie.

• I have a serious spray paint addiction. My furniture should be scared. Very scared. 

• My seven-year-old typically dresses himself like the entire channel of ESPN. He is currently wearing a football jersey, baseball socks and basketball shoes. Oh and his brother 3-years-his-junior's shorts. (sighhhhh) Someday, I will be giving Stacey and Clinton a call. Mark my words. 

 

 

•  My foyer has looked like this for the past 3 weeks. Ya know the saying "turn the other cheek"? Yup...right away from the mess. Current State? Denial. 

• Yeah........menu planning is a great idea..........in theory.

 

•  My children are neither allowed to play in my room nor are they allowed to play with my Kindle Fire without asking. Eh hem....caught red handed. Camera doesn't lie folks. They do look comfortable in all their naughtiness though.

• I didn't dust this tray before I put this stuff on it. It needs it. Crud-dy.

•  I really thought I had the laundry under control. Stop laughing. Seriously stop. Okay, I never have the laundry under control.

• It's been well over a month since our floors have been finished. Which is exactly the same period of time I haven't swept under my bed. And I wonder why I've been sneezing at night. Darn dust bunnies. I should throw a party for them.

 

• Sometimes I'm too lazy to remove the price tags on things. This item cost 25 cents. Big Bucks Jenny likes to keep it classy. 

• I said that I wasn't going to buy mums or pumpkins this year. 

 I lied. 

 

•  I have come to realize that forgetting things has become quite the full-time job of mine so in order to stop looking like a complete flake, I've decided to start documenting our weekly important events. I really hope this helps. I'm kinda tired of hearing myself say "I'm so sorry" for the umpteenth time.

• Remember how I said (on Facebook) that I wasn't at all in the mood to decorate for fall this year? Yeah...well, that ship sorta sailed. I've been decorating for the last 2 weeks straight. If I was running for presidency my campaign slogan would read "Leave No Corner Left Undecorated".

•  Dead leaves are the new mulch. 

 

Mmmmmm...pretty. 

• Drawing on our chalkboard takes me back to 7th grade English with Mrs. Detweiler. I have a slight chalkboard obsession and it's all thanks to her. She wrote on the board like a dream.  She was also the most polished (though slightly nerdy) person I have ever met. I don't think I ever saw one single solitary hair out of place. She was sheer perfection. 

Happy Fall to you, Mrs. D (wherever you may be)!

• And finally, today I bought a chair. At Liberty Thrift Store. I was driving down Main Street in Spring City when I spotted it out of the corner of my eye.  It was love at first sight. She is in beautiful condition. Could hardly be more perfect. EXCEPT for the color. Now there's work involved. Boooo. I need fabric, paint and a few deep breaths. This part doesn't make me so happy. Hmph. 

 By the way, the chair is also exceptionally comfortable. 

 

And it was $15.
 

It's okay to be jealous. 

 

;)

So, that's it...Tuesday's Truth's.

It may be an ugly life but it's our life.

Errrrr...um...yeah. 

;) 

This Project Is Brought to You By The Letter N

1) Supplies:

Monogram 'N' that I had atop our chalkboard in our school room - fell down occasionally and really didn't have a great purpose in the room.

Leftover chevron shelving paper from kids room closet project

Old frame that I was planning on sending to Goodwill

Scissors

2) Decided to spray paint the 'N' yellow (leftover paint from our play room wall scone project)

3) Finished project - I think it's going to go in the kids room but not 100% sure

I kinda like it though!

All of the items I had on hand so this project's cost to me: FREE 

:)

Got the idea from Pinterest, of course!

What the...?

When did the little people move in?

(And this is a fair reason why I don't like to clean much...my tools suck.)

And yes, you do see 3 different color woods here. We're starting a new trend. 

;)

Pretty Pumpkin

I wasn't planning on buying any real pumpkins this year but after reading this post from Alyssa and seeing her beautifully decorated pumpkins, I decided to bite the bullet and make a trip to our local farmer's market.

I only bought 1 for me and 3 for the kids (1 for each).

I'm not going hog wild with decorating our exterior like I have in years past so no $50 in pumpkins for us this year.

(Yes, I really did spend that one year. On pumpkins.

And that was just for the ones gracing our front porch!)

Since this is our first year having finished bedrooms (well, almost finished anyway), I decided to decorate them for the season as well as the rest of the house.

Our bedroom is a little more chic, if you will, so I didn't want to cheapen it with anything over the top harvest-y kitsch. 

Therefore, the pumpkin I chose was white and I found an idea on Pinterest that I thought I'd try to do my own version of.

A pretty puff-painted pumpkin.

Alright, so puff-paint isn't exactly chic but the 3 dimensional effect it has on pumpkins is a look that I find super pretty and definitely a bit more upscale.

I chose colors that I thought would jive well with the color scheme in our room.

I would have loved the blue to be a bit deeper for a richer effect but this was all they had and so I went with that rather than searching further.

The gold adds a little glitz and the swirl design adds a little glamor.

The pedestal gives it a little something extra as well...

All in all, I love how it turned out. And this project was so super easy.

Now the kids are begging to use the puff paint on their already decorated pumpkins.

It seems we're a trendy bunch.

;)

To Do

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Hi

Oh my goodness, is it ever stagnant in here?

Sheesh.

The doors to this here blog of mine haven't been opened up and aired out in a while.

Sorry about that.

With homeschooling 2 of my kiddos, trying to get my house back in order after our summer long kids room project, decorating for fall, desperately trying to keep up with my daily chores and getting my health and fitness on, I've been kinda busy...

to say the least.

Most of my blogging lately has been done over at www.peachesandprayers.tumblr.com, otherwise known as my motivational habitat. That is where I have been documenting my daily journey about finally losing this blasted weight.

So far, I'm down 11 pounds since September 16th!

Yay!

I didn't feel like Tumblr was a particularly healthy place for a personal blog but for a weight loss blog, it's genius.

So much motivation and support and it's been really great being over there so far.

Feel free to follow along if you're interested!

As far as this blog goes, I do have things to share.

Every day, it seems I have something worth blogging about but time just hasn't allowed for it.

I used to blog in the evenings or whenever I had a break during the day but since beginning school this year, once the kiddos are in bed, I've taken to lying on the couch with my husband and watching TV or retiring to my bedroom for the evening with a good book.

[I just finished The Wolves of Mercy Falls series (Shiver, Linger and Forever) by Maggie Stiefvater if you're interested - check it out!]

Blogging often seems like too much work and at the end of the day, I'm just ready to blank out for a bit.

I do think it's important to document life. In a world where life is constantly go go go, it's nice to sit down and go over the many blessings of the day.  

Anais Nin once said, "We write to taste life twice".

I love that quote.

So, with that being said, I am really going to try to make more of an effort to take a few moments of my day and blog about what is going on here.

I, personally, love reading other blogs. They often help inspire, motivate, challenge or otherwise engage me and teach me something that I didn't already know.

I won't pretend to think that is what you'll find here because often we're just regular ol peeps having regular ol days but maybe at some point somewhere in my writings, you'll get a smidge of something you haven't gotten before.

Or maybe this will just be for me. I'm okay with that too.

This is all just to say...hi...I know it's been a while. I'm still here. We are still living life. This year is busier than we've ever been. Exciting things are happening...we just don't have much time to document it these days.

I do plan on finding more time to write though...starting with today...

Laundry is going...sink has been cleared...beds have been made...more laundry has been put away...kids have been dressed...fed...teeth and hair has been brushed etc etc etc.

School is about to start up again and on the day goes...

Hoping this rain lets up at some point this week b/c I'm looking forward to taking the kiddos out for school pictures.

Be on the lookout for those in the coming week or two.

I've got props and I know how to use 'em.

:)

Gotta get back to work here so...have a wonderful day, friends!