We got a little work done on our family room built-ins last week. How exciting!! If you can remember we bought a whole set of kitchen cabinets from The Habitat for Humanity ReStore. We got a little side tracked with the tv niche. But the LOML thinks he wants to do "easy" cuts […]
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RIPPING OUT BASEBOARD ~ and getting a little frustration out!
We were very busy this weekend getting a little frustration out and getting a lot of work done all at the same time! We're building built-in bookcases on one whole side of our family room. I've primed the ReStore cabinets we bought with two coats of KILZ. Tomorrow I'll paint two coats of white […]
BANANA PUDDING ~ a yummy dessert for the holiday weekend
This Memorial Day weekend, I am blessed to have the whole gang home. This is my absolute favorite time EVER! For the holiday, I made a yummy dessert the LOML has been begging for. BANANA PUDDING INGREDIENTS 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1 (14 ounces) can of sweetened condensed milk […]
DIAPER WREATH ~ I’m goin’ to a baby shower!!
Having a baby is one of the most exciting times in a girl's life! For all her friends, the shower is a way to celebrate this exciting time. I have a dear friend…she's Daughter #1's fourth grade teacher. She was also Son #3 & Son #4's teacher, too. She is expecting her first baby. I think […]
CONTINUATION OF CLOSING UP THE TV NICHE
We've been so busy lately that our fireplace mantel project has been stuck looking like this FOREVER!!!!!! So this weekend, the LOML mudded it and me and Son #3 sanded it….TWICE! My arms are killing me! There was a thick layer of dried mud on everything! YUCK! I painted the space with two coats […]
FROM TABLE TOP TO CLOCK ~ using what you got
I am becoming the queen of trash recycling. Not the "where you fill up the recycle bin and put it at the side of the road to be picked up once a week" kind. I'm more the "instead of throwing it out, I try to use it for something else" kind. I was throwing […]