After decorating boys’ rooms for so long (we have four boys), decorating a girl’s room was fun! We adopted our two daughters from Kazakhstan in 2005. Our first trip was for five weeks, where we met, fell in love with, and spent a lot of time with the girls. Then we came home…..without them π […]
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2012 ROUND UP ~ and a sneek peak at 2013
Happy New Year!Β Β I hope everyone had a great 2012 and I hope you’re looking forward to everything wonderful that will happen in 2013! I was reading my goals for 2012 Β in my New Years post last year to see if I accomplished anything I wanted to this past year. I’ve always known my […]
BEFORE & AFTERS
We painted the staircase spindles a bright white and the railings black. Our next project….tear out the carpet and redo the stairs in a dark red chesnut stain. I painted the front door the same black as the staircase railings. Then I made the pretty wreath to break up the black. The LOML found the […]
MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS!!
Please forgive me for Β my absence in blogland recently. God has insisted I stop and take care of myself and my family during a couple of injuries and illnesses. I hurt my back in November which had me going to the chiropractor every day and him yelling at me to stay laying down with ice […]
ELF ON A SHELF
This is our very first year doing Elf on a Shelf with our girls. I’m always late to the party. And as you might know already, I can copy some of you creative wonders out there. I have found many great ideas on Pinterest. Very creative!! This is what our Elf “Elfie” was up to […]
DECKING THE HALLS ~ and the tree, and the kitchen….
Because we celebrate Christmas with my in-laws at Thanksgiving, we get to decorate the house pretty early in the season. Not as early as the stores do, but still way early in my mind! Here are some of the fun decorations in our home Β My Thrifty Decor Chick centerpiece filled with some pretty sparklies and […]