Dinner Time for the Doggies!

This is my view each night around 5:00...the dogs waiting to be fed!  Waiting patiently!

Hooray for our food!

                                              As you can see, Molly makes a BIG mess!!

                                                   Then, Chloe goes in for clean-up!!

                                 All gone!!  Molly is starting to like the new puppy!  She still gets bitchy when Chloe wants to play, but I think she is getting used to having her around!  We love having the two of them in our family.  I never realized what dogs added to a home until these two!

Sno On the Go!

We have a new Snow Cone shop close to our house, and Nathan has been begging to try it out. The night before school started seemed like a perfect time.

Look at all of the flavors of syrup. They had wedding cake, green apple, and chai tea. You name it, they had it.

It's called Sno On the Go. Who would believe that snowcones could pay the rent?

Darrell and I shared Tropical Treat. Pina Colada snow cone with fresh strawberries and vanilla ice cream down the middle. Sounds weird, but it was delicious.

Not a great picture, but you get the idea.

Nathan was happy with his Blue Raspberry/ Cherry combination. He ate the ENTIRE cupful of sugary goo and was humming through the whole thing!

My happy boys! School tomorrow...

Sago Palms

These are the Sago Palm trees that are in the front flower bed in our yard. They grow SO fast...they become unruly within a couple of months of trimming. They were way overdue for some attention. This is what they looked like earlier this morning...then Darrell went crazy and chopped, pruned, and thinned...

He filled up the "green" can and the regular trash can...

And now...they look much better. Thanks my Dear Husband.

The After photos.

Molly Got a Haircut

This is what Molly looked like at 11:00

This is where she was at 1:00. The groomer (hi Jenn) comes to our house.

At 2:00...this is Molly after a "tune-up." She smells good, can see out of both eyes, and is brushed and has soft hair. What a spoiled puppy!

Wordless Wednesday ~ #19...Bye Bye Braces!!!

Before pix...7:30 a.m.

After pix...9:00 a.m. BEAUTIFUL...

A gift bag from Dr. Bryan's office...all the stuff he couldn't eat for the past year and a half. My baby is growing up too fast!

Before and After ~ Kitchen "Office"

I know I have not posted a blog in over a week, it's been crazy at our house. Baseball EVERYDAY...I am not exaggerating! It's fun, but I don't get any of my regular stuff done. I have been organizing my kitchen "command center" this week. What I thought would be a few hour project turned into a few day project, after I decided to repaint stuff, replace baskets, and the like. You know I can't just re-organize anything without making it pretty. So, here are the pictures... The cabinet, below, was out of control! I had vitamins in there that had expired in 2004.

An upclose photo of the counter top.

An upclose shot of the cabinet...ugly!

It's much better now! Although, when I get busy, this is always the area that takes the hardest hit. By the way, Jill do you see the little porcelein cup in the back? You gave it to Kyle when he was born, and I use it for my jewelry...love it!!

Have a great week. I am going to try to post more this week, if I don't my family (uh, Hi Larry) gives me a hard time. I'm glad they're interested in my blog.

Sick Boy = Time for Crafts

Look what I did today...They turned out SO cute...if I do say so myself!! Okay, um, these pictures posted in backwards order. So, I am going to leave it...work with me people. These are two Easter/Spring signs that I made today. Again, I got the wood in the "cut wood" bin at Lowe's. 71 cents each. I used paint that I already had (thanks Barbie!) and bought a few pages of scrapbook paper and some wooden letters.

This is what my kitchen table looked like all day. I mod-podged the paper to the front of the letters and sanded around the edges to take the excess paper off. Time consuming...yes. Difficult...no.

Some of the raw materials before I began.

Here's my sick boy...feeling better now. Hope he sleeps okay. He's such a trooper, basically he just laid around and watched movies all day. Love this boy so much, I always just wanna hug him and kiss him and tickle him. Even though he thinks he is too old...I'll always hug, kiss, and tickle him.

Fall Centerpiece

SO...I decorated my house for fall a couple of days ago, however I was not happy with the dining room table. I had removed the placemats and put a couple of pumpkins there, but it didn't look "right." I went to JoAnn Fabrics and bought some fabric, put it under the pumpkins (didn't even sew the edges), and sprayed the small pumpkins a cream color (oh how I love spray paint), and moved stuff around a bit. Much better now! By the way, the big pumpkin is real, that's why it doesn't sit straight on the pedestal! NOW it looks "right."

Before and After ~ Molly's Space

This is Molly's area in the kitchen. She also has a bed in our room, the bonus room, and the family room. She is so spoiled...who would do that for a DOG?? She is a messy girl. She takes her toys out of the basket, ALL OF THEM, everytime I pick them up. By the way, she also has a basket full of toys upstairs. She has not chewed up anything she's not supposed to, so I guess the toys are working.

Before and After ~ Master Bedroom

Our new mattress is WAY taller than our old mattress. I have to use a stool to get onto the bed or take a running leap, I am not kidding! Anyway, I had to get new bedding, made some new pillows, made a blanket for the end of the bed, and re-did a chair for the corner of the room. I spent less that $100 on a new down-alternative comforter, (king size even though the bed is queen) a textured blanket to put on top, and fabric and bead trim for the pillows. It looks similiar, but much better! Check it out and tell me what you think. I love having white and black bedding.