Quote of the week

The beauty of the world is best seen by thoe who strive to reach it

**pic by allposters.com

This and that

I just noticed yesterday was my 50th post!! I don't have any give away's or prize's or anything to celebrate....and I am too pregnant to dance around.....but I am very excited!!!

speaking of being really pregnant, I have 39 days to go! A little over 5 weeks (if he doesn't take his time) I have been so uncomfortable and in so much pain, but it's almost over and I will have a great reward in the end. I can't wait to see what he look's like! I can feel him kicking a little stronger and harder now, and when I lay on my side I can feel him more not sure if I am touching his knee or his booty but it is a cool feeling.


I have so many craft things I want to work on, but I can't get them organized in my head and I don't have enouogh energy or room for it all. Also, the girl's have been over a lot I don't have a moment to myself. With Rambo and Sam following me around everywhere I go, it's hard to get things done. Hopefully I can work on a journal this week and finish making mother's day cards.

Not sure what we will be doing this week, but I hope I will have enough energy to pack some stuff up, work on some crafts and maybe go out on the weekend. I have been stuck in the house for the last 3 week's and I've been so bored. The reason why I've been stuck here is because of the amount of pain and discomfort I am in, I hope Friday or Saturday will be good day's to go antiquing or to do anything really.

Have a good week!

She joined the band wagon!!!!

Yay!! Sissy got a blog! here's the link!

Dollar tree finds

Here are a few more things I got at dollar tree! I just love this place

I got a photo frame to make a little project for Ethan, baby stickers for a journal I am planning on making, a baby rattle punch out, a pack of 4 little composition books, poster board (not in the pic) a little drawer thing that I thought would look cute in the shabby room (I plan on making a corner of the room my craft area) and a 2008 graduation tassel for my nephew Michael. You just got to love Dollar Tree!

Blog of the day

Check out Adeline's Shabby Cottage, great blog! She has tons of craft ideas and lovly family pictures here is the link.

Happy birthday mil!

Tomorrow is my mother in law Shelley's 50th birthday! We took her out celebrate on Saturday. Here are some pix


Here is her gift all wrapped up! I used music sheet and the pretty ribbon and bow from Dollar Tree.


<-----The card I made her.














The book mark I made her -->










I decorated a lunch bag for her, made here a little goodie bag. Put the gift, card, book mark and a baggie full of candy and treats!

She was really excited about the card!



I think she liked her gift too!

The finished product

This dresser has belonged to Greg for the last 12 + years because the closet in our soon to be house is pretty big, there would have been no use for it.....so I got the idea of re-finishing it and giving it to Ethan! Here are some before, during and after pix.

Before


During pic was taken after we called in quits. Sanding is a real hard job

After the sanding was complete
This is the finished product.


It took us 2 Friday's and 1 Saturday to do it. I even helped with the sanding! Greg did the actual sanding and I sanded the edges of drawers with sand paper. Greg bought me a tool to help my hands from getting burned. Greg staned it and laqured it (the smell was too much for me to take) so I took a nap and this is the finished product. All we need now is nice handles.

Quote of the week

** picture from allposters. com

A day of crafting (yesterday)

My niece was over yesterday and we decided to do some crafting. I am working on a few bookmarks for mothers day so she decided she wanted to make one too. Here are some pix.....





This is her expression after being asked if she wanted to do some art's and crafts.











Trying to get the book mark of the proper size.












Just a little off the top
















And a little off the sides......














here you have it folks, a nice bookmark. Any bids?

Weekend finds

We went to Big Hat day's (a st fair) at Old Town Clovis on Saturday and found a few things. There were over 400 booths and so many things to look at. We weren't able to look at everything because.... well, the baby and my bladder were not getting along.... so we had to cut the day short. But we still had fun, it was the first time either of us had gone to it. Here are a few things we bought.




<------- a tea cup holder for the shabby room. Now I just need to look for some pretty tea cups and saucers (darn) I was thinking of putting this on top of the dresser. Or maybe on the night stand, not really sure yet!












A Fresno State Bulldogs pacifier for Ethan. We hope he will play football there one day! (not too soon to think about that is it?)

An October 2007 Romantic homes mag, picked it up for $2.00


We also bought a water bottle for Rambo and a pretty necklace and earring set for MIL's birthday. I will post pics of that later once I am done with the bookmark I am making her.

Dollar tree finds

Greg and I made a mad dash to Dollar Tree this morn (mad dash because we had 10 mins before he had to leave for work) I needed a birthday stamp for a card I am making for my mother in law. Needless to say I brought home a few other things....... and no stamp!

Here are a few of my finds.


<-----March's BH&G I know I'm a month late, but I don't have it and it was only $1. So I can't complain!






<------ A pretty pink ribbon for her present. Not sure if you could tell, but the ribbon has yellow flowers and blue butterflies, it is so pretty! The colors are so cute, blue purple, pink, and yellow....I think I will go back for more. They had a few different colors other than pink.






<---- I thought these bags would look nice (cut up of course) and framed for the master bedroom which will be a french vintage black/white theme. Now all we need are 2-4 pretty white frames, or frames to paint white.....can you say shopping!!!







<----- since I couldn't find any "happy birthday" stamps, I thought I would get a card that says "happy birthday" and cut it out. This one has a dragonfly on it, so I had to get it. We (I should say I) came home with poster board for a bookmark I want to make for her, glue sticks since I just used up my last one and double sided tape!

Quote of the week

There is significance in every moment, and the beauty of life is that you can create your own destiny.

**picture from all posters.com

(I like the pic more than the quote, but still worth posting)

This and That

Sorry I have been MIA the last week, I have been in a lot of pain and very uncomfortable the last week. And I was told it only gets worse! We have 8 weeks to go in this wonderful journey and can't wait to get started on the next! Let me catch you up on what happened in the last week.



Well Sunday was Wrestlemania 24! Greg made bbq hamburgers and hotdogs and he helped me make artichoke dip and 7 layer dip ( I don't think I would have been able to stand for very long without his help) Jeffy came over and we ate until there was no room left! Then we indulged in very delicious ice cream from Cold Stone. Wrestlemania was really good, not as good as last years event but still fun to watch. Undertaker won, which was great I would post a pic of him, but I would like to keep this blog pretty and shabby and well, lets face it....he isn't very shabby chic! But you could always check him out at wwe.com and look at his profile/bio.

I spent all Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday trying to relax! Me and Rambo took long naps on each of those days! I've had a lot of back and leg pain, and pain everywhere else for that matter! Pregnancy is not an easy thing. Thursday evening we had our first birthing class, the teacher went over a few things and we watched a vide o. Most of the stuff she went over we already knew from reading What to expect when your expecting and from looking at the website. Our next class is next Thursday!

Friday, Greg had to go into work for a few hours, which was ok with me because I needed the nap! When he got home we worked on the dresser (will make a seperate post for that) we had pizza for dinner and watched hgtv until we fell asleep. It was a fun day, even though Greg had to work for 3 hrs.