The Little Bathroom--Before and After

BEFORE...I decided that since we've been in this house for just shy of 2 years now, it's time to decorate and paint and give this house our personality.









AFTER....the walls are a pretty Blue Feather. The picture we used reminds me so much of Michigan with the beach scene and the lighthouse. The hutch is complete with a bowl of sand and shells. I even put a little vase up on the top shelf filled with Sea Mist potpourri. Now to just get a blue Yankee Candle for the very top.

Fresh Flowers

Little E, Baby J, and Baby T helped me plant flowers this morning. We ran up to Home Depot and got some moss roses for around the tree and some bright flowers for the planter on my porch. The kids had fun playing in the dirt! I'm just happy that we have some color again!

Decorating the 4th Bedroom...

We got 2 new foster placements...2 cute little girls! I went to pull out some of Deidra's old clothes so the girls would have something to wear since they didn't come with much. I found all of her old Pooh bedding and so I pulled out the set for the toddler bed and I pulled out one of the crib sets and I got to thinking that I could hang some Pooh pictures and wall art and that room would be so easy to finish up for them. So, I went and ordered some Pooh appliques,



and a plush wall hanging for their room.



and I think after we get blinds for that room this weekend, I'm going to go ahead and order the valence for their room.



I think it will be cute once it's all done.

We are SO exterminating this weekend!

We have so many of these spiders in our house lately. They're big and they're fast! The boys think it's funny to go find them and try to hit at them and stuff with their toys. I won't touch them (the spiders I mean). The speech therapist killed one for me the other day. Andy just killed one in the kitchen today. We had one that he threw out the slider door a few days ago. I'm tired of them catching me by surprise. And I certainly don't want one crawling on me. I have the heeby jeebies!

We got some Hot Shot stuff from Home Depot to spray to get rid of a zillion insects (one being spiders) and we are putting it down this weekend. I hate HATE spiders! Yes, I'll be the first to admit that I'm severely arachnophobic. I used to hate any type...now I do ok with the small ones. But, I still don't like them!

Landscaping the front yard

We wanted to get out there and do our landscaping this weekend. After numerous trips to Home Depot and one trip to Lowes and one trip to Wal-mart we completed the front yard. We're saving the backyard for next weekend (if the weather cooperates). We're happy with how it all turned out! Here's the before/after shots.

BEFORE--Big Flower Bed


AFTER--Big Flower Bed



BEFORE--Tree



AFTER--Tree



BEFORE--Small Flower Bed


AFTER--Small Flower Bed


BEFORE--Full Shot


AFTER--Full Shot