WINNER!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry that I'm soooo horribly late posting the winner of the giveaway- my girls went to Florida and the husband and I have been fixing up stuff around the house and I completely forgot!

After drawing the name out of my trusty hat..........the winner is: LACI!!!!!!!!

Miss Laci- I'll be sending out your brand new wallet tomorrow! :)

Congrats!

neat finds and reminders!

First up- Just a quick reminder that my wallet giveaway ends on the 28th of this month (only ONE, yes ONE person has entered....)!!! Just comment on the giveaway post and you've entered!

Here's some cute little finds that I've stumbled upon on etsy.

new giveaway!

I know that I've really been slacking off with my blog- We're (my husband and I) are fixing up our house and with summer coming up and my oldest daughter getting out of school soon it has been absolutely insane around here!!

So, as I promised.... a giveaway! Rules are pretty easy (like usual)- just add a comment to this post and you MUST be a follower on my blog. :)

You're asking yourself.... "What is this crazy girl giving away this time around??"..... well, it's on of my favorite things: a wallet! They're so cute and fun AND functional. Who wouldn't want one???

This one is up for grabs:



The last day of the giveaway is going to be May 28th! So that gives you two whole weeks to enter and tell all of your fabulous friends about it.

I know that I've promised....

another giveaway....

But there has been just too much going on to even think about that right now (maybe in another week).

We've been preparing our house so we can put it up for sale this fall, which means new roofing, hardwood flooring, lots of painting, and tearing up our hall bathroom to make it look decent. (pictures will be coming soon).

We've had a heck of a time trying to plant grass in the backyard, but it's slowly coming along- thank goodness! We re-vamped the front porch so it looks nice, and I planted some flowers in some planters. We finally don't have the crappiest house on the block!



Along with fixing up the house (oh, did I mention that stripping cabinets sucks?), Layla's 7th birthday is on Monday, so I've been preparing for that too. Boy, time sure does fly by when there's so much to do!

How I love this

I always feel so honored when I'm put in a treasury. It always makes my day a little brighter. Also, these folks are so talented putting them together. I'm sure if I ever tried to make one it would turn out to be a mishmashed (is that even a word??? lol) mess!





And it's my favorite clutch. I know that I say that everything that I make is my favorite, but I really think that this one is my favorite one- that gray color just goes with everything (plus, I'm in a gray phase right now- LOVE the gray!!!!).

This week

was filled with cutting down a lot of stuff in my backyard. If you go back a few posts, you'll see some of the before pictures (they aren't actually before pictures since we cleaned up the yard a bit before they were taken, but you get the idea.).

I got to use a chainsaw for the first time (only for about 5 minutes before it was taken away- I'm pretty accident prone)- and it felt awesome!


This is my husband appearing to be manly. :)


This is Jesse (my husband) and Mark (my dad's partner) tearing stuff down. My dad, the kids and I all sat on the porch and watched. It was good entertainment.


That's Mattie (with her little puppy Sugar), my dad, and Layla (my oldest daughter with her puppy Pepper).

It was a wonderful week filled with yard work, a lot of sewing (work), and my dad's incredibly wonderful food (which I miss SOOOOOO much!).

Now we have a ton of brush that's going to be disposed of this weekend. That should be fun. Who wants to help???

it's been a long long time

But I made front page today! Hooray!!!!!




I think it's been a good six months since this has happened. It always makes my day!!