tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85471724389157546502024-03-13T09:55:08.587-04:00Diario de ElysiaI have nothing clever to add!Diario de Elysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10643148225706425926noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-28400706059321195132012-08-08T11:08:00.000-04:002012-08-08T11:08:39.611-04:00The Summer...has just flown by. The kids go back to school in 3 weeks and it's my birthday is 4 weeks then we leave for WDW in 8 weeks which we are all excited.
We paid off our 2010 State taxes,yay, but only to move on to our 2011 payment, boo. Will be sooo glad to get the State and Feds off my back! Total debt paid in July is $1,016.53. We are cash flowing WDW so our debt snow ball will suffer till Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-61664190806632868732012-06-18T15:48:00.000-04:002012-06-18T15:48:35.211-04:00Update...in our Total Money Makeover:
May we paid $1100,
June we paid $900 towards our debt snow ball. June was low because we had a major life change in my family and we had to fly to California and deal with that, plus we have the twins birthday next week so that ate a chunk of our money as well.
We are on a roll, and pray for us, that we can keep it up!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-76367968436893971352012-05-24T12:47:00.000-04:002012-05-24T12:47:37.900-04:00Just Shelve ItWe needed something on the walls of the dining room. I have pictures on one side, and the other wall had this fabulous mirror that I bought at an estate sale. I decided that mirror would look great in the downstairs bathroom, but then I had an empty wall.
I perused a few DIY sites when I came across these plans. Simple, Sleek, and Easy! Hit up Home Depot, bought the lumber (I think I spent a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-5058000602824042432012-05-21T17:05:00.001-04:002012-05-21T17:05:18.224-04:00Let's All Go To The Movies!A great way to have a Date Night with your spouse and spend the least amount of money possible, is stalking free movie screening websites. I am a big movie lover, nothing like going to a theater, sitting back and watching a movie.
courtesy: battleship.com
Last week I had 4 free passes for a sneak preview of Battleship. We kept a pair for ourselves and we gave a pair to friendsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-56599281247456353742012-05-10T11:08:00.000-04:002012-05-10T11:08:18.807-04:00My New OBSESSION!DAVE RAMSEY! I am a compulsive spender, I admit it! I like the feeling of buying things that I think I need. As I near the 35 year mark of this life of mine, my husband has finally gotten through my thick skull "Do we want to go into our 40's with DEBT?"
Times are tough for everyone around us. These could be seen as first world problems. I get it, my debt does not hold a torch to those whoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-75379721068834068932012-04-24T11:47:00.003-04:002012-04-24T11:49:38.668-04:00So two years later......I have truly neglected this blog....yikes!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-29120209505203109802010-09-13T15:16:00.002-04:002010-09-13T15:18:40.571-04:00My fave project thus far.....has to be my new jewelry organizer. I kept all my jewelry in one of those hanging bags with pouches...so blazay...and it was always hidden. I needed something that was in my face, daily and I could see what I had.
I scoured the blogs and saw something similar to what I made, but for the life of me I cannot remember the blog or the tutorial, so I cannot link back. Sorry!
I went to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-60122536077728432632010-09-13T11:58:00.002-04:002010-09-13T12:05:35.423-04:00I finally finished the two tables.....that I blogged about here. I am a procrastinator...but I finally finished the second table this weekend. It was a lot more work than I anticipated. I modified the base from the original plans because I want to add some baskets for storage. Check out Anna White's blog, she is fabulous. Her plans are very easy to follow, very thorough.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-62093886109049232192010-09-13T11:01:00.000-04:002010-09-13T11:01:20.458-04:00Better late than never....I have been neglecting the blog. We had a busy summer, and I didn't take any pics! Well except for their birthday which I will post later!
These are just some random t-ball shots, followed by the end of the year party and trophy ceremony! It was cute and they even made sure the girls trophies had girl players on them.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-23852486760638065672010-06-17T13:47:00.001-04:002010-06-17T13:53:50.154-04:00FOUND IT!I found my camera cord! Thank you lawd! I was cleaning up last week, preparing for my moms visit and BAM. there it was on top of the refrigerator. Yeah I know, why was I cleaning the top of the fridge? Whatevs...I found it.
So Gabby had her recital a couple of weeks ago, and there were no cameras or camcorders allowed into the theater (WTF?) so here are pics from the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-46032872447194499532010-05-05T13:23:00.001-04:002010-05-05T13:24:10.916-04:00I lost my wire!the wire to my camera so I can download pics. Blah. Nothing fantastic is going on . The kids started baseball, Gabby revealed she no longer likes dancing and it's HOT!
Mom is coming for a visit in June, so that shall be nice. The kids turn 6 soon. My gawd, where does the time go! I still need to figure out what we are going to do. Decisions on a small budget Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-82058713977791615422010-03-31T17:52:00.000-04:002010-03-31T17:52:01.992-04:00Water for Elephants!I loved this book. I like period pieces that make you feel like you are in that era, and Sara Gruen did just that with this book!
Was SOOOOO EXCITED to find out that a film adaptation is in the works, and even more excited that Robert Pattinson will play Jacob (Robert playing a Jacob,,hahahaha) and Resse Witherspoon will play Marlena!
The owner of this http://Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-59632478645773309052010-03-30T17:07:00.000-04:002010-03-30T17:07:47.364-04:00For someone who does not cook...I done did good! I won my companies first annual chili cook off. I was not even entered, untill the day before the contest. There were not enough contestants so I figured hey, I can make Gary's chili, easy peasy! And whooda thunk it!
I won a GC to The Red Dot Boutique and a cute trophy!Eh that's about I all got to say!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-45430608235102842862010-02-25T10:40:00.000-05:002010-02-25T10:40:58.015-05:00School Fly Over!The twins school was picked to do a flyover because of the tiltle they received 2 years in a row "NC PBS Exemplar School" I can't really pick out my duo but they are in there somewhere!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-75512142582719820782010-02-22T13:48:00.000-05:002010-02-22T13:48:33.944-05:00Gim'me, Gim'meJust thought I would share a song that is on heavy rotation on my iPod! I have a thing for the Brit bands lately. Enjoy! Dan Black "Symphonies".
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-87244796159796036822010-02-17T17:23:00.001-05:002010-02-17T17:24:08.053-05:00NARS anyone?I guess I should have asked before I bought but I needed a makeup primer badly. Been reading up on all the reviews and it seems NARS is pretty well liked throughout the Blogging/Beauty world. Sephora carries so much, I was a little overwhelmed at first.
I also need an eyeshadow primer and think I am going ot try Urban Decays Eyeshadow Primer Potion.
Can I just say how much I love love love Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-11059837407969113162010-02-10T13:25:00.005-05:002010-02-10T13:31:52.828-05:00I broke it!As I was pulling everything off the walls in my downstairs bathroom for the re-do, I dropped my $2 Big Lots picture. It was a space filler, but as I mulled over it a bit I figured out what I could do with things I already had.
I see that Monograms are big right now, so I joined in. I bought some clearance fabric at Joann's, it's really funky and stretchy and I was Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-64495910867786994352010-02-04T16:53:00.002-05:002010-02-04T16:56:26.039-05:00Scurrred! Kinda.So with all my new found ambitiousness, there is one thing that scares me. A SAW! Ackkk! I think it might be the noise it makes. Let's not forget the NAIL gun. I handled one when we installed our floors. So LOUD. But I want to try my hand at building a console table!
Knock-Off Wood shows us bloggers "How to Build Knock-Out, Knock-Off Furniture". SheAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-29759866347693524802010-02-01T18:00:00.004-05:002010-02-02T12:49:14.725-05:00And a Polish PicOPI Shim-Merry Chic is lovely isn't it? But what a bitch to get off, I still have glittery somethings stuck to my nails and I used a ton of Acetone.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-52322068144296014312010-02-01T17:52:00.002-05:002010-02-02T12:50:05.551-05:00Bathroom Re-Do Part 2I messed up the camera setting so the pics are sorta blurry, but you'll get the idea! I decided to go with the beadboard wallpaper that I read about on Southern Hospitality, she bought her's at The HD, and I found mine at Lowes for $14 a roll. I only used one of the two I bought and it went up rather easy, I didn't have to mess with it too much other than get Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-39081185206061126622010-02-01T17:26:00.001-05:002010-02-01T17:27:06.285-05:00A little bit of SNOW....Just a few pics from our BIG SNOW storm. I shoveled the driveway and walkway, and it broke away in huge ice sheets, which the twins and Katie built an ice fort. I really need ot invest in some snow boots, because my Aasics were soaked!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-75594545635915575602010-01-24T22:35:00.001-05:002010-02-02T12:51:04.651-05:00Donwstairs Bathroom Re-do - Part 1When we first moved in, I was gung ho about redoing this bathroom. But motherhood got in the way, the twins were 6 months old when we bought the house. Fast forward 6 years later, still the bathroom remained undone, well except for the popcorn ceiling removal that went horribly craptastic.
I wanted to fix the ceiling but didn't want to add the acoustics again, so after some Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-50487778857191083712010-01-24T21:24:00.005-05:002010-01-24T21:51:00.820-05:00My SHELF and my PITA, I mean Pantry!As I stated here, I wanted to try and make a shelf. It was a little tricky, but in the end it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be! I did make one cut to short but I added a scrap on the end and Voila! Done!
I got the board free from The HD, it was scrap, the paint was $.99, the corbels were $8 and the molding was $5. I picked up the wrong finish of spraypaint,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-9175454720504588952010-01-24T20:30:00.001-05:002010-01-24T20:30:32.429-05:00Disney on Ice!I took the kids and my MIL to see Disney on Ice, in the middle of December, because it's a fun show and it is inexpensive. Took a gazillion pictures, so I will share my faves (I love Jack Skellington and so does D)
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547172438915754650.post-57393662766122758892010-01-15T15:07:00.004-05:002010-01-15T15:20:23.267-05:00Very informative!
Describes my trip to Lowes this afternoon. I took my v. experienced co-worker (she's a mover and a shaker) with me. Boy what agreat thing I did, I not only got what I needed, I had a million questions answered, and I left with 2 free 8"X12" planks. Total spent was less than $30, because I didn't have a miter box saw.
I will get to work on my shelf this weekend and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15565820164193019824noreply@blogger.com0