Our project

We Hubby decided to redo the kids/guest bathroom. It was frogs and such but we decided to do it in Razorbacks...WHOO PIG SOOIE!!

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As usual, I forgot to take pictures of the bathroom before when it was all frogs, but you really wouldn't want to see them. It was pretty dirty and I was going to clean it real good, take pictures, then redecorate it, but it was easier to clean and take all the frog stuff out at the same time.

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We needed some type of decor in there. I had an old corkboard, and decided to cover it and turn it into a picture ribbon board. I got some Razorback fabric and ribbon and got ready to get to work.

(Starting materials)

(Up close of starting materials)

$35 and 6 hours later....

(Finished project)

(Up close of finished project)

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Now I could tell you how I did this ALL.BY.MY.SELF....but I didn't. In fact, I did do ANYTHING on it. Well, except hold the ribbon in place while Hubby was putting the pins in it. I did plan on doing it, ALL OF IT, but as soon as I started it, Hubby came over and told me I was doing it wrong and stared helping me. Needless to say, I apparently couldn't do any of it right, because he did it all.

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I told him an hour into it that I would have been done by then. He laughed and told me that I wouldn't have done it right then. I totally agree with him. In fact I was going to do the ribbons by myself, but I didn't measure them when I cut them and winded up having to take 2...yes 2...more trips to Wal-Mart to pick-up more ribbon. He measured everything done to the cm and it looks soooo much better than I would have made it.

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That just justifies the fact that even though I have creative ideas, I can NOT seem to follow thru with them. I have to admit though, even though it was supposed to be my project...Hubby did an awesome job on it. And I loved spending some quality time with him!!

Sopapilla Cheesecake.....YUMMO!!!

Okay so if you aren't a follower of my recipe blog, which you should be *hint hint*, I just added this INCREDIBLE recipe for Sopapilla Cheesecake. Now, I could add it here, but what kinda of exposure would that give my other blog. So I will only post a link to it. Also while there, check out the other recipe blogs that I follow. These girls have some awesome recipes! Alright you guys, go check it out.....Recipes on a Budget!

Death, sickness, and today!

Well unlike last week, this week as been hectic, and tragic. Last Saturday, a dear friend of the family passed away from cancer. He was a long-time member of the church my family and I had been members of before leaving and joining DABC.
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Monday afternoon, my great-aunt, MR, lost her life in a horrible car accident. The driver of the other car may have either had a heart attack or blacked out, swerved into the other lane, and hit MR head-on. The state troopers actually told her daughter that she was passing a school bus, in a double lane, and if she had not been at that exact spot, at that exact time, that car would have hit the bus....full of kids!
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Friday morning was the funeral for MR. I had gotten really close to her when I had worked at the pharmacy. She would come in and I would ask if she was behaving. She would always tell me she was trying but that it was hard...seeing as what her last name was! LOL...The preacher made a comment during her service about how he made a comment to her and my other great-aunt, ME at church the previous Sunday about, "the two troublemakers". He said that ME looked surprised at his comment, but that MR just laughed at him. He then apologized to ME during the funeral that she was just guilty by association!! AMEN!!! LOL
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Friday night we went to my U. C and A. B's house for dinner with the family. It was actually a wonderful meal and visit. We all knew that MR is in better place now, and as one of my cousins had mentioned before, "She would not come back to this place for anything!!"
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My U. C and A. B's house is magnificent!! I was running out the door when we left the house, and didn't realize it until we pulled up to this GORGEOUS house that I forgot my camera! So sorry guys, no pics today. Maybe next time we visit them, I'll remember it.
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Saturday was pretty calm. It was cold and we had a little snow flurries, so we stayed in the house as much as possible. The only thing we got out for was my last minute called Nursery Committee meeting.
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Today, Sunday, we got up early to go to the early morning service at church. Right before heading out the door, Sissy threw-up. She has been sick with runny nose and drainage and when that happens, it usually ends up in her going thru a vomiting episode. I guess it just irritates her stomach so much that it makes her sick. She still wanted to go to church with me instead of staying home with dad, so I took her. Well, about 45 minutes into service, about 20 minutes into preaching, someone had come to get me. She said that Sissy threw-up again.
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So I grabbed my cousin, K, that helps me out a lot....THANKS GIRL!!....and we went and got Sissy and Bubba so that I could bring them home. Since we have been home, Sissy has gotten sick 3 more times, but as usual, it's just mucous stuff. I wonder if there is anything we can actually do for her....
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Tonight, we have Hubby's dad's birthday dinner. His birthday is tomorrow, but he is working out of town, about 3 hours away, and won't be here. Tonight is also our church's first Small Groups' meeting, and I will have to miss it. I am so excited about Small Groups, Hope Group Ministries, and can't wait to be able to attend!!!!

Missing old things... :(

Are you or have you ever been one of those people that hang on to EVERYTHING?!?!? I used to be one of those people, not much anymore because we don't have much room to keep anything.
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But here's my issue:
Hubby and I lived in a small house, more like a tiny cottage, when we first got together, and a lot of my stuff was still in "storage". When we moved into a bigger house, there was a storage room that was built onto the back of the house. One where the only way to get into it was to go outside. We had stored a bunch of our "junk" in it. When we moved, we had actually forgot about said "junk", and left it there. Our landlord called me up and said that the neighbors where wondering if they could just have all the stuff that was left in there.
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I had COMPLETELY forgot about that stuff and what all was in there, so I said sure, thinking it was just a bunch of "junk" that could be tossed anyways.
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Skip forward to the present:
I got to thinking about some stuff that I had kept thru the years and wondered what had happened to it all. Like my cap and gown from graduation, some of the stuff that I had made in elementary school, old pictures, a ceramic praying hands nightlight/lamp that my grandmother made me before she passed away, and stuff that I had kept from being in the Basketball State Finals two years in a row!!
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Where would you think that ALL that sentimental stuff went to?? Yep, I think so too!
So I have been thinking about doing something that I, of all people, would never ever do! I am thinking about going to the former neighbor's house and asking if they might still have some of that stuff, from 6 years ago!!
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Crazy I know, but I really miss, and wish I had some, if not most, of that stuff back. I really beat myself up that I left it there!! I'll post later, if I ever get the courage to do it, and let you know what happens with it.

Sisterhood Award!!

So I got another award...was actually awarded with it twice! Once from Stacy and again from Kim. Yahh Me!!! So here goes:

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The rules of this award are:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.

2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.


So here are my nominees....
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Tracy at *The Austins*
Derinda at *A Medical Student on a Soapbox*
Mrs. Newlywed at *The Misadventures of a Newlywed*
Celeste at *My Life*
Amy at *Our Scoop*
Jess at *Raising Conn*
Amanda at *Razorback Cooks R Us*
Laurie at *Tip Junkie*
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I know that's not quite ten, but it's all the people that I follow that I didn't think already had recieved this award.

In need of craft ideas

I know it's been awhile, almost a week to be exact, but not much as been going on lately. I am sitting here watching "The Dr's", don't know what I was thinking btw, and they are injecting this chick with some type of tissue stuff to mold her a chin. Apparently, she had no actual chin. It was just skin from the tip of her chin to her neck, and was not defined. So they injected her with this stuff and were going to literally mold it like putty to make her a defined chin! OMG!!

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Anyways... Like I have said, not much has happened this past week. I have been working out on my Wii Fit every day since I got it 10 days ago, but my BMI only went down 0.5 points. But I'm not giving up!! I am soooo ready to get rid of this baby weight!

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I have been dying to start a new craft project, but don't know what to do. When we got Sissy's toddler bed a year ago, which she still doesn't sleep in, I re-did her room. We can't do much since we rent our house, but we did take down all the Winnie the Pooh baby stuff and replaced it all with girlie stuff. Flowers, polka dots, butterflies.... It's too cute, but I haven't been able to make it back to Hobby Lobby to find more stuff.

(These are little wooden flower hangers that I painted. I think they turned out waaayyyy too cute!)

(This is a shelf that I painted the top part blue, the bottom part a cream color, and then covered with polka dots.)

(This was my favorite project out of everything. They were just wooden letters that I painted solid and then painted with polka dots!)

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I also used to make this picture frames from canvas frames and scrapbook stickers, but haven't looked for the frames in awhile, don't even know if Wal-Mart carries them anymore.

(These are the only two frames that I have. I made more for other people for weddings or baby showers. I think they looked to corny to do many more though.)

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Anyone got any ideas?? Keep in mind that having a 2 year old and a 7 month old, I don't have much time to sit still and work for more than 2 hours...nap time. Also, I can NOT sew!! I don't even own a needle and thread. So keep that all in mind when giving me suggestions! Thanks! :)

Sweet Deals

Today we had a great time shopping! Hubby and I went to Hot Springs, with the kids, and had a blast!

We hit some pretty good sales.

We picked up 3 dress outfits, including her dress for Easter, and 2 shirts for Sissy.

The cute shirts we got from Old Navy.


Little "dress" outfits from TJ Maxx

Easter Dress from TJ Maxx!! Too Cute!
(Jacket)

Easter Dress (Inside of Jacket and dress)

Short sets and Pants for Bubba.

Outfit on far left is from Sears, Pants are from Old Navy, and outfit on far right is from TJ Maxx.

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I found an Aeropostale T-shirt from TJ Maxx but that was all for me. Hubby bought a box of basketball cards, and pulled a sweet Derrick Rose Rookie Auto card from it. When we got back home though, Bubba and I went to Stage and I found 3 shirts and a pair of black dress shoes.

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I think we spent about $140 on all the clothes.

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I have to say, I really enjoy days like this. It's not often that Hubby wants to do something, other than sit at home, on his days off. And I'm at home ALL. DAY. LONG. with the kiddos, so it's nice to have "time away" with the family.

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Well, it's late, and I am exhausted. So, off to bed I go.

Valentines Day

Well, Valentines Day was alright for us. Jacob had to work 7-5 so it was just me and the kids all day. We did go see him at work, but that was about all we did. The days leading up to V-Day, I had it in my head on what we were going to do for him. We made him handmade cards, heart shaped Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and sprinkles, and homemade spaghetti for dinner.

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I took some pics of the cards and cupcakes just to share with you. I tend to forget to do that...lol.

This was what all I started with to make his card from me.

This is my finished card.

This is a sample of the cupcakes.

This is how I set it up for him to see when he walked in the door.

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And what did I get? Well nothing yet. We are going to Tuesday to shopping for clothes and stuff for the four of us. That's my present!

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Oh. Well, I did get a Wii Fit, but that wasn't really a V-Day gift. I have been wanting one since they came out with them. I'm hoping I will start losing some baby weight by using it. We'll see...

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!

I HATE storms. The ones that are just going to be rain and thunder, I can handle. I still don't like them, but I can handle them. The ones that are expected to dish out hail, damaging winds, and tornados...those are the ones that I dispise. I hate them so much that I make myself sick with worry.
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We have storms coming our way. No, not the little rain and thunder storms. The ones that dish out hail, damaging winds, and YES even tornados. My stomach is is knots!! I'm freaking out and scared out of my mind!
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To make matters worse, Hubby has to work late tonight. So when the storms start arriving, I will be here by myself with the kiddos until he gets off work. In fact by the time he gets home, is probably the time the storms will start dying down.
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I'm hoping that my neighbors are going to be home and I can go up there. That will keep me a little sane. When the remains of Hurricane Ike came this way, I was home by myself with the kids as well. Thankfully, my neighbors were home and I was able to stay there.
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I have been praying to God to keep us all safe, watch over us, and keep me sane!

Blogs, weekends, meetings, and cars...oh my!!

So if you don't follow my recipe blog, which you really should, I add 14 new recipes today. Go check it out. And remember if you have any you would like to add, just let me know.
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Yesterday was Sunday, and as usual, I was busy. Hubby We decided to go to church with his family. Then Hubby's family decided to do lunch at the Fish Net. Of course we said we go with them. At the end of the meal, we found out that our lunch at been taken care of, thanks Uncle S!! *
After that we came home and we Hubby cleaned house. I did help a little bit. I picked up the living room. He, on the other hand, cleaned the kitchen, vacuumed AND steamed cleaned the living room carpet. Yes, I think I'll keep him! Then I had a meeting at church at 4pm and then my Discipleship Training class with the pastor.
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Today we went and looked at a car that Hubby had seen for me. (I have gotten tired of my car, and can not stand it!!) It was a Dodge Caliber. We both took turns driving it, and decided that we didn't really like it that much. My vehicle now has more room in it, and with 2 kids and all their stuff, it's needed! So we will continue looking and paying my current car loan down.
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Any ideas on a good vehicle with lots of room and not that expensive?!?!