This past week our sweet niece turned one-year old! It is amazing how quickly the time flies. My sister in law asked if I would make some cake pops for the party. I said yes. Note- I have only made cake pops once before, and they looked terrible. Tasted great, but looked nasty. I was determined not to let that happen this time. It took
Grungy, Gross, Grimy Garage
I am going to start right off with my excuses, today. Our house has a huge garage. It is two bays wide, and each bay is two cars deep. So it can hold four cars. When we moved in on January 5th, it was a nice day; considering it was January in Upstate NY… Meaning we were not in the middle of a blizzard. But,
Weekly Goals
I have decided to start a goal tracker…right here on this blog. Hopefully, it will keep me motivated and accountable. So, even though it is Tuesday and I hope to post this every Monday…I am going to give myself a break since it is my first one. ; ) For this week I hope to accomplish (Above and beyond my normal “duties”): Clean out and
Being a Stay-At-Home-Mom
I have to admit, I never EVER thought I would be a stay-at-home-mom. I always new I wanted to have children, but I also wanted a booming career. I wanted my future husband and I to be a “Power Couple” When Scott and I first started dating, I remember telling him that I had no intentions what so ever to stay at home with my
Greyson has a new room!
Greyson’s room was in a desperate need of a makeover. When we bought the house his room was staged as what we believe to be a “hunting room”. There were real deer heads on the wall, complete with a hunting / wildlife themed wallpaper and border. It was hideous!! No, space for a little boy to sleep and play in. So last Friday, I decided
We Went to Phoenix!
So about two weeks ago Scott, Greyson and myself boarded a plane and headed to the warmth, desert, and scorpion filled state of Arizona. Phoenix Arizona to be exact. Scott had some work to do out there, so we extended the trip and had a mini family vacation. Prior to having Greyson I had the memory of an elephant. now? well it is more like
Pantry Makeover
Yesterday, was awesome! Before I get to that I want to take a quick detour and tell you a story about me growing up, and that might help explain why yesterday was SO DARN GOOD. When I was in JR and High School, if we got good grades (B or higher) my grandparents would give us money. (My siblings and cousins). And they would
Hallway Progress
I have to keep telling myself that “Every little bit counts” The upstairs hallway is not even close to where I hope it ends up. But it has come a long way from the day we moved in! Remember what it looked like? No? well here you go: Yep complete with dark, dingy wallpaper and even some cobwebs! delightful. And this is what it looks
Storing Coupons
I have this terrible problem with going out shopping, and leaving my coupons somewhere at home. They are usually either on the fridge, or on the dining room hutch. They seem to never be with me when I need them – which is a complete waste of my time and money! I end up wasting a lot of money, by not taking advantage of my
Removing Wallpaper
For the past few nap-times I have been busy removing wallpaper from our upstairs stairway and hallway. The previous owners had what I consider a moment of insanity and decided to put this terrible blue, with HUGE flower wallpaper…everywhere upstairs! It is awful. It burnt our eyes every time we went upstairs. This is the view from the top of the stairway looking down into the living room: