He's THAT kind of guy!

You know the kind of guy who, one minute, will make you want to pull your hair out. But also, the kind of guy who the next minute will say or do something so sweet or kind your heart flutters the way it did when the relationship was "new".

You know the kind of guy who could sleep through a newborn waking in the night but regularly take on doodie duty.



You know the kind of guy who wakes up at 5:00 every morning to go to work and comes home in the evening to work on the next great house project I've come up with.



You know the kind of guy who if he doesn't know how to do that house project will pick up a book and learn, just to make me happy.

You know the kind of guy who can't quite get his clothes in the hamper, even though the lid has been removed for ease of entry. (Don't look so surprised, That kind of guy.)



And the kind of guy who repeatedly hangs the laundry backwards on the hanger but willingly helps out just so I don't have to do it again.



You know the kind of guy who will stand strong for his beliefs and values regardless of the challenges and oppositions he endures. And you know the kind of guy who is strong, and honorable, and committed, and smart, and fair, and supportive? Well, that's my husband. And, he's THAT kind of guy!

YIPES!!

Well, when I had the idea of starting up a blog I had fully intended it to be a foodie blog. Well, once again life had different plans than I did and I have yet to blog about a single recipe or even food in general. So, I changed my blog name (sort of) and altered my url but I have lost all of my favorite posts that I follow and I don't know how to tell people to get to my new one.... ARGH!

Anyway, I hope you can all find me and I'll seek you all out as well.

Have a great evening.

Latest Acquisition

I thought the livingroom needed something and that something is a coffee table. I found this on Craigslist this weekend for $20. It's solid wood and very heavy. I think it fits perfectly but is in desperate need of a facelift. I'm pondering a couple of different options but am currently undecided as to which route to take with it. Any suggestions are more than welcome.

Meanwhile, the boys' bathroom is coming along just wonderfully. Miles completed the tile and has installed the new toilet and is now waiting for the baseboards to dry so he can cut them and nail them in. It's looking nice. I'm going to try and have pictures up by this weekend.

One Last Christmas Gift

"What would you guys like for Christmas?" Gramma (aka Miles' Mom) asks. We just bought this house and we knew it would be something for that. So, we decided that our livingroom furniture should be reupholstered, as it did not match and was just pooped out.




So this is what we picked out.



And we waited for Mingo to work his magic. With only one chair in the livingroom.

And here is our "new" furniture.



Now we need to decide on window treatments and get some more art work on the walls and I believe this room will be complete.
Thanks Gramma!

Do you mind if I call you "Mom"?

"Do you mind if I call you Mom?" asks Nathan, with his toothless grin. Why would I mind? Afterall, I AM a Mom! But, I'm a Mommy!! And he's my baby.

My baby who can make his own bed.

My baby who takes a shower, not a bath. Then tells me how he pretended to shave like Daddy. "Feel my face, isn't it smooth" He says to me.

My baby who now only cuddles when it's his idea and usually when we are the only two awake on Saturday morning.

My baby who I once held in my arms and who will soon tower over me -- because that's genetics.

My baby who thinks he's becoming a man because he noticed hair on his legs.

My baby who tells me one day he is going to "get" a wife and kids. But, he's never going to stop living with me. (Yipes on that one!)

My baby who I watch walk into his elementary school with his little brother each morning with tears in my eyes.

My baby who is funny and smart and independent wants to now call me Mom.

Do I mind if you call me "Mom"?

Not at all my Baby!

Bathroom redo; phase one

So, we've been in our house 6 months, we have survived the Holidays and now we are on track with projects galore. Here is a peek at the bathroom redo we've started working on.

This one is upstairs and shared by all 3 boys. They take hour-long swim baths with goggles, swim toys, etc. Water has been splashed onto the floor that was that stick on tile, which started curling up at the edges. When Miles went to pull it up he found it had a ton of "glue" poured underneath it, on top of yet another layer of
(you guessed it) sticky tile. The original sticky tile was pulling up, so whomever did this tile job just took a staple gun and stapled down the edges, poured some type of glue over it and stuck on more vinyl tiles. (what??) That is gone as well as the carpet, that was in the room with the vanity.



The nasty toilet is gone. Stains were "free with purchase"!

I was just horrified when my dear husband so proudly told me that the toilet fit through the bathroom window! WELCOME TO THE CITY! The neighbors surely were thrilled to see a toilet fly out of the 2nd floor bathroom window in our nice new suburban neighborhood. OY!

It took us a while to decide on the paint color.



The decision was finally made and I've painted the walls and will start sanding down and repainting the doors while Miles works on installing the tile.


We still need to pick out the baseboard and get that painted and I was told today that I have to choose a grout color. SHEESH I don't know....

Anyway, I've also created myself an area designated for my computer. It was in my bedroom and I found that I was sitting in bed reading everyones blogs until rediculous hours of the night/morning. So, no more computer in the bedroom. I have my own little niche and I'll be blogging more regularly. I've also sent off the couch, chair and ottoman to be reupholstered. I'm looking forward to getting those back. I've washed all of my new crystal and found it all a spot on the china cabinet. Ashley and I put Trey's bunk beds together today. I've cleared out Christmas, it's in the garage waiting to be put in the attic. (I don't do high places) And, I've purged several boxes from our garage so that we can actually see floor space now.. Hooray, I may get my car in there afterall. I'll post on more of our pojects between working on them.

The boys are all in bed (Trey with his Shamu, Okapi, Deery Deer and Goodnight Dinosaur.)


and Ashley is going out with friends so I'm going to go watch a movie with the hubster. See you later.

That was a LONG 4 hours!

More tomorrow. I'm exhausted!

Hook em Horns!

I hit the jackpot today!

Those who know me know I don't pay full price for anything. To shave $100 off my grocery bill in coupons is not unusual (I am shopping for 6 after all)and I am addicted to Ebay and craigslist.

I found two pretty crystal bowls on Craigslist today and after talking with the lister we agreed to meet at Barnes and Nobles for me to view them. Well, as I suspected they were just what I wanted so I gave her the money. Aren't they extraordinary!





She said, I have these others if you would like to see them. So I said, sure! This is what she showed me.




Now the jackpot is this. The original two bowls I was thrilled to purchase for a mere $10 for the pair. Yes that is T-E-N dollars for both of them!!

I told her how much cash I had in my wallet and she said, That's fine you can have them all for that. How much did I have you ask? The other half of the twenty dollar bill I had a clerk break for me so I'd have exact change for the two bowls. Yes all of these I bought for another $10. I could not get to my car with them fast enough.


All of them for twenty dollars! There are 12 American Brilliant pieces and 3 pressed glass. I love it. She said they belonged to her Grandmother who had passed and she inherited it all. It has been in her attic for however long and she was cleaning stuff out. I told her that I love to entertain and that they would definitely be well taken care of and definitely used. She was glad to see them come to a good home. As was I.

Now let's hope this luck runs into the evening and I'm off to watch the Horns "BEAT THE HELL OUT OF OHIO STATE!"

Extraordinarily yours,