ugh

today I am tired. I took a two hour nap in the middle of the day and I am still tired. To tired to even laugh at the butt jokes my girls are making. This morning first thing as I was diving into some coffee I tweaked my back. Not major but just enough to really mess with me. Oh is this a new chapter in my not as young life? The chapter of the back problems?? Please no! In a few moments I have to start getting ready for work, you can guess that I'm not in the mood for that. I did nothing today really, finally folded some laundry that had been an eyesore in my living room for a week. I had plans of finishing my kitchen project, finishing the bathroom door, sewing something but nothing. On the plus side I have 2 doors for other people to do. They are delivering the doors to my house where I will work on them for awhile. I imagine hmmm.....maybe a 2 week turn around if I'm lazy. Plus I like to leave free time for my projects. Anyways, love hugs and prayers for a early spring....um....and a better camera.

inspiration

I realize I am late to this blog inspiration thing. Below you'll see some of the things I have seen or see everyday that inspire me to no end. I'll write more later.

 

This week

This is the day before valetines. Sean took Denali out shooting, which she LOVES!!! So does he.

This is the garland Boo and I made for Valetines while they were out shooting. I was very poopy though. I thought this valentines was to be like all the other ones with hardly a word about it. Sean's not known for his holiday celebrations. Instead he suprised us by taking us out to dinner. Not Denny's or something like that but to a kinda actual resturant. I felt guilty as hell about my attitude.

Since we've been sick and shut up in the house I decided its more project time. This is stage 2 of the girl's door.

Stage 3 is not yet done but its getting there and they Love it.

The light is coming back, we've had unseasonable warmth and the winter olympics are kicking butt!Come on spring.....we're all ready for you!!

valetines shmaletines

I don't heart this day. I make Sean get cards for the girls atleast because I believe a girl should know on this and everyday that someone LOVES her, even if its just daddy. I know my dad loves me for sure, Love you too dad. Sean loves me too I know he just doesn't like to show it romanticaly and I love him the way he is even if I get alittle pissy about it. Have a good one guys.

I just want to come back now....after the day is done and admit I am a whiny jerk. My husband took us all out to dinner for valetines which is incredibly sweet and un-jerk like, I'ma jerk. It was a good day. Happy valetines day everyone.

oh boy

Recently I was asked if I was interested in being a girl scout troop leader. My immediate gut response was to yell "NO!" as loud as possible but then the thought of little girls who had no troop to be in started making me sad. When I was a kid I remember getting the flyer for the scouts and throwing it away as soon as my teacher turned her back because I wanted no part of it. I am admitedly very possesive when it comes to my time. There are already not enough hours in the day for everything I want to do, all my ideas are driving me nuts. I have the books though that they lent me to read over just incase I decide I want to do it. We'll see what happens.

oh little blog

This is a door in my house that I painted this week. If you know me you know that I can't stand for a plain whit wall. Well I guess the same goes for white doors. I've got plans for all the doors in the house. I also have a half finished mermaid door for the girl's room that I hope to finish this week. It may be a bit much for most people but luckily I don't have to worry about most people living in my house. Just us 5 lovers of color.

Here are a few napkins I made yesterday. We are officially going on our 3rd week of being paper free in the kitchen. I am not a hippy dippy person by any means but seeing all that waste and money down the drain really tugged at my heart strings, mostly the money but anyways. Cloth napkins, I used a really pretty sheet set I got on sale for 7$, some fat quarters which you can pick up at any fabric store for 1-2$ in a wide variety of patterns and colors and my lovely friend Sid scored a bundle of bar towels for me. I am still getting the hang of it but I am going to have the prettiest little dang towels this side of the french countryside.

I had a bunch of beads left over from other projects and I didn't want to sort them back out into there little containers so I made a crazy bracelet instead. People have been telling me I need to start selling my stuff but I haven't made anything yet that I don't want to keep and wear ALL the time. I'm not tutting my horn here or anything I just have a weirdo sense of what I like in jewelry and trying to buy it costs a bundle so I make it. Again like my house it is not for everyone and I'm fine with that.

Take this for example. I don't know too many people who would wear it but I sure as hell will. I made this on......friday. I'm getting faster which is exciting!

I made this sat. I don't know what the beads are. Some sort of stone. It didn't say when I bought them but they are definitly not plastic. I watched Frida again recently and aside form being obscenely inspiring I have alwasy noticed her necklaces and wanted one. Again looking for one of these cost money....I made this one for around 5 bucks. My Frida necklace...I love it.

Aside from that I have been cooking as well of course and taking photos but my heart is in the crafting season. The girls are fantastic and crazy as usual. Their room is a disaster.....theres a project, that I need some major organizational help with. Anyone????

I have been working alot, Sean's been working alot. He just got a great review, that review could be on fire it was so hot but did he get his raise? NO!