monograms, monograms, monograms

I posted on Saturday about my quick Friday night project, when I bought that monogram I bought a few others to put on different things around our house. They are so easy to put on things, Ava even did one all by herself! I am going to buy some more because they are so pretty and easy. I think I am going to buy some for gifts, they would make great, inexpensive presents for people.

Here's the plate I posted on Friday.This one is my favorite. I got this glass vase for $3 at Wal-Mart. I love how this looks. Ava did this one all by herself!

Ava and I planted herbs over the weekend. I try this every year because I love fresh herbs. My sister Shelby gave me the little plant stakes. Ava and I went to look for flowers yesterday. She saw this patio tomato plant and begged me to get it for her. She loves baby tomatoes. She eats a whole container at a time!! Tomatoes are her favorite food, so I think it will be fun for her to have her own tomato plant to take care of this summer.

I got this windbreaker jacket for Brock at a yard sale. The first yard sales in our area started last weekend, I love yard sales! I got a lot of great things including this jacket.
Brock and I are at home today, he got sent home from school because he's sick. I think he has the stomach bug. Poor thing has been sleeping on the couch all morning.

Mothers Day 2009!!

We had a great Mother's Day! This morning we went to brunch I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures but the food was really good. We think Brock is going through a growth spurt because he ate so much and he was still hungry so after we got done we came home and I made him blueberry muffins. Grandma Jan and I also opened our Mother's Day gifts.

Here is Ava with Grandma Jan. They look so much alike!

Ava picked out these towels for me, I love them!

Grandma Jan got me this mantle clock, I love it!! I think it is so pretty!

This was my favorite Mother's Day gift a book that Ava illustrated! It's perfect and she was so proud to give it to me. It was the perfect gift!!

Quick Friday project

I ordered some monograms from Decal Monograms on Etsy. They came in the mail a couple of days ago and I had to find something to put them on. I went to Wal-Mart today and got a $3 plate and put a monogram on it. I bought a lot of these monograms and I can't wait to use them on other projects.

Hope everyone has a great weekend, we are going to be doing a lot of stuff around the house and relaxing. It should be fun

Show us where you live Friday!!

Today Kelly's tour continues with Living Rooms!! Our living room is my favorite room in our house, and it's where I spend all of my time. Graig and I fight over the "big couch" because it's so comfortable and we can spread out and watch TV. Our house was built in 1920 and when we first looked at what sold me on it was the fireplace. When we moved there was a wood burning stove which we took out. For Christmas last year our present from my Dad was money to put in an electric insert, which we haven't bought yet. We are going to look again in the fall when the inserts are out in the stores.

This is a view from the front door.

Another view from the front door, I love our red couches! I want to move them down to the basement and get a small sectional for our living room, I think that would be a better use of the space.



A view of our fireplace, I just got the glass jars from Ballard designs and I am not sure what to put in them yet!I just painted these shelves white at Christmas time, I am slowly painting all of our trim white. That is on my to-do list for tonight and tomorrow since Brock doesn't have a Little League game. This is a view looking into our sun room. The arch to the left leads to the dining room. On the door is a wicker mirror that Ava made for us when she went to Art Camp. I love it!We got this chalk board at Pottery Barn Kids. We got it for Brock and he outgrew it and then Ava used it now they are both too big for it but I am not ready to give it up yet. I think it looks cute in our living room.

TGIF!! I am so glad it's the weekend. We have a lot of stuff to do around the house this weekend and Sunday is Mother's Day!! We are going out to brunch at the Country Club by our house, it should be fun.

Food, Food and more food

The last couple of days have not been good for my diet! Yesterday, I took my 4 interns out for lunch to thank them for all of their hard work this semester. They are all graduating next week! We had so much fun working together this semester, I am going to miss all of them!! Here is a picture of all of us at lunch. Here they all are: Eric, Joe, Dani and Tiffanie, I am going to miss them!!
Today we had pizza tasting on campus, we got to try 15 different pizzas and pick out the two that we liked the best, our campus dining halls are picking out a new sauce. What a great job!! My friend Barb and I were the first two people in line for the tasting, everyone was making fun of us-ha ha! It was so fun tasting all all of the pizzas and I am so stuffed!! I am not eating dinner tonight!

Curl Cutie

Ava loves when I curl her hair, her hair is so thick and stick straight and it doesn't hold curl very well. Yesterday we picked up some sponge rollers that she can sleep in. Last night I spent 1/2 hour putting all of her hair up in curlers. She slept on the rollers and she got up bright and early this morning so I could take the curlers out. Here she is this morning with the curlers in her hair. I didn't have time to take a picture of her hair after we fixed it I will take one of her after school and post it.

Tonight after work I will be running around like a mad woman because Graig is out of town and Brock has baseball practice and Ava has dance and soccer practice...it's just another Manic Monday around here!!

Show us where you live Friday!!

Every Friday Kelly is doing a "Show us Where you Live" post. Kelly is one of my all time favorite bloggers and I am so excited to join in on this fun! I love to see where people live. It will be so fun to look at all the rooms that people post. Thanks for doing this Kelly!!!

This week is the KITCHEN Edition.

My kitchen is my least favorite room of our house. We live in a house that was built in 1920 and the kitchen is a seperate room not open like kitchens in newer homes. I can't wait until we can re-do it!! It will probably be a few years because Graig hates spending money, but I know I will wear him down eventually-ha ha!!

We are going to be busy, busy, busy this weekend! Tonight I am going out to dinner with my friends. Saturday, Brock has a baseball game, we have a 1st Communion/Party, Ava has dance and Brock is in a basketball tournament. Sunday is the same kind of day Brock has basketball and Ava has dance and soccer. I hope Graig gets a chance to work in the yard, it looks awful and I am sure the neighbors are talking-ha ha!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!