Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Last week’s Sunday paper had a tall bookshelf in espresso for $26 (at Target)! You may remember I’ve been looking for shelves. Well, I picked up two shelves for Miss Petrie’s room. The shelves are now back up to $32, but I still think that’s a deal. We haven’t even got them out of the [...]
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
I had painted this sign for my friend’s new baby a few months ago, but I wasn’t thrilled with the way it turned out. But by adding some chipboard sea animals, the sign came together. I painted the sign in April. The wood came from our backyard fence project and I wanted to use [...]
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Last week my moms club had the annual ice cream social at an adorable ice cream parlor called I Scream Ice Cream in Albuquerque. The store has all kinds of toys and is incredibly visually stimulating. The kids had a ball and we moms enjoyed socializing with ice cream. We did indeed meet near lunch [...]
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Start with the first installment of My Parent’s House: The Front Yard. The second installment is My Parent’s House: The Living Room. The third installment is My Parent’s House: The Dining Room. The fourth installment is My Parent’s House: The Sun Room and Breakfast Room. The fifth installment is My Parent’s House: The Kitchen. The sixth installment is My Parent’s House: [...]
Friday, August 21st, 2009
Start with the first installment of My Parent’s House: The Front Yard. The second installment is My Parent’s House: The Living Room. The third installment is My Parent’s House: The Dining Room. The fourth installment is My Parent’s House: The Sun Room and Breakfast Room. The fifth installment is My Parent’s House: The Kitchen. The sixth installment is My Parent’s [...]
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Start with the first installment of My Parent’s House: The Front Yard. The second installment is My Parent’s House: The Living Room. The third installment is My Parent’s House: The Dining Room. The fourth installment is My Parent’s House: The Sun Room and Breakfast Room. The fifth installment is My Parent’s House: The Kitchen. The laundry room adjoins [...]
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Start with the first installment of My Parent’s House: The Front Yard. The second installment is My Parent’s House: The Living Room. The third installment is My Parent’s House: The Dining Room. The fourth installment is My Parent’s House: The Sun Room and Breakfast Room. The kitchen was the room that required the most renovation in my parent’s house. [...]
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Start with the first installment of My Parent’s House: The Front Yard. The second installment is My Parent’s House: The Living Room. The third installment is My Parent’s House: The Dining Room. During the early 1900s people ill with tuburculosis flooded the Southwest for the dry, hot air. They thought it would help their lungs. Houses [...]
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Thanks to Kelly’s Korner for hosting Show Us Your Life- Baby Showers! A couple of weeks ago we had a shower for our good friend, Aja. You may remember the invitation I made, the shower favors and the baby gift. The shower was lots of fun with cute games and excellent food. All of the [...]
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Thanks to Hooked on Houses for hosting Hooked on Fridays. My parent’s home is made for entertaining. The dining room is a large room and a beautiful focal point from the living room. It is flanked by the living room, sun room, breakfast room, kitchen and a hallway. You can imagine the door situation was a [...]