Weekend..what weekend...

Funny how I look forward all week to the weekend...not because I get to do projects or anything...no because my hubby is home!! Though this weekend is going to be a busy one...
Ballet, land closing(sold a piece of property), baby shower, Ballet performance with the family, 6 yr. old b-day party, church, and a 3 yr. old, 1 yr. old and 35 yr. old birthday party!!! Whew that is going to be one busy weekend......oh and I still need to buy some birthday presents! I am actually looking forward to the parties!! If only my teeth didn't hurt...I have never had any probs with them but all of a sudden on Wednesday my jaw and teeth started really bothering me and it hasn't gone away....I HATE going to the dentist, but I am at the point I am going to have to just call and make an appointment.....Well, it is past midnight and I had better make myself go to bed or I won't be fit for all the parties this weekend :)
Have a GREAT and Blessed Weekend!!!!
~Fawn

What a day....

Here are a couple Kitchen Ideas that I am in love with....
Please tell me your favorite!!!
#1: is from Coastal Living

#2: from Sarah Richardson's Cottage

#3: This one is from A Beach Cottage

#4: last but not least is from Better Homes and Gardens

Ok, it wasn't a bad day...it wasn't even an ok day... it was just a day... got to sleep in...got to eat lucky charms cereal for breakfast...and then spent 4 hours at a homeschool curriculum fair...and ordered all of NEXT years curriculum for my soon to be 1st grader!!!...yes, that means I am 4 months ahead of schedule!!! compare that to this year when I ordered his curriculum in September.. after school had already started...I am soooo excited and ready for next year... he wants to start now and forget the rest of kindergarten...gotta love that!!
Now, both girls are napping and I am wandering in blogsville and debating on how I should redo my kitchen....yes, I have the ugliest kitchen in the world!!....No, really I do....I have bright orange countertops, linoleum countertops and plywood painted black countertops...YES, 3 Different countertops...about 10 or so different size cabinets, all not even remotely straight, some with large holes in the bottom so I have to be careful what I stick in them....oh and my orange countertop is rotting away and has a huge hole next to the sink so everything drains down towards it and ends up in the sink cabinet.. oh and the sink drain isn't actually hooked up so it all drains into 2 buckets that I dump daily!! Oh, did I mention that the floors which are tile aren't sealed so every stain is permently on the floor!!

Ok, I was having a good day...Now, I am just sad about my kitchen.... I do have plans....lots of amazing ideas for my kitchen, then I look on blogsville and get even more ideas.... I will post a couple here...

If anyone reads this let me know which one you like....

-Fawn

Plants...and a Cold

Well, I haven't posted anything in awhile soo.....here I am ...... funny how life just gets in the way of this blog...but as I am putting the baby down for a nap and she insists on me being in the room (ie..screams) then I am here on the lap top... we haven't done much on the house lately....just some family pics on the wall and rearranged the living room to discover I liked the original way better so rearranged it back...I have been doing some planting...tomatoes, onions, zinnia, vinca, sunflowers, lobelia, rosemary, dill, basil, hmmm think thats it.. The tomatoes and sunflowers are about 6 inches.. the rest about 2..they are now living downstairs in the bedroom/craft room in a nice sunny window and seem to doing well :) as long as I don't forget them and not water them...but being this is day 2 of them downstairs we will see.... I do have pics, but once again if I leave the room to download the pics, Savannah will start screaming and will have to start all over in getting her to sleep so instead you can just imagine the plants.....haven't we all seen starts anyways :) oh and I have a cold, thank you hubby and baby!! :) (I actually avoided kissing my hubby the past few days to make sure I wouldn't get the cold, but how can you not kiss your baby girl....so needless to say I know have a cold....)
Well, Savannah's eyes are getting heavy and in a few minutes I should be able to leave the bedroom.....we will see...................................
~Fawn

Greenhouse...

This was taken for realtor ads by our sellers realtor..stepovich realty... hope our garden
does that well this year :)


See our greenhouse in the top left corner...and the white picket fence
is the garden!! :) can hardly wait!!


We had a greenhouse when we bought the house last November...but as it was November in Alaska... the previous owner had just stuffed it with everything that was around the yard.. soooo fast forward to today and we decided to take a look at what we could find in there......well, we officially have enough plastic pots to start seeds to last the rest of my life and my childrens...a pool that is about 10 years old we will see in June if we can make it work... 2 Boxes of 6 bags each of Organic fertilizer!! (YES!! now that should save me a few dollars!)...1x3 boards.. tomato cages... bird feeders....and bird seed... balls..bats..plastic horseshoe game..2 hammocks (YES!!! can't wait to try those out)....tons of plastic hanging baskets (don't know how many of those I will use as she also left us about 10 wooden planters for the deck..)....6 green plastic chairs, 3 white ones and 2 side tables..a green umbrella for the table on the deck..and green/white cushions for the plastic chairs...ok, that is all I can think of right now, but I am pretty happy for the stuff we did find :) The greenhouse was about 65 degrees and it was 32 degreese outside.. can you say we are a tad excited for summer..no, ok we are VERY EXCITED FOR SUMMER!!!! Bring it on summer bring it on!!!!! Well, I really need to make some pizza dough for homemade pizza tonight.... so hope you are enjoying this beautiful Spring day!!



-Fawn

Homemade yummies and Spring...

I have been on a homemade food kick...homemade yogurt...homemade tortillas...I do usually make everything by scratch but not tortillas...well, I found it the Tasty Kitchen the other day..all things homemade and wanted to give them a try....well they are "resting" as I type but the yogurt I tried the other day was AMAZING!! So if you ever have a few minutes go to The Tasty Kitchen (it was on the Pioneer Women's blog too) and try some of their homemade recipes.... gotta love saving a dollar or two and having made something all your own. :)
Spring is here in Alaska... no that doesn't mean flowers and rain... that means brown grass and dirt peeking up from dripping gutters and sun sun sun!!! Gotta love it!! I am sooo excited for summer this year.... I think seeing our house in summer might have something to do with it.. oh and the tomatoes and flowers seed started in my living room and kitchen... I hope wherever you are you are in middle of your spring and enjoying it!!!
-Fawn
Update..about 30 minutes later.... ok the torillas are done and filled with beans, cheese and sour cream and in the oven! They turned out really good and will definently be making these again.. might try making a huge batch and freezing them for later. Also,while I was making them my little boy (6 yrs old) came up to me and asked what I was doing...when I told him I was making tortillas he said "Is that allowed?" I had to laugh and say of course it was allowed...to which his response was "oh, I just never knew you could do that" I guess I need to make more homemade things :)

Thank you Rachelle

Ok, I added my before and after master bedroom project to a great blog-Rachelle's Fingerprints on the Fridge.... I honestly don't know how to link her blog to mine but to just cut and paste....so here is the link where she put a picture of my master bedroom redo... on her Feature yourself Friday...http://lovinmylovebugs.blogspot.com/ Thank you!! I am really new to this blog world and am learning something everyday!! You all in blog land are super talented!!! and very inspirational!!

Changing Table Before and After

This is a close up of the AFTER antiquing :)


Close up of the mattress pad (it is just a piece of fabric I had used as a tablecloth and wrapped around the mattress pad....easy to remove when it gets dirty to wash...might one day sew it into a pocket, but who knows I might not :) )


This is the AFTER all done with a few baskets I had around the house
to hold all the stuff...




This is During the process and my kids helping :)

Before..... well kinda of during as I forgot to get a true Before :) oops :)

We received from some good friends a changing table and a convertible crib to full bed right before we moved into our home. I have been using the changing table and was thinking the orange paint just didn't fit my bedroom and wanted to do something to spruce it up.... so I thought some white paint and some sandpaper might do the trick... I wanted it to look antiqued/whitewashed so with the help of my two kids we got it painted and sanded and put back into my bedroom the next day.....

Love opinions....