WHO BOUGHT ALL THIS CRAP?!?!?!?!

isn't that what everyone thinks when they have to unpack mountains upon mountains of boxes and totes?

well i'm finally hooked back up to the net. i was having some serious withdrawals which is really kinda sad....lol. i felt so detatached from the world...lol.

i'll be back later tonight with pictures and to let ya'll know what has been going on for the past week.

thank you all for the well wishes on the new house and for listening to all my bitching the past year and going thru this with me. ya'll mean soooooo much to me!!!

big hugs and smooches!!!


oh and now that i'm finally in the house, i'm hoping in the next couple of weeks i can start the sign ups for vintage vixen part 2.

ALMOST DONE!!!!

whew....what an exhausting weekend folks but so well worth it.
i have almost all my crap into the new house and i walk from room to room in complete awe that we're finally in it. michael and i love that house sooooo much. the kiddos and even fritz are in love with it.

i wish i had pictures and schtuff to show ya'll but i won't have internet access at home until friday (believe you me, i'm having major withdrawals. i can only get on so much at work).

so know that i'm not ignorning or negleting ya'll.

i'm leaving work here in about an hour or two and then it took the rest of the week off to get unpacked. the craft/scrappy room is just calling my name. i'm saving that room for thursday and friday.

ya'll have no idea how friggin' happy i am.

and to make me even happier, a few of my scrappy lo's have won various contests across the web and i got my hambly goodie in the mail that you guys are just going to have to get green with envy over.

friday evening i'll play catch up.

big hugs!

oh if anyone is needing my new addy, lmk :)

RED, WHITE, & BLUE RAK WINNERS!!!

first lemme say, we signed on the house today!!!!

{throws confetti}

whoo-hooo!

we're poor for the rest of our lives....lmao.

no seriously, we couldn't be more thrilled about and i still can't believe after all this time, its finally over. me and michael will be loading up a uhaul and getting stuff moved in tomorrow.

things of course are going to be hectic on my end, so i'll try one day at work to email the bloggin' buddies that are interested my new addy.

and now for the moment ya'll have been waiting for.

the winners to the rak!!

i decided to let mikey pull a name and bella pull one.

so we have two winners!!!

mikey pulled...



and bella pulled...



whoooo*hooooo!
congrats girlies.

now i hope you won't mind, but due to schtuff being boxed up, i hope you don't mind if it takes me a week or so to get your goodies in the mail.

anna girl, i need your addy.

well i guess i better go, i have more packing. hope ya'll have a fab weekend!

HOLY FRIGGIN' CANNOLI!!!!

okay, originally my post today was going to have a bunch los that have been keeping me busy showcased to share for all the folks who don't make it to the message boards that i frequent.

but i have something better than that today.

first, i get a phone call that we are closing on the house tomorrow at 4pm {release that big deep breath dad ;} whooo-fuckin'-hooo...that means i can move in this weekend....holy shit, i'm excited.

then i go to sis and get a message from a fellow sista congratulating me on getting favorite lo at
unpubbed. holy shit again!!!!! take a look at what i get. this that not just friggin' awesome????

oh and then i almost forgot this, i got lotd (layout of the day) at treasures to scrap.

i don't know if i will be able to work the rest of the day. i'm so excited i can't even stand it.
i can't stand it i tell ya.

holy crap!

anyway, make sure you guys go to this post and leave a comment. i'll draw a winner out of a hat and hopefully make someone else's week awesome too!

YIPPEEE-SKIPPY!

Yesterday when I stopped by the new house after work to see what they had done for the day, the guy arrived to put up the shutters. So while he was unloading his truck, I took a quick tour of the inside and oooh’ed and ahhhh’ed over everything {again} and then went back outside in time for him to open up one of the boxes for me to get a look. I was on the phone with Michael and I was practically jumping up and down telling him how much I loved em and what great taste I had ;) so since I didn’t wanna make the guy nervous by standing there watching him and the fact that it was getting time to pick up the kiddos from daycare, I left.
But then I decided this a.m. after I dropped the kiddos off at daycare, to swing by and see how they look. They look phenom!!! It’s a good thing that I remembered the camera b/c I got some new pics.
Take a look….

The front porch with the shutters on those windows.


The door with the door knob/lock on it.


The toilet paper holders. Man, I never thought that I would love something that held toilet paper so stinkin’ much.


The dishwasher in its box. I tried my best to pull back the cardboard so I could get a peek. Yes, I know what it looks like b/c I picked it out, but I wanted to see it again in person, in MY kitchen. But it was sealed up pretty good so I let it be.


The unfinished fireplace mantel. Michael is going to paint it this weekend and then they will come in and brick the inside of the fireplace and the bottom part that goes on the floor (whatever that’s called).





The front door knob. I picked this up myself at lowe’s. I loved the elegance of it and wanted it soooo badly. It was a pretty penny but I knew that it would look excellent up against the black door. When I actually saw it on the door, I got all teary eyed b/c I love it so!


This is the view from the front porch. All of it is ours to the road. Dear lord do I have some landscaping to do. I’ve only thought about that for a second though. I figure I better get the inside figured out first.


This is a view from the backyard. Now I tried to make a lil mark on the picture in photoshop to show you were my property ends, but I couldn’t figure it out. But I can tell ya its way back there. Again, there is a lot of landscaping and grass that needs to be put in. I still haven’t figured out yet where the garden is going to go. Speaking of gardens, does anyone have any good books or websites that they can recommend to a gal who has two black thumbs but is desperate to grow her own veggies???


Okay, well some of you have mentioned that you can’t wait to see the bed that I got for lil bella boo. Today around 10-ish, me and Michael went and picked up the bed. Unfortunately for ya’ll (but not Michael) they had already taken it apart. But I did get a pic of the head and foot board so hopefully that will be good until I get it put up.

And here she is.


Isn’t she just lovely????? Oh my heart swells everytime I look at her. Can’t wait to get her up. So Michael gets the bed, leaves and of course I can’t just leave, I gotta walk around for a few minutes. I pick up some embroidery hoops so I can put some vintage fabric in them and hang on bella’s walls (got the idea off of someone’s blog. If I find it again, I’ll post a link). Then while I was walking out, I found this amazing basket/rack thing-a-ma-bobber. Its about as tall as me and has three wire basket things that are attached to it and the pole runs down the center. Does that make sense? They were asking $30. So I left and then thought about it and thought about how great it would be in the craft room for storing stuff. So after me and greta blow a ton of moola in the $ tree, we headed back over to the antique store where I went ahead and purchased it. you shoulda seen me and the old lady trying to get that thing in my car. On top of that I had to ride with one of the back windows rolled down b/c the top was sticking out. It wasn’t until I got home to unload it that I noticed that that piece came off {slaps forehead}.

So anyway girls, that has been my day thus far.
Tonight will be complete with grey’s (here’s hoping that they don’t introduce us to addison’s new show again or I’ll be hanging out with jb Fletcher), baking cupcakes for bella’s bday party at school tomorrow (I can’t believe my bella boo is going to be 4 tomorrow!!!!), working on the projects for the lil sneak peek I gave ya’ll yesterday (and yes greta, another owl…big middle finger to ya…BWAHAHAHAAA).
Hope ya’ll are having a wonderful day!

Oh and before I forget. All you scrappers out there, me and greta got a swap in mind that we are going to announce over the weekend on both of our blogs, so stay tuned for that if you are interested. Jennifer I think you should participate in this one sista!!!

And for those of you that have been curious as to when I am going to do round 2 of the vintage vixen swap, I am thinking in july.
Big love!

THE NEW HOUSE!!!

Well things have still been super-dooper busy and stressful for me.
We had some major house selling drama the past few weeks. Had to cuss out the
the land owner, cry quite a few tears, and slam down a couple of coronas.
But its beginning to look like everything may work out in the end. I’m hoping that
we close on the old house next week.

As far as the new house goes…..ITS ALMOST DONE!!!!

WHOOOOO-HAAAAAA!!!!

The builder told us that the closing day is scheduled for the 28th of this month. Michael
doesn’t think it will be done by then, but if its another week after that, I’m fine with that.
I finally got around to taking some pictures of the progress. Now keep in mind that the
picture quality is not that great. I was on the phone while taking them, the battery was
dying on me, and quite frankly I was in a rush to go get the kids.

Be prepared, there are 44 pictures I took 


Front of house


Front porch


Front door


Porch lights


Foyer




Foyer light



Foyer floor


Living room. 14’ cathedral ceilings and 10’ ceilings in the rest of the house.


Fire place (well soon to be….they still need to brick the mantle and stuff)


Dining room


Dining room light (love this!)


Right side of kitchen


L eft side of kitchen


Trash bins (in a cabinet baby!!)

I have two of these false lil drawers. Can’t wait to fill em up with sponges and stuff!


My lazy susan


Kitchen sink


My island (aka baking space) this is my kitchen aid’s new home.


Light over island


Drawers in island (ready to be filled with sprinkles, rolling pins, spatulas, frosting, cupcake papers, etc)


Breakfast rm. This is the other side of the kitchen. There is a door that goes out onto the back porch.


Breakfast room light


Kitchen/breakfast room floor


There are two of these sconces hanging in the hallway between the kids bedrooms/garage


The hall floor


Mikey’s bedroom light


Kiddos’ bathroom


Bella’s bedroom light. I am so looking forward to decorating her room shabby shic/thrifty


Our guest bedroom (this is where you’ll be staying simone). Of course you’ll have to step over all the toys b/c I am turning this room into a play room for the kids. But don’t fret, they’ll be a something to sleep on.


Guest full bathroom


The light that hangs in the guest bedroom and the hall that runs from the guest bedroom to the master bedroom


The master suite!



The door that leads to the back porch in the master bedroom


My 10’x10’ closet. That’s right folks. My (and I mean all mine, mike has his own closet) clothes will be living in the lap of luxury.


Floor in master bath


My vanity in master bath.


Mike’s vanity in master bath.




Michael’s closet



Of course Michael wanted a separate lil room for him to poo in. I guess he doesn’t like it when I go in there while he’s in the bathroom to fix my hair.


The bench and tile that is in the standup shower. Since my battery was dying I didn’t get a shot of our jaccuzzi tub in the master bath.


And what you all have been waiting for…..the craft room. I soooo cannot wait to get in this room. The organizing ideas are flowing, all the crafty goodness that I plan on creating is floating in my head. Aside from the kitchen, this of course is the room that I am most excited about.


The floor in my craft room. And before ya’ll think I’m crazy, that’s not real wood. I picked linoleum for all those messes I plan on making.


Craft room lights.


The “e” I made out of a piece of wire that was laying on the front porch….gotta mark my territory. I told Michael to leave it there when he was doing some touch up painting over the weekend. Here’s hoping the builders or crew don’t mess with it.



The back porch.

So that’s your tour. Of course since the battery ran out on my camera I didn’t get a chance to snap pictures of the backyard, the garage, etc.

I’ll post those later.