Accomplished.

I have gotten a good bit done today. Now, granted, the entire house is not clean, but I still managed to get a lot done. For instance, I cleaned some of our downstairs carpet today. I did the half-bath, hallway and family room. Only the study and dining room didn’t get a carpet cleaning today. Not bad. I tried again to get the ceiling dust out of the kitchen and made more headway there. Got the dining room straightened up pretty well. Kept the kids fed and mostly happy too. Went to the grocery store and the bank branch inside the store. Even made dinner. Not bad at all. ;)

Tomorrow is going to need to be upstairs cleaning day. AND laundry day. Laundry never ever ends around here, that’s for sure. I’m also going to need to pack for the time we’ll be away in South GA. Also need to find time to get a haircut for Mariana. Whew! Another busy day ahead, it seems.

I’m also ready for warmer weather. It’s supposed to get down to freezing here tonight. Seriously. And our high tomorrow is supposed to top out at like 40. With wind. Brrrrrrr!

Hope all is well all over today,
Kelly

Spring Cleaning…

Today is a cleaning day in our house.  Hopefully I will get a lot done. I have two little “helpers” at home today because it’s Spring Break, but so far they are more interested in the play room and toys than cleaning with me. Go figure. ;) Although, to be fair, they did pick up the family room which was nice. I’m not really doing the deep cleaning associated with spring cleaning, but I am hoping to get things nice and tidy around here before we leave on Wednesday. It’s always nice to come home to a clean house. Hopefuly we’ll do that this time.

So, this is about it for my first post of today. Boring, right? But, maybe I can come back later and report that we have a nice clean house. That would be worthy of a shout from a mountain top if you ask me.

Have a great day,
Kelly

Winding Down…

  • We are winding down here after a busy weekend.
  • Yesterday, of course, was a “honey do” day with Mickey and me working on home improvement projects.
  • Mickey worked SO hard in our kitchen getting the popcorn ceiling down and then having to sand and scrap the texture that was left. That was the dustiest job I have ever seen. Seriously. I cleaned up last night and there is still dust today. But, at least the hardest part is done. We hope. ;) The ceiling still needs to be repainted, but that little project can wait for now. We may have to re-sand part of the ceiling and we are just not ready to tackle that again yet.
  • I worked in our half-bath downstairs yesterday. That bathroom had been just one of those rooms that I really didn’t like, but didn’t deal yet. The walls were this off-white/yellowish color and just look dingy to me. So, we did away with that. We repainted a nice chocolate brown on the walls and even on the ceiling. The trim is all white.  The vanity has double doors in the front and I painted the inside panel of each door brown and left the rest white. We took down the huge wall-mounted mirror over the vanity as well as the outdated light fixture and towel ring. We replaced all of the older fixtures with brushed nickle fixtures and they look SOOO good with the chocolate colored paint. Yay! I forgot to take “before” photos, but I’ll try to remember to take “afters” once we finish up the little details like touching up the paint in places it’s needed.
  • The girls spend the day with Papa & MiMi  (my dad and step-mom) at their house yesterday and had a ball. They have talked and talked about it since they got home.
  • Today hasn’t been all that busy, but it was busy enough.
  • I knocked out a Wal-Mart run with Mariana’s help. Mickey worked on mowing the lawn and Macey was here with him. Those were our biggest home accomplishments today. And, that’s enough.
  • Wait. I did try to remove some paint that I splattered on the carpet. So far most of it isn’t coming out, but I’m making progress. Does anyone know how to get latex paint (dried) out of carpet? Ideally, I’d just say let’s ripe out the carpet and put down new flooring, but…well, not right now. LOL!!
  • It was a gorgeous weekend here, weather-wise. That is changing rapidly though. It’s been rainy all around us today, but we have missed most of the rain in our direct area. However, the temps are taking a nosedive. We were in the 70s yesterday and today, but tomorrow the high is supposed to be 40-ish. And, it’s supposed to be windy. Brrr. Come back, Spring!
  • Well, it’s almost time to put the girlies to bed. Mickey and I are going to just chill out and watch a movie tonight. I recorded Baby Mama on our DVR, so we are going to watch that since there is no Amazing Race tonight.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend,
Kelly

Lessons Learned…

What I Learned About Popcorn Ceiling Today

  • Popcorn ceilings aren’t my favorite.
  • Removing popcorn ceiling material is beyond messy. It is the single dustiest job EVER.
  • We’re talking dust EVERY.WHERE.
  • I am still not a fan of popcorn ceilings.
  • But, I can live with the ones we have left.
  • The End.

PS: Our ceiling is scraped, but still not painted. That is a chore for another day. Trust me on this.

Home Improvements

Mickey and I are working on some home improvements this weekend. Our “honey do” lists include painting and sprucing up our downstairs half bath. And, of course, we have the ginormous task of scraping down the popcorn ceiling in the kitchen and then repainting the ceiling. All this on a day when it’s gorgeous outside. Go figure. ;) But, hey, it’ll be worth it. The girls are having a ball at Papa & MiMi’s, so it’s time for us to get a lot done. Wish us luck…and patience.

Friday Happies…

Just thought I’d post a list of HAPPIES today…

  • Mariana went back to preschool today! It’s her first day back since her surgery last Friday. She was so excited to return to ‘cool today! She wore the cutest little denim jumper that has an Easter bunny theme.  I came back in time to help with the Easter egg hunt and all of the kids had a ball. We divided up the eggs so that each child got an equal amount. Mariana loved egg hunting. She is so excited about her eggs and prizes!
  • We get to scrape and paint our kitchen ceiling this weekend! Okay, that probably doesn’t really seem like so much of a happy, but it really is because that means we have no asbestos in our ceiling. Yay!! And, hooray for a better looking ceiling soon.
  • I got new clothes and shoes today. That’s always a happy!
  • The girls get to go spend the day with Papa & MiMi (my dad & step-mom) tomorrow. They are really excited about that and can’t wait to go!
  • We had a delicious dinner at Ted’s Montana Grill last night with a gift card. So good!!
  • It’s supposed to be warm and sunny here this weekend. Gotta love that!
  • It’s FRIDAY! WOO HOO!

Have a great weekend!

Blessings,
Kelly

Gotta Love Payless Shoes!

I had a 20% coupon for Payless ShoeSource, so I decided to use it today for the girls and me.

First, for the girls, I got each of them a pair of these DARLING shoes!
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Those shoes are more vibrant and even cuter in person! Mariana has already taken off the sparkly tennis shoes she had on today in favor of wearing these cuties around the house. I may just have to talk myself (and Mickey – lol) into getting these in the next half size up because they go with SO many of the girls’ spring and summer outfits. Don’t want to chance them not fitting all summer. ;)

For me, I got three pair of adorable shoes. I am so excited to have some CUTE new shoes!

Mickey often jokes that all of my shoes look alike to him. Well, he cannot say that about these hot little numbers:
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These are even cuter in person and are really lightweight too. I can’t wait to wear them. I think they are so fun and versatile. I don’t have anything even remotely like them in my closet and I am eager to put them to lots of good wearing!

Now, admittedly, these are pretty standard for me as shoes go. Black and versatile. But, SOOOOO cute too!

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and

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Love all my new shoes and the ones for the girls. I am so excited about SPRING and getting back into sandals and slides again. Gotta love Payless and new shoes!

Praise Report!

Got a call today on the lab results from the kitchen ceiling materials. NO ASBESTOS!! Yay!!

That is most definitely a PRAISE for today!

Kelly

Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday!

  • Macey’s class gets to participate in a Sock Hop today at PE. The school collected  donations  recently for a local food bank and so much food was collected that the students are getting rewarded with a sock hop. Sounds like a fun day in PE to me. :) Macey wanted to wear her poodle skirt, but it’s too small for her now. So, she’s in button-up white shirt, rolled up jeans and white socks. Her hair is in a ponytail with a pink “scarf” hanging down. Entirely too cute for words!
  • Can I just say that it is SOOOOOOOOO nice to have our hot water back. Oh my word. It’s incredible! We take it for granted every day and it is fantastic to have that luxury back again. We had a little scare last night because when we got home from church supper, the pilot light was out again. Ack!! We called the plumbing company and the dispatcher tried to find someone to come right out, but no one was available. So, we set up a service call for first thing this morning. Well, Mickey went down to try to relight the pilot himself and it worked. It’s still working. YAY!!! Hopefully that little outage last night was a fluke.
  • We are supposed to get the results back from our ceiling lab work today. PLEASE pray with us that there is no asbestos. This house was built in the mid-80s, so there is a slight likelihood that asbestos could be present, but we hope and pray that it’s NOT!!
  • The girls have portrait appointments first thing Monday morning. I am SOOOO excited about this! Now I have to decide what they are going to wear. Decisions, decisions!
  • We are supposed to get rain again today. This is the most rainy spring that I can recall in quite awhile. Not complaining, of course. Everything is SO green. Water levels up are up too. I just hope that this doesn’t trigger irresponsibility in people for them to waste water just because. I mean, honestly, lawns do not NEED irrigation when it rains four out of seven days in a week when the weather is mild.  We’ve been under drought conditions here for SO long that it’s nice to have a reprieve.
  • I should get going. Mariana is ready to change clothes for the first time today. It won’t be the last, I’m sure.
  • Please continue to pray for sweet Stellan and his precious family!

Woo Hoo!!

We have hot water again!! WOO HOO!!

Another plumber came out today and was able to fix the pilot issue.

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Yay!!

We are so happy and grateful!!