Rain rain go away

Meet Nathan

He is the definition of an outdoors men

It is pouring rain on this gloomy day in San Diego

Yet he seems to not even notice...

I remember how I used to love to play in the rain as a child.

Oh the simply joys!

Where art Thou....

So I'm kinda a clean freak...

But it's not my fault!

I was raised by a clean freak, who was raised by a CLEAN FREAK!

So as you can see it runs in my blood!

I just can't help it!

I need things to be clean!

Recently however my vacuum as decided that SUCKING is not what it wants to do

So.... it just pushes dirt around, rather than picking it up

LAME!

Sooooo not ok when you have an acre of dirt, plus a dog and a two year old boy!

Needless to say my floors end up with a lot of dirt!

I need a vacuum to do it's job! Cuz I vacuum A LOT!

So after lots of research I ordered  this baby!

The Dyson DC25 Ball All-Floors Vacuum Cleaner!

And boy am I excited for her arrival!

BUT...

She was suppose to be here today,

I left the gates open and waited

And waited, and waited.

She never came.

(Picture me with a VERY sad look on my face.)

Hopefully she comes tomorrow, because lord knows my floors need her.

BADLY.

On a less boring, house wife note

I started my new bedding!

I'm gong to attempt this anthro knock off bedding!

Wish me luck I'm gonna need it!

But isn't it just lovely!

I FINALLY am putting some effort into the master bedroom!

It is just plain yuck right now!

After getting the whole house decorated,

to an acceptable amount

(there is still so much I want to do and change)

I never ended up putting any effort into the master.

It was just the last room to be finished construction wise

and I never got around to decorating it,

Until now!

Stay turned I'm going to post pictures of it right now

(once I find my lost camera, have you notice I seem to misplace things often)

and do a step by step of the transformation!

It'll be slow, but fun!

Hooded Animal Towels

Nathan loves animals

Anything with a tail he is all about!

Our dog Duke...his all time best friend!

He also loves water!

The lake, the beach, pools, baths

any form of water and he is there!

So why not dry my soaking wet fish off in style right!

Behold the hooded animal towels my son sports!
(all momma made of course!!)

Hooded worked out perfectly

keeps him warm

and serves as the head of the animal!

And for when Sydney is ready to hit the sand

Which one is your favorite??
Would you use these with your kids??
Or am I a total nerd??

Million miles an hour....

Sorry for the lack of posts!
Things have been pretty busy around here.
Duke (our pound pup) seems to have found an escape route,
And leaving at least once a day.
Ah!
Alex is combing the property as I write (and nurse)
looking for the means of exist.

I have TONS of projects going right now.

I'm like that I see something I want to make
And start it that day.
The bad thing is that ends in having numerous projects going at once!
Not so good, but great all at once!
The Salavation Army and Estate sales were GREAT to me this week!
Resulting in my mind running wild with ideas....
And numerous half finished projects!

I'm determined to finished at least 3, maybe even 4 of those projects this week.
Of course I'll blog about them for you! ;)
So have faith the post bus will start rolling again!

Back soon with beautiful finished craft...

Apron

I mentioned in a previous post that I love vintage linens.

I pick them up at garage sales, estates sales and the swap meet.

But since they are old some of them have stains or holes.

Some stains are removable, and some aren't.

This practical linens stain was not removable.

But it is still super cute and had potential!

So I bought it and put it in the drawer!

This week I  decided it would make a cute little girl apron!

 (Ok sorry for the ghetto-ness
I cant for the life of me figure out why they are uploading that way.) 

 

It's already stained so if it gets dirty in the kitchen its fine!

And the beautiful stitched girls that someone worked so hard on years ago,

Get a second chance at life!

Someday Sydney will "help" momma in the kitchen wearing this!

Lost Keys?

I can't be the only mom who is ALWAYS misplacing her keys??

Right?

Or is always trying to stuff them I her back pocket, with her phone and debit card.

Right?

Or am I?

Well either way that's how things usually go for me,

my keys are either lost in my bottomless Mary Poppins diaper bag, or stuffed in my pocket!

And that's not even mentioning the black hole that seems to eat my keys at home!

So I decided to make a "mini landerd" if you will.

A wristlet for my keys, so I can just slip my keys on my wrist while I run those quick errands that do not require a diaper bag.

Here it is!

Here's to hoping this makes those quick trips errands with two kids easier!

p.s. the hubbster is thirlled to pull this cutie out of his pockect when he drives my car! :)

Sydneys Saint Patricks Day

First of all you should know that my husband has red hair!

And his mom used to dress him up for Saint Patricks Day!

My mother in law really enjoys this holiday

because of the fond memories she has of dressing him up!

So  Nathans 1st Saint Patty Day I put him in the same suspenders!

(this was the March photo in my photo calendar! So cute!)

Last year got away from me and I didn't get a cute St Patties Day photo. Bummer!

This year I get to dress up two babies for a photo opt for my mother in law!

This is what Sydney will be sporting on Thursday!

It totally makes me smile!

I had to hand sew that mini hat!

I'm not a huge fan of hand sewing, but this was totally worth it!
(P.s. these photos were taken last week before the horrible sickness set in)

And Nathan was not to interested in smiling for mama!

But here ya go anyways...

And now for every mamas favorites
The two babies together!!

Poor Sydney these two were today.

Look how sad she looks.

Happy Saint Patricks Day everyone!