Next year, we will have to do more!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
A couple random pics...
Autumn playing with pick-up sticks...her own unique way.
Autumn and Micah--I think she's in love.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Spring Cleaning and Stuff...
I don't know if the spring cleaning bug got me or I'm just so glad to be home. But lately all I want to do is work on the house. This last week has been a busy one!
We went to IKEA on Thursday and got Autumn this HUGE Expedit shelving unit. It takes up a whole wall in her room. Assembled it Sunday and attached it to the wall last night (keep in mind that everything from IKEA is Metric and of course didn't line up with the wall studs--ugh--took as long to attach it to the wall as to build the thing!).
Here's a pic from the website: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60071358
Hoping to work on getting her toys organized and put up after lunch today.
I painted the door between the kitchen and Matt's future office with 5 coats of magnetic primer, and finished it off with chalkboard paint, so it's now one big magnetic memo board. Autumn LOVES drawing on the bottom half of the door and the top is great for lists and things. :-) Talked about doing it forever, so glad I finally did.
Painted the front door. Not quite the color I was expecting, but it's a million times better than it was. Took a few days to finish since I was working around the rain.
Yesterday I did my regular housecleaning then moved all the furniture out of the dining room and scrubbed the table legs and the chairs (with Autumn's help, of course ;-)). Then got down and SCRUBBED the floor on my hands and knees. Exhausting, but totally worth the effort. :-) Wiped down the walls and washed the windows and then moved all the furniture back.
Today I'm planning on doing basically the same thing in the kitchen. Making sure everything's clean clean clean!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Meet Micah Croft
I just did his first "official" photo shoot. :-)
Micah Croft Keeney
February 22, 2008
10 pounds
22.5 Inches
Micah Croft Keeney
February 22, 2008
10 pounds
22.5 Inches
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Yup, it's that time again...
...the time when I suddenly decide to update my blog for the simple reason that i have a million things to do today, not enough time to do them, and blogging should NOT be at the top of my list.
lol.
I'm getting ready to travel. Which means a few loads of laundry, packing, getting caught up on emails, using up all the fresh produce in the house (as much as possible), packing some more, trying to remember all the things i'm supposed to be hauling to Indiana, picking up after Autumn, packing some more, figuring out how many projects I'm commited to and how on earth I'm going to get all the stuff in the car for them, etc, etc, etc.
Four dozen banana muffins cooling on the counter.
Autumn in the bath.
Washer and dryer running.
What to do with that big bag of fresh green beans and the other big bag of fresh yellow squash, and the pineapple on the counter and the 10 kiwi on the table?
Suitcase half-packed on the bed.
Listening to NPR weekend.
And typing.
lol.
I'm getting ready to travel. Which means a few loads of laundry, packing, getting caught up on emails, using up all the fresh produce in the house (as much as possible), packing some more, trying to remember all the things i'm supposed to be hauling to Indiana, picking up after Autumn, packing some more, figuring out how many projects I'm commited to and how on earth I'm going to get all the stuff in the car for them, etc, etc, etc.
Four dozen banana muffins cooling on the counter.
Autumn in the bath.
Washer and dryer running.
What to do with that big bag of fresh green beans and the other big bag of fresh yellow squash, and the pineapple on the counter and the 10 kiwi on the table?
Suitcase half-packed on the bed.
Listening to NPR weekend.
And typing.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Vacation January 11th-14th
We had planned on being in PA this weekend for a friend's wedding, but it just ended up being WAY over what we could afford to fly there, stay there, etc. SOOO....
We spent the whole weekend working on Autumn's new room (our old room). We painted, pulled up the icky carpet (and spent forever getting all those mean tack strips up), and scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed the floor. (Trying to get up all the particles of carpet padding that seemed to have permanently attached themselves to the hardwood.)
Then we moved in her bed and desk and a cupboard that we found in a trash pile that works really well for her books. We still need to move her dresser in there, but first have to figure out how to manage the big fish tank that is on top of it without killing all the fish in the process.
Lastly, I went and got the bedding I've been wanting forever for her from Target. Of course, they were completely out at our Target, so we went into Macon and got the last set there.
Still tons of work to do in there, but it's livable and she's finally moved in. :-)
We spent the whole weekend working on Autumn's new room (our old room). We painted, pulled up the icky carpet (and spent forever getting all those mean tack strips up), and scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed the floor. (Trying to get up all the particles of carpet padding that seemed to have permanently attached themselves to the hardwood.)
Then we moved in her bed and desk and a cupboard that we found in a trash pile that works really well for her books. We still need to move her dresser in there, but first have to figure out how to manage the big fish tank that is on top of it without killing all the fish in the process.
Lastly, I went and got the bedding I've been wanting forever for her from Target. Of course, they were completely out at our Target, so we went into Macon and got the last set there.
Still tons of work to do in there, but it's livable and she's finally moved in. :-)
Sunday, December 30, 2007
YAY!!!
We finally have a functioning shower in the new addition.
Eventually here I'll have to take some pictures to share with y'all. All the painting is done and most of the furniture is moved in. Just need to buy some things like rugs, blinds, etc. still.
By far my favorite thing is the closet. It's a true walk-in closet done completely in the Stolmen system from IKEA http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S39825963 It's the white and stainless version though. And we chose different pieces, but you get the idea. We each have a combination of this size, but with more hanging room and not as many shelves. Matt has the pants rack on his side, instead of the long set of drawers. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20062469
The walls are this awesome green somewhere between lime and sage. We have a stainless steel industrial-looking light fixture from IKEA on the ceiling that totally matches the shelving system. We also had them install an outlet high up for an iron (so the cord doesn't get tangled) and there's actually enough space in there to iron clothes in the closet. :-)
While it's all awesome, you have to live in a house built in the fifties (where they didn't believe in closets, apparently) to truly understand how much we appreciate it.
Eventually here I'll have to take some pictures to share with y'all. All the painting is done and most of the furniture is moved in. Just need to buy some things like rugs, blinds, etc. still.
By far my favorite thing is the closet. It's a true walk-in closet done completely in the Stolmen system from IKEA http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S39825963 It's the white and stainless version though. And we chose different pieces, but you get the idea. We each have a combination of this size, but with more hanging room and not as many shelves. Matt has the pants rack on his side, instead of the long set of drawers. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20062469
The walls are this awesome green somewhere between lime and sage. We have a stainless steel industrial-looking light fixture from IKEA on the ceiling that totally matches the shelving system. We also had them install an outlet high up for an iron (so the cord doesn't get tangled) and there's actually enough space in there to iron clothes in the closet. :-)
While it's all awesome, you have to live in a house built in the fifties (where they didn't believe in closets, apparently) to truly understand how much we appreciate it.
One Little Moment
We had a really good Christmas. I'd have to say my favorite moment though, was this one. Autumn walking into the living room and discovering that Santa had eaten the cookies she made just for him. Love that look of wonder!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Ugh!
We're sick, sick, sick. Enough that we didn't get out to celebrate my birthday, still haven't gotten a tree, I'm spending almost all day in bed, and my head feels like it's trying to explode out of my ears. Autumn can't sleep because of coughing and is throwing up because the spasms get too bad. Lovely.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
and i forgot to say...
...look for one of my layouts in the Jan issue of BHG Scrapbooks Etc.. I haven't gotten mine in the mail yet, but I believe it's on page 23.
...also just won a contest I've been competing in since Sept., so that's cool
...also just had four or five projects picked up yesterday for the Holiday Issue of the e-zine Ready, Set, Create (I know she wanted every one I submitted, but I can't remember how many there were-lol)
Overall, the last few days have been excellent, scrapping wise. :-)
...also just won a contest I've been competing in since Sept., so that's cool
...also just had four or five projects picked up yesterday for the Holiday Issue of the e-zine Ready, Set, Create (I know she wanted every one I submitted, but I can't remember how many there were-lol)
Overall, the last few days have been excellent, scrapping wise. :-)
It's beginning to look a lot like...
...biscotti baking time.
6 recipes of almond toffee biscotti done (i've decided not to decorate it this year)
2 more recipes of almond toffee mixed up and chilling in the fridge
6 recipes of my new experimental flavor also chilling in the fridge till tomorrow morning
Things are rather crazy here, because all the rooms in our house are still so switched around. That, and running to the bathroom with autumn every fifteen minutes trying to potty train, and I'm getting rather close to losing my mind.
But...there are lights up on the house now, FIL came over and re-hung the shutters, and we've pulled down the "stabucks trees" from the attic. I've started setting up bits and pieces of Christmas decorations here and there where I can find a clear surface.
Family pictures early this morning and being on my feet making biscotti ALL day and I'm ready for bed with at least three hours yet to go.
6 recipes of almond toffee biscotti done (i've decided not to decorate it this year)
2 more recipes of almond toffee mixed up and chilling in the fridge
6 recipes of my new experimental flavor also chilling in the fridge till tomorrow morning
Things are rather crazy here, because all the rooms in our house are still so switched around. That, and running to the bathroom with autumn every fifteen minutes trying to potty train, and I'm getting rather close to losing my mind.
But...there are lights up on the house now, FIL came over and re-hung the shutters, and we've pulled down the "stabucks trees" from the attic. I've started setting up bits and pieces of Christmas decorations here and there where I can find a clear surface.
Family pictures early this morning and being on my feet making biscotti ALL day and I'm ready for bed with at least three hours yet to go.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Potty Training Starts Today
12:30 -- we've been at it for 2 hours and just had the first wet pants. She's also gone once in her potty. So far it's even.
Monday, November 05, 2007
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