Are you all getting yourself ready & pumped for the Back to School routine??? Me, either! Don’t get me wrong, I love a routine. I really do. But I love the casual mornings and I do not miss the rat race at all. We are truly a big breakfast household! We’ve always been that way….
Watercolor Painting Printables
As promised, here are the Watercolor Painting Printables that I created from our vacation photos while at Disneyland. You can see all our photos from our recent trip in this post from last week. I created them using the Waterlouge app. Out of curiosity last week I played with the app with some of my…
The day the bottom fell out of our house deal
I had made big plans. I was literally walking on air. It was the kind of plans that made you lose sleep over, but you didn’t care, because the planning & the dreaming were all so exciting. There was no question that there was going to be a major supply of elbow grease that…
Turn your Disney Photos into Watercolor Art for your Home
This post is sponsored by Disneyland. Otherwise known as The Happiest Place on Earth. Just don’t tell my feet that part, because they might disagree that it’s the happiest place for feet. 😉 We recently had the privileged of visiting Disneyland & California Adventure. It was our first time to the California Adventure side…
How to Decorate a Girly Bedroom
We’d like to thank Glidden® paint for partnering with us, to help bring some pink and pixie dust to a certain someone’s bedroom! She said, “Pink, some purple and pixie dust for my room, Mama.” And of course, being a pink & glitter lover myself, I said, “Sure thing, sweetie!” So here’s part 1 of decorating…
Teaching Kids Delayed Gratification in an Instant Gratification World
It’s downright hard being parents in today’s world. Instant messages, instant likes, social media, “I want that” or “Can I have this”, toys in meal boxes, and every kid winning an award or trophy in a sporting event. I mean, really? How on earth can we as parents have our “game face” on all the…
Birthday Celebrations Cupcake & Drink Toppers
It’s that time again ~ when I get to team up with some of my favorite bloggers to bring you a printable blog hop! This time it’s all about B I R T H D A Y S ! ! ! My thought process behind the printables I personally made was to create fun “adult”…
Wedding or Bridal Shower Cupcake Toppers
Truth be told, I really don’t know what came over me. Me??? Create a printable for a wedding reception or bridal shower? All I can say, is never say never… You see, I once had 2 friends that truly were Bridezillas. I had to deal with them at THE SAME TIME for months! Because,…
Kids’ Bathroom Remodel – updating a 100 year old bathroom!
Once again, I am so grateful for my partnership with HomeAdvisor to help us finish off the kids’ bathroom & for sponsoring this post! First, just for old time sake…let’s revisit what we were dealing with. As I have said for many years, we truly had Cottage Cheese Walls! So gross! WHAT were the previous…
What to Wear with a Curvy Figure
I’m what women in the South would politely say, big boned. Gah! How I HATE that expression. Truth be told, I am! I have junk in the trunk. Cankles. Arms that wiggle way too much. And a muffin top for a waist line. Gah! But I do have some tricks up my sleeves on what…