Must. get. sleep.

What a busy day today has been. I am exhausted from waking up all night with the baby and my 3 year old...not to mention all the fun filled events throughout the day. Doing a painting project with 2nd graders while lugging a crying baby (darn you, gas bubbles!!!) around first thing this morning tested my patience, to say the least. I did manage to paint the little 50 cent Goodwill planter today. It needs one more coat so I will finish it and post it tomorrow.Who knew it would take primer plus about 8 coats of paint to cover?! Ugh. Tonight I had to teach a cake decorating class, which is usually a nice break from the kids. However, I had a Mom and Son come to class SICK! what?! I have to use their icing bags to demonstrate and I ran to the bathroom 3 times to go wash my hands during class, I wonder if they realized what I was doing. I REFUSE to bring in another disease to my house. My babies are NOT getting sick again. =) So what if I turn into a germaphobe. I've gotten about 3 to 4 hours of sleep for three nights in a row now so I think I might be losing it.
Goodnight all, uh, er, me.

Gettin' started...

So I've got some pictures of a few projects I'll be getting started on this week. First, is Liam's birthday invitations for his party coming up on March 12th...I finished them today and will be sending them out tomorrow. Yay!

Next is a small planter that I should be able to do tomorrow, I bought this for $.50 at Goodwill. Woohoo!

Here is an angel sconce that I got for free from Express. It was an old prop the Manager gave to me. I've had it for probably 12 years and it has hung over the cribs of my two oldest boys. Now I want to change it up a little bit and hang it in my baby's nursery. It desperately needs a paint job, then I'll have to decide where to hang it in the room.

And my favorite recent find, another score at Goodwill

.........drumroll please...........

a king size headboard for $10!!! 

I spotted it from across the room as soon as I walked through the door. It was buried behind some other hideous headboards. She was calling my name and I had to take her home. She may not look like much now but after a fresh coat of paint, 

this baby is going to be a BEAUT!

There are a few more projects that I'll post tomorrow. Then I'll have to decide what to start on first. Hmmmm, decisions, decisions.

By the way, I was just told by my ball and chain that I have to stop bringing stuff home. (rats! he spotted the old window I picked up from a neighbor tonight! I thought I hid it well on the side of the house. Doh, spoiled again!)

Before I start on anything else, I should share my 

3 most important "projects"  first.

My PRIDE and JOY,
                      my three little birds,
                                           Liam, Grayden & Gavin

They are my reason for living and breathing. They are my sweet little guys and they ROCK!

Oh and that's Dellbert too, our other kid. He's an old man now.

I'm signing off folks! Until next time...live well and prosper =) 

(Is that how it goes?)

My first blog entry.

I have to admit, I'm a blog virgin (snicker) but I am going to muddle my way through this and eventually figure it all out. I have several projects I'm working on around the house that I will be posting soon; A baby nursery, a boy's room and several corners of my house that need a MAJOR organizational overhaul, a new/old headboard and entertainment center project - I like to call them "Design Doovers". Get it? Design do overs?! They were old....and they're going to be like new again? Yeeeeeeeeaaaaah, I know I'm a dork. Anyway, I have a lot to tackle around this house, just thinking about it gets overwhelming but I'm hoping this blog is going to help me stay motivated to get it all finished. Between life and my three boys, it might take some time to get even the first job completed, but I'll post pictures soon and get it all on here for whoever wants to see it. Probably just me, looking at my own projects, ha.