Just A Swingin'

Daniel and I finally wrote out a list of all of the little projects we want done around the house within this year, and let me tell ya, it's a big one.  Now that I'm done with the hall bath, I've been slowly but surely painting sections of the baseboards. Now THAT is a slow process. 

We inherited a swing frame that was Daniel's grandparents and it has sat outside for a while now.  And for Daniel's birthday he received a swing to put on it.  The frame was white and in need of paint, so the other day Daniel took some black spray paint and painted it. And he put the swing together!  Looks so good!  Now I just need some lower temps to really enjoy some swing time. :)

Hall Bathroom Refreshed

What a day!  With summer comes home projects and the first one I tackled was painting the hall bathroom.  Even though a bathroom is smaller, it's harder to paint around all the little things in a bathroom!  We found a can of Valspar paint at the Habitat for Humanity store here in town for $2!  It was about 3/4 full and had more than plenty for this room.  I also painted the ceiling and the trim around the room. It's not a big color change, but seeing it in person makes it look a LOT better. Cross one thing off of my list!

Before

After (not a big color difference)

After: I like the new, little bit darker shade

Domestic Diva

I love how summer gives me the chance to get housework done at my own pace and allows more time to do fun crafty things.  

The other day I took a trip to Michael's and found some canvas that were on sale and bought a few cheap bottles of acrylic paint.  I saw a similar project on pinterest and decided to give it a try.  Now I wish that I would have painted the background, but it didn't turn out bad.  Hopefully it will look good in mom's bathroom.

I also found this idea from a pinterest inspiration.  We had this frame lying around with no glass.  I painted the frame with some acrylic paint and while I was at Michael's I bought the letter H.  I had some scrapbook paper that I traced the letter on and then used mod podge to glue it to the letter.  Not sure where we'll hang it yet, but I like it!

I just had to throw in a family picture. :)  I just love this picture of all 6 of us!  We had a wonderful time visiting with Daniel's parents, sister and brother in law for Father's Day.  We don't have many chances for all 6 of us to be together, so when we do the time sure flies and we have a lot of fun!

Happy Birthday Dan!

Yesterday marked 29 years ago that the most wonderful man was born. This weekend we had a fun family filled celebration with lots of good food and conversation. 

I hope that your birthday was as special as you are Daniel! Thank you to everyone who made his birthday so special, we love you all!

The Perils of a Digging Dog

How can we get mad at such a cute little face like this?  Our new dog Buddy is such a sweet and loving dog, but he has one problem.  He's a digger.  Now the good thing is he's not trying to dig out of the yard, but we come home to holes around the side of the house every day.  

So I Googled what to do about a digging dog and we are going to try a couple of solutions.  We don't mind him digging a small hole to lay in since it's much cooler, but the hole is starting to get deeper and that's just not cool.  So we bought some chicken wire to put down so that he can't dig too deep.  We are also going to try to put some small balloons in other places and see if the pop scares him from digging.  If only we had a hidden camera to see his reaction!

We decided to treat the babies to a special treat, so we picked up a couple of beef rib bones at the grocery store today. Spoiled mutts! :)

Buddy Boy

Happy Mother's Day weekend! I not only have a spectacular mother and grandmother, but now a wonderful mother in law as well!  All of these ladies are an important part of our lives and we love them dearly. :)

Today also marks 9 months that Daniel and I have been married. What a great time it has been so far.

Yesterday we adopted a new dog!  A couple of weeks ago we went to the animal shelter to look at a dog we saw online.  We saw him and his cage mate and we really liked them both.  Since Daniel had to be out for work all the next week, we knew we couldn't take a dog home that day.  So we decided that we would check back in a couple of weeks and if one of them was still there then they were meant to be.  

So off we go to the shelter again and one of the dogs was gone, but the other one was still there. And to make it even better he was only $12 to adopt!  So we brought him home!  His name is Buddy and he is a mutt, and a sweet one at that!

Love!

I had to add a picture of the pretty roses!

Buddy!

They love to play with each other.

Alice: "I'll show you my teeth!"

Buddy: "I'll show you MY teeth!"

Sweet boy!

Cotton Gin Museum

Last Saturday Daniel and I had a date.  We went to the Burton Cotton Gin Museum.  That's right, a cotton gin museum.  Now it's not the most romantic of date locations, but I did have a good time!  Last Christmas I made Daniel a whole year's worth of dates in envelopes.  So each month has something fun we can do together that he opens up at the beginning of each month.  For April I decided to do something more geared to something he would like and found this museum.  

http://mymixofsix.blogspot.com/2009/12/husband-gift-idea.html This is where I got the idea for the date night envelopes, although mine are not as fancy as hers! 

I gotta say, I learned more about cotton than I ever knew!  If you're up for visiting a teeny tiny town with a very scenic drive, then Burton is the place to be.  

This part separated the fiber from the seeds

A finished bale of cotton