Have YOU?

The Flame Throwers

Are R-E-D H-O-T

And

Two of the Them are Mine.

[Sizzle]

It's Great to Be 8

{Breakfast in Bed}

{Friends Party}

{Movie Night}

{A GLOBE}

and

A Giant LEGO Cake

[I Know. It's a Stretch.]

B Wanted a Lego Party

and

A Treasure Hunt

and

a GLOBE.

Happy Birthday, Buddy!

The Tie Dye Project

Thanks G'Ma T for the Tie Dye Kit,

and Thanks to

My Senior Chemistry Teacher

Mrs. Pothast,

Who Let us Have a Tie Dye Project,

So I Could Remember

How to Make Those Swirlys.

Disneyland...

Or BUST!

[Day One]

[Day Two]

[Day Two, Part Two]

[Day Three]

This was the Day We Got

SOAKIN' Wet,

and

I Screamed Like

a Little Sissy Girl,

On ALL the

Big Kid Rides.

[Day Four]

Beach.

Then More Disney.

[Day Five]

[Day Six]

Get These Tired Puppies Home.

[And I Don't Mean the Kids]

They Weren't Tired.

I Remember

9/11.
And All Those Emotions and Thoughts from that Time.
But As I Try to Tell My Kids About that Time in History, I Want them to Know about it, But I Never Mention Names, or Countries, or Cultures or Religions or Wars, Because I Don't Want them to Hate or Be Afraid.
Those Things Come on Their Own in This World.
I DO Want them to Have
Hope,
and Compassion,
and a Sense of Safety
and an Innocence about Their World, Still.
Because Those are the Fleeting Things,
That Don't Stay.

Preee-ty Sure

I've Looked Like This All Week:

What are You Doing with My Camera?

What Happened in Here?

Why Did You Do That?

And On, and On, and On.

There's How Many More Weeks

Till We Track Back On?!

Been Working On This:

ALL Week.

I Dismantled,

Thoroughly Sanded,

Thoroughly, I Tell Ya,

and

I have PRIMED

3x's

Some Places 4x's.

The Yellow Stain Keeps Showing Up.

Gah.

And?

I Haven't Even Touched the Doors, Yet.

However, I think Not having Doors on My Cupboards,

is Saving Me Ooodles of Time,

Left and Right,

That Isn't Wasted On

Opening Those Doors.

Awesome.

Holiday-ing

Labor Day Weekend

We Spent an Enjoyable Afternoon

On the Lake

with the

B Family

More Random Pictures

{Good Times}

Kitchen Cupboard Makeover Part I

Last Week I Re-Did the Cupboards that are
around My Peninsula,
Here is How I Did It:

Before:

I Quickly Washed Them Down

With Dish Soap and Water,

Then I Sanded Them,

Using a Sander and

Course SandPaper.

I was Really Worried about

the Wood Grain Showing Through,

So I Gave a Thorough Sanding,

to Be Sure.

Then I Did TWO Coats

of Primer.

I Used Valspar's

Contractor Primers Bonding Primer,

Then I Did TWO Coats

of

Valspar's Black Kettle, in Satin Finish.

Then I Used a Sander to Distress the Edges.

I Usually do the Distressing by Hand,

But with So Much to Do,

I went for the Sander,

and It was a Bit too Big, and Tricky,

but it Did the Job.

Then I put a Tintable Glaze On.

This Glaze was Tinted a Brown Color,

and To Be Honest,

that Probably Could have Been Skipped.

Finally,

I Put a Clear Coat of Polyacrylic in Satin On,

and

Last, But Not Least,

The Handles.

I LOVE How They've Turned Out!

I'm Pleased that the Wood Grain

Does Not Show Through,

but Then again,

Perhaps Black is a Good Hider.

I Still have Several Things to Do,

Like the Rest of the Cupboards,

(Doing Something Different, There),

Before I do a Full Kitchen Reveal.

08.28.10

We Spent the Evening with

Friends Playing

Kick Ball

And

Duck, Duck, Goose

Then We Hosted Another

Outside Movie Night

for

The Neighborhood:

We Provide the Movie, Snow Cones,

S'Mores,

and Sonic Drinks,

and Everyone Else Brings

A Treat To Share.

We Don't have a Fence Between

Our Yard and Our Next Door

Neighbor's Yard,

So They Help Us Host!

I Send out Emails,

Put it On My Facebook,

and Put Fliers on

My Neighbors' Doors,

Letting Everyone Know

that ALL are Welcome!

We had about 70 People here

and

It was SOooo Much Fun!

{I Love Where I Live}