tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28658391887695533892024-03-18T21:14:53.407-07:00Oh Happy Day<center>1 couple, 2 big dogs, lots of ideas!</center>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13807707288869574462noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865839188769553389.post-65529120404661977562016-10-31T22:02:00.001-07:002016-10-31T22:02:16.201-07:00Have you met Katie?I am participating in Singles Day for my dear friend Katie! Katie and I met 10 years ago at the elementary school that we both worked at. I was looking for new friends since I had just moved and when I saw Katie I instantly knew I needed to be friends with her. She has such a dynamic personality that you instantly want to be her friend.<br />
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Katie is 38 years old and lives in Lewisville, TX. She's adorable, HILARIOUS, and an amazing christian girl. She has a passion for children and she has been teaching elementary school for over 14 years.<br />
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Katie graduated from Texas A&M and loves to visit every chance she gets. One of my favorite things about her is her sense of humor, we constantly laugh when we are together and she is so quick and witty. She loves watching movies, hanging out with friends and is not afraid to try something new.<br />
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Katie is an extremely crafty person and has a great eye for decorating. Whenever she wants to learn something new, she goes for it. For example she recently has taken up woodworking and has already completed some cool projects for her house.<br />
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Like I mentioned above, Katie has a big heart for the Lord. She attends church regularly, leads bible studies, and works at her church daycare on her time off. Katie also has a big heart for her family. She constantly puts their needs before hers and is always ready to go visit her darling nephews.<br />
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Ive always wondered why Katie has not found "The One" yet and I know that its just because it has not been in Gods timing yet. I know he is out there and I know he will be very lucky when he gets to finally meet Katie.<br />
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Hi friends, long time no type. I wish I had a good excuse why I have been away from my blog. I don't so lets just say that I did something amazing and important :). Anyway my friend encouraged me to continue to blog. </div>
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We (my friend and I) talk a lot about this, how I don't want to post things because they are not perfect or because my picture quality is not as nice as some other blogs. But just like anything else in life, you should not try to please others. Just do what you enjoy and those who read will read. So thanks to anyone who is still reading.</div>
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Okay now time for the "Burlap Easter Bunting"! </div>
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All you need to make this very simple bunting is burlap, fishing line or thread, plastic easter eggs, and a needle.</div>
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I started out by cutting my burlap into strips about 3 inches wide by 3-4 feet long. You can really cut the burlap into any size strip that you need, crafters choice.</div>
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Once I had the burlap cut to size I just folded one strip back and forth and made it look like an accordion. I strung the fishing line through the needle and thread it through the folded burlap.</div>
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I had these Easter eggs on hand, they were purchased from Target last year. Plastic eggs usually have two holes at each end. I strung an egg onto the fishing line then began to fold the next section of burlap.</div>
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Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13807707288869574462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865839188769553389.post-28410799852281300342013-08-23T21:06:00.000-07:002013-08-23T21:08:38.062-07:00The Sweetest Nursery<div style="text-align: center;">
Back when I threw my friend's <a href="http://ashleysohhappyday.blogspot.com/2013/06/snakes-and-bridal-shower.html">shower</a> in good ole OKC, I was able to snap some pictures of the sweetest nursery. Sooooo, I'm going to share it with you today. This nursery belongs to my friend's little precious niece. </div>
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Today is an extremely sad day, our sweet lab, Buddy, passed away this afternoon. He has been feeling sick so I took him to the vet yesterday. I was heartbroken to find out that he would need emergency surgery to see what was "not right" in his stomach. I sobbed for the longest time last night, bought him a vanilla dish from Sonic, took him for a walk, and let him sleep in our bed. I knew that having this surgery meant that we might not see him much longer. Today when I woke up I continued to cry, I held him and loved on him and looked into his sweet eyes. We took him in at 9:00, my hubby had to take him because I was too sad. He came out in tears holding his leash. I have only seen my husband cry twice in 7 years. It was so sad. We went back to see him at 10:30 before he went into surgery. The doctor took a blood test on Buddy and discovered that his kidneys were in really bad shape. We went ahead with the surgery hoping for the best but knowing the worst might be the outcome. We said our final goodbyes to the little guy and gave him to the doctor. About 30 minutes later the doctor delivered the sad news. Our little Buddy was in bad shape. He had cancer in his kidney and it had spread to his liver. The doctor also told us it was spreading to his lungs. She said he was extremely uncomfortable and that if we took him home after surgery he might live a few days or a few weeks. We would have to give him fluids several times a day and that might not even make him feel better. I wanted to be selfish and keep him but I hated the fact that he would be in pain and growing weaker by the hour. We decided what was best for him was the worst for us, we had to let him go. </div>
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Buddy was a sweetheart, he was kind to our other dogs, silly as ever, and he followed me around everywhere. When I left the room, he followed. He was the epitome of loyal. When we first got him he had heart worm and needed to be secluded from the other dog. I was on summer break so I toted him everywhere. I took him to run errands, took him to sonic, and while I was at home, he stayed right by me. It was like this for several weeks. When it was time to let him mingle with the other dog, after his treatment was over, he was so used to being with me, he just kept it up. For 6 years, he never left my side. He was my little shadow. I told my husband I will miss him climbing up stairs to join me in my craft room while I sewed, I will miss his skinny grasshopper legs, and I will miss his smile. Most of all, I will miss his presence in our home. </div>
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I have always been fearful of reptiles and amphibians, especially lizards! My husband always says they will not hurt you they are just as afraid of you as you are them. I know this is true but their element of surprise is what startles me. Lizards are so fast and they can slither on you at any minute, same with snakes (they can truly harm you though). Anyway the reason I am going on and on about this is because THEY ARE OUT TO GET US THIS WEEK! Not really but we have had 2 snake encounters and 6 lizard encounters in three days.</div>
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The first snake encounter happened Tuesday here in our very suburban neighboorhood. I was sleeping in until oh I don't know....<strike>10:30 </strike>8:00 and I heard a bark that I had never heard before. I walked to the screened porch to find Leilah, our biggest lab, barking at the ground. So I called the other dogs in and yelled at Leilah (because she just wouldn't leave it alone) and I went to investigate. I thought it might be a lizard or a small bird but as I got closer I realized it was a plump toad. No big deal I thought until it started to uncoil and I realized it was a snake, right on our deck! Gross!!! I called the husband which of course didn't help because he was at work and couldn't do anything but sympathize. When he came home for lunch we couldn't find it of course and now it is probably in it's cozy snake home under our deck playing football with its tiny snake children, who are someday going to scare me so bad that I will run in terror and tear my ACL again.</div>
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Now for snake encounter number two. I am now on a healthy kick since I over indulged at my sorority reunion this weekend and because I like to get happy meals just to make me happy during the school year. Anyway I decided to start exerting myself more than the occasinal run upstairs to my craft room. So I suggested to my hubby that after we run an errand at Lowes we drive over to the nature trail by the lake close by. It sounded like a wonderful idea and was quite fun coming up to the small lake lookout areas. We walked several miles then decided to head back since it was getting dark. Again it was nice but I had my eyes on the ground since I had just seen a snake a few days before. All of a sudden I hear my hubby yell out ( just imagine what might have been said) and start to run with his knees high up. I stop in my tracks to see a pretty decent size snake slither into the bushes. It had slithered right by his foot and he almost stepped right on it. Now, my husband is manly but definitely not a snake person so he lost his cool in that moment. Gross!!!</div>
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We hosted a bridal shower for my friend Michelle, who is getting married in July.</div>
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engagement photos hung on a small pennant flag banner</div>
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The letter B is from our <a href="http://ashleysohhappyday.blogspot.com/2011/04/canton-trip.html">B wall</a>, her new last name will begin with a B as well</div>
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Above the pennant flags we put succulents in jars wrapped with burlap. The small heart chalkboards attached to the burlap are from Michaels.</div>
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Not a great pic but we had two of these pennant banners. One here and one in the kitchen.</div>
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This was the drink station. Water, tea, and "purcell punch".</div>
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This is her grandmothers famous punch</div>
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small mason jars with chevron straws (straws are from Hobby Lobby)</div>
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I made the fabric flowers and the chevron runner is actually wrapping paper</div>
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We had cheese, veggies, fruit, crab apatillas, oreo balls, and s'more cupcakes</div>
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The chalkboards are actually picture frames from IKEA, I just sprayed the glass with chalkboard paint.</div>
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Her sister Amanda made this B for the front door</div>
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This was the invitation</div>
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After the shower, her sister threw together some sweets for the bachelorette shower, this is the bride to be.</div>
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Here are the decorations her sister put together. It was very cute.</div>
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Last Sunday we had a nice St. Patty's day birthday dinner for my mother in law. I have never thrown her a St. Patty's day themed birthday before but if you lucky enough to be born on St. Patty's day then I think you should have a green themed dinner at least once. </div>
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I found cute burlap chevron ribbon at Hobby Lobby and made some quick napkin rings by sewing the ends together and then reversing it.</div>
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Hmmm I told myself I would write at least one new post a week and I noticed it has almost been 1 month from my last post. Oh well, I will try to be better this month. Happy St. Patrick's day everyone and Happy Birthday to my favorite mother in law! We have just finished up a yummy steak dinner for her birthday and before I let myself go to a sleepy place I thought I would show you our updated TV cabinet. This cabinet was actually a china cabinet that my parents inherited from my grandmother. When they moved they did not have a place for it so we said we would list it on Craigslist for them. It was listed for a few weeks with little interest and then in the shower or maybe a dream I thought Ah Ha! I just know the place for that cabinet, our house! I passed it by my hubby and he said go for it so here are the before and after pics.</div>
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Our annual Tacky Sweater Christmas Party</div>
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They loved it and have offered tokens of love everyday since, last week a little girl asked me to give him an acorn:)</div>
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We spent Christmas at my parents house this year. This was the first year in their new house which meant we didn't have to make the 6 hour drive to west Texas. I'm so glad we live in the same town now for many reasons!</div>
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I spent New Year's with these girls!</div>
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Here we are decked out for New Year's Eve.</div>
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I unfortunately didn't take any photos of my Valentine decorations, but I did put together a cute Easter wreath.</div>
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Have a great Friday, I am home sick thus giving me time to blog. I'm trying to watch You've Got Mail but it's so old that it keeps skipping. My husband said I wore it out and it's time for a new copy. Best case scenario is if he walked in right now with a fresh copy and a banana milkshake for my throat. I'll keep hoping!</div>
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I'm sure I can speak for most of the country when I say, I LOVE CHRISTMAS. In fact I love it so much that I have been watching Christmas movies since about October. I blame my bestie for that though. I just love the season, the feeling, the decorating, and most of all the reason for the celebration!</div>
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Every year I usually pick up a few new items to decorate with, the funny thing is that I usually forget what I have purchased and am surprised every time I open my Christmas boxes. This year I have purchased only 3 things so far. </div>
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Purchases 1 and 2:</div>
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These two very cute galvanized buckets from TJ Maxx</div>
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I plan on putting small fake Christmas trees in these</div>
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This red burlap tree skirt from World Market</div>
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I am usually against decorating early because I don't want to skip Thanksgiving. But, we are not hosting Thanksgiving and I am going to start next week since I have the entire week off!!</div>
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My Mom had this table for a long time, in fact it was the first piece of furniture that she and my Dad bought when they got married. She has always been reluctant to painting it, she just wanted to hold onto its "original" <strike>old</strike> look. Since they moved to Denton, they have been slowly replacing their old furniture and redecorating so I snatched up the table to put in our breakfast room.</div>
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I unfortunately didn't take a picture of the entire table before I sanded the top. I needed to completely sand the top so I could stain it a darker color. Here is a "before" picture. </div>
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Have you noticed that when you get something for someone you automatically want it also, no?, maybe that's just me. Well my Mom has always wanted a church pew for her house and when I came across one on Craigslist for $75 I knew I had to get it for her. It is 12ft long (which is perfect for her upstairs landing) and it was in good shape. I painted it red over the period of a few weeks and gave it to my parents as a birthday gift for my Mom. Sadly I haven't taken pictures of it yet so I cant show you right now but believe me, it is adorable. </div>
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I then started wanting a church pew for our home, it couldn't be 12ft long, because we don't have the space for that, but I desperately wanted one. My bestie, <a href="http://princessandthe-p.blogspot.com/">Katie</a> wanted a church pew long before I did so her eyes were always peeled for one as well. One morning I got on Craigslist just to peek around and found two beautiful 6ft church pews for $100 each. I called Katie and she was game so we scooped them up, well actually we heaved them into my hubby's truck after we wobbled out of the kind ladies house with them. Those things are heavy!!</div>
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Katie put her pew in her classroom and I put mine in our breakfast nook. </div>
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Friends come at all different times in life. You have childhood friends, those that you ride your bike with until dark and share a best friends necklace with. High School friends, those that you play sports with, go to prom with and rarely go to college with. Then you have your college friends, you go through 4 years of seeing these friends daily, making fast food runs with them at midnight, and barely passing algebra because you sit next to them and find everything funny. Well these are those friends to me.</div>
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These girls were in my wedding, these girls were there for me when my grandparents passed away, these girls will be there when I have a child, these are my life long friends. I met these girls in college my freshmen year. We met in our sorority and became instant friends. Lucky for us we have remained extremely close even after we moved on to our "adult" lives 6 years ago. I get to see them somewhat frequently but our whole group is rarely together. We just live different lives in different states, but no matter how long it has been, we always pick up right were we left off. </div>
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We were all able to meet up about a month ago. My friend <a href="http://punctuationmarks.wordpress.com/">Emily</a>, who we call Hill because it is her last name and we have two Emily's in our group, was in OKC visiting from Washington DC, Michelle was in town for a football game, Cathy is always in town because she lives in OKC, and Emily, we call her Dub, and I drove in to make it a short and sweet reunion. </div>
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We met up and ate at a delicious mexican restaurant, Ted's Escondido.</div>
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Michelle is engaged!</div>
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We had to drop Hill off early and decided to snap some photos before we said our goodbyes.</div>
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Then we headed to Cathy's cute rent house. Cathy is always renting the cutest places.</div>
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Check out this cute door</div>
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I loved the way Cathy displayed her things on this built in, so bright.</div>
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Then we had to part ways, fortunately I just recently spent the weekend with a few of those ladies at the lake and get to see them again in two weeks! More on that in another post!</div>
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This chalkboard project has been a long time coming. I purchased the frame last year from my neighbor's garage sale for only $8 but it sat in the garage for months, 13 to be exact.</div>
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The frame caught my eye as I as getting out of the car from a Target trip with my Momma. I loved it because it was very long and I thought I could hang it in my screened porch. </div>
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Here it is:</div>
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I was just going to paint it with black chalkboard paint and paint the frame red, my go to color, but then I found this.</div>
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Katie and I found this at Frisco Mercantile, I picked up a small can and brought it home with me.</div>
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First, I took the canvas out of the frame.</div>
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Next, I painted 3 coats of the chalkboard paint onto my pre-cut board.</div>
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My Husband tacked the blue board into the newly painted frame and we ended up with this.</div>
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Its been awhile since I first posted about our kitchen pendants that I got for my birthday. If you remember, it looked like this after the hubby put them up. </div>
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Remember our unpainted ugly ceiling with the gaping hole.</div>
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Well a few weeks later I just couldn't stand the dim lighting so we had 4 can lights and 1 pendant light installed.</div>
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And I did a last minute paint job just before my Brothers rehearsal dinner.</div>
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This is what it looks like now with fresh paint and the new lights.</div>
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We also got a light in the pantry, can you believe there was no light in the pantry?</div>
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It was so dark, impossible to find things in the evening.</div>
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Here is a close up of the pendant over the sink. I purchased this light on sale at World Market in March or April. I bought it well in advance because it was only $25 and I knew one day we would have a light over the sink.</div>
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And just for kicks here are a few new items added to our kitchen in the last few months.</div>
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Winking Owl cookie jar from Earthbound Trading Company</div>
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A few cute brightly colored kitchen tools to mix with my current red ones</div>
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Two planter baskets from Kirklands, I'm using one to hold fruit and one for vegetables. </div>
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Little yellow metal stool from Frisco Mercantile</div>
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Have a great week!!!</div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13807707288869574462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865839188769553389.post-21330884815522945382012-08-04T08:48:00.002-07:002012-08-04T08:51:25.855-07:00Lalaloopsy Party<div style="text-align: center;">
In May we hosted a Lalaloopsy party for a sweet little 7 year old. I was new to Lalaloopsy but after spending weeks getting this cute party stuff together I think I will change my name to Crafty Mcstitchy Pants. (for those that don't know these dolls all have really funny names like that).</div>
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Here are the details:</div>
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These were their sack lunches</div>
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Each girl received a Lalaloopsy shirt personalized with their Lalaloopsy name</div>
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We did their make up and sprayed their hair purple, some got curls</div>
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Lalaloopsy pinata, I made this by covering a baseball pinata</div>
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The cake</div>
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Cake topper</div>
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The girls showing off their skirts and shirts</div>
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Last spring I purchased a cute little yellow chair from a sweet lady on craigslist. Her mother had passed away and she was having an estate sale. She said the chair had hardly been sat in, really just used for a bedroom. So I snatched it up for $50 and had ideas of recovering it for my classroom. Well I finally got to it this last week and love the way it turned out.</div>
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Here is the little chair, already it was pretty cute but I teach Kindergarten and have an impulse to make everything super colorful.</div>
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After several hours of cutting and sewing and adding zippers to the back, I came up with this.</div>
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Thats right, my Anthropologie knock off owl from my post this morning got painted. About an hour after I finished my post I ran out and got some bright orange spray paint!</div>
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I taped off the eyes, which made the owl look sad and kind of like he was waiting for execution or like he got in a fight with another owl and got his eye scratched out.</div>
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Anyway I took him outside and painted him up!</div>
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I have loved this Anthro owl for a long time but I couldn't imagine spending $120 for it. I started looking at thrift stores and antique stores for a similar one to paint. Well what a surprise it was when I spotted this identical owl at Kirklands. Can you believe it.....Kirklands!</div>
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I think I will try to paint it like the Anthro owl but I haven't decided yet. It shouldn't take much, notice how the eyes are already painted with the same colors. And the best part was the price tag $18.99 whoop whoop!</div>
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My love for mason jars continues to grow! I first posted about mason jar wine glasses <a href="http://ashleysohhappyday.blogspot.com/2011/07/redneck-wine-glass-tutorial.html">here</a>. Today I am back again with another super cute mason jar craft.</div>
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<a href="http://princessandthe-p.blogspot.com/">Katie</a> and I went shopping for chalk paint at Frisco Mercantile last week. While we were there we went ahead and perused the entire store for uh I don't know a couple hours. While walking we spotted some very cute mason jar "water bottles". I took a quick photo with my iphone so I could recreate them later. </div>
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Also check out the cute soap dispensers in the back, I almost bought one!</div>
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Here is my version:</div>
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We have been going through the FPU (Financial Peace University) class at our church for the past 9 weeks. It has changed our lives to say the least. We are trying to pay off the little bit of debt that we accumulated during our first 5 years of marriage. Words of wisdom to newlyweds: Put it back on the shelf, you don't need to buy it, you can live on love alone. We went to an all cash system a few months ago and it has been really nice/hard. It seemed to go pretty smoothly until we had to take our dog (Leilah) to the ER because we thought she was dying of stomach bloat. Turns out she just had an upset stomach, sheesh there goes $250. </div>
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Anyway today I am going to share my envelope system.</div>
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I made these cute envelopes for each of our monthly expenses: Groceries, Dogs, Entertainment, Gas, Miscellaneous, and Fun Money.</div>
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All of the envelopes go into one large envelope (the green and white envelope)</div>
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And then that envelope goes inside a lady who swallowed a bird to catch a spider.</div>
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No actually we just keep them together in that large envelope until we need them.</div>
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If you are not familiar with how the cash system works, here it is.</div>
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Assign your money (every penny) to an area where you will spend it. When your money is gone for the month then it is gone, you may not use your money that is set aside in your checking or savings. </div>
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It works pretty well and helps you keep tabs on what you are spending.</div>
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I encourage anyone that has debt or just wants to save to use the money system, it can truly give you financial peace!</div>
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My parents decided a few years ago, when we moved into our new house, that they were going to buy items for our home each holiday and Birthday. They have been so amazing and furnished us with some of our finest things.</div>
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Here are some of the past gifts we have received:</div>
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Our dining set and plate rack</div>
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Our wood floors</div>
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Our lovely granite</div>
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My sofa table, which now is our console table</div>
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And the latest......</div>
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New Kitchen Lights, we got two of these red lights to hang over our island.</div>
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Of course a Baker project doesn't come without it's set of challenges.</div>
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My husband always says "I bet it will be pretty easy, and not take very long". This has become a joke because my husband started saying it when we revamped my brothers house, and of course it was difficult and took a very long time.</div>
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So here are the details of our easy and quick project HA!</div>
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These huge boxes arrived Tuesday, which was perfect because I had the flu and it brightened up my day just a tad.</div>
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The boys started the project Saturday afternoon by removing our old light fixture. This baby was screwed in securely to the ceiling and then caulked around the edge. I guess the builders in 1993 thought this would never go out of style and remain attached forever.</div>
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I unscrewed the screws while the boys held on tightly, in case it fell. We actually ended up prying it off with a scraper and hammer.</div>
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Then we were left with this. Notice the large gaping hole on the left where said builders thought the light would never come down, therefore no need to patch the giant hole they made.</div>
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The boys started removing the fluorescent lights by disconnecting all of the wires. My brother said he felt as if he was some sort of circuit board genius.</div>
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Then we were left with this lovely look</div>
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Here is a shot of our kitchen mid project. It was a mess!</div>
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Next, my husband cut two holes into the ceiling for the new lights. He and I spent about 45 minutes discussing how far apart we should hang them and how to precisely measure that. We had to take a break because we were getting nowhere. So off to the hardware store we went.</div>
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Once our heads were clear we were able to measure, cut, and my husband started to rewire.</div>
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Here is a work in progress photo, at this point is was probably 11:00 pm</div>
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Here is the finished product. This photo was taken at 1:00 am, once the counters were cleaned off.</div>
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Here is a shot the next morning, notice we still hadn't patched the ceiling. As of now the ceiling is patched and textured but we still haven't had time to repaint. We will also add four can lights to the ceiling later for more light. I will post a photo as soon as everything is complete. But for now, aren't they lovely!!!!</div>
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<br />Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13807707288869574462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865839188769553389.post-41646467729158366482012-04-25T18:14:00.002-07:002012-04-25T18:14:39.786-07:00Grandpa Son<div style="text-align: center;">
I am heartbroken, my sweet Grandpa passed away last night. He had surgery during spring break to remove a kidney stone. Little did we know that it was not a kidney stone, it ended up being bone cancer. After that he grew weaker until he finally took his last breath last night. His passing is particularly hard for me because I was so close to him. He was a hard working man, 78 years of age and in very good shape. He was a cattle rancher, a tile setter, and a pecan farmer. He got up early each morning and loved every second of it. He and I had a very special connection, I was his tomboy granddaughter. We fished, rode horses, shared inside jokes, and much more. I keep thinking that I will go to his home and see him sitting in his recliner welcoming me with "Hey big A" (his nickname for me). You will be missed more than I can express Grandpa.</div>
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Me and Grandpa Son (his nickname was Sonny)</div>
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<br />Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13807707288869574462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865839188769553389.post-12636425042804865572012-04-14T19:29:00.000-07:002012-04-14T19:29:28.854-07:00Teaching<div style="text-align: center;"> I hardly ever talk about my work life on here but I am today. I am a Kindergarten teacher for a school that I love. I have taught there since the school opened 5 years ago. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love teaching Kindergarten but this year has been very difficult at school for many reasons that I will not get into. I know most people think that teaching is probably extremely easy and so fun because we get the summers off. In fact I bet most people think it looks like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLuD-750Ex7KNMia8lh0JHOpU9JyEu0FKxJeYXzOZdDdEFCgtQ3DI4vjSO5comW7mSRpMpDviC_OXaAHyvibldUkXjyViPxkgNoMnGJSLZ51KhdvM96AeqHg5il9TDaJPEZ3SdREKnBM/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-14+at+8.47.39+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLuD-750Ex7KNMia8lh0JHOpU9JyEu0FKxJeYXzOZdDdEFCgtQ3DI4vjSO5comW7mSRpMpDviC_OXaAHyvibldUkXjyViPxkgNoMnGJSLZ51KhdvM96AeqHg5il9TDaJPEZ3SdREKnBM/s400/Screen+shot+2012-04-14+at+8.47.39+PM.png" width="363" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is actually the opposite. Now that technology has come into the picture teachers practically have to do a song and dance to keep the students attention. Along with this issue there is the greater issue of class size. What once was 15 kids in class is now 23 and up to 30 in the older grades. Also, now that kids are raising kids it usually is up to the teacher to give each child (23 of them) love, attention, social lessons, and state mandated curriculum, all while smiling every second. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was honored this school year to receive the Teacher of the Year Award for my school. I was truly shocked and taken a back. I still cannot believe it because I work with the best teachers out there. I kind of think it was God's way of telling me not to get down on myself this year and keep teaching those little ones who might not get all of this love when they leave the school.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghuUrP790QcT9yLd131Bq9VTpGzHOpzpSPemTDZN7Wu0qWXGlfQMi4FZyDlYEDXL781oOqgpZ3tbBnHLxV4mfjRUIzftLtLwh4CgoxsR1gpRIUZJfmCuBeo-zCmtBmnjnhmD5ePTsVxs/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-14+at+9.27.15+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghuUrP790QcT9yLd131Bq9VTpGzHOpzpSPemTDZN7Wu0qWXGlfQMi4FZyDlYEDXL781oOqgpZ3tbBnHLxV4mfjRUIzftLtLwh4CgoxsR1gpRIUZJfmCuBeo-zCmtBmnjnhmD5ePTsVxs/s400/Screen+shot+2012-04-14+at+9.27.15+PM.png" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lauren (left) so fun to work with and hang out with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And today is her birthday!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to all of my co-workers/friends that I get to spend everyday with, you make work so much fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SO GO HUG A CO-WORKER MONDAY!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Here are the details:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRc11Hj-Ep_O-gDss_yiY7w4gtp3OxpaJYHe-UDRHRwWqGxE89FlKBIAyJp5w8PZvUNPwkrPPDL7kyWUvZbok8SfPQIW4ZD3ukjiQB0MF13oF-WA_QWXjGHpCbrNsYp2XJgOCzSQioAg/s1600/DSC_0026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlRc11Hj-Ep_O-gDss_yiY7w4gtp3OxpaJYHe-UDRHRwWqGxE89FlKBIAyJp5w8PZvUNPwkrPPDL7kyWUvZbok8SfPQIW4ZD3ukjiQB0MF13oF-WA_QWXjGHpCbrNsYp2XJgOCzSQioAg/s400/DSC_0026.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sock Monkey from Target, the wagon was a toy I used with my dolls as a child</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Congratulations Green family, your baby boy is so blessed already!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span id="goog_393492809"></span><span id="goog_393492810"></span>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13807707288869574462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2865839188769553389.post-60620495973846392052012-03-13T20:43:00.000-07:002012-03-13T20:43:48.195-07:00Superhero Party<div style="text-align: center;">This past weekend we were hired to do a Superhero party for a very fun 4 year old.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the details.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLTeWUY7vDBp1atr8nJ770euoINzTji4yfxUK5NiuWuyMwbsg1rmZxh2sglSchwsEmPKddmHR-a1BfiBH0zLxVCyP2e466EPiQbzInhUSTDks1shqKG9OOoh1EiGzCiQjvEnK2mt1Gw/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oLTeWUY7vDBp1atr8nJ770euoINzTji4yfxUK5NiuWuyMwbsg1rmZxh2sglSchwsEmPKddmHR-a1BfiBH0zLxVCyP2e466EPiQbzInhUSTDks1shqKG9OOoh1EiGzCiQjvEnK2mt1Gw/s400/DSC_0001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each child received one of these batman buckets filled with treats</div><br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Super Pops at the Candy table</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiibqM3wypPAk3H3o2TwiCUV7mtvh7-IeYXdIFZhMhyvo5pq-8xb-eK4z983CnbNbeyMZ_RSXjqPvP1seal5h04ecsUuVnQ-axAXEkmG3AreY5W-x96Q2R1TixuxHqfjlAV4eeKfU9FBo/s1600/DSC_0043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiibqM3wypPAk3H3o2TwiCUV7mtvh7-IeYXdIFZhMhyvo5pq-8xb-eK4z983CnbNbeyMZ_RSXjqPvP1seal5h04ecsUuVnQ-axAXEkmG3AreY5W-x96Q2R1TixuxHqfjlAV4eeKfU9FBo/s400/DSC_0043.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our other game was an obstacle course. The kids loved this game, we played for a long time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhCwvrUAaOzi64qqkr2_YAWIOcVCx-MCYl5_ulx2HGJN9KfcO9ngQMj2x61_kacL_6VLgklXYn4uzAL6dN5o0E_e6Ns4a_NLyL1bdweycWExKmRBvZKO4A2o7ZnD9vBe79rR8da3uehM/s1600/DSC_0070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhCwvrUAaOzi64qqkr2_YAWIOcVCx-MCYl5_ulx2HGJN9KfcO9ngQMj2x61_kacL_6VLgklXYn4uzAL6dN5o0E_e6Ns4a_NLyL1bdweycWExKmRBvZKO4A2o7ZnD9vBe79rR8da3uehM/s400/DSC_0070.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last activity was the pinata, always a hit (pun intended)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnVS3dzuaY381ql3KA2uWgVtMWkA5jImOukdxnS1DRAbA3sUlmui4ydxWwjZsBjFVdmh0Z_-mxT1AGYeAVfmYdoKjhPOgww5K1X_jpWseOUc1ihOpnkO7ukiCtX5igC8XFNfza5KoG3U/s1600/DSC_0066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnVS3dzuaY381ql3KA2uWgVtMWkA5jImOukdxnS1DRAbA3sUlmui4ydxWwjZsBjFVdmh0Z_-mxT1AGYeAVfmYdoKjhPOgww5K1X_jpWseOUc1ihOpnkO7ukiCtX5igC8XFNfza5KoG3U/s400/DSC_0066.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Super C!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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