Fabric Garland

Ta-da! My Rainbow fabric garland is complete! Simple, and cute. I think I will use it in my classroom after I use it for Charlotte's birthday party!

unfinished projects

I really do not have anything truly life changing to report. Things have been pretty unsettled here in the Adams's household for a few weeks. Jordan has won 3 trips to Napa Valley this summer, A friend of Jordan's came to stay with us, Me getting all of my thyroid testing/whatnot done... blah! anyway, I have many GREAT ideas that I have somewhat started, but not finished... which truthfully drives me a bit insane.

My current projects:
1. Charlotte's 1st birthday party. EEK! My baby is growing up! I have decided that I like the rainbow theme... I am not one to really like a true "Theme" ( I don't like clothes with characters on them or whatnot) But I figure with the rainbow idea, I could do a lot of things in solids, throw them together and make it look somewhat professional...hehehe
             I have started looking around for some things that could be cute for her party, and of course "pinned" a TON of ideas... every time I go out, I pick up something, then just throw it in the closet...
2. Science notebooks. School really is about to start again. And when you have to do 80 of anything, it takes quite a while.... hence, I have started back to school stuff.
3. Decorating our master bathroom. Mostly done here, just looking for something else.. not quite sure what it is yet... but I am sure when I see it it will just JUMP out at me : )
4. I decided that I wanted to make scrap fabric garland, to hang in my classroom, or for Charlotte's birthday... or both... so I have all of that laying around as well...
             Seriously my ADD is starting to set in... must finish SOMETHING!


Oh! And we go to Orlando the start of August... Finally going to see Harry Potter World.. I am so unbelievably excited, I can barely stand it!

I promise... when I finish my first project I will zap a picture of it, and post it for all to admire ;)

Emily

Trying something new

It has been raining in Houston continuously for almost a week now, and the forecast says that there is still a weeks worth of rain ahead... all of this staying indoors has got me cleaning more than my crazy amount of normal.... Which led me to my bathroom. (or spa retreat... a girl can dream!) I am for the most part disgusted by my bathroom... I mean, men are gross! My shower in particular... I clean it often but the grime (a word like grime should never be associated with a ladies bathroom...) just never went away.... which led me to Pinterest... I made one of those homemade bathroom cleaners today that every week someone I know posts. You know, the one that promises even the most frugal of moms can enjoy a naturally clean bathroom.. Vinegar and dish soap... sounds easy enough... so I try it. I only had the "crisp apple" scent of soap which is lime green. When mixed with the vinegar looked like sludge. I went TO TOWN spraying down the tub/shower/sinks whatnot... with the sludge. (By now my bathroom looks a TON worse than it did before, only now it smells like a combination of beer battered fish and chips with malt vinegar/dying easter eggs/hint of granny smith)

Results- The tub was SPARKLING! cleaner than I have ever seen it before! Yay! With the shower however, I did not have much luck... I just don't think my sludge was strong enough for the amount of soap scum I had accumulated, and I just resulted back to my trusty clorox. (which added a sterile smell to my beer battered fish, chips and malt vinegar/ dying easter eggs/granny smith)

After all that cleaning it was time for some self pampering...

One thing about Charlotte going to bed in her own room, is that she is ready to be put down and have me get out of her hair around 7pm... LOVING the down time/breather I am getting in the evening... gives Jordan and I a chance to eat dinner/watch tv/ or make cookies at 10 pm... (like I did last night.) BUT, Jordan is out of town for a trip that he won with work.... so it is very quiet around here tonight. I didn't know what to do with my time! This NEVER happens! So I decided to give myself a pedicure (Because Lord knows I need one) and save us the 40 bucks this month. I even made a foot scrub, soaked my feet in salts... mmm.....

It was nice, but it was a lot of work! First off the scrub (honey, brown sugar, lemon, olive oil) was VERY messy.... Yes, I got it all over my freshly cleaned tub...sigh. And some how I think I have honey in the crease of my elbow.... don't ask me how that got there. This recipe PROMISED I would have feet ready for summer.... nope. Just oily honey scented feet. It was relaxing though just sitting there in the quiet, reading, waiting for the salts to "attack my dead skin" And I do feel like my feet are a little softer. Always good. But there is something to be said about just going and getting a pedicure... and one of those is not having honey in awkward crevices of your arms : )

Emily

The VERY simple things

Does anyone out there get as much satisfaction as I do about throwing things away? For the past couple of days during Charlotte's nap time I have been organizing different drawers/closets/cabinets and have thrown a TON of junk away. (Its almost like I was a drawer hoarder..eek!) But I found myself OBSESSED with it! Everytime I threw something in the trash bag it was like a victory! Then I couldn't stop! I was searching everywhere for stuff to throw away... I guess I just liked the control of it, and of course, organizing is one of my top favorite things to do....I am not sure if this is normal. I don't think many other people enjoy cleaning out the cabinet under their bathroom sinks as much as I do... and I am ok with that : )

We have had a really great couple of days. Today is the first day I have gotten out of my PJs in the last 3 days. Charlotte and I have just played. We played outside on the deck, looked over our alphabet flash cards (Yes, she REALLY loves it) wrestled on the floor, read books, EVERYTHING. I loved it! When school starts back up again, it will be hard on the both of us I think.

Jordan and I have been talking about refinancing our house... which got us thinking about how long we will really live in our current house, which made me semi-obsess over the HAR website...There are probably 1,000 houses for sale in our area, and I have taken a virtual tour of every single one.... crazy, I know! Once you have seen one, you basically have seen them all... but I can't help it!

Tomorrow is Mommies night out with some of the moms in our play group... dinner and a movie while Dads stay home with the babies! Excited!

Have a great weekend!

Emily