Loving cable again...

Ok so haven't had cable at home in about a year now. We turned it off because we were paying soo much for it and basically didn't want to pay that much anymore. The cable company kept telling us they didn't have any promotions for us so we would have to continue to keep paying almost 200.00 a month for cable, internet and phone.
So we were really tired of just watching movies all the time. You know sometimes you don't want to have to sit there and watch something for 3 hours, we would just rather watch some mindless tv show for 30 minutes. So on Friday we got cable again. Plus in our room we got DVR. Which is where you can record tv, pause and rewind tv, and record shows for when you aren't home.
With it we got HBO and CINEMAX.
I am just really enjoying having it again. I feel like a little kid. :) I am watching a murder mystery case show right now. I have watched alot of HGTV and Food Network already. lol.
Just wanted to share.... oh the simple things that bring me joy. :)

Garage Sale Mood

Although I love going to garage sales, I don't often like to have them. They are a big deal to get ready for. Sorting and going through everything that you want to sell. Then what if you sit outside all day, for a mear $20.00....is it really worth it?
Well I am in itching to have a garage sale soon. I have been going through stuff and really want to have one now. I am in an organizing mood lately.
So I want to sell stuff like and old red rug we had in the living room, the old stroller and carseat that we got for Caleb (like new), the old highchair we had for both babies, we have BAGS and BAGS of old clothes from all 6 of us. Some purple pillows, so old frames from when I worked at Kiddie Kandids, some of the kids old toys that is taking over their room that they just don't play with anymore. I was thinking about selling the queen bed we have as well. Right now it is in the babies room, but just takes up way too much room. I want to get a bunk bed for their room soon. Some old dishes and most of the grape decorations I took out of the kitchen. Some old sheets and blankets that we have an over abundance of. Things like that. Oh I want to go through the pots and pans as well. They are spilling out of the cabinets and I seem to use the same ones over and over. I have some old scrapbooking stuff that I want to get rid of....Stuff like that.
Now it is the whole process of getting it all together, pricing it, and then commiting to it.

What to do with a tall wall

Well I mentioned in the post about rearranging that I knew what I wanted to do with that tall wall in our living room/kitchen area.

Ok I found this HERE on the Thrifty Decor Chicks blog. I love this idea. Here is a photo of her wall.

This is in her play area/loft. I am going to do this with our tall wall. Here is our wall.

I am going to be on the hunt for shelves like this now. I have two white ones, and if I can find 3 more that are similar...then I have got it. I can't wait to get it all together. I know myself and will probably not wait until I have all 5 shelves to actually start putting them up on the wall. I will also be on the hunt for tons of cheap frames (thrift stores and garage sales) to spray paint and add photos too. When I rearranged we had that black bookcase that had all the photos on it, but daily got rearranged by the two little ones. So they were usually just laying down on the shelves. Well this way I can still display them, and no little fingers can reach them. I love it. I also really like the framed monogram she has on the very top shelf. I am thinking along with the photos I want some M's to display. I have always liked the look of letters on shelves, and I think this would go great on these shelves. I know this picture of my wall doesn't even show exactly how tall the wall really is, but it is tall. If you look in the back of the photo, you can kind of tell how the ceiling slants up. Well it is tall and I have always struggled with what to do with it.

Kids just know.

Do you ever have one of those moments when your kids say something to you, and it is just the most perfect thing? It is like they just knew what you wanted them to say, without you ever telling them?
Just a little while ago, I gave little Jacob a coupon to throw away. He says to Caleb ,"Caleb, this coupon says she is the best Mommy ever."
It brought me to tears because it was like he just knew I needed to hear that at this exact moment on this exact day. Then of course he asked why I was crying and I told him it just made me so happy that he said that.
See the reason being is that recently someone told me that in their opinion I was a horrible mother, I didn't like my kids and I didn't deserve my kids, I was a *itch, and I am not nor would I ever be a mother to Ryan and Marcus. Well I could care less what other people think of me, but sometimes weather you believe the words that someone is saying to you they still hurt. As a mother we all know we question ourselves daily, and to hear that it stung alot. My response to these people was nothing. I chose not to fight with them INFRONT of my kids as they were yelling this at me.
If anyone knows me at all, EVERYTHING I do in my life is for Jacob and the kids. I wake up each and everyday and thank God that I have them all in my life. I would not be a complete person without them in it.
So as I sit here and type this (and cry again)... I just thank my child for thinking that. There is not many other greater moments being a mom as when you hear that from your child.
To those that said that about me, I don't care what they think and if that is they way they feel then they need no part in my childrens lives (ALL 4 of my children that is).

The Rearrange

Here is a picture of the kitchen table before. Hard to tell but the long part went with the long part of the kitchen.
This is an old picture of the living room, but pretty much how we just had it. The only difference was that we didn't have the fish tank anymore, and behind the couch is where I had my salvation army desk.

This is the kitchen now. So the table is turned in the different direction. The black hutch is now in there. I have decided that I don't like the faux brick painting on the wall anymore, and am ready to repaint over it and the walls in a lighter taupey tanish color.

This is now what is on the black hutch. All clear crystal stuff. The orange and green arrangement is my moms that she forgot at her party, and I keep forgetting to give to her. The top left crystal plate....funny thing about it is that it is plastic. lol. It just matched and looked nice when I was trying to find stuff to put up there.

This black bookcase used to be right on the wall when you walked in the front door. It had only pictures on it. But the babies were always touching them and the pictures were always knocked over. So now it has scrapbooks and actual books on it.

This is the living room arrangement now. The tv was in the right hand corner.

Here is where I moved the bakers rack in the kitchen. Don't look at the cabinets that still need to be finished painting.

Here is the entry way now. This table used to be right under the window in the kitchen. Since the table is turned it didn't fit. So now it is in the entry and I love it so much more here. This table was my grandmas and got it when my dad died. I am thinking about painting just parts of it black, but haven't decided yet. The candle holder is going black though. The arrangement used to have red flowers in it too, but I took them out as I am trying to windle away the red. My grandma made me the arrangement years ago.

Here is the living room view from the front door.

Here is the salvation army table now against this wall that the black hutch was on. I saw today what I am going to do with this super tall wall. Ill find the link and show you.

I didn't photograph my layouts yet, but I did get a photo of what I have been working on for a few days now. I got it finished tonight and got a few printed out. It is Caleb's 2nd birthday party invitations. I did it all in Microsoft Word, and printed them out on photo paper. I love the way they turned out. I am pretty proud of it actually. I kept redoing it over and over again, and just wasn't thrilled with it. Then this one just kind of all came together from ideas from different ones that I had done. We are having a Circus party. :) I can't wait. My mom is finding out about a clown. I think a clown doing balloons or face painting would be so cool.

We are having bbq beef sandwiches, beans and fruit at the party. Then for the drink I am doing something I saw in a magazine or online somewhere. They got sprite in a huge punch bowl. HERE (I found it) This idea was for 4th of July...but still I like the idea. So the ice cubes are different colors. It is just frozen gatorade. So to go with the theme of the party I am going to make them red yellow and blue. Then just put them in a huge bowl of sprite. I think that will be so cute. :) I am getting so many ideas. So here is the invitation.

We are going to a fish fry at my aunts house on Saturday and I am excited. I think it will be alot of fun. Even though Jacob and I have been together for over 10 years he hasn't met my extended side of the family and there are going to be alot of them there. But I think it will be fun. Something different we have never done. I am sure that I will have alot of pictures of it to share.

Off to put away some laundry and get into bed and watch shark tales with the babies. They always sleep with me when Jacob is on graveyard. lol.

Happy Memorial Day

What are you doing to celebrate today? Us...NOTHING. Feels good too. :) Jacob is on graveyard so he has to work tonight, and is sleeping today. So we are just chilling at home today. Seems to be the thing for us lately. I have been not sleeping well for the past 2 weeks or so, so I seem to be tired alot lately. Then all the other days off that Jacob had were spent working on the new boat, and getting it ready for last Tuesday when we took it out to Silverwood. (I think I'll share those pictures too). So this weekend and week are just spent relaxing. However, today when Jacob went to bed me and the kids compeltely rearranged the kitchen and living room. Yes I said kitchen too. I moved the black hutch into the kitchen, turned the table in a different direction, moved the bakers rack, and then moved all the furniture in the living room. We moved the tv back to it's original wall, moved the couch around, moved the bookcase. I have to say that I LOVE how it turned out. I really love the kitchen too. This original tan hutch that I painted black, has always been on this one wall in our living room. The wall that I have a hate hate relationship with. Our living room is a horrible shape, and this wall is there, but hard to put anything on. It really isn't in the kitchen area, but isn't in the living room either. So the black hutch has always been there, with a catch all of things. It had some candles, books, mini scrapbooks..like a mish mash of all things that didnt' really have a home. Well I scooted it into the wall in the kitchen and took everything off and just put back on some clear crystal things that I we have in different areas. I LOVE it. I will photograph it later when I can go in my room and grab my camera. I turned my kitchen table, and even though the chair by the window, doesn't have tons of room to be pushed in and out, there is still enough room that I can get in and out, so it is fine. It totally opens up the kitchen and almost makes me not want to move. lol. I will find before and after photos to show you here.

So on to the boat pictures.

Here is the boat that we bought for.... $400.00. We got such a deal on it. We had to drive to San Pedro to get it, and then tow it home. Then the mans wife works at the DMV, and hooked us up helping us out getting the paperwork done to put it in our names. We even got a forever plate for the trailer. Cool. So the registration and transfer for it all was only $148.00.

Here is Jacob out driving it at Silverwood Lake last Tuesday.

Here are me and the babies. We all wore tons of sunscreen and didn't get a bit of sun.

Here is Marcus lounging on the boat as we took a drive in it.

The kids loved playing in the COLD water when we weren't out on the boat.

Jacob was not afraid of the water as much this time, which is a big improvement from other water times.

Here is my handsome (and now REALLY REALLY tan) husband driving the boat. He was enjoying himself so much.

Here is a view of the water from the back of the boat.

I caught this rainbow as we were out on the lake as well.

We had a good time on Tuesday. We took the BBQ with us, and bbq's hamburgers and hot dogs. We took some chips and bean dip too and it was all good. (Ok...I brought ketchup and mustard that were almost empty, but it still worked out). We headed home about 7:30 pm ish. It was fun and I can't wait to go out again. We need one more little life jacket, since Walmart only had one in the little size that we need. But it was all good.

Happy Weekend

Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. We are still having connection issues, but I can stay signed on for only a few minutes at a time. GRRR.... Jacob is off tomorrow, and then graveyard again on Sunday-Wednesday nights. So for Memorial Day me and the kids will be relaxing at home and just taking it easy. I don't feel like driving or being out on the road. So today we have a few things to do and then we will just take it easy tonight and we are doing nothing tomorrow so I can stay home and scrapbook all day. I have some stuff to share, but I haven't taken pictures yet. I will share them next week.
Have a safe and sober weekend.

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Last Paycheck

Going in a few minutes to pick up my very last paycheck from Scrapbook Boulevard. :( I have layouts to share later too.