working around the house

Replacing the old nasty door trim with nice 1x4 boards.

We have already finished the hall doors :)

my handsome helper driving home the last nail

what I found when I pulled the kitchen door trim. hand painted ivy leaves.
who paints UNDER the trim!?

my helper dressed in-
river shoes
snoe gloves
beanie
hard hat
sweat pants and t-shirt
and his furry jacket
tools he required-
hammer and pry bar

french cane chairs

works in progress

52 week savings challenge!

I saw this going around on FB and then on Pinterest so I thought I would give it a go. Who doesn't need an extra $1,378.00!?!

source- stuckathomemom.com

We decided to up the ante and multiply by FOUR. A dollar for the parents and a dollar for each child. If we are faithful we should have  $5,512.00 come December and Hub's mandatory time off! We can take a real vacation or something!! WOOT!

I wanted a way to make sure we couldn't get to the money very easy so I chose an apple cider jug with a very small opening. I can just ease a quarter into it so shaking out money or trying to pull out dollars is not happening.

BONUS! Having a nice large glass container really helps to SEE the money building up. :) We are also adding in all spare change we find laying around... for non cash carrying people there sure is an abundance of it! LOL

So here we are... week TEN and I have only added to week EIGHT. I must fix that tomorrow.

Week number	From Date	To Date
Week 01	December 31, 2012	January 6, 2013
Week 02	January 7, 2013	January 13, 2013
Week 03	January 14, 2013	January 20, 2013
Week 04	January 21, 2013	January 27, 2013
Week 05	January 28, 2013	February 3, 2013
Week 06	February 4, 2013	February 10, 2013
Week 07	February 11, 2013	February 17, 2013
Week 08	February 18, 2013	February 24, 2013
Week 09	February 25, 2013	March 3, 2013
Week 10	March 4, 2013	March 10, 2013
Week 11	March 11, 2013	March 17, 2013
Week 12	March 18, 2013	March 24, 2013
Week 13	March 25, 2013	March 31, 2013
Week 14	April 1, 2013	April 7, 2013
Week 15	April 8, 2013	April 14, 2013
Week 16	April 15, 2013	April 21, 2013
Week 17	April 22, 2013	April 28, 2013
Week 18	April 29, 2013	May 5, 2013
Week 19	May 6, 2013	May 12, 2013
Week 20	May 13, 2013	May 19, 2013
Week 21	May 20, 2013	May 26, 2013
Week 22	May 27, 2013	June 2, 2013
Week 23	June 3, 2013	June 9, 2013
Week 24	June 10, 2013	June 16, 2013
Week 25	June 17, 2013	June 23, 2013
Week 26	June 24, 2013	June 30, 2013
Week 27	July 1, 2013	July 7, 2013
Week 28	July 8, 2013	July 14, 2013
Week 29	July 15, 2013	July 21, 2013
Week 30	July 22, 2013	July 28, 2013
Week 31	July 29, 2013	August 4, 2013
Week 32	August 5, 2013	August 11, 2013
Week 33	August 12, 2013	August 18, 2013
Week 34	August 19, 2013	August 25, 2013
Week 35	August 26, 2013	September 1, 2013
Week 36	September 2, 2013	September 8, 2013
Week 37	September 9, 2013	September 15, 2013
Week 38	September 16, 2013	September 22, 2013
Week 39	September 23, 2013	September 29, 2013
Week 40	September 30, 2013	October 6, 2013
Week 41	October 7, 2013	October 13, 2013
Week 42	October 14, 2013	October 20, 2013
Week 43	October 21, 2013	October 27, 2013
Week 44	October 28, 2013	November 3, 2013
Week 45	November 4, 2013	November 10, 2013
Week 46	November 11, 2013	November 17, 2013
Week 47	November 18, 2013	November 24, 2013
Week 48	November 25, 2013	December 1, 2013
Week 49	December 2, 2013	December 8, 2013
Week 50	December 9, 2013	December 15, 2013
Week 51	December 16, 2013	December 22, 2013
Week 52	December 23, 2013	December 29, 2013

decrappify 2013. baby steps y'all!

BEFORE- 3 drawers stuffed with movies!
thats the empty case trash pile growing on the right

AFTER!
ONE drawer of movies neatly in a multidisc DVD holder
 and
a few of my movies that don't "go" with the case

 Baby steps towards LESS stuff! This dresser has 6 drawers and 3 shelves. 1 drawer all nice and neat! Next I will go through the others and hopefully purge even more!

Blue and Gold Banquet

Our Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet was 2 weeks ago. We enjoyed good brisket and fixings along with yummy cookies and 'nana puddin'.  We then honored our Scouts and a local dad who was headed to the War the next day. The Pack presented him with a large wool blanket signed by all the families with best wishes and prayers. It was humbling knowing he is willing to lay down his life for our safety and freedom. Our prayers are for a soon and safe return home for all of our fighting men and women!

Here are a few random pics...

Bub and I waiting to receive his awards

he won 2nd place in the Pine Wood Derby!

so many patches, belt loops and a pin!

his awards

cake we won in the auction... we donated it to our fire fighters who had judged the cakes.
this one won 2nd place!

another cake we won. this is the first place cake :)



at the fire house the Tigers who went with us got to play fireman!



when Bub realized he was getting awards Dad was called up and poor ol' mom was benched. LOL



getting skinny(er)

ME

almost 30 lbs lighter

its fun trying on dresses that are a size MEDIUM!

I wish I had bought one of these but I'm still too afraid to be thin.

crazy huh!?

Valentine's dance

my sweet younger daughter



my beautiful oldest daughter

 Our local homeschool group had its first Valentine's Day dance. My girls rushed to get ready after just finishing swim (oldest) and dance (younger). I think they looked wonderful for the few minutes they had to prepare :)

I'm told they even danced with *gasp* boys! All friendly dancing in groups though :) No boyfriends around here!