whatever

the yellow striped floors.

the floors in this room were really beat up.
so i could pay a bunch of money to fix them OR i could have some fun with them for practically nothing.
i chose the second...obvs.

first i primed the floor with KILZ.
then i painted white stripes with the white semi-gloss trim paint that we had.
i just used the lines of the wood planks to determine the stripes....i did 8 planks wide per stripe.

THEN i added yellow stripes with paint from Ace Hardware called ButterCream. 

i thought "whoa that's bright" when i opened it.
yellow is a hard color.
so after i painted the stripes and let it dry a day or two i went back and it was definitely brighter than i wanted.
so...i took white paint and added water....maybe equal parts paint and water?

then i used a dry rag and wiped it into the yellow stripes. 

i wiped it on and rubbed it into the floor until it was the color i was looking for.
it was practically dry immediately.

much better.



this week i will put polyurethane over it and seal it all in.
and fill it up with beds again for happy craft weekend girls!

:)

happy floors.

 

 

 

 

my first INSTA-friday!!!

woo-hoo!!
now that i feel happy and comfy with using the instagram....
i can FINALLY join in with Jeannett for insta-friday.
:)

happy hour break for some....

 
letting the little girls choose everything we plant this year....

 

feeling sassy on my way to ball games....

 
loving God's word on Monday...especially verse 1!

 

getting ready to start painting the floor....scared of the brightness....

 

love.

i signed my three youngest up for swimteam.
i am super excited for them.

enjoying my last quiet, long, hot bath of the school year. 
hello summer.
i will miss the quiet but i am ready to chill with my kids.

 

at the kids' school they have a Clap Up to send off
the 4th graders to Middle school.
i could've cried.
it was totally adorable!

 

all the girls in annie's class were crying when they 
had to say goodbye to their teacher...
cutest tears ever! 

 

softball started.
it's pretty cute too.
everything little girls do is cute isn't it?!

 

while annie was hitting away i read my book and cried in the car.
(yes...i am still reading it....im only on page 30...but at least i haven't quit!)
(AND...it's so good.  i want to move to africa.  STAT!)

 

sean, annie and talby were looking at magazines at home depot.
annie said "this looks just like you and dad...in love and kissing!"  
awesome.

then we had a lengthy discussion on modern style verses traditional.
i loved it!
we compared kitchens in magazines and i explained what makes it modern and why.
they were honestly interested.  
also awesome.

 

i guzzled down a venti ice coffee on the way home from our errands.
in minutes.
so yum.
target was a happy place today.
cute swim bag.
cute table cloths. 
cute fur real friend polar bear for annie.
cute running shorts
(i don't wear shorts?!!!  i am nervous.  my little girls were shocked i bought them!)

 

 

so now i am linking up with my girl jeannett....

come on over.

 

promoted.

so this is it.
my last morning home alone.
and i am not even home alone...scott is here with me.
but you know what i mean...home without a child who needs me to get their breakfast and stuff.

i love summer.
but that first week or two is always an adjustment for ME.

scott was promoted out of eighth grade last night.
i took a few pictures at the ceremony but they were all blurry.

in my hair's defense....
we'd had 100mph winds all day and it was 100 degrees in that room...and fluorescent lighting.  

TWINS!  :)





i could've started tearing up at any moment.
like when he said "congratulations freshman class of 2013"  or when they gave out awards.
but i held it together.

this school year was excellent for all the kids in the new school but i think especially for scott.
it has been a really great year!
i am grateful for that.
these kids are awesome...such wonderful young men.  they are quite goofy....but wonderful.
i am so happy we get to watch them grow up together.

 

so....i guess i better do SOMETHING with my last 3.5 hours alone.
dishes?  laundry?  mop?  vacuum?

no.

a long hot bath....at the craft house....YES.