Do it yourselfers

All you do-it-yourselfers might enjoy this. There are some really great projects to look into making.

No Access

Uh...I have been without internet for almost 2 weeks now. Our home internet has been out and my office computer is so slow and works 1 out of every 4 days; therefore, I have not been able to really use the internet. So, no blogging and no reading blogs lately.

Sadly, I don't have much to say and I don't think I have any new pictures of Sallie Rose. I have been very busy with our rental properties for the last two weeks. I decided I wanted to save some money on painting one of them, so I dedicated about 12 hours last week and weekend to doing just that. I also enlisted the help of Kevin and my friend, Natalie, to help as well. I enjoy painting, but it was a lot of work and I have had a crick in my neck since Sunday night. It's sad, but I am getting too old to do manual labor. The apartment looked great and overall I did save about $1000, so I would say it was worth it. It's worth it as long as you don't have to live with me and hear me complain for a whole week after about how tired and sore I am.

Sallie Rose is growing and changing so much. She is definitely getting a little more independent and a little bit harder some days to handle. She has started really trying to resist everything I ask her to do, but some days she is a perfect little angel. She sleeps in her big girl bed just fine. She loves to go to the potty and needs her "privacy" when she does it. I think she is also beginning to learn that sometimes she can get whatever she wants by making a really cute face and asking in her sweetest voice. It gets Kevin every time.

Here she is at her new vanity. I saw this in an antique store with our neighbor, Patrick, and I wanted to buy it. I didn't buy it and he went back and got it. Very nice.

Sunday lunch. Everyone was so shocked to see me with my hair done, because I never take the time to do it. My theory is that if I do it all the time, then no one will appreciate it. This way, everyone comments on it and we all win!

Daddy and Sallie Rose. Twinsies.

Weekend project

I don't get around to doing weekend projects much anymore, because I am usually consumed with housework that wasn't done during the week or I want to do things outside of the house.

This weekend I started a project and finished it. And I had fun doing it!

You can see it here.

The good, bad and ugly

I have been meaning to post about our Two Week Texas Tour Trip, but I have so much to say and some many pictures, I was a little overwhelmed. I will give a short recap on the good, the bad and the ugly and then I will post as many pictures as I can (there are a lot of good ones).

The good:

Lots of good things happen, but the best good thing was being with my family. This trip seemed to be a little less busy than usual. It probably didn't hurt that we were there for 16 days and we had a lot of time to spend with everyone. We swam, we boated, we played games, and best of all Sallie Rose spend a lot of time with her cousins: Ally, Maddy, Vin and Betty.

I also did a lot of fabric browsing and junk store browsing. I only bought a few yards of fabric to make some cute pillows, but I really enjoyed seeing a lot of new fun things. Texas has such a different style and I saw so many very creative, unique things that you wouldn't see anywhere else (definitely not in Savannah).

The Bad:

16 days is a very long time to be away from my bed, my husband, and a VERY long time to sleep in the same bed with a 2 year old who thinks sleeping sideways with her feet in your ribs is the way to do it. I was a little tired on some days, to say the least. It was all worth it though.

The Ugly:

We went to Amy's Ice Cream in Austin, because I love their Mexican Vanilla flavor and they have a playground. Well, Sallie Rose was in a particularly bad mood that afternoon and so was I. I asked Maddy to take her to the playground so she could get off my back. They were on the playground for about 5 minutes and I have to admit, I was not even looking out the window at them. Then, I turn to look and here comes Madison holding Sallie Rose with her face out and I was confused. Did she have a tee tee or poo poo accident? No, her face was gushing blood and she was screaming very loudly. I grabbed her and tried to find a bathroom. I had no idea what to do. Luckily, my Mom was there and she went with us to the bathroom and knew just what to do. Sallie Rose had hit her nose and mouth on part of the playground and was bleeding from both openings. After, many paper towels, Sallie crying and me crying, my Mom got the bleeding to stop. She didn't break anything or lose a tooth and we had no trip to the ER, but it shook me up and it shook her up very badly. We got over it in a couple of days, but that was Ugly.


Now the pictures:

Me and my lifelong best friend, hot cousin, Grace.

Me and my lifelong best friend, hot sister, Tara.

I love this: me taking a picture of Betty taking a picture of Sallie Rose.

Vin on the horsie swing.

Betty on the horsie swing.

Sallie Rose on the River Walk. It was so HOT.

Mom, Maddy, Sara on the River Walk.

Trying on Vintage glasses at Uncommon Goods in Austin.

Maddy as Mickey Mouse

Maddy and Ally

I wanted to do more pictures, but this blog is driving me crazy. I will do more pictures in another post.

Come on Vacation

Wow, I am so ready for Sallie Rose and my trip to Texas. I am a little apprehensive on how she will do for 2 weeks without her Daddy, but Mommy is ready to get out of town. Not that I wont miss Daddy too, but I know I will see him in 2 weeks, she might not understand that. She has not been that long without him. I am sure between aunts, grandmas, grandpas, uncles, and cousins she will be entertained enough to keep her mind off of Daddy.

We have no real plans other than to stop in Austin, Kerville, Llano, and Dallas. What we do in each of those spots is whatever we and everyone else wants to do. It is of little concern to me. I just know I will not be showing apartments, taking calls from tenants about their a/c, or paying 500 bills. Kevin will be doing my job while I am gone, so I am sure I will come back to a chaotic mess, but it won't matter until July 11th!

I am glad that the trip is upon us, because I have been really homesick and missing my family this week. I don't have much longer until I can drive them crazy with my overflowing love and happiness to see them. I hope everyone is ready! Here comes little sis, ya know the annoying one.

Honey's visit

My Mom, Honey, visited last week and we had a great time. I will not go into detail about how rude Sallie Rose was to her most of the time, because at the end of the trip she was being very normal to her. I think she might have been a little jelly belly of my relationship with my Mom. Who knows? Not me.

Family Reunion

We are headed to Atlanta for Kevin's Family Reunion. Exciting. I am actually genuinely excited for a number of reasons, one of which you can read here: www.redtopworkshop.wordpress.com. The other reason is because I love family. I love all families, yes even my own. I am sure there will be some funny stories to tell, but there will also be a lot of smiling coming from my husband's face. He loves talking about his family tree and the history behind his family. Plus, there will be 24 kids there for Sallie Rose to play with.

We had a great time with my Mom this last week and we are counting down the days until we arrive in Texas for 2 WEEKS!!! Yeah. Have a good weekend everyone.