Darling Teacher Gift ideas for Future Reference

I thought you creative girls would love to store these teacher gift ideas away for the time when your kids go to school. This whole blog site has great gift ideas, but I really love these teacher gifts ideas today so I'm sharing them with you!

The kid picture embroidered is my fave but I also love the crayon initial too. Such creative people in the blog world!

Go to this site: http://creativeholidaygiftideas.blogspot.com

Decorating on a Dime

I thought you all might be interested in this video, especially you, Katie since you are recovering a dining room chair, which highlights inexpensive design ideas. There are probably better ones out there, but this was good practice for me to add a video to my post (although Chris did have to help me. Maybe next time I can do it on my own!)

Also, Kathy wants you all to guess where Michael might go on his mission. Guess a country and a state on her blog which is: tweety-rospo-show.blogspot.com

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Big-E and Nana Create BIG Surprise for Max and Cooper!

Dear Max,

We are so glad you are coming to our house later this week. Big-E has been busy creating a new SANDBOX for you to play in. Nana went to the store to buy you some fun toys for the sand. And we have a new swing set.

We can't wait to see you!

Love,
Big-E and Nana

House FINALLY Gets Fresh Paint

I thought you might want to see what a new coat of PAINT looks like at the house. The changes are happening slowly -- so many other things to do and so little time -- but I fully expect to finish painting the outside of the house before it gets too hot this summer.

First, the 11 year old house needs a good cleaning with the power washer.



There is certainly a BIG difference between white paint and NEW white paint.


A freshly painted ceiling fan and light fixture.



That's me - getting lots of ladder time.