Two More Days!

I cannot wait until we go on vacation! I am so ready to see the ocean, the sand! I haven't updated here in a while, but there really hasn't been a lot going on with us...or actually there's been a lot of things going on but just nothing really noteworthy and important enough to comment on!

Jackson is of course growing way too fast for my liking. He is going to preschool every day and will start kindergarten in August. That just makes my stomach hurt to think about it. He's going to have a great summer! He's looking forward to the beach, but mainly because of a cool waterpark we'll be going to.

This was the Father's Day card we got for Tom. I was attempting to make him a sign from Jackson with all kinds of cute things on it that they do together, but they just weren't turning out right and I ran out of time! So he got a sad little t-shirt. :(

The Mount Juliet Heat was a team that Jackson played on outside of his "real" soccer team. This team was for a tournament of some sort and it was three on three instead of like seven or eight kids on the field. The rules were a bit different, but Jackson caught on and loved every minute of it! This happened a couple of weekends ago when it was blazing hot, but he didn't complain at all about it. He really enjoys playing soccer and we'll be back doing it in the fall!

I know this was a quick post with a smattering of info, but I hope to have more things to post when we get back from vacay! Here's where I'll be real soon.....

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Subway Art - Yes, I Made One Too

I have been coveting everyone else's subway art online in etsy stores and blogs for some time now, and always felt I could make one! I finally did it! I love the finished product and I cannot wait to make some more. This is 12 by 24, I think. I'm going to try black lettering with white background too. I have so many ideas that can be done, it's kind of overwhelming. That's usually when I quit doing things because I can't stand all the stress that being creative gives me! :)

I Heart Faces - May Flowers

This week's challenge on I Heart Faces (a photography website) is MAY FLOWERS. And while I am NO green thumb at all, I do plant something in our pots once a year and enjoy them until they die a slow, agonizing death due to neglect. :( Anyway, I really love the sweet potato vines and I am pretty sure the purple flowers are just pansies.

Click on the above "button" to go to I Heart Faces and see the rest of the entries!

Mother's Day 2011

This weekend was Mother's Day weekend, plus it was Tom's 40th birthday on Friday! So lots to celebrate. We had a get-together on Saturday evening with some friends for Tom's birthday and then a very low-key day yesterday for Mother's Day. Of course I did insist upon a photo shoot, which went pretty well. I did bribe Jackson with Marble Slab ice cream, but I say whatever works, use it!

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Tom got me a clicker thingy so we could take pictures via remote control. So I set the tripod up, got the settings like I wanted, and we were able to take some family pictures! Pretty cool. Jackson loved the clicker thingy.

My beautiful boy on Mother's Day!

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Random side note, this is the semi-finished chair I've worked here and there on. I hope to finish it within the week and move on to something else! But you get the idea of the finished product from this picture...

We've been staying busy with work, soccer, beginning of summer things. I am hoping to get someone in here to paint the living room within the month. Then after that, I'm wanting to start pricing granite countertops. It's always something!

I Heart Faces - Pets

The theme this week at I Heart Faces is Pets. And I knew which one to enter when I read the theme. This is probably my favorite picture of Buster ever. I'm pretty sure it was taken the day I brought him home from Love At First Sight, the pet adoption center. He was five weeks old. I took this with a little point and shoot.

I took probably hundreds of pictures of him over the ten years we were lucky enough to have him, but this one is the one I always go back to. He's been gone for about nine months now. Unreal. I miss him every day.

Buster

Guess Who Lost A Tooth?

Well, since it would be kind of tragic, and gross, if Tom or I lost a tooth, the likely answer is Jackson! His school called me on Tuesday and told me he had a collision with his friend and his tooth fell out in his hand. I think he was a little scared because he wasn't sure if he should cry or be happy about it. The tooth had been loose for a while, and it was the one that had been capped and was becoming kind of unsightly due to the porcelain rubbing off on it. So I'm glad it's gone!

The tooth fairy made a visit to him for the first time and gave him a $1 gold coin and a gift certificate to Dairy Queen, which Barney has already eaten. I guess I'll make good on it, though. He got up the next morning and told me: "I didn't want to look under my pillow because I wanted to make it last." I guess he was just so excited that he wanted to keep the excitement going!

WHY CAN'T I?

That's a question I ask myself ALL the time after looking at the 30+ decorating and craft blogs that I read daily. I always feel like such a loser after reading them. They're always taking some broken down piece of furniture they got at a yard sale for a penny and making it brand new looking and amazing! And every time I read those, I think, "Why can't I do that?" Well, there are many reasons, but firstly, I'm kind of lazy. Secondly, I'm a perfectionist and I usually can't make it look perfect again, so I quit. And thirdly, as mentioned, I'm a quitter.

But recently I jumped on the French Provincial chair redo bandwagon and so far I am really happy with how it's looking. Now, it took me half a day to figure out how to get the bottom off the thing and I really can't believe I didn't quit it then. But I forged on and started painting it. I really do love that cane on the sides of it. And it is looking so good! It's raining here, so I doubt I'll paint today, but I hope to have it all painted and ready to start the re-covering this weekend.

FIDDLER'S GROVE

This blog has been neglected for so long and I have a lot to post, but I have a lot to do today, so it's going to be a short one. I took Jackson out to Fiddler's Grove this week to take some pictures of him in the little madras tie that mom made for him that I love! Here is a little collage I made of the day. He looks just so grown up in these pics. He is starting kindergarten this fall, he lost his first tooth, I guess I should start packing his suitcase for college!

SHISHIN'

I've probably posted this before, but if I haven't here it is. I love this video. This is when Jackson was about two and it's just awesome! I wish I had a time machine to go back to this time and scoop him up and squeeze him!

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