weekends need to be longer

taken 2 fridays ago.6 very happy kiddos.1 very happy ice cream truck man. kiddo #7 was with mom. we had mini popsicles for her.

1. today has been one of those very s.l.o.w moving mondays even though we ran errands all day.

2. got and ate the whole piece by myself after dinner- a triple chocolate torte with walnuts. [on the drive home had a 20oz frozen hot chocolate. talk about sugar overload]

3. kaylee has been sleeping in her own room for the past 3 days. [saturday night i slept with her because we were away from her all day. she stayed with some wonderfully awesome friends!]

4. i got her a spin art for sleeping on her own.

5. sunday we went swimming at my parents house. we invited some friends to join us. they invited us back to their place for some yummy homemade pizza.

5. saturday mike + i went to see a cubbies game. my parents had free tickets for the skybox. skybox means free food + drinks + almost private bathrooms. we are not cubbie fans so it was cool to see them lose secretly.

6. friday was mike's day off so he mowed the lawn- he's the lawn nazi! then afterwards we were suppose to go to the venetian festival but i could tell mike wasn't into it. we decided to get dinner at a marina instead. it was good.

7. searching for some green curtains for kaylee's room now. boy is her room super bright first thing in the morning.

8. this weekend a light bulb went off- i need to keep myself busy during the week and quit counting on mike to entertain me on the weekends because i will be highly disappointed.

9. he works all week so he wants to hang out with friends or family or at home. he doesn't want to go to ikea or venetian festival or the fair etc...

10. kaylee cracks me up. i was giving her words to spell in the car and she would ask for the definition. her words exactly. then tonight i told mike some jehovah witness were walking around our neighborhood so don't answer the door. she said that freaks her out a little. had to explain that sometimes we don't want to stand and hear what people have to say about their jesus. [thought she would understand that more than saying religion]

impressive backyard

i found some old pics of the house we were going to build and it makes me kinda sad that we didn't. [it had a HUGE pantry! love.] what sold us on our current place besides mike's man cave is the huge backyard. these two photos side by side is what it really looks like.

and if that doesn't impress you, maybe this pic from google map will. [click on it to make it larger]

i outlined our property. its a little under 2 acres and was the first house built in the subdivision. where it says fire pit- thats where the tent + mike is sitting in the second photo. and our front yard view is just as awesome- pond, woods and river.

pretty random stuff

1. yesterday afternoon we meet up with some friends from play group at our local "splash park".

2. before splash park, kaylee + i went for what was suppose to be a few minutes of shopping turned into 2 hours. our local department store was having fabulous sales on almost everything. {70%off!] picked up some tops for kaylee for next year. nothing over 8 bucks is a win.

3. also picked up new sheets and comforter for her room. [tommy hilfiger @ 70% off]

4. debated on saving it for christmas but didn't. totally brightens her room up.

5. going to paint the pink parts of her room to a green color and make her new green curtains. before and afters some day.

6. she's sleeping in it as i type this. *knock on wood* she stays in there all night.

7. thanks for all the compliments on the bathroom redo. love how i didn't have to spend much $$ on it yet it made a huge difference. [i do keep it pretty well clean. i have tons of storage space]

8. remember when i said if we ever get a dog it will be a bulldog? scratch that. i want this dog. via forty- sixth and grace

9. and i totally want to make these. i love meatball sandwiches- yum!

10. i missed my book club meeting tonight. suffering from sinus headaches all day, again. i'm at the point where i can't wait to see a doctor but the timing is bad.

*ahhh, finally. hamilton is home. i can go to bed now.

dream pool

love how simple it is. the only change i would make is to add built in steps going from one of the corners for easy access and for little ones to sit on. notice that there's plenty of seating for all of you to join me. [via laura day living]

my bathroom in progress

this is my bathroom when we first moved in. [hate it but love the space]

this is my bathroom with a hardware change thinking it might help some since mike was super keen in keeping it the way it is and i don't want to spend a lot of money.

and this is my bathroom since last weekend. view as you walk in.

view when you look to the left or walk out of the shower/toilet area.

still needing to add the hardware to the drawers yet. but i think it looks so much better. i'm on the hunt for white squared sinks, new mirrors- these are too fancy for me and shiny faucets besides new lights. i also would love to add these for the floors and for my shower to be tiled too and about a foot or two wider. [right beside the shower is a linen closet that i'm willing to give up space]

i love [summer] weekends!

1. my copy cat chalkboard. i moved it to my half bath that gets the most use by guests hoping they would leave us fun messages.

2. the blurred images are x-rated having to do with mike's boy parts. [his friends]

3. friday we had said friends over for a small cookout. friends we don't get to see often because of work schedules. i feel like i dropped the ball and didn't make enough food but still had fun anyway.

4. kaylee had a blast playing with 6 other kids. and us females had a great time kicking the boys ass in a friendly game of catch phase- best 2 out of 3.

5. and of course i couldn't be me without painting something. like having new appliances delivered the night before, cleaning house and cooking food wasn't enough. so i painted my bathroom cabinets. think they turned out awesome. before and after's soon.

6. saturday mike and my old boss's son went to take our old entertainment center up to mike's parents house and to take our old futon stored there, to my old boss's house.

7. we ended up spending the whole day in their pool and they took us out to hacienda.

8. sunday we went back to their house for a cookout. i ate way TOO much! i didn't swim. not because of no self esteem but because i feel uncomfortable in any of the swimsuits i own.

9. my new swimsuit came in the mail yesterday. love the top, not sure about the bottoms [sausage legs] but will wear them anyway. got my suit from here on "sale". [of course the suits i liked and more in my price range didn't have my size]

10. cleaning house today, hopefully to get some before and after's of the kitchen.

hello? anyone. anyone?

i feel so behind on this blog. [taken july 3 at my uncle's lake house]

1. friday gave up girls night so mike could go to the cubs game with my dad and a few managers from bdubs.

2. so kaylee and i had girls day which included shipshewana for pretzels and merry go round ride- kaylee's pick, some shopping, swimming and ended with dinner at a local italian place. [not olive garden]

3. saturday up to my uncle's house for a boat ride and fireworks by the water. is it just me or does everything seem better by the water?

4. sunday was fun but a long ass day. [left house by 11am and didn't get back till 12am] loved that we got to see some family + friends we haven't seen in awhile.

5. monday was recovery day [for mike] so we went to my brothers house to swim since he's on vacation. happy to have gotten rid of some of my indiana white.

6. while at my brothers house started to take notes. i love his house, its so rich + warm with fall colors and wall paper that works. and its cozy yet spacious. [his wife did it all]

7. makes me want to shop for new things like this bedding. i posted about it before and still really really want it. also new bedroom furniture, like the real amish made stuff.

8. yesterday was sort of back to normal. looked at my house with disgust because there's so much cleaning to do.

9. still not feeling so well lately- sinus headaches everyday! to top it off i now have poison ivy, sumac or oak- don't know which one and mosquito bites all over.

10. but i'm not going to let it get me down! too many good things going on- appliances are being delivered tomorrow and some exciting news for mike but still cant share yet.