Whatcha doing? Me? Oh nothing. Just making ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SUGAR COOKIES!!!!!!!!!

You know how somethings never quite work out like you envision them?


Like sitting around all week working on homemade Christmas gifts with the kids in a spotless clean house? Oh why do i dream?


Or playing games with the kids all Christmas break in a spotless clean house? Why do I torture myself so?


Or reading out of the scriptures with children quietly listening to my every word in a spotless clean house? Why oh why?

Or making art projects with a pin where you poke it in black paper and then hang it in the window for the sun to show off your little Christmas design....in a spotless clean house? Heavy Sigh.

But one thing I was not going to let die without a fight (and I think it went pretty successful) was the Sugar Cookie Decorating Bonanza. It was our first year ever and it took days to prepare. Days to make the dough, refrigerate the dough, cut out the cookies,

and bake. My mom handed me down the cutest cutters ever. My mom use to have Sugar Cookie Decorating Bonanza for us as kids all the time which included squirting mouth fulls of frosting in my brother's mouth....what? He'd ask for it!

Anyway, fond memories of it as a kid. For some reason I am always trying to recreate those.

So we had a pretty good time decorating.

We (okay...COREY!) had a mini sprinkle throwing food fight. We laughed over Bo who made cookies with piles of sprinkles on them. Piles. Kate was super happy frosting and "sprinko spinko" ing her cookies. It was a little bit of Christmas bliss. And just look at our super cute cookies! 130 of them! Now frozen since we couldn't (shouldn't) eat them all.

(My favorite)

Corey's Steelers helmet!

The end!

"A cowboy without his hat is a like yodle without a hey he hoo!" How annoying is that 20 times a day!

I am not sure why it happened this way. I guess I must love Toy Story paraphernalia. But Bo ended up with almost every single present: Toy Story. I am sure it was more for me than him since he was terrified during the movie, but I couldn't help it. It was all so cute. Toy Story bed spread and plush dolls, Toy Story 3 movie, Toy Story Lego set, Toy Story play set, And Toy Story Woody doll.


LOVE HIM!

But later I really started regretting the Woody doll.

You know how you are just looking for that one "it" present that your kid would just adore? And if you knew what the "it" present was ahead of time you could save yourself a lot of the hoopla? Well after I bought the woody doll I realized I had been suckered in by the thrill of a sale and he probably would end up unplayed with... just like Incredible Hulk was a few years ago. And Bumble Bee. And The Fashion Run way Design Set.

But happily I was wrong. Bo is LOVING his "cowboy".... See?

Justine and Corey caught Bo writing his name on the bottom of Woody. With a ball point pen. We gave him a Sharpie to make it official, Woody has a boy! Happy days.

UPDATE: Some things are just too good to last.

A naughty big brother propelled Woody down the stairs. A heart was broken tonight. It was mine. I couldn't find a replacement in town. I shouldn't be so indulgent. But I just can't stand the thought of him having that bad memory. Rhett or Bo. Plus he was loving Woody so very much. It was his "it"toy. Don't tell Corey, but I am going to check online. I almost cried. When Woody died. :) :(

Appreciation for husband, Sunday, the 46th

For some reason I have had a really hard time figuring out our Christmas routine. When I grew up we had a really nice dinner Christmas eve. For some reason that didn't work for me so the past few years we have been having clam chowder, like Corey's mom did. It seems weird to me because it it different, but it works.

This year I ended up also making like 5 appetizers on Christmas eve day and we enjoyed those for three days. I told Corey from now on all our meals are going to consist of appetizers since those are the really good foods anyways.

One year on Christmas eve we wanted to watch a movie so the kids picked the new Planet of the Apes movie. (I am frightened and curious as to why we even owned it but apparently we did) Now crazily and sort of horrifically we (Corey and the kids) watch that every year. They look forward to it. It is weird but now it is a "tradition".

Growing up on Christmas day we went right to business seeing what Santa brought us and listening to the Mannheim Steam Rollers. Santa usually brought us a variety of things and my almost very favorite ever gift was the Barbie Motor Home. I cannot tell you how much I loved that Motor Home, which included bunk beds built on the side of it.

When I started having kids I didn't want them to think some magical Santa made all these fabulous toys appear. I wanted the kids to know that hard work brought them here. So Santa just brings one item and the rest is wrapped under the tree. I don't know if I am doing it right. I have had a hard time deciding how it should all be.


Which brings me to my appreciating for Corey. For years Corey has annoyed and driven me crazy because I felt like he was torturing the kids. He WILL NOT LET US OPEN PRESENTS FOREVER! Christmas morning we get up, check out what Santa brought, feed pets, sometimes he showers, and then we have a full fledged breakfast and cleanup before we can get to the important task of opening the presents.

Who does that? Anyone else? I mean lets get on with it already....(Although I really think he is just doing it how he grew up.)



So....this year I appreciated it a little more. And the more I think about it...a lot more, even though I doubt the kids are. But I think it is teaching us to slow down. To savor the moments. To breath deep. To abstain from the crazy Christmas morning feeding frenzy. And it makes the morning last longer. Which I love, seeing as we do a ton of work for it.


So there you go, I admit it...Corey has some good ideas.

Merry Christmas! Hope your day included some favorite moments also!

Favorite quote of the day....

Justine totally appalled!- "Strawberry short cake has hair extensions?????!!!!!!!!"

Sadly my friends, she does.

Favorite shallow moment of the day.....

Burning my kids twice at UNO. Uh huh. Oh yeah! I am the Uno master. Uno is a long lived tradition in my growing up days. I STILL have my feelings hurt from when my dad and brother use to gang up on me.

Favorite realization of the day... I was very happy when I opened my eyes and we had slept in until 7:00am.

Over all favorite gift of the day.... $4 dollar dress up shoes from Wal-mart. Kate adored them. Wore them the entire day.

And we were all amazed at how well she could walk in them!

Favorite touching moment....

Opening my present from my sweet girl, Justine. I LOVE reptiles and amphibians. We are so excited for Nathans Birthday because we are getting a bearded dragon. Anyway, a few months ago I was in Wal-mart and they had this glass display case with frogs and lizards and they were so cute. I told Justine if dad asks, (which we all know he won't ;) Just kidding, I promise! ) I want these. Well, apparently she made Corey take her to the store and she was broken hearted because all the lizards were gone. But they still had tree frogs. So she got me one. I HEART it with all my HEART. I think it is so cute. And it was so touching she used her own money and remembered I wanted it. After I opened it and was so shocked she had remembered I look at Corey and he was all teary eyed. He thought she was so sweet also. I want to collect them all now.


Favorite sweetie pie of the day....

I worry about Rhett because his ADHD meds keep him eating very little and sometimes I worry he isn't feeling well. He came up the stair holding his stomach and I immediately asked if he was okay.... His reply with a sweet smile, "I'm just so happy!"

Favorite New jogging shoes... (and he is off jogging now but won't wear them. Says he needs to break them in)

Four more Favorite things to mention....

Loved my calligraphy book mark from Kassidy, so sweet, and loved another day full of building Lego's! Loved dinner with my parents where my mom left us all the food she brought. She is so kind. Loved that my dad loved and laughed over the cheesy imitation "chia pet santa" Nathan gave him.

Favorite quote of the day..... by Thomas S. Monson "The spirit of giving gifts has been present in the mind of each Christian as he or she commemorates the Christmas season. Our Heavenly Father gave to us His Son, Jesus Christ. That precious Son gave to us His life, the Atonement, and victory over the grave.

"What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. It was said of Him that He 'went about doing good.' As we do likewise, the Christmas spirit will be ours."

Today I was thinking how the excitement goes away so fast on Christmas day. As soon as the presents are opened the excitement ends. And it made me think it is because the focus is not on Christ and His present to us. This year I did really bad on that (more to come on that topic). I hope to improve on that next year. I am grateful for chances to "redo".

I'm sure I'll have more to document later...Like 130 awesome sugar cookies, but for now, Merry Christmas!

Yea! I am not just lazy! Nor do I have a TV addiction!

Good news around here! Sort of.

The other night I almost passed out. It was really weird. I almost felt frozen. And I felt twinkly in my head. I thought, "great! I have a brain tumor". My mind ALWAYS goes to the worst possible place. Always.


So after that I just figured my Peanut Butter Panic addiction (by the way, people! Ever since I have mentioned my favorite kind of ice cream, it has been sold out. And I really don't want any other kind. And they only sell it at Walmart! Is it possible you all are eating my ice cream? Well, Stop it! I am going to have to tell them to order more) has finally led to diabetes. Stupid diabetes! #$^&@! It is a plague in our family. It haunts us from both sides. My children won't stand a chance if they don't be vigilant.


So since I get freak out easily I immediately made an appointment with the Dr.

Today I got my blood work back and she asked me if I had been tired lately. Come to think of it I had!

But I just thought I was getting old. Or lazy. Or addicted. Because lately I will do a little work, sit and watch People's Court. Do a little work, sit and watch the Real Life House Wives. Do a little work, sit and watch Ghost whispers. I was starting to feel REALLY REALLY bad about myself that I was lazy and addicted. I use to be able to clean the whole house in one day with no issue AT ALL.


And also I didn't want to get diabetes right before Christmas! Talk about major bummer!

So the good news is I am not diabetic. Yea! Also, I am not fat and lazy. Okay... I am not lazy. And I probably am not addicted (jury is still out on that one).

I am vitamin depleted. I have no iron. As in... no iron. And no B-12. And no other important things. And my super cool lady Dr. was super impressed I was still up and going because my levels were so low. Like really impressed. So now I get to take major iron and give myself b-12 shots. And hopefully I will be back to my speedy self soon. Because I really felt better about myself then. Before I was tired a lot. Which I just thought was lazy.

In the mean time, I think People's Court just might be calling my name!

I fall a lot. As in... a lot.

I have a slipping, tripping, falling problem. I just do. I have long since excepted it, and there is likely no changing it.

The family all know it is an issue with me. I have finally trained them all that it is rude to laugh. They usually stifle it now long enough to find out if I am okay, and then they laugh. Which is still rude.

Corey usually yells at me when I fall. He does that though. It is weird. When someone gets hurt in the family, or falls, Corey yells their name. He isn't really trying to be mean. It is just his first reaction.

Lately my boys are the sweetest things in the world.

Over the period of one night which included a very strangely rainy, slushy day, and one freezing night, our whole city has become a sheet of glossy, beautiful..... ice. Ice spread across whole parking lots in areas. Very dangerous for people of the falling nature. Such as.....me.

So my sweetie boys have been right on the ball escorting me into the church, into the car, into the house, where ever I need to go, one of those little guys is trying to hold me up or offering me their elbow. They have been taking great pride in their "job". It is heaven to me since raising kind men is one of my ultimate goals.

I was very sad today when I went in town without my gentlemanly suitors. I was leaving my destination and.....wham. I fell. On ice so glossy I didn't even notice it.

No one was there to hold me up, yell at me, or even stifle a laugh. It was a lonely, pitiful little fall.

It made me all the more thankful for sons who care to hold their mom up. Falling or no falling, I am blessed.

Appreciation for Husband, Sunday, the 45th

Ah Ha! I caught him!!!! He is having fun!!!! See the proof?????

Oh, okay...he looks a little bit in pain here....

but in this one... a genuine laugh!

Corey HATES social events.

Hates them as much as I hate that NO ONE (but the one cool kid in the family, Nathan) will eat Spanish Olives with me. I seriously have a little love affair with Spanish Olives. They are delectable!

One time when Corey was unemployed he went to Sun Valley for two weeks to run a computer store. It was a trial job to see if Corey would like it and if it would like Corey.

Let me just say....it did not like Corey.

When he came home for the weekend he looked weird. His face was all wrinkly. I said to him, "What is wrong with your face, you have new wrinkles or something..."

Exasperated but humored he said it was because he had to smile so much and be friendly to all the customers and his face was tired from it. He was exhausted from all the niceness. Needless to say, he didn't accept the job. Ha ha.

Anyway....I asked nicely if Corey would go to a party (I quit forcing him like 15 years ago) and he said yes. We went to a friend's house for pie and games. And I appreciated it so much because when he won't go, I feel weird going without him and I miss out on lots of friendships.

Also, he said he would go again to another party tomorrow night! Score!

Thanks, Corey.

Just a little something beautiful for Christmas...

"Simplify your Christmas by embracing the spiritual side of the season. The gift of Christmas isn't wrapped up in presents or parties. The gift of Christmas is Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten of the Father, the Son of God. As you follow Him, you put people first. You may spend less time in lines and more time serving others. You may spend less money on - and more time with - the people you love. You may lose yourself and you may find everything else that matters." (http://lds.org/topic/christmas/)

Khronicles of Kate....

Kate's life in crime has begun early.

I had some really great coupons for Bath and Body Works. And you know I love that lotion. I feel so spoiled when I put it on.

So after shopping and smelling the smells (which makes me so happy) I checked out....only spending one dollar and getting five dollars of lotion in return! Yea me.

As I am walking out the door Kate hands me another lotion bottle (travel size, which really isn't that small). I hand it over to the clerk. I walk through the mall and almost out the door when I see she has another lotion bottle! So I start to get suspicious and under her little bum and fluffy coat I find another lotion and a small hand sanitizer! Little stinker.

Hey, a life of crime is exhausting!

Kate told Corey she was going to draw a carrot and then whipped this cute little veggie out!

Love it!

To death!

As in I think there was no cuter carrot ever drawn in all the existence of the earth! Ever.

I know you agree.

Angels among us! On a cold night in a snowstorm...

Corey's been jogging consistently for about 9 months. He has lost 40 pounds.

He is a die hard with incredible drive. It is actually pretty annoying.

He has had a few funny experiences though.

One night he was sprayed by a skunk...

One night he scared some other walkers so badly they fell down (scared by his heavy breathing)...

and one night a cat pounced on him and hung on his leg for a while.... (cats are funny creatures)

He jogs in an area where they are building homes and there are only a few families living around there. There is a paved road like a track so it is perfect. You know, if you want to jog an hour straight.

One night during the frigid cold, he was out jogging and a neighbor yelled at him to go home and threaten to call the police on him. Kind of cute, they are watching out for him.

The other night he went jogging in the snow as usual. He goes at night, and after a few times around the "track", in his self made "lane" which he won't waver from becasue he is OCD that way, he sees a bag which he originally thought was another skunk, but it wasn't.

It was a sweet little offering from kind neighbors, who had snuck out there while he had jogged a few laps... and left it in his trail.

He was pretty happy and touched about it. It is nice when your hard work is appreciated. (Not that I would know, ha ha)

Think Santa should bring Corey a new pair of running shoes? His feet keep getting wet!

The bottoms are bare, no tread...

Also incredibly cool...Corey found access to the Book of Mormon for his MP3 player. He listened to 14 chapters. Great... now I really have to step up my game.

Let go my Lego... Ha ha get it? Like Eggo? only Lego...nevermind.

We have been having a Lego bonanza at our house. And it makes me proud. Every single one of my children (minus Justine) has spent time in the boys room where all the Lego's are spread everywhere, creating Lego masterpieces.

Bo is honestly creating cool little cars and robot things. I'm so proud!

The rest of the kids were thrilled that I still had the directions of how to build the Harry Potter Castle and they having been searching diligently for all the pieces that have been mixed in with the rest of the miscellaneous Lego's.

When you sit in the basement office below their room it sounds as if there is a machine up stairs because of all the raking through the Lego's. Music to my ears!

We have never owned a PlayStation, Wii, or any of those video game machines. The kids do manage to spend plenty of time wasting time on computer games though. Some of those are educational so it isn't too bad I hope (Buy Zoo Tycoon, so fun). They also have one DS they sometimes play games on. But usually when they beg for those video consoles I just tell them I want them to be using their brains and not glued to video games.

I want them to write and draw and read and shuffle through Lego's all day long. I want them to know what it is like not to have to be glued to technology all day. It is mostly working. Although the older kids do love their face books, and Kassidy loves her Ipod. It is defiantly a challenge in our crazy techno world, to try to stay unplugged.

So... when I hear the Lego start to shuffle it makes me super happy.

I loved it when Nathan (nearly 12) sat on Santa's knee and told him he wanted a Star Wars Lego set instead of a video game. My heart soared.

Favorite memory of my brother...when I was a girl my brother was the Lego master. He actually uses Lego's somehow in his job today as a design engineer. I still remember and love his Lego pop machine invention. You pull a little knob and little "pops" would come out. I need to get a pattern for that. Wendy, if you read this will you make him give me one? You are probably the only one who can accomplish the task. Thanks. I'll be waiting,

Anyways, love Lego's. Love dresser tops FULL of special Lego creations that can never be thrown back in the tub of Lego's.

Love children asleep with a bag FULL of Lego's that they want to keep separate for whatever reason. Remember I told you Bo was a hoarder?

Dinner work party! Love it!

Thursday night Corey's work is taking us out to dinner for our Christmas party. Yeeeaaaa. I am so excited. Here are the reasons why...

• Corey's employer actually is just"sending" us out to dinner. They live in another state so they don't come. That means you can order the most expensive thing and not feel weird. When ever Corey and I go out to eat I always order frugally and have water. So it is super fun to splurge guilt free!
• This is probably the most "gourmet" place in town. Like the rich people in Hollywood eat. Like where you pay a fortune for food and then there isn't even anything on your plate but what is on your plate must be the best possible mouth full ever.... (I wouldn't know...yet)
• I really care about trying new things at these fancy places. I would never order steak. Boring. Trying interesting foods is exciting to me. Not Corey. He is already freaked out about the menu choices.

So let me share with you some of the menu choices I am considering. (Corey found a menu on the Internet because he is worried about it)

Pan-Seared Scallops with slow-roasted mushrooms, celery root puree, and mushroom jus.

hmmm .....celery root sludge...I mean puree. What is that? Is mushroom jus...."juice"? Serious though, this is probably what I will order. Slow roasted mushrooms sound so good.

Parmesan Napoleon-polenta cakes, artichoke hearts, poblanos,Parmesan crisps, goat cheese, Green goddess dressing.

I had to google half of these. Polenta Cake is like little dread. Poblanos is peppers of some kind. The artichoke hearts is what attracts me to this.

Wild Caught Salmon with roasted beets, quinoa and truffled beet emulsion.

I love beets. I need to google quinoa. I just cant decide! Salmon doesn't excite me terribly but the menus choices are sort of small.

You can also get a lobster tail on the side with your meal and something I am dying to try is Bacon Wrapped Dates stuffed with Parmesan. 1$ per piece. And Bacon wrapped scallops served with 'angry' mayonnaise. 1$ per piece. That 'angry' mayonnaise just really has me curious! Hot I am assuming?

And what do you suppose macerated cranberries are? That is going to come on my salad.

Something I will NOT try is Lavender Lamb Lollipops. That sounds grody despite the balsamic, which I do enjoy. Mostly just a poor name choice, I think.

Alright, I will let you know what I order and how it goes. I do hope I have a chance to sneak a picture of my food but I am kind of thinking... not. Darn.

Crap! Corey just texted me and there has been a change of plans. Now we are going to Texas Roadhouse. King of steaks. Booooooo!!!!!!!!!

The new Grandpa is a hit!!

I mentioned my mother in law got remarried.....my kids have been so excited to get to know and visit their new grandpa.

And I know why.

The kid's new grandpa is the kind of person who makes you feel important about yourself. And the kids are feeling that. He asks about them and the things that they are interested in. He spends time looking at their drawings. He tells them that their work is clean and good and he hasn't seen that before in a nine year old. *wink*. He looks at their calligraphy telling them that that is a true form of art work. He already comes to their recitals. He looks you in the eye and listens. He's huggy and lovey. Even thought he is a famous artist he just thinks he isn't any big deal.

I think we are going to keep him.

Too bad we have to share him with his real grand kids.

And too bad I didn't bring my camera to take cute pictures of our family dinner. It was Aunt Sherri's birthday. And she gave us a present! She's nice that way. Carolyn (MIL) made a great meal which Corey informed me was his favorite. Who knew?

Homemade fried chicken with gravy and rice. I swear in all my days he has never told me that before.

We also had to crack up at Uncle Frank tonight. He makes us laugh. We were cracking up so hard that new grandpa was cracking up and we liked that.

At the dinner table Uncle Frank went into la la land and zoned off..... Staring into space. Kassidy, the super loud snapper, snap right in his face (he eggs them on so bad, so all is fair in love and war between him and my girls) and startles him to attention. Staring straight ahead he says "fruit trays"! We laughed and laughed. New grandpa laughed. Uncle Frank's hot sauce laughed and turned red. It was a fun night. Family is a good thing. Heavenly Father is a smartie.

By the way Uncle Frank said "fruit trays" because he was thinking of something he needed to bring to the church Christmas dinner.

And when ever I tell people how to make Wingers sauce I accidentally tell them to buy Uncle Frank's hot sauce.

And to top off the night on the way home I sang my guts out to my most favorite song ever. "Hands" by Jewel. I want that sung at my funeral. For reals. Don't forget.

Oh yeah,... it is so fun to have a real life artsy person in the family! It is so foreign to us. I loved that the kids were exposed to that. They got to see Dale's (new grandpa) work room and the humongous painting he was working on and selling and all these little tubes of real life artist paints from a real life artist. It was awesome.

Appreciation for husband, Sunday, the 44th

Yesterday I was very grateful to Corey for making a special trip to put gas in my van. I really like that. My old fashioned feminine side just doesn't feel like I should have to do something dirty and grungy as that. It is a boy's job. Really. I believe that. Sorry.

Corey's dad always made sure his mom's car was filled with gas. And on Saturdays he would wash and clean the car for church on Sunday. Wow,,,,! Huh? Corey really doesn't get too close to my car because I am usually growing fungi in there. We spend a lot of time driving around and eating in that car.

I honestly remember that after my father in law died that my mother in law didn't know how to put gas in the car because my father in law had always done it. I just love that.

Haaaalllleeeelllllluuuuiiiiiiaaahhhhhhhh!!!!

Is that disrespectful? Cause I really want to shout that out right now!!!!!

My son came home from preschool with some sight words he was supposed to memorize. So I taped them to the wall and quizzed him and......

Haaaalllleeeelllllluuuuiiiiiiaaahhhhhhhh!!!!

He read "like" and "see"! Honest!!!!! He did!!!!! The heavens opened and light shown down on him and the angels sang and I was ecstatic! My kid can read!!!!!!!

We have continued to practice and he knows all six of those sight words. So, with another round of kindergarten he should be a pro.

(Remember he is in developmental kindergarten right now because of speech delay and his birthday is so so close to the school cutoff of when he would go to kindergarten so he is the VERY youngest in a class so I am going to have him repeat it. whew, long sentence.)

But while I am thrilled for Bo I am saddened because in the back of my mind my heart breaks for my little Rhettie who is still struggling along at a first grade reading level due to his dyslexia. What if his baby brother passes him by? That will be a heartbreak. Wah.

But Rhett is making progress.... and on to more important things...he made two baskets in the basketball game this morning!!!! So you know, if the reading thing doesn't work out he always has that as an option.

One day he told me he was just going to be like dad and not read. I had to explain to him that dad could read, he just didn't. There is a difference. And then I am annoyed at Corey for not reading when he can! If you can you should. It is just rude to those who can't!

Also, I am excited about Rhett's Christmas present. Since he can't read this I am safe to write it, right? 8 books and 8 audio CDs to go with the books of "The Magic Tree House". I am hoping to teach him how fun books are so his desire to read will grow. Plus, research shows that children hearing men read does something good for them but I can't remember what. So hopefully they are read in a man's voice.

Next week I will share with you the AAAAMMMMMAAAAAAZZZZIIIIINNNNGGGGG book I read.

My kitchen!

I have ugly oak cupboards. I don't remember ever liking oak even when it was popular. I may have but I don't remember it and I definitely don't like it now. And my ugly oak cupboard are getting worn.

I have seen people stain theirs black and paint theirs black and paint only some black. And I do enjoy black. But my kitchen is small and I think it will be too dark and dreary. And if I am not going to be comatose then I think I need to see white. White and bright. So when I saw this kitchen... (from my favorite blogster decorator people, whom I think I am friends with but really am not...http://theletteredcottage.net/ but I ADORE everything she does. ADORE!)



I decided that it was the one I was going to model mine after and I was completely FLOORED to realized she just painted over her old cupboards... Seriously? It is the same kitchen! Do you believe me? It is!

So that is what I am going to do. And I actually really like how she painted the bottom a grayish silver. I can't decide if I should do it or not because as you can tell from past posts I am way low on cupboards compared to her but I love her gray. And I want those exact knobs. I actually just want to be her and move into her house. (With my kids and spouse of course)

And I am going to add the little "supports" that look like they are holding up the cupboard. I like them because they look farm houseish to me. I am not a decorator so I have no idea if that is "the look" that they are but that is how they look to me.


And I WILL be having bead board as well. But I will get to that later.

And I LURVE... (don't you totally hate that blogging term? I do! I despise it. But I feel strongly about this next topic so I am using that word.) I luuurve how she left a cupboard open with all those wonderful white dishes. I know that maybe that is not practical in a house such as mine where practicality must out win anything else, but I am going for it anyhow.

And I am going to do that right here...

I am going to put the microwave above the oven and let this be an open cupboard with maybe a pitcher and a gravy boat. And I want it to look JUST like HERS!

So there is my next plan. I was thinking today if I quit blogging about it and just did it I might have the time.

And even though Corey will fight me on it, I want to copy her bed room design as well. Don't you just love it?

Before

After

Happy Sigh. I love that look. Go check out more of the bedroom... http://theletteredcottage.net/category/master-bedroom

Bye!