Lovin' My $10 Table

I found this poor little baby at a thrift store a couple of weeks ago and it was only $10! I had no idea where I was going to put it, but eh what the heck, ten bucks, come to Momma!

Once I got home with it I was looking at it thinking, ok maybe I could have done without this one, I didn't know if there was any hope for it. I thought maybe I'll just paint it and give it away or sell it...

So I let it sit.

Then this past week, I has cabin fever so bad from being in the house, snowed in all for days, that I went out to the garage and just started sanding and painting. And I didn't stop, well that is until I just couldn't paint anymore because it had to dry. Of course, I didn't take a picture of it before because it was one of those spur of the moments things, but it was an icky oak color that all the furniture used to look like. That same color. Everything was that color.

I painted it white first, Country White to be exact. And painted again, then again.  Then I got out the sandpaper and started distressing that baby everywhere I could. Then I applied a Dark Walnut stain on it, then rubbed it back off to give it some more character. The handle was brassy colored so I just simply spray painted it black a couple of times and then...

I fell in love with it! No way is this thing going anywhere but in my house! I will find a place for it somewhere!

I heart this one too...

Now I just need to go looking for a place to put it...

hmm...

I've turned into a furniture hoarder.

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Kirby

An Anniversary Letter (kinda) to My Hubs

Hubs, Hubbie, Jeffrey, A-Hole...My Love,

So yes this is coming a day late, but you know how I am and I tend to be a little on the late side of things sometimes. I procrastinate. I get it from my side of the family. Instead of writing this yesterday to you, (might I add on Groundhogs Day, LOVE that we got married on Groundhogs Day! Come on Spring!) I was curled up in a ball shivering from how stupid cold it is outside or playing with my I-pod. (Your fault, you got it for me, you should have known...but I do love it, since you ruined my last one!) 3 years....Feels more like 9 sometimes, I think you could agree with that! We have accomplished more in a 3 years time than it takes some couples to accomplish in 9 years! Ya know kinda like having 2 girls that are 13 months apart.

What the heck were we thinking????

We weren't but I wouldnt take them little hethens back for nothin! They look and act just like you. Very scary sometimes, I feel like you never leave the house because I have them here and the way they look at me sometimes makes me want to scream, you tend to give me the same look when I'm getting onto you about something! But you are such a wonderful Daddy to them and they love you so much and Riley, she wants to be just like you and watch and do the things you do. I could maybe one day be watching yall on WWE the way yall love to watch that together and go see them (while Mommy is left at home)! As long as Riley never drop kicks me, then we'll be good!

I love how you grow out your hair in the Winter time, because its makes you warmer, really I think you do it to irritate me because you know I love your hair short. So that's why I just cut 4 inches off of mine.

I love how you don't make me mow the yard because you have a "certain" way of doing it. Really I just love that I don't have to do any yard work but water my flowers, and you even do that for me sometimes too!

I love how it never fails, every morning, there is a wet towel, boxers, and undershirt laying on the bathroom floor. I've only told you 500 times how easy it is to put it over the rack and put the clothes in the dirty hamper, but for some reason it goes thru one ear and out the other. You do it to irritate me, huh? It's a joke to you I think...That's why I leave my Uggs right in the way of the door so you either A. trip over them or B. trip over them.

I love how you gripe about Homer constantly and say we don't need a dog, we have 3 girls, but really I think you do love him and he's a boy, he's on your side! I see you walk over there and pet him and talk to him. Yall are homies.

I love how you work your butt off at work and the minute you walk through that door instead of sitting down and doing nothing, you can't, because I'm walking out the door for work and you have your "little drama queens "(more like devils) that still have to finish eating, be dressed for bed, there's bound to be a poopy mixed in there somewhere, and tucked in every night and your still smiling when I walk thru the door that night happy to see me even though you would rather be passed out asleep. 

I love how you "forget" to take out the trash, especially on the mornings it's really cold or rainy. I time it, I know when your walking out the door that morning for work, you know it's trash day but your acting like you don't, because about 30 minutes later I get a phone call from you saying, "I'm sorry I forgot to take out the trash..again" I know buddy, it's already done, now I'm laughing because you are so predictable! Forgot the trash...puulease...On days it's nice it's always done though, so thank you for that.

Really though, I love you for just being you. You always think of us before you think of yourself. You're a hottie. You make each day worth getting up for. You actually do read my blog, so that's why I'm writing this to you. You love my cooking, even if I sneak in pasta here and there. You drink way too many Pepsi Throwbacks-pure sugar, honey, I guess it gives you energy! You let me decorate the way I want, and you laugh when I bring something else home to fix up, instead of gripe. You compliment me. You love me, I see it, yep you love me! Your stuck with me, so you better love me! I ain't going no where! I am very blessed to have you in my life and I love you more and more each and every day.

At the Bed and Breakfast in Tulsa, how relaxing and quiet was that??? We need to go back...

Yep at Rocklahoma, your gonna kill me for posting this pic...Hehehe. That day was not as quiet as the B&B was a few hours earlier...

My Shaggy for Halloween in 09', uuhh I was so sick that day, it was awful....

Good ole dating days...not so sure I remember this pic..Oops. Sorry.

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Our "wedding" day.

(We did a fast wedding, spur of the moment, before we moved and I was preggo with Hayden and refused to walk down the aisle preggo, so our good friend was a preacher and married us, with no family, so Mom and Dad you are not out the woods yet, I still GET MY WEDDING! 5 year anniversary. That means ya still have 2 more years before I GET MY REAL WEDDING! Hubs...that goes for you too... 

And here we are now...

3 years later.

Happy Anniversary babe!

I love you.

And your a hottie.

Love, Your Wife

My Thrifty Candle Holder & Snow...Again...

Snow...

Hmm...

I am kinda not liking snow anymore. Boo on me, huh?

Of course, it's beautiful, but the inside of this house is not when it snows out. I don't know why but all of us get major cabin fever and want OUT OF HERE! Maybe it's because we know we can't. BUT I plan on making the most of this day, or 3, as it's looking right now, and getting some stuff done around here! You can't really tell right now because I have been on the computer all morning long, Hubs is playing his X-box and the girls are strangling each other.

Perfect.

I went to Goodwill Monday to see what I could come up with before the snow storm hit and found a really cute candle holder for $2.00 and it already had the candles in there. I painted it black to match the rest of my kitchen and put it in my window above my sink. I love it!

$2 for all of that!

I already had the black spray paint so there ya go! You can't get any cheaper than that! They might as well had just given it to me, even the lady checking me out was saying what a good find I had found!

Hehehehe...(My evil laugh...)

Sadie is one up on this snow day, she's walking around the house with her hat on.

I love her little hat, I want one...

And this is what is looked like out in my backyard about an hour ago.

It's still coming down and the snow is higher now.

*sigh

Ok, well maybe I will get all bundled up and go throw a snowball or two.

That sounds like a plan.

Hope yall have a great snowy cold day because it looks like everyone is getting in on this one!

Stay warm!

Kirby

Cheap-O Cute Decor and Shelf!

Well it's been one of those weeks that kind of just swept me off my feet with so much to do here and there that I'm wondering what the heck happened to it? Really, it's already Sunday? It's already the end of January, what happened to the past month?

But with everything that has been going on I did manage to do over my shelf that I bought from the thrift store for $3. I knew it wouldn't take to long to do so while the kiddos were napping (Thank Goodness!) I grabbed my Diet Dr. Pepper and skipped out to the garage. When I bought it (Yes, I did forget to take a picture of it beforehand, dang it!) it was a light blue color, banged up and it actually had some different colors on it from I don't know what on there, I really don't want to know what had been on there, but I knew it just needed some paint lovin! I didn't sand it down or prime it just scrubbed at it a bit to get it clean and let it dry, then I took some of the brown paint I had left over from my side table and painted it. Let it dry, then painted it again. After it had dried I took the sandpaper to it and gave it a distressed look to have some of the blue peek out from underneath. Ta da! All done with that!

Ok, now can I express enough to yall how much I HATE to hang a shelf! I hate it, hate it hate it! The plan was to put in our bathroom because I have one wall I just can't figure out what to put on there. So I hung it up and put my decor on it and was like "Dang! That looks really good, I think I'll move it into my bedroom instead!

So I did...

I went thru the hassle of hanging the stupid thing again, completely aggravated by this time, but it was worth it because I stepped back and loved it in there! Now on with the cheap decor I have on it, I absolutely LOVED this idea from this blog Thrify and Fabuless! She had went to Dollar General and bought clear candle stick holders, a hurricane vase, rocks and a white candle and put it all together and it is FABULESS, just like her blog! (To learn how to do it just click on the her link, easy peasy stuff right there!) So I took my butt on down to Dollar General and made one myself, I love it so much I'm going to make another one! Total cost for it all was $2.50 for the vase, $1 for the candle stick holder, $1 for the bag of rocks, and I already had a white candle here, so $4.50!!!! FANTASTIC!

I went to Hobby Lobby this past week to ya know "browse" around, but you know how that goes, kinda like going into Walmart, you have to buy something and never leave empty handed, if you can do it, then God Bless You! Because I can't! So I came across this sign that said "Grow old with me, the best is yet to be" Aww that's so sweet, huh? And it would be perfect-o on my shelf!

I have a feeling the best is not yet to be just yet, I smell a little baby girl running around here laughing, and it definitely is not roses that I'm smelling....*sigh.

Ok back to the decor...I don't want to disgust you any longer...

While I was at the Dollar General I came across some fake...umm.... I guess I'll go with grass and sticks...for a dollar each and was thinking, yep, I can do something with that! I bought another hurricane vase from Goodwill a couple of weeks ago for $1 and so I put the rest of my rocks in there, I need to get some more of them things, I guess I could walk outside and gather some, but ehh to much work...I'm lazy today. I put them in there with my "grass and sticks" and there ya go, $3.00 for the whole thing! I placed it on my table next to my bed and there is a 97.9% chance it will get knocked over from little hands grabbing at it but I like it to much, I'll take the risk, luckily it's so cheap it can be replaced if need be...*sigh again...

So here they are...

Just simple and clean, yes that's me and Hubs-kissy, kissy...Riley totally grosses out when she looks at that pic. I love it! I'm actually going to do it over black and white and get a different frame for it. Any other ideas of what I might could put on there???

My cheap"grass" vase! I like it...!

Look now it might not be there tomorrow!

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Have a grand 'ole day!

Kirby

Gotta Love a Red Lamp!

Last weekend I did over a side table for my living room because it was too dang dark in there with only one lamp. Ok yes, I am kinda like a vampire, I like everything dark but when I turn on the lamp and it really doesn't help out to much and I have to squint to see what I'm reading, I need another lamp! So that is why I was on a search for a new side table, so I could add another lamp to let in a little more light in there. And to save my eyes from straining...

I hit up Goodwill once again on a hunt for a lamp. A cheap lamp that needed another chance of life! And I found her! (Yes, she's a a girl!) Sitting there lonely, banged up, paint chipping, silver grossness color and leaning without a lamp shade. Calling out to me...

FANTASTIC!

I paid $2.00 for the lamp and a new little dress for her (the lampshade) was only a $1.00! And I LOVE  her new dress! I didn't have to do a thing to the lamp shade! I already had a light bulb laying around so $3.00 for lamp! Ya can't beat that!

She was a little banged up at the bottom and leaning so I got out the hammer and hammered it back in where it was all jacked up looking and tightened it back up again. I knew I wanted it to be red (I have a red accent wall in my living room so I needed some more red to pop out in there somewhere) so I bought some red spray paint in Cherry Red and painted her all up with 3 different coats and then rubbed a Dark Walnut stain on it and rubbed it back off to give her a little more character and this is what it came out to be:

I Heart it!

This is what she looked like before:

Eek! Silvery grossness right here...

I bet the people who donated this didn't know she just needed some lovin' to her to make her brand new again!

I actually loved the red lamp so much that I was sitting there admiring my new one and looked at my other lamp that was in the living room, I didn't say a word, got up unplugged it, put her under my arms, walked outside and painted her up also! I mean why not??? Just picture her being gold before...

I added her on top of that new side table I did, and I just love the red on top of the brown color! It makes it pop out a little more! Perfection!

What do you all think?

I'm looking around my house seeing what else I can take outside and paint...I'm on a painting rampage and can't be stopped!

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Have a great day!!!

Kirby

Baby it's cold outside...

Well yea, that's an understatement if you ask me. It's only going to get colder and I get pretty moody when I'm cold. Why? I'm not so sure...I just know Hubs stays glued to his Xbox and stays out of the the way. Hayden isn't in such a good mood herself, maybe because her hands almost froze off playing in the snow. Even more reason for Hubs to want to stay in another room, he's surrounded by moody girls all the way around.

Poor guy.

Maybe I'll go make him some cookies in a little bit, you know my way of saying, "Sorry, yes, I'm cold and moody" without just really coming out and admitting it to him.

I woke up to snow this morning and a foot in my face (who else, Hayden of course!), we got alot less than we were supposed to. Which is good, because even with a couple of inches were always stranded at home because of where we live. It consists of going down a steep hill and back up another one and I'd rather not pay my $500 deductable for sliding into a tree or feeling like I'm on a rollercoaster just sailing on down the hill...

Man I am crabby today...I apologize. I'll make you some cookies too.

We did go outside for a little bit though. We had that good fluffy snow, perfect for sledding, so that is just what we did! My dog, Homer, was going full speed and hopping all over the place in it, he kinda looked like a big ole white rabbit in the woods, then Hayden chased after him and feel face first, which resulted in her taking off her gloves, then her hands almost falling off, and then a nervous breakdown happened.

Time to go back in the house!

I did manage to get some really cute pics of them though. Sadie missed out on all the fun, she was napping, but I don't think she would have really liked it anyways, she's kinda weird like that and would have probably had a nervous breakdown herself. It's too cold for that cuddle bug to be out in that anyways...even though my cuddle bug has not been so cuddly lately. Shes been a butthead! (Yes, I did just call my baby a butthead) She fed Homer her Pop-tart this morning and then got mad at me because he ate it. I don't like a 1 year old pointing her little chubby finger at me and crying. I actually was kinda starting to convince myself I took the pop-tart away from her and fed it to him.

Oh man, it's only 2 p.m. It's going to be a long day...what to do, what to do...

Well here's one thing I'll do, I'll share my pics with you all!

Well there they are, my little snow bunnies. Were actually supposed to get another snow storm on Sunday, we'll see how much we get out of that one!

I'm going to make some cookies now and go redeem myself.

Kirby

The crabby one...

My First Side Table Redo!

Yep, that's right, my first table, ok well, side table redo!

I am totally stoked!

I have been on a hunt for a new side table for my living room for quite some time now and everything I was coming across either

1. I didn't like it.

2. Ain't no way I'm paying that much for it! (Yes, I brought out the "ain't word for this one!")

3. Ain't no way I'm paying that much for it!

I'm cheap.

I never even thought of going to a thrift store to find furniture and just redo it myself. That is until I clicked on a blog, which led to another, and then to 356 more. Then the light came on in that ole noggin of mine,

"Kirby, get your butt down to the thrift sore and find you a piece of junk and do it yourself you crazy kid you!"

So I did!

I found me a side table for $15 bucks. All banged up and no knobs. Sounds like a winner to me! And the thing is heavy! It took 2 of us to get it into my trunk. But I sure was grinning the whole way home.

Of course I couldn't wait, every time I walked out to my garage it was looking at me wanting to be prettyfied (not so sure that is a word, but I'll take it!) and in my house where it was warm! Saturday was actually half decent here, not to cold and the snow had melted so I went at it.

I cleaned it up, I sanded, I primed, I painted, I drank a glass of wine while I waited, I painted again, I attached my new knobs (my favorite part of it), and I moved her on in...and I cried tears of joy. Finally a side table, it won't be so dark in my living room anymore. One side table wasn't cutting it.

Please note: No, no one got hurt in this process, that is not blood, it is red spray paint for another little project I'll be showing you soon!

Once again, no one was shot in this process, even though a little birdie did leave me a little treasure on top it when I got back home and I was not to happy about it, I let it live...

Ok, another note...I don't kill little birdies...

Looks like a little white puffy cloud kinda, I ran out of primer...

And here she is! (Go easy on me, my first time remember!) I was going to distress it a little bit, but then I kinda just like the clean look to it so I left it alone. I'm quite happy about it. And I can't wait to do more! I dream of thrift stores now!

I have looked through so many blogs and am truly amazed what y'all do to them! A real inspiration if you ask me!

I am linking this up to

 for the first time! Can't wait to see what everyone has done this week!

Have a fabulous day!

Kirby