Prom is coming!!!

My post is a little late but I have a good excuse.

Cole is my first born child and this is his first Prom!  He has a sweet girlfriend named Tristynn.  So at our High School it has become a tradition to do cool stuff to ask the person you want to take to Prom.  So we made this cute banner!  He was so excited (it was so cute)  So in the dark of night while she slept we went to her house and put the sign in her yard

Sorry for the crappy pic (Camie is the photographer not me)

He had a lot of fun!  He sent me a message from school saying she loved it this morning when she went out to leave for school.  I  hear all the neighbors and her parents loved it too!  So I was sneaking around last night instead of making my post.  But I’m soooo happy to make memories like this with my son.

 

What I'm loving Wednesday

                                                     This is my first time  participating doing this, but Im on a roll so why not!!


1.   The Texas Rangers starting off with a 5-0 start.

2. Iced Lattes

3. NO Softball or Soccer today- just hanging out relaxing with the kiddos

4. That today wasnt a hair washing day. (yes Im that girl Camie who goes a couple days before washing)  Dont ewwww me, you know you do it too.

5.The temperture for this week.

6. My Chapstick.  Im addicted to this stuff and have been forever.  I carry one in my scrub pocket at work everyday, have one beside my bed, one in my coin purse ,AND one in the kitchen.(just in case I cant get to the others fast enough)  Ohh and I dont like to share either.  So dont ask! (In case your wondering my favs are Cherry, Strawberry and mint)

Hope everyone has a Awesome wednesday.

Camie

My dresser Before and After

My husband had decided we needed a BIG flat screen to go on the wall, so I decided I needed a big piece of furniture to re-do to go underneath it.   So I got on craigslist found a piece of furniture and BAMM my hubby was driving to Keller to pick it up. (What a great guy) I paid $50.00 for a real wood dresser in great condition. This is what It looked like. (after I took the knobs and cabinets off)  Now this was my first piece of furniture to re-do, but I figured I could do it since 1. I'm pretty crafty and 2. Half the blogs I read redo furniture all the time.  Easy Breezy right???

Behind those cabinets were more drawers, but we took them out and wanted to keep it as shelves to put our DVD player, radio and Wii.
Me and hubby sanded it and used an off white paint. It took 2 coats. Halfway point it looked like this and I decided to leave the top a dark wood color.


 

After we got it completely painted it  was time to antique it. I researched this a lot because I had never done this and didn't want to totally mess it up and have to start over. So I found a glaze stain and painted over each part of the dresser and let it set for a few minutes. Then I took paper towels and old rags and wiped the stain off. The stain stayed in the cracks and gave the white a glaze look instead WHITE. After all the antiquing was done, we took the stain and gave the top 2 coats. A couple days later we finished it off with a clear coat, and this is my final project. I love the original knobs but not brass, so I painted them and dark bronze.  I love my dresser!  I get compliments all the time and some of my friends think I spent a fortune for it!  Shhhh don't tell.

                                        This  picture was taken before we drilled a hole in the wall to hide the cords.

WAY out of my comfort zone!!!

So Camie and I work with this guy!

His name is Dan and he has LOTS of stories that he tells us all the time.  And according to him he grew up here!

And he loves to do farmy things like use a tiller.  Well one day he convinced me that I could use one too to till my front yard.  Probably doesn’t sound like that big of deal to most people but let me show you where I grew up

So this is where I grew up.  My man even teases me and calls me silver spoon.  Soooo needless to say I have never touched a tiller.  But I’m not scared.  It couldn’t be more scary than how my yard looks (grrr!)  So Dan brought over this little beauty

I knew I needed to gear up for this challenge so I needed a few things so I gathered my safety goggles and my Ipod.  I wanted to make sure I didn’t get thirsty so I got my drink holder too.

So the yard was looking REALLY bad and full of weeds…ugh!

And it only took and hour to do this to it!!!! Do you hear my excitement??? You know the yard was bad if it looks better all torn up!!

And I am sooooo proud of myself for stepping outside my comfort zone and it was soooo easy!

Especially since I ended up paying my son to do it (probably because it truly was a little to out of my comfort zone and he needed money for Prom)   I will keep you posted as the yard comes together. Not really sure what the next step is…I think I might have to hire someone????

Cam's Column

Do you ever have those days (or weeks, or months) that you feel so busy, confused, lost your brain or just mental? and don't even know what your supposed to be doing?  Yeah well that's how my life is MOST of the time.  Here is a picture to prove my multi-tasking life to you. 

 My daughter's softball games have started and my son is playing soccer (or on the team)ha and Twist of Dazzle is booming, I work a  full time job besides Twist of Dazzle.  So sometimes I don't know if I am coming or going, but honestly if I wasn't super busy I wouldn't know what to do with myself.  My whole life I have been a busy girl so I'm used to it!  Anyways the point of all of that is, I don't have an Awesome post planned out for yall.  Instead I decided this week to do something more simple and just show you pictures of things I am liking right now.  (I see others do this in Blog Land so here I go)

                                                                This funny and yes I mean funny blue eyed cutie.

My Iced Latte coffee with sweet N low

My IPhone and words with friends!

Finding  furniture from garage sales or craigslist and re-doing them.  This is a piece I got last weekend.  It's a old record holder.  Cool uhhh?

                                                              My new mascara!  Once I find a good mascara I don't want to change, but the lady at Walgreen's talked me into trying this one and I LOVE IT.

Checking the mailbox everyday. (usually it's just bills, but still fun)

My Chandelier for my porch!  I got this for Christmas and 2 months later my hubby finally hung it.

Spring and Summer.  So ready to wear the tank tops and flip flops.

I had to throw this one in.  My NEW rhinestone holder.haha  It's cute, spins and holds alot.

I hope everyone is having a good week.  See you next time.

P.S. my hubby is reading over my shoulder and making fun of me!

C

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Finally the stairs are done!!

Hi! Kristin here and I will be blogging for you on Thursdays. I promise I will get better as I do it more hahaha (hopefully) I’m soooo new to this so please be patient with me
Well it has been a long time coming but the stairs are finally finished!! I know you can’t tell in this picture but these stairs are a nightmare! The previous owner did a REALLY bad DIY install. Each stair had some weird lip on it and each member of the family has fallen down them multiple times!!

So out they came (they already look better!) I was trying to save some $$$ so I my plan was to leave the railing and just sand them and stain to match (do you know how much sanding goes into sanding each spindle??? TONS! Sooooo out they went and the treads were replaced.

Ha! I would have been happy to leave them like this. But the rest of my Brady Bunch Family wouldn’t have it…they said I am to clumsy to not have railings
We LOVE them! And know nobody falls down them (especially me)