Welcome!

I have been busy, which means things are moved to the side or as some say, the back burner.  But, I won't be talking about my work in this post.  Oh no I won't!  Because like I said before, I don't want to be only doing *Shey*[B] "shop talk" on here.  Let's keep it interesting.  Well, I don't think I am interesting, but hopefully 1 or some of you do!  ;)  

Speaking of back burners.  Last night I went to Target.  Big shocking news there.  Not really.  Anyway!  I went to Target because someone on Twitter convinced me to finally get the Roomba.  My husband has been telling me that he wanted to get me one for some time, but every time he would mention getting me one was for a birthday or Christmas gift, and uhhh... no thank you.  BUT!  But, friends.  I must tell you.  I bought the Roomba and it was originally $300, but it just so happened that it was on sale... 50% off!  Could not pass it up.  This morning I charged that baby up and then set it loose on the house.  Because of Roomba I was not that productive.  I was obsessed with watching it suck up all the dog and cat hair, and the dirt and the grass, etc. etc., so on and so forth.  I DO NOT know how I have lived without this thing all this time!!  It is A*MAZING!  Turn it on, and go about your business.  It even vacuums your carpet!  Can't get any better than that!  I highly suggest getting yourself a robot slave to clean your floors!  Maybe the Scooba is next!  That one mops your floors!  RAD.

In other news, I ordered a Kelly Moore Camera Bag a couple nights ago.  

She just opened her store.  She sells the most amazing beautiful camera bags!  I can not wait to get mine!!  Hope it comes tomorrow!  The one I bought is out of stock, but the red is fabulous and was my 2nd choice!

And, lastly...

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Off to watch Zombieland with my husband, and RELAX!  

Night!

Keepin' It Real

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Most of the time I don't blog about stuff other than rainbows, unicorns, and sparkles. But, life is not all pretty and lovely all the time. It would likely be boring if it was, however. I would love to have unicorns in my life for real. :)

This week has been a tough one for me. With Zoe. She is running me ragged. My little girl is incredibly curious, and into Everything. Almost every day this week she has either dumped water, soap and lotion all over herself and the floor, dumped the dogs water everywhere, poured fruit punch all over the table and floor. She also likes to dump her half finished cereal all over the table, floor and herself. I have cried a lot this week. I have lost my temper a lot as well. I am human. I make mistakes. I vowed for the 50th time not to yell. So, this morning when Angelina ran into my room and said, "Mommy! Zoe got nail polish....." [that is all she got out, and all she had to say really] I launched out of bed, and took off running down the hall. What I found would be the true test of patience. Because it surely would take behemoth amounts of self control to keep calm. I turned into Angelina's room to find a little girl that looked as if she belonged as a prop in a horror film...

Uh huh. I deserve a pat on the back for NOT yelling! I sure do. Go me! I was calm. But I did panic. All I knew was that there was nail polish on the CARPET and Zoe painted her legs so much that it just looked gruesome. Hence the horror film reference.

She looked all nice and innocent. But she was definitely guilty.

The entire time I tried to clean her legs off, all I could think about was THE CARPET! It's on the CARPET! OH MY GOD! HOW DO I GET NAIL POLISH OUT OF CARPET?! Which then brought on angry thoughts of how much I HATED carpet at that time. Carpet was not my friend. Why do people have carpet? Carpet sucks. I hate I hate I hate you. And the carpet just sat there not saying anything back. *Pout*.

How did she get the polish you ask? Apparently I was dumb enough to put nail polish in the junk drawer. Now who puts nail polish in the junk drawer? I mean, honestly? Well, I guess I do! I haven't a clue why either. I definitely wish I didn't, though. And I will have you know that there is no longer nail polish in the junk drawer. It only took my daughter finding a bottle and covering herself and some of the carpet with it before I realized this. I know!! I am so smart. :P

I must say that I love the internet. After dumping an entire bottle of nail polish remover onto Zoe's legs, and watching her gag instead of watching the nail polish vanish, I ran to the internet. HOW DO I CLEAN NAIL POLISH OUT OF CARPET & HOW DO I GET NAIL POLISH OFF MY KID'S SKIN?

Serious! I got some great answers!! And, I am incredibly relieved and happy to say. The nail polish is OUT OF THE CARPET! After using peroxide, windex, hair spray, TONS of water, and carpet cleaner, it ALL CAME OUT! I am NOT kidding. I was so relieved I burst into tears.

Then it was time to tackle Zoe's gruesome looking legs. It was recommended to just fill the bathtub with warm water, and have your child sit in it for 15-20 minutes. That's it! And you know what? That worked too!!! The polish just flaked off! AMAZING! I had to help it along a bit, but I was definitely OK with that. You'd be too if your child's legs looked bloody.

So, yes. My littlest girl has run me ragged this week. To tears, to yelling, to panic, to frustration. But. At the end of the day, she has me running and overflowing with love for her. I just can't help it! ;) I love her so much! And how could you not love this face?

My life may not always be full of rainbows, unicorns and sparkles, but it is full of love and that's all that really matters to me.

This Morning

This morning I got up, and made my husband coffee. Just the way he likes it...

Black.



This morning I listened to my Zoe request juice I didn't expect...

Green Machine. She loves it. I am glad she loves it. I do as well... surprisingly.


This morning I rummaged through the fridge for...

Blueberries.


This morning I took the blueberries, and made blueberry pancakes for my family...

Yum.


This morning I plated up said blueberry pancakes not only with syrup, but...

Homemade whipped cream as well. YUM YUM YUM!


This morning I watched my kids dig into my homemade breakfast with big whipped cream mustache smiles on their faces. Perfection.

SO many pictures! Get Ready!!

So we had a great weekend!! Lots of productivity on my part as well as my husbands... BUT! SO much fun too! Last year on the 4th of July we went to an outdoor event, and we were completely miserable! So, this year we opted to stay in. So much nicer! It meant no fireworks, only because we spent so much of the afternoon in here...

What a hard life! ;) LOL! Get ready... there are A LOT of photos! But, I won't list them all here... go to My Flickr to see the rest.

Proof I was there...

:)

I will share what I made this weekend later! That's enough pictures for now. ha ha! Don't you think? How was your Independence Day? What did you do??



xo,

Shealynn

Coming Home

My girls will be home tonight! :D While my husband and I have had a BLAST, we are excited for our 2 balls of chaos to come home. All will be normal again. This will be a yearly thing. I am glad for it. Not just because Mike and I get 3 weeks of alone time, and do whatever we want time. I am glad for it, because it's precious time my girls will have with their Grandma and Papa. I think it's great they have that to look forward to. So many memories waiting to happen in the arms of their grandparents. :)

OK. I am not able to stay long, but I did work on something for Angelina's room last night, and I wanted to share. It's always nice for me to be able to sit down and sew something DIFFERENT! ;) Gives me a little break from the same ole thing. I made some curtains for her room as a surprise! She will love them...

It was really hard to get good pictures of them. Sad to say I failed! LOL! I will have to try again when the sun moves to the other side of the house.

I ordered some prints for my girl's bathroom and bedrooms... the bathroom ones I showed already... here is the one I got for Angelina. It suits her well. :)

And, this is what it says...

OK! Gotta go! They will be home by 7:30ish!


xo!

Shealynn

Please, Come on in!

Welcome! Would you like a little peek of our new house? Please... come on in. But first! Someone wanted to pop in the blog and tell her favorite person, Angelina, that she misses her!



OK. Right this way...

Here is my new studio!! :) It's in the house! I am super happy about this.



It is not done yet, but I have unpacked most of my stuff. I want to decorate it! :D Oh the possibilities!



bolts! ;)



Books I've read... there have been more read, but I sold quite a few.



Books waiting to be read...



The girl's/guest bathroom...



Are these prints cute??? LOVE them!



Our kitchen...





And... the best part? Besides my studio/office of course! :)



A salt water pool!!! :D Salt water pools are easier on your skin, eyes, and swim suits. ;)

Well, that's the new place... I will get pictures of the rest of it when I am completely done unpacking! I love this house, and know we will live here for a long time!

Moving went pretty smoothly other than the dresser falling into an antique cabinet and shattering the glass. Oh, and my husband swearing that we are never ever ever ever moving again. LOL! I hope that's true. At least I hope to not move for a VERY long time! ;)

OK! I am off to read. What's new? Anything?


xo,

Shealynn