ONE LUCKY GIRL

I am lucky enough to have grown up having a family shore house at the Jersey shore. I've spent almost every summer weekend there since I was a kid. My grandparents bought the house about 40 years ago. It was a great house but it got old so about 7 years ago we (as in my Mom and Dad) knocked it down and built new. We now can use it year round. We've had holidays, family reunions here and it is great.

We have water on both sides of us, a canal on one side with a boat and the inlet on the other. We are all still amazed when we look out and see what our view is. This weekend Hubby took Girlie girl on the waverunner for the first time. My heart was in my throat while I watched them leave the dock. I was waiting on the other side of the house to see them go fast. She loved it. I heard her yell FASTER!! She is definitely her father's daughter.

Here's a few pictures above. I was hoping while my computer cousin was visiting us over the wknd he would help me figure out a easier way to post pictures. He mentioned something about another program but we ran out of time so for now I'll just have to deal with it taking me forever to post and today they are just all over the place. Someday I will be a computer savvy. Either way I am one lucky girl!!

BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS

I can't tell you how much all your blogs have helped make my recovery bearable. I am now 3 weeks into it and getting antsy. Only 3 more weeks to go. As I sit on the couch each day I look around the house and think of all the things I want to do. Changes and updates I can't wait to make. For now I will follow doctors orders but look out when I am all better. Paint, fabric, new furniture. Lots of things will be going on!!

So for now I thought it would be a good time to work on some lists and any computer stuff. Girlie-girls birthday is the end of August. She wants a Cowgirl party. There is a great Internet site http://www.birthdaypartyideas.com/ Anyone can go on and post there kids parties. Some are awarded 1st/2nd etc place. It's all organized into themes and there are some great ideas. I've found so much already and can't wait to get it all going.
For now I thought I would post some pictures from last years birthday which I did post on that site. The theme was Fairies Tea Party. I had a great time planning it. Everything turned out great and most importantly Girlie girl loved it!!

We set it all up in our front yard under a big tree. I borrowed the
Ikea tables from friends along with a couple tea sets. We made
place cards and bought tea party plates etc from the party store.
I had princess music playing and the girls feasted on PB&J, PB and Fluff, Cream cheese. I used a flower cookie cutter to cut them all
out.
Each guest got a set of pink fluffy fairy wings and a pink butterfly net.





For games we took the game Ellafun and placed it inside this cardboard
tube Hubby found at work. I painted it to look like a tree trunk with a little fairy peeking out. The girls all tried to catch the "fairies" as they came out.








We also played pin the wings on the fairy. I just took some foam core and
painted the fairy (glad to see my college art degree being used) Had some
old fairy dress up wings that I put velcro on.














This is my favorite picture of the day. That is girlie girl on the left with her cousin. So precious with their little fairy wings on.
Hope you enjoyed. I am getting all sentimental about Girlie girl growing so fast. Wish I could stop time but for now I am off to try to find cowboy boots and hats on the Internet.

BEST LAYED PLANS

Oh I had such good plans for my blog, my house, my summer. Well I just needed to get past some minor surgery last Wednesday. Well my minor turned into major. Had one cyst on my ovary that turned out to be more than one and some other fun things. So I am now sitting here with about an 8" incision in my lower abdomen and strick doctors orders to lay low for 6 weeks. UGH! That seems like a lifetime from now.
I am still trying to wrap my head around it but I intend to make lemonade with these lemons. I will soon be more mobile so I plan to do lots of sewing in a new craft room I plan to do (I should say have my brother do) I am going to finally organize all my photo's online which should result in lots of before and after posts on my blog.
I will say that all your blogs have saved me from long days of watching all the truly stupid stuff on TV. Thank god for my computer.
I'll be back soon!

UGH!!

Hubby is back to work thank god but now my computer is sick. It's at the doctors now so I have no way of posting pictures etc. Today I am at a friends to borrow her computer so I can do bills (what fun!)
Of course I am taking some time to browse all my favorite blogs and as usual have seen so many good things.
Hopefully computer will be better by next week and I hope to get some good posts going. First on the list is to update the picture of my house. Need to show how pretty it looks in summer, at least how pretty it will look when I get some time to go out there and plant some things. Just never enough time in the day, week, month.
Hope everyone has a good week. I'll be back soon!

Everyday with Hubby.

So as I am sitting here devouring all my favorite blogs and wishing I could completely redo every inch of my house I remind myself that I to have a blog and gosh darnet I haven't posted in like forever. I have to blame it on my change in routine. Hubby's union went on strike about 3 weeks ago. (they just settled and are back to work Yay!) So there went my normal days. When I got up in the morning he was there and when I went to make lunch he was there. Now I did enjoy him being home and really miss him now but man did it throw me for a loop. I am def someone who likes order and schedules but I didn't realize just how much I need that. Having him home changed everything. We did get a few more major things done but what I found really hard was just finishing my normal everyday stuff.
Right now getting ready for a long weekend at the Jersey shore. It will be fun but I am so looking forward to next week when it's just me and girlie girl doing our thing. Bring on the cleaning supplies, laundry etc. I think I will enjoy it for at least a day!

PROBLEM SOLVED

Problem: The hubby thinks there are too many pillows on the couch when he goes to sit down and watch TV. I sometimes have to agree with him but I like the look when no one is sitting so I won't get rid of them.
Solution : Buy a cute basket from Homegoods that looks great in the room and provides a nice spot to throw pillows in other than the floor (previous solution)
I think we will all be happy now!


PROBLEM


SOLUTION

LIFE IS GOOD

The sun is finally shining here in the northeast. We had 2 days of rain after a not so nice Easter weekend. That rain brings me down but I am motivated today. I got up nice and early this am and got to work. My house is now clean from top to bottom. Okay I took the easy way and feather dusted but at least it's done and the bathrooms are even clean. It's been awhile since the house was all clean at once. Love that feeling. I also took some time to tweak a great find I got recently at TJMaxx. See the cute little birdcage below. It was 6.99 - I couldn't pass it up. I loved the gray patina but it really doesn't go with my scheme so I spray painted it cream. I love it. So as I sit here in my clean kitchen, listening to the last load of wash in the dryer and bite into my peanut butter and jelly sandwich all I can say is LIFE IS GOOD!