Adventures in the greatest city, NYC...not

Why do people think that NYC is the greatest city on earth. It's stinky, people are rude, there are a zillion people there, I feel like I need to be dipped in Purell just from standing on a sidewalk, did I mention that people are rude? On another subject, a picture is truly worth a thousand words...



We are totally better than those Rocketts

Owie and Luke danced on that piano at FAO Schwartz

This is his tough guy pose.

Josh, (my little bro) and Owen sledding down Jason's (my older bro) front lawn.



Where's Waldo?






What I won't do for a photo. My greatest concern is for my shoes.





Favorite present that Santa brought Owen...the Chewbacca backpack.

Favorite activity... time together around the table, awweee.



Favorite photo... Lily's smile caught on film.

No time to blog...guitar hero is calling

Some of my "finds"

I thought I'd post some pics of my trash to treasure finds. Below are a couple of em.

I got this round side table off craigslist for thirty bucks! I refinished it and there ya go. You can't see it really well but it has great turned legs that are really pretty.

This is an antique that I got at a yard sale in the uber rich neighborhood next to mine. She was moving and wanted all new furniture at her new house so, everything goes! It was a hay day! I got it for seventy-five and didn't do a thing to it.


This was bought in Canton which Texans will recognize as the worlds biggest flea market. I got it for sixty bucks and had it re-upholstered (this is it's third fabric...I have a hard time with fabric choices sometimes:)). The drive home was pretty uncomfortable too. Two hours of this jammed into my Pilot, poor Owen was literally underneath it...what a sport. The table next to it is from a clearance center for fifteen bucks!!

This room was done totally cheap. I got the furniture from an unfinished furniture company and stained/painted it myself. The upholstered trunk is from an antique mall and was only fifteen bucks and it only cost me another thirty to have it re-upholstered! You can't see it from this angle but on the other wall are some cubbies that look just like the one's from Potterybarn.

The chair is from Crate and Barrel but I got it at a yard sale had it re-upholstered and viola. The side table is from a clearance center and was a steal at $40 bucks!

This is one of my garage sale finds, it was ten bucks and I painted it then antiqued it and put on some new knobs. Now it's my sofa table.

What would Freud say?

So, last night I had a dream. It was semi-disturbing. I dreamt that I lost all three of my children and...my ipod. And when I was telling police about my missing children I was equally concerned about my missing ipod. Am I a bad mother? Or do I just really like to rock out?

Tag, your it

I was tagged for the Seven Things Meme by Farrah


The rules are:

-Share seven random facts about yourself, in your blog.
-Include these rules.
-Link back to the person who tagged you.
-Tag four more people and list their names & blogs. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged.


1. I am an undiagnosed case of ocd. If anything is out of sorts in my house it drives me crazy. I will stay up late into the night organizing my attic space because I just can't stand to have it unkempt.

2. I am a thousand times more handy than my husband. I can pretty much do anything around the house, plumbing, electrical, carpentry. Pretty much anything that needs fixin I can do it.

3. I love garage/estate sales and have almost completely furnished my 4000 sq. ft. house with my "finds". I've even taken items from garbage's...I truly have no shame.

4. I use a tweezers to pull out my leg hair. I know, gross but I could do it for hours.

5. I love to cook and make really good food. I aspire to be my version of Martha.

6. I am a speed racer. Whether driving on the highway or walking down the street. Let's move it! People! (My husband is 6' 4" and I always have to slow up so we can walk together). Maybe that's why Owen and Luke are always running everywhere they go, they're so used to running to keep up with me.

7. I am terrified of mice.

Here are the 4 people I am tagging. Love ya girls!

Lesley
Nicole
Kemy
Denae

I'm gonna party...like it's my birthday

Because it is my birthday!!

Today is the end of an era, my twenties are over. A friend asked me if I was sad to be turning thirty. I can honestly say that I'm not, my life is GREAT. I'm very blessed to have a wonderful family, husband I love, children I adore. I couldn't be happier doing anything else, I truly feel that I'm in the right place at the right time!

A picture of me on my b-day with my boys.

Mead familia

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