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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Link up with the Weekend Wind Down plus more!


I'm a little late getting this is up, but welcome to the Weekend Wind Down!  If you've never linked up before, this is a really simple blog hop... I know it's the weekend and you've got lots to do so it's meant to be relaxing, no stress!
1)  Link up your Blog
2)  Visit other blogs
3)  Comment, Follow... or not, no pressure
4)  Add the WWD button to your blog or post... not required but would be super awesome.  ;)



Springtime Flower
This photo is linked up with SOOC Saturday

Here's more weekend blog hops:

SOOC Saturday

Shibley Smiles Sunday Blog Hop          Free Hot SamplesPhotobucket

Friday, May 13, 2011

Under Construction...

It's seems everywhere I turn things are 'under construction'.
  • Here in Michigan, road construction is in full swing.  Driving to and from my daughter's school has become a nightmare with all the road closings.
  • Blogger decided to do some inopportune maintenance the last couple days that lasted a little longer than it was supposed to and made it so my recent posts and comments disappeared!!
  • Have to add this one in too- Twitter is making my life impossible also... thank goodness for TweetDeck!!
  • Our kitchen will soon be under construction- I'm both excited about this and dreading it at the same time!
  • My blog will hopefully be under construction soon also... finally making the switch to Wordpress- bye, bye Blogger!! (again both terrifying and exciting, I hope it goes smoothly)

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Kitchen renovations, island or no island?

That is the question!  We have the most old, ugly, and outdated kitchen (at least in my opinion) and I hate being in it.  I hate trying to cook in it with no counter space.  I hate having friends and family over and having them see my embarrassing kitchen.  Yes, I know hate is a strong word, but I really do hate my kitchen!

We recently bought some kitchen cabinets to replace the old broken ones, but have yet to do any work on our kitchen.  We will hopefully be starting our project in June (fingers crossed that all goes as planned), so in the  meantime we're still working out the final details.  What paint color to use, picking out a tile backsplash, deciding whether to look at kitchen carts and islands... and on and on.
There are so many decisions to make when it comes to remodeling.  I'm not sure we have the square footage in the kitchen to go with a large island, but having a small kitchen cart might me nice.  It would give me more storage and a little extra surface area to work on.  They come in all colors too- you can get black kitchen carts, white, cherry, mahogany, oak... whatever you need to tie in with your cabinet color.

And most all of them have the extras built in- spice rack, towel bar- you can get granite, stainless steel, or butcher block top.  Crosley kitchen carts has lots to choose from and looks sturdy and well built.  I really like the look of this one (our cabinets are white)... but I guess we'll have to see if it fits into the new kitchen plans or not.

I'm not here today... because I'm there!

I am so excited to be guest posting over at The Mommies Network today!
It's a post about balancing motherhood and blogging... I'd love if you could visit me over there and show some comment love.  Here's a small snippet:
"...everyone's schedule is different and what seems like a schedule to me may just seem crazy to you.  For example, I'm a night owl and often times will be up til..."
Now head over to read the rest of what I had to say... pretty please!!  And don't worry, I'll be back here tomorrow!

Mommy's Girls {Wordless Wednesday}

These were taken on Mother's Day... I love my 3 girls!


This post is linked up with 5 Minutes for Mom, Mom Spotted, & Mama to 4 Blessings