Official Move...

I'm making my official move over to Mommy Tools.  I'd love to see you over there! I will be posting pretty much the same things.  But hopefully once my family moves in a few weeks...I'll be able to post more projects because I'll have to totally start from scratch with home decor.  Thanks for visiting...and hope to see you soon at Mommy Tools!

Cutting machine giveaway

If I tell you about this giveaway...you have to let me borrow your winnings, if you win!!!
Amy, at The Idea Room is having an AWSOME giveaway! One lucky winner will win a Silhouette cutting machine! Go check out her blog for the details, here.

Unplugging the T.V.

Tonight I am unplugging our T.V. I'm writing this post mostly out of sadness and discust. I have spiritual music playing right now (Hilary Weeks on Pandora.com), and I just scrubbed all the dishes, and wiped down all my kitchen cabinets. I think I felt like I needed to clean something after seeing what I did on the television. I'm not naive, or ignorant of the horrible things of this world. But I can choose what I allow into my home. My home needs to be a sancuary for my family. So, for now, my t.v. is being turned off.

I'm saddened at the horrific producers out there who can produce such vile shows. I was just watching an action-drama, and out of the blue they have to throw these things in. Now, I did see the "adult contect" disclamer at the beginning...so it's my fault for watching it in the first place, right???

I need to do better at protecting the spirit in our home. And when I allow those ugly things into my home...the peaceful spirit I wish to invite can decide to leave. And I don't want it to leave. I can feel when it's gone.

I love watching good movies, and movies with my children...there's a lot of good ones out there for sure. But I think we'll be taking a break for a while, and finding other things to do to consume our time. My children just might find out there's a life out there beyond t.v. and video games in the process!

Miss Mustard Seed's giveaway!

Miss Mustard seed is celebrating her 2000th follower with a fabulous giveaway! Go check it out and leave a comment for a chance to win here.

Pinkalicious Party

My daughters were invited to a Pinkalicious birthday party. They had so much fun. Upon arriving they were each given a pair of fairy wings, a tutu, and a cute flower clip. They got to decorate their own princess crowns, and wands. (And I don't know why this is all underlined and highlihted!...my blog is doing strange things lately...it's kind of annoying...)

Tinkering around

Sorry about the lapse in my posts lately.
I've been having a lot of fun with this little guy...

And sending this little one off to kindergarten...

(yes, I know it's still July...but we have year-round school schedules here)

And I FINALLY sold my piano. (sniff, sniff)

Don't you love it when your furniture leaves indentations in the carpet?

I learned a little trick with a fork though.

Gently scrape over the indentation with the fork, until the carpet "fluffs" back to shape. Then vacume over it again.  It may take a couple days of walking over it too, to let the padding underneath relax.

I would NOT reccomend doing this on Berber carpet though.  Only on the type shown in the photo.

Also, I've been tinkering around with a new blog site, Mommy Tools. I'll be switching over to it within a couple of weeks.  I'm not so good with computer graphics, so I was so happy to have the help of T.J. over at Sugar and Spice HERE!

Let me know what you think of my new blog page! There's absolutely nothing on it yet.  And I need to add a profile picture I think.  But I'm excited to start it in a couple weeks! It's fun having my own button, header, labels, etc.  Woo Hoo!!!

Visit the new site here at http://www.mommytools.blogspot.com/.

Happy 4th of July!!!