Friday happenings:
Went to gym-painful
Rain-nice
Haagen Dazs pineapple cocunut icecream-yummy
Friday night pizza with the kids-so much fun
The fact that Lowel has to ask me what time his daughter gets out of school when she gets out of school the same time that she has the past 2 years-funny

Project 2

We bought this coffee table from craigslist for a cheap amount of money. After sanding, priming and painting black here is the before and the after pics.

Project 1

My inlaws passed down some outdoor furniture which I love but it was a little worn so I covered the cushions and painted the furniture. Its like having brand new outdoor furniture now !

The morning after

Last night was the Jo Bro concert and let me just be the first to say it was actually really good. I shook my booty and sang along with all of the other little girls, tweens and moms. About an hour prior to the concert you could text a message from your phone that would show up on the jumbo tron and most of the messages said something like this "if you love the Jonas brothers let me hear you scream" which is exactly what they did for an hour straight before the concert even started. Trinity had a blast. After finally getting in around midnight, ears still ringing from being 20 rows away from the stage (thank you hubby for such wonderful seats) and humming Jonas brother songs in my head all night I was glad to hit the sack and go to bed. I woke up this morning feeling as if I had partied all night and drank to much only there was no alcohol just a bunch of screaming girls which is just as bad as a hangover. Here is a clip of just how loud it was. My hearing finally came back around 10am this morning. Good times...good times.

Jo Bro

Trinity and I are Jonas Brothers concert bound....all those screaming little girls got nothing on me. I can scream with the best of them!!!

Trinitys 8th

Dear Trinity, its your 8th birthday. You are such a little lady. In another 8 years you will be driving, wow. Many changes have come your way this year. You went from playing with dolls to drawing designs. You like makeup, finger nail polish, hanging out with your friend Hope and riding roller coasters. Ok maybe not the last one but you survived riding the Magnum XL200 and Cedar Point...you said never again but I'm proud of you for trying it. For your birthday you received lots of school clothes and I'm taking you to see the Jonas Brothers in concert. This will be your first concert other than when we took you to see the Wiggles Live when you were 3. This year you saw the beach for the first time, rode a big roller coaster, went to the circus, you are perfecting your dive and went to cheerleading camp. You love to help me bake and the eye rolls are growing on me.... I remember doing that to my mom as well. Im looking forward to taking you to your first tween concert and I will try not to embarrass you...I said try I didn't say I promise. We love you

Before kids I enjoyed long showers ....now I usually have a 4 year old and sometimes the dog in there with me. Boy times have changed.

Busy bee today. Today after the gym Preston and I stopped by his school where he will attend preschool in a few weeks and we walked through it again. I thought us visiting it a few times before school starts would help him get comfortable in this transition. We met his teachers, there are 2 teachers and 16 kids in the class. Im so glad we got him signed up early because they only accepted 16 kids and then had to turn away the rest. Since preschool is not offered in schools here it is done privately and you have to pay but it is also very competitive to be able to find a spot for your child before the classes fill up. We walked around and saw the cafeteria area where he will eat snacks, saw the playground outback and pointed out the bathrooms.....all the important things to see. Im going to do it once a week for the next 3 weeks and lets face it this will help both of us feel more comfortable.
I also decided to paint the metal outdoor furniture that my in laws passed down....what was I thinking.
3 loads of laundry, a full dishwasher, baking brownies for my husbands work, and a meeting tonight to pick up the Jonas Brothers tickets that we purchased to take Trinity to for her birthday and its become a full days of work. Im exhausted and still have more furniture to paint and its only 2pm.

Am I the only one on earth that has no idea what Twitter is, have no idea what Twilight is nor have any interest in it and doesnt text?

I got tagged so I thought Id do my answer here instead on facebook;

50 Things you've NEVER been asked

1. What is the color of your toothbrush? pink
2. Name one person who made you smile today? Trinity making up cheers about Preston
3. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? laying in bed watching tv
4 what were you doing 45 mns ago? cleaning
5. What is your favorite candy bar? almond joy
6. Have you ever been to a strip club? yes-sorry mom and dad
7. What is the last thing you said aloud? Lowel come listen to the kids playing together and not fighting.
8. What is your favorite ice cream? Maggie Moo's cheesecake with black cherries.
9. What was the last thing you had to drink? smoothie
10. Do you like your wallet? love it, its lime green.
11. What was the last thing you ate? dinner last night
12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? yes school clothes for kids.
13. The last sporting event you watched? Does pig nascar count?
14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? jalapeno
15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to? dont text
16. Ever go camping? yep
17. Do you take vitamins daily? nope
18. Do you go to church every Sunday? no
19. Do you have a tan? only in the summer
.20. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza? yes
21. Do you drink your soda with a straw? no
22. What did your last text message say? no answer
23. What are you doing tomorrow? going to pool
24. Look to your left, what do you see? kids playing with building blocks
25. How many e-mail accounts do you have? 2
26. What color is your watch? I dont wear one
27. What do you think of when you hear Australia? Toilets flushing the opposite direction
28. Do you go in a fast food place or go through drive through? mostly drive thru
29. Have you ever done any drugs other than marijuana? no and what kind of question is that.
30. What is your favorite number? 12
31. Who's the last person you talked to on the phone? mother in law
32. Any plans today? shopping
33. How many states have you lived in? 2
34. Biggest annoyance right now? Trying to decide on kitchen design
35. Last song listened to? Whatever the country station in my car was playing.
36. Can you say the alphabet backwards? very slowly
37. Do you have a maid service clean your house? Yes her name is honey, mom, and Heather
38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? flip flops!
39. Are you jealous of anyone? Sometimes.
.40. Is anyone jealous of you? i dont think so
41. Do you love anyone? lots of peopple
42. Do any of your friends have children? most do
43. What do you usually do during the day? What dont I do in a day.
k44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now? no but I dislike someone
45. Do you use the word 'hello' daily? yes
!46. What color is your car? silver
47. Are you thinking about someone right now? my pregnant cousin
48. Where was the last place you went for vacation? Sandusky last week
49. Have you ever been to Six Flags? yes
50. How did you get your worst scar? accident

Our week in Sandusky

I love to cook. I love to cook for a crowd, for guest, for neighbors but mostly I love to cook for my family. Its got to be one of the most important things that as a wife and mother that I do...besides washing clothes, cleaning house, scheduling everything, scrubbing toilets, kissing boo-boo's, raising kids, wait where was I...oh yes cooking. It has to be one of the most important things that I do because lets face it you have to eat, I guess everyone could eat cereal but who wants to do that. I love that every single night we sit down at the kitchen table to eat as a family, I love that when I yell "dinner" all I hear is toys dropping and foot steps a running. Its nice to just sit as a family, to relax, to hear each other talk, to just come together as a family after being apart all day....and to eat!