Latest project

I have been collecting stuff to change my front room. With a little paint and new fabric I was able to pull most of it together.

This bench is made out of a full bed frame. I've had the stuff for it forever. My dad built the framing between the head and foot board for me a while back. I finally painted and upholstered it.


I got this chair from Misty and dressed it up with a pillow. The ottoman I found at the DI. I reupholstered it to match. The trunk in the corner of the pic I had painted but I don't like it so when I get to it I will repaint it and post later.


I just painted this black to match.

Here is to my February Accountability!

* February *
Miles on bike = 181 YTD - 351 miles
Jogging miles = 3.5 YTD - 6.5 miles (still sad)
Down 6lbs YTD - 18 lbs

January Report

I set a goal for myself to publicly hold my self accountable. This year I'm keeping track of my miles. This is my January report if you will.
* January *
170 miles on bike ( Boo-yah )
3 miles jogging (sadly)
Down 12 lbs (BAM!)

A full mantel

It's a little late for this but I'm going to blog it anyway. This Christmas was the best we have ever had.
Weeks prior we had asked the boys how they wanted to open presents before or after church. They both responded with after. I quickly told the boys that I was so proud of them for putting the Savior first and told them that they would be blessed for it. I new I was safe in saying that because I knew what Santa had wrapped for them. So Christmas eve we let them open their pajamas. Then Christmas morning we got ready and went to church with no hassle from the boys. It was so nice.
We also had an additional stalking hanging on our mantel. It was cool for me to see that our mantel was full. I just looked kind of bare with just three.
The boy's had asked for ipods and we quickly told them that they were to expensive and that that was not going to be an option this year. The boys quickly started looking up cheaper options and we still turned them down. So we had them convinced that they were not getting what they really wanted. Truth is we got a great deal Thanksgiving night where we got a gift card with the ipods that basically paid for a dock with radio and alarm clock. Totally sweet deal. Christmas was small but worth it when we brought the presents out for them to open. I love being able to surprise them like that. I'm such a good liar.

Well the mantel WAS full until the boy's got there before I did.

Doug with his tablet, Dex and Harry with ipods. This is what our
home looked like for the rest of the break.

No job to small for a utility knife!!

Two half's of a chair

My dad and I enjoy going to Antique/Consignment stores together. Today we checked out a new one that he had found. They had a lot of cool stuff and ideas for projects. The owner came out and was talking to us and asked us to follow him. Intrigued we followed him to a back room. When we walked in we saw all this old stuff that he was working on. He lifted up half of a chair and placed it on the wall and asked, "What do you think of this?" I totally thought it was a cool idea.
Needless to say I walked out with two half's of a chair. I knew exactly where I wanted them. With a little arranging this is what I came up with.


It was so funny to me the first time the boys noticed the chairs. Dex froze and looked confused for a moment. He said that it freaked him out. He said he was like, "How did she put the chair in the wall?"

New Year, New ME!

My friend Cynthia made a goal to walk/run 500 miles and killed it. I'm curious of what I can do. This year I want to see how many miles I can put in under my own will power. Bike/run/walk We'll see!
My spirit has always wanted to run. Since I've always had a stronger gravitational pull than others it made it hard to accomplish. Walking has always just bugged me. I think it stems from walking on the treadmill for hours in a corner of a room and getting no where. That's why I ride my bike. I love to bike even tho I'm sure it looks like my butt swallowed the seat. It didn't matter. I was able to move and I had some sense of accomplishment riding all over Davis and Weber County. I have been on most of the paved trails and it has been fun sharing them with friends. I haven't braved the dirt trail yet but would like to get there eventually. This is my friend Alicia. We have been on many bike rides together.

This particular ride we rode the Legacy Bike trail totaling 26 miles.
I can't wait to see what I can do this year. Here is to many miles with awesome friends.

How the heck do you do that?!

How the heck do get the post titles under your friends blog names in your blogger list? I can't figure it out. It would be nice to just look at my blogger list to see who has a new post instead of having to open each one to see. Can someone help me pwease?