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I have so many fess ups in my head it’s ridiculous.  I finally decided that I will take pictures of all my little fess ups to make posts like this more fun. Fess Up #1. The Chocolate Chip Cookie Diet   Whenever I decide to start a diet I usually end up making a batch of cookies.  It doesn’t matter that the same day my neighbor brought over a giant batch of garden lettuce.  I still made the cookies and ate half a dozen.  The lettuce??  well I just looked at it throughout the day and thought it would make a great centerpiece.  Here’s what continues though out the “diet” day.  I always take half of a cookie thinking that I’m being “much better” than taking the whole cookie. After a while I’ll look at the cookie plate and see 14 halves of a cookie, and that’s when I  I realize I haven’t been good at all. I just at 7 cookies . Pretty soon my entire mind set changes and I decide that it would be much better for me just to eat AL...

Ends Wednesday August 3rd!   (Now Closed) When I first posted this I had maybe 5 followers so hopefully this will be a new read for a lot of you guys.  I did changed it up AND included a giveaway for you guys!!!  32 oz. of Virgin Tropical Traditions Coconut oil.   This is how you can WIN:   (please include email on one of your entries) 1. Please leave a comment below, have you used coconut oil before?? 2. You don't need to be a follower or subscriber to enter the contest but while you are here   take a look around and if you like what you see and decide to become one , (or are one) please leave a separate comment letting me know as this will give you your second entry. 3. If you would like to subscribe to Tropical Traditions Sales Newsletter    leave a comment you did so and it will give you another entry for a total of three entries .   Originally this post was inspired from my Healthy Food on a Budget post.   Some p...

Most of our house comes “standard”.  I do get to pick out a ton of things like all the colors, finishes, trim work etc... but doing extra fancy custom things isn’t really how the company works that is building our house.  It’s not that I CAN’T add custom things, it just that’s not how they generally build their homes.  (they are a spec home company that has a small custom home division) Anyway, I have always known from day one that I had to have this feature in my new home.  And it was worth “messing” up the smooth building process to get it there! I called up a few local ironworkers, got some bids and met with the guy with the best price.  He was SO fun to work with and did the entire custom iron piece for $365.00.  It is huge and heavy!  3’wide by 4 1/2 ‘ tall.  Creative IronWorks I am really excited.  It will be placed right as you walk into the house on the right hand side and you will be able to see through t...

I always have fun helping my friends out with design ideas.  I like to tell them the idea and then leave and let them “go for it!”  One fine day while at my friends house she takes me into the garage and shows me this beautiful painting but tells me she just doesn’t like it anymore.  She wishes she did (they spent a lot of $ on it) but the picture just didn’t pop for her like it did before.  I looked at it and said, well I know what is wrong, the picture needs some excitement and color.  You need to paint it red!  Being that she is a very smart and witty friend she said, I think that’s a great idea, how about if I give it to you and you can fix it up, and when you are finished you can put it on your blog!  Hummmmm…….did I mention she has a BLOG OF HER OWN? Well, I did take it home (I thought about accidently “forgetting” it) but hey, she just had me and my three kids over for lunch and play date.  Just for the MESS she has to clean up after...

It’s no secret that I am frugal, so I thought it would be fun to show you how I stretch my dollar. Thrift Stores: I buy almost all my kids clothes at thrift stores.  You can get Gymboree, Gap and all kinds of nice name brand, hardly worn clothes there.  As you know, I find a TON of awesome home décor items from the thrift store also. You can see all my home décor thrift store finds by typing “treasure” in my search box. Call a few thrift stores and find out when their sale day is.  My favorite thrift store has their ENTIRE store 50% off on Wednesdays. OK, I know, not sure why I bought this wedding dress but it was so pretty and with tax it was $19.58!  Could I hope that one of my daughters might like it?  Now THAT would save me hundreds!   Garage Sales: In general, you will get the best prices anywhere on clothes and home décor by shopping garage sales.  Just be willing to wake up early as the good stuff goes fast!   Consignment...

Remember this old friend ?  Were you all wondering what in the world was I going to do with this huge old 1960's thrift store canvas?  (SO WAS I) Well after I made this pretty little girl, I had a TON of left over seashells so what better to use them on my huge canvas!!! At first I just started laying them out on the canvas….. I was worried that I wouldn’t have enough seashells to cover the entire canvas (but alas, I had PLENTY) so I put a frame in the center that I picked up for $1.00.  I liked the look but could NOT figure out what I wanted to do in the middle.   I thought about a monogram , maybe a moss covered letter ? I also thought I could paint something just in that spot…..   I couldn’t think what to do until I took the picture above and I thought huh, what about a mirror!  I LOVED all the texture that was going on so I thought, what if I did a MOSIAC mirror (that and the fact that I was never going to find a mirror in ...

Happy 4th of July everyone!  Yesterday my almost 8 year old mowed the lawn for the first time (with supervision!)  He was so proud of himself and felt all grown up.  As I wandered our yard I noticed all the beautiful flowers in bloom so I grabbed my camera and started shooting.  I am experimenting with textures in Photoshop (these were free!!!) so I hope you enjoy the pictures! Isn’t summer LOVELY!!!!   And just so you can laugh at me, being that I am the “photographer” of the family, it leaves the 7 or 10 year old to take one, maybe two pictures of me a year, and they all end up looking like this!   Ahhhhh!  Someday, maybe they will learn but by that time,  I probably won’t care what the pictures look like!                   Have a GREAT 4th of July!         ...