Friday, October 21, 2011

It's been twenty days since I've written anything on here.  That was not my plan.  Normally this is my creative outlet and a great way to show off my girls.  But lately I've been juggling so many things.  The girls have been taking turns getting sick and although they aren't exactly getting better, they seem to hide being sick better on some days then others.  Sick girls means thermometers, medication, doctor's appointments, vicks vapor rub, inhalers, temper tantrum's, and sleepless nights.

To keep myself sane, I have been getting crafty.  It started with painting the rooms on our third floor and then I moved to painting canvas.  I completed a bunch of new artwork for the house.  Pinterest has peaked my interested in DIY projects.  I made some paper ghosts for our front door, a fun menu board to help me plan our dinner's, a couple of toddler sized tutu's, and am still working on a custom photo collage.  I have other projects in mind too.  So many in fact that it is difficult to follow through on one thing before moving onto the next.  I am just so excited over this stuff lately, lol.

Of course there are only so many hours in the day, so my blog, unfortunately, has taken a back seat.    Oh, and I have been Christmas shopping!  Yes, already!  Crazy, huh?  I turned into a crazy coupon clipper to help save money and that led me to some awesome deals online.  I don't think I have ever been this ahead of the game before Black Friday.  This is great though because that means I won't feel guilty when I buy stuff for myself on Black Friday, lol.

I know I am really behind with updates on the girls.  But, for now, here are some pictures of what I've been working on lately.  Check out the "My Art" page http://meganjustagirl.blogspot.com/p/my-art.html for pictures of my paintings.  All of the other random projects are pictured below:

Halloween / Fall Decor




Photo Collage




Menu Board





Tutu's







Saturday, October 1, 2011

Have a good month


Well, it's October.  That means chilly weather, costumes and pumpkins.  Chilly weather, check!  Costumes and pumpkins, uumm, not so much. 

Christina can't decide which Princess she wants to be.  One minute it is Ariel, the next it is Snow White and then she begins debating over Sleeping Beauty or Belle.  She knows one thing for sure though, she wants to be a Disney Princess for Halloween.  That's a start at least.  We need to plan a trip to pick out costumes since we all need costumes this year.  We have two costume parties to go to which is going to be awesome. 

We also need to plan a day for pumpkin picking and carving pumpkins.  We use to have a great place that we went to in Jersey.  Although I liked the place we went to last year, it was waaaaay too far away (like two hours each way!)  So there is no way I'm going there again this year.  I need to find a good place nearby.

I'm looking forward to decorating the house.  I need to get my butt down to the basement to pull out the Halloween decorations.  I can't remember what I have, but I keep seeing all of the awesome decorations out in all of the stores.  I hope my collection, or lack thereof, doesn't send me straight to the store in hopes of getting some more/better stuff.  I really can't afford to buy decorations for every season/holiday even though I really WANT to decorate for everything.  I know that I'm in this house for the long haul though and I know that I will accumulate stuff over the years.  I just wish I didn't have to wait for it.