I TOLD you I was addicted!

We finally finished re-doing our kitchen chairs! I don't think I could be more pleased. Now I won't worry that someone will sit on a screw when they take a rest, or be grossed out when they have to sit on the chair with the mysterious black goo stain. I won't throw a fit when Miles tried to climb on them and puts his face right in the fabric EWWWW!!! And best of all, they look cute. :) They cost us next to nothing since they were here when we moved in, my mom-in-law bought be the cute fabric as an early bday present, and I used some of our left over paint and a neighbors left over paint. The only thing I had to buy was some ribbon to put on the bottom of the backs to cover some unsightly staples. I'd venture to say I'm proficient with a staple gun now. I swear I took a BEFORE shot! I can't find it on my camera anywhere! So you'll just have to believe me that these chairs were pretty nastified. But here's the glorious after!




So here's our semi-redone kitchen nook area thingy. There should also be our wedding picture under the "Families are Forever" sign, but it fell off the wall the other day and shattered. Sad. I hope we can fix it. See those little orange bowls sitting on the table? Here look closer.

I found these little yellow and orange bowls and plates at Wal-Mart yesterday. I'm still on a high about them. Why don't you try and guess how much they cost? If you guessed at low at .25 then you are right! If they're not all gone, I'm totally going back today to buy the rest. Perfect little bday or wedding gift. Just throw in some ice cream toppings and a cute bow and ta-da!

Meet the Marble Run and Mr. M

I'm babysitting for a friend of mine, the fabulous gal who is helping me do all these fun things to furniture, so I watch her 2 little ones on MWF. The smallest one is about 8 months, and Mr. M here is 4. If you're looking for something to do and you're stuck inside because it's April and it's still snowing outside (most ridiculous thing in the world says the girl from sunny St. George) you can create a marble run! I found it in Family Fun magazine. You're supposed to use magnets to hold the paper towel tubes to the fridge, but mine didn't work so we just used tape. He thought it was pretty awesome. Yes! I win for being a good babysitter!!