What do 3 gals have in common? They all have their very own blue Macaw!

Today when I arrived home I opened the screen door and almost tripped over my new RUG! Yes! One rug down (no pun intended). The other one...well who knows, where its at? Oh what a glorious day! So what did I do?  I started singing and dancing, of course. "I'm so excited! I got my new rug!I'm so excited". Like it? I call it, "I'm so excited, I got my new rug song". Very catchy don't you think? I have to say, the green in the rug. And the green in the curtains, didn't match. But they still work. I can't believe how fast it came. I wonder where the other one is? Oh well! Maybe I will be surprised AGAIN, tomorrow. I also won my EBay bid.

My friend, Crystal, from 29 Rue House (link below). Has a beautiful home. And in her beautiful home. Lives a parrot vase, that I absolutely had to have! So I went on EBay and won my very own set. That's right I have 2! I am going to name them Rocco, and Rio. However, one of my little guys will be flying the coop. I have another special friend in blog land. Her name is Mary. You can find her over at  Lip Gloss and Flats. And I am going to give Rio to her! Surprise Mary! I hope you like him! If you don't care send your address to me at poptarts03@yahoo.com and I will make sure you get him A.S.A.P. He just has to make it to my house first, and hopefully in one piece!
I have to say thank you to all my readers! But I have to give these two girls a very special shout out! I am so glad to have met you both! My sisters from other misters! You two are awesome! And to all you others out there. If your not reading their blogs...well shame on you! Because they're fabulous and your missing out!

Tomorrow I hope to shoot a lot of pictures of my living room! Hey, a girl has to show off her new RUG! I hope you guys have a great week! See you soon!☺

 29 Rue House

Here a RUG. There a RUG. Every where a RUG, RUG!

Well guys if you haven't heard RUG is the word. I can't even begin to tell you how long I have looked for a rug! Like Smalls said in the movie The Sandlot. FOREVER!! So I went on to Overstock.com and man what a SALE! I was so excited...I bought 2! I could NOT make up my mind. REALLY? REALLY?  And guys I am CHEAP!! It's about ridiculous, how cheap I am. But this was a great deal I got 2 (5x8) rugs with FREE shipping, for a grand total of...$145.60! And if the sale price wasn't enough to shout about then let me tell you about the additional 10% off  that I saved using a coupon code for being a first time customer! I mean come on. Did I just hit the mother load, or what?

Now I just hope they look as good as they do on my computer screen. This part, makes me really nervous!

Well, what do you think? Did I score,
or what? Which one do you like best? Now I need throw pillows! 

I got the curtains...

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/5x8-6x9-Rugs/(,100),/price,/607/subcat.html?sort=Top+Sellers

Home

I loved doing these photos, "Home".

I live in a very small town, where everybody knows everybody. I live in a hollow...but down here it is referred to as a hollar! I love being next to a farm, knowning your neighbors, and just being able to walk outside and see God's country! So if you want to, lets see whats in my neck of the woods.

Dreams...

I say one of the happiest days of my life. Is the day I married the man of my dreams. I hope these pictures tell a story. To get these shots I grabbed my Bible, our wedding rings, and headed outside. I picked a Butter Cup flower from the yard and pulled the petals off. I opened the Bible to a verse that we had read during our ceremony. I then used the close up lens on my camera and just started shooting! So what do think?

A Peek Through My Lens...

  Sunday, I played with my camera. The truth is. I never read the manual. And now, I never will. Why? BECAUSE I lost the darn thing! So what do you do...you push a lot of buttons. LOL! Out of 203 photos I thought these where worth showing. I am doing the spring edition of the Nurture Photography Challenge. I am a little late to join the band wagon, but I am really excited. So grab your camera and link up!

click here

 I hope you guys have had a great day of rest! I know I did. I hope you like my Lilac pic's. I thought they turned out pretty good.

I am down for the count!

Computer broke!!! Hopefully it will be back and hopping pretty soon! Like my wreath?

A beaver walks into a salon...

Okay not really! BUT

 Hey guys! So I was at the "family" salon gettin my hair did! When I was walking out the door. I was looking at a few magazines. My cousin, Amy. (Lord love her heart. Is so funny! I think we really are twins. That were separated at birth.) Well...she was like "I have to show you this ad". My other cousin Cindy, (which is Amy's sister) came running up to us with the magazine. The ad is for Playtex feminine wipes. You know, for when you are not feeling so fresh!

Source Playtex

Having trouble reading it? Well it says, "A CLEAN BEAVER ALWAYS FINDS MORE WOOD"
Ha! Ha! Then I got to looking on the internet and found these:

A polished knob always gets more turns

A clean peach always gets picked

A clean pecker always taps it
(Source Playtex)

 

So what do you guys think? Any opinions? I would love to know what you guys think. I think it's funny! But I guess I'm a pretty immature 31 year old! Hey, I'll be 32 in May. You guys have a great day...

Another Video...Is That All?

Push play. Now read! You'll get the picture...

 Well as you all know, I have been in my house for 10 months now. And we have NO curtains. At all, in ANY room! Until now! And to be honest, my husband is so excited, he could do cartwheels!  He hates Saturday mornings...because when you step out from the CAVE, I mean the bedroom. Your blinded by the light!
So me and my mom took a little trip to Hobby Lobby and found these beauties! Green chevron curtains they where only $32.99 a panel...but since they still had a 50% off sale sign that they forgot to take down. They still honored it. So we got 4 panels for $65.98. My husband is going to put them up this weekend. We may not even need 4, but I would rather have to many then not enough. I mean, I can always take them back, or use the fabric for another project...or two!

I also went local to a goodwill store last weekend. There I picked up this vintage looking needlepoint. It was framed and very dirty, but i used a Pinterest cleaner on it and Voila! It came out so fresh and clean!

 

.50 for the needlepoint

 

 

 

 I got this print,and this print too for .50

So that is a big whopping $1.50. I also got 2 frames and a plastic elephant. I then went to Wal-Mart and bought to plastic giraffes. Got those for a Buck a piece!

 

I am doing a project with these little guys as we speak.

I also got this urn/planter for FREE! The lady from the thrift store said it was trash (are you kidding me?) and was going to throw it away. So me and my mom snatched it up, quick, fast and in a hurry! I made the topiary tree for $30.00. It definitely beats the one I skipped on for $99.00 (it was on sale too). Here is another Topiary. Then I went to the Dollar Store and bought a $5.00 mat.

I also saw this thing on Pinterest and just had to try it. Here is mine. It's JUST an orange that has olive oil in it, and that's all. No wick! No nothing! Pretty cool! Lasts about 45 mins.

 

So I guess that's it. Oh wait, one more thing...

 

This picture is a little weird. I do have a thumb, I promise!

Yeah, I burned the fire out of my arm. And you will never guess what on. A HAIRDRYER!

NO JOKE!

So what have you guys been up to?

You Can Kiss My BRASS...Goodbye! (Before & After)

Hey guys! So I am completely over the moon! Remember my ($30.00) brass coffee table? Yeah, the one that after 4 hours of pure torture. I still came up with, "A BIG HOT MESS"!

 

My steps were:

 Brasso & a toothbrush.

Then, for the legs. A soak in a mixture of water, vinegar, & salt. 

The glass top, got a good shot of Windex.

However, this piece was just to far gone!

Next, comes out the inspirational photo's.

Then, what does a girl do...?

(In my best Austin Powers voice)

She breaks out a can of GOLD baby!

BEFORE

So after a few coats of  "GOLD" spray paint...
I've got myself one heck of an amazing piece! I then threw a few things together and called it, DONE SON! BOOYAH! I also managed to put some Easy Sliders, on my table and the coasters (I did awhile back). I mean really, where do I find the time? LOL!


AFTER

 Isn't she BEA-U-TI-FUL?



From green, to brass, to GOLD!

Well guys, I hope you liked my Before & After. My friend, Allison picked up our owls yesterday. Hopefully, I can show you all the end result soon! I also have ANOTHER project, "IN THE WORKS".

Guess what? It involves more spray paint. Geez! I might just die from all the fumes I have been breathing in here lately!

 I hope you guys are enjoying your weekend! See you soon.☺