Be Silly, Be Honest, Be Kind. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Saturday, July 7, 2012

I start all of my blog posts as "it's been awhile"  yup, it has.  How in the world is this summer going by so fast?  A week until the middle of JULY?  I'm not complaining, I can't wait to get to Kansas in two weeks, and even more, I can't wait to hold a fresh, tiny baby in my arms, so Summer, continue as you are.

I have a lot of catching up to do.......

Many weekends ago, my boys decided to be handy-men.  I'm completely in love with pallet ideas and everything you can make from them.  I love the way the wood looks when it's finished, and best of all? FREE!  Chris has a friend who gets truckloads of them for bonfires that he does.  It's great.

 Measuring wood for my headboard and coffee table!






 I could SQUEEZE this kid, I hope his little brother takes after him in looks!  









It was a hard day of working! 


 My pallet coffee table!  

My new headboard!  (Nevermind the bed, I was doing laundry and knew if I waited to take the picture, it would never get done!)  A blog about my completed bedroom (that's not finished yet) will be soon!  Or in reality, probably close to Christmas!  ;)  









Meanwhile, I (and Maddy) were making our own detergent!

 10 Bottles of detergent were made with 1/4 of the cost of 1 bottle of Tide
 We figured it out and we saved $131.00 just with this one batch.  
Madeline very much enjoyed pouring the mixture into the containers and I enjoyed all the money I was saving!  (On a side note:  In my opinion, this detergent is just as good as Tide!)