Our house has wood floors throughout but it is a mixture of hard oak and soft wood. The dining room also has an area that had been patched ...

Although our porch is in desperate need of a facelift, including new support beams, I decided to liven it up a little.  Thought this might ...

10 long months have passed since I posted updates.  We have had many many changes in almost a year. The Boss turned 18, moved out (t...

We now have a 1st grader, a 6th grader, and an 8th grader. Tomorrow the older kids start and we will have a senior and 2 juniors. The summe...

My baby turns 6 today. It feels like just last week that he was this sweet tiny baby. My only blue eyed blonde. Loved to be cuddled and stil...

As well as spending hours painting the bedroom and working on the drywall I have spent a couple hours getting our old furniture ready. I sti...

I love a man who argues when needed, loves unconditionally, and thinks of others before himself. He is a wonderful father, step-dad, dude, ...

If I am given a choice my favorite always lands in this area. Whether it be turquoise or robins egg blue, teal or aqua I simply love it. I h...

The girl's room will be done in Navy and Raspberry. This will work great since The Boss asked for blue and Chatterbox loves loves loves ...

My girls does! Miss Brainy and a couple friends waiting in line from 6 am-12 am for the opening night of Deathly Hollows part 2. They had th...

Let me show the pretty first... My girls are off on vacation with their aunts and uncles so I am diving into another makeover project. This ...

Ten Things Children with Food Allergies Want You to Know ©2011 Gina Clowes 1. I long to be included. I would like to look, act and eat like ...

How can it be that I now have 4 teenagers in the house?! Oh the hormones that rage here everyday! I know these cakes are all over blogland ...

The antique booth has been going great! Lots of items in and lots of items out. I have spent quite a few days at auctions and garage sales m...

For Father's day we decided to take Bryan to KC to see the Cubs play. All the kids were able to go except Miss Brainy who now has a real...

I finally got the truckload of mulch for the flowerbeds and the new playground area. I will take a few days to get all of this spread out bu...