I have severe ADHD!

No, not the one you're familiar with. I suffer from Always Decorating my House Disorder. I can't seem to get a room finished before I'm redecorating it or changing it up in some way. It used to drive my husband crazy. Now he just asks "does it make you happy?" Why yes, yes it does. Our weekend went a little like this. We need some additional shelves for the garage. Peyton has quite the collection of power tools and yard equipment. We made a deal several years ago that if he can build me some of the furniture pieces I want in the house, then he can get whatever tools he needs to build them. He's in dire need of some organization for his collection, so a trip to Lowe's was needed. Well, that plan turned into a trip to 3 different furniture stores, 1 new dining room table, 2 new couches, 2 garage shelving units, 1 laundry room shelving unit, a gallon of paint for the laundry room, and paint samples for the Master bathroom. I will update with pictures from my newly finished rooms next week. Our furniture delivery is Tuesday and I'm so excited!!!
Here's a little sneak peak of my new table.


Photo courtesy of Haverty's

Back By Popular Demand

This poor neglected blog of mine is getting ramped back up! This was the best way for me to journal about everyday life and keep family and friends in the know about what's going on. I started a little segment I called Try It Tuesday and a couple of friends said I should bring it back. In the beginning it was me trying out some of the latest and greatest new products, infomercial types. I'm going to change it up a little and do a little "Tips and Tricks" meets "Try It Tuesday". Should be interesting! And now for the first installment for this year. 

Enjoy!

Ever had one of those days where you come downstairs and see that your children have done exactly what you've asked them not to do? No? Me neither. I enjoy walking into a room completely covered in sequins. Tons of stars, circles, flowers and hearts just make such a nice addition to a bland cream carpet. And I love how they stick to the bottoms of bare feet and find their way all over the house. Did I mention that these sequins aren't even mine? Nope, they belong to the daycamp that I volunteer with in the summer. So as tempted as I was to just suck them all up and toss them out, I couldn't do that. They needed to be saved, and rather than pick up each one by hand, I had to come up with an easier plan. 

 Bring in the reinforcements! Vacuum cleaner with a hose attachment, nifty attachment for the hose, old pantyhose and scissors.  At first I wasn't even sure if I still owned any pantyhose and there was no way I was going to cut up my nice winter tights! I think these date back to high school, thanks old friend for saving the day.

 

  I cut off one of the feet of the pantyhose and placed the hose attachment inside.

Make sure that you pull it tight around the hose attachment or you'll just end up sucking up the pantyhose.

  Tuck the extra bit into the top of the attachment. I did this a few times, cutting off some of the excess until there was just about half an inch of hose to tuck.

 Place the pantyhose covered attachment over the vacuum hose and Voila!

I managed to salvage almost every single sequin. This also works for buttons and beads.

And for your viewing pleasure, a picture of the little culprit who created such chaos. 

She's lucky she's cute!

(and she has pockets!)