I have been sick. Not just a little under the weather, but full out flu SICK. It has not been pretty around here. It’s been the high fever, chills, body aches that-make-you-want-to-die sick. My hubby would come home from work and find me still in the jammies I’ve had on for two days and have a shocked/pity look on his face and say “You look….not so good”. Now my daughter does not put things quite so delicately. After I go pick her up from school, which takes every bit of energy I can ... VIEW POST
The Plague
A Junktastic Birthday
So ... I'm going to show you what I got for my birthday, but don't be alarmed OK? Don’t say “Shanna what the heck? Your family got you crap!” No need to pity me, I received just what I wanted. Sometimes what DIY'ers ask for might be a little scary to "normal" people. Let's start with number one: A vintage typewriter to decorate or stage my furniture pieces. When I take photos of the furniture I’m ready to sell, I like to “stage” it -- make it look like it might if you owned it, and it was in ... VIEW POST
Fall Top 10
I was thinking about some of my favorite things right now and this is what I came up with. My new mirror that I got at a yard sale. My dear hubby and brother put this bad boy up for me. I owe them for that. My new pumpkins I got for beside my mirror. Now I know this one is weird, lol, but I got a vintage bichon at a shop on Saturday. It looks just like my LuLu! My husband thinks I'm crazy and my daughter thinks it's creepy but I don't care. What are the chances of finding something ... VIEW POST
My Junk Hunk
Some people just come into this world being accident prone. No matter how careful they are they just can't help injuring themselves. Well my husband is one of those people. If there is a glass of water to be knocked over he's the one to do it. If there are stairs to fall down, he's your man. If there is a manhole without it's cover, down he goes (I swear that really happened!). There was one day when we stopped at 7-11 to get something. My daughter and I waited in the car while my husband ... VIEW POST
List of things not to do today….
When you have 4 pets, DO NOT walk into the hall in the morning with out looking. You could step in cat vomit (disgusting!) or worse. DO NOT forget that you have a dentist appointment. DO NOT drop a heavy sander on your toes. (Feels like it's broken, it's probably not, but it feels like it). DO NOT move a heavy dining table while trying to pull a rug out from underneath it by yourself, just because you were too excited about your new rug that came today and you couldn't be patient enough to ... VIEW POST
Want to see what I’m working on?
I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed these days. I'm working on five different projects right now and am about to start on two new big ones. I also have to help my daughter find her whole homecoming ensemble (hair, tan, shoes, jewels, etc). On occasions like this it would have been much easier to have a boy (well actually on lots of occasions it would have been easier to have a boy but that's for another day). I'm also taking care of my mom's dogs every day, as well as my neighbor's pooch. I don't ... VIEW POST
Lulu’s Story (Green Antique Dresser)
If you read my earlier post about my first dog Gracie, you know that I am absolutely in love with my pup. She is such an amazing dog. The only problem we had was separation anxiety (on both our parts). She was (is) super clingy to me. If we would leave you could hear her through the door crying. So at this point in our lives, we had one dog and two cats which my hubby thought was more than enough. I didn't. I knew Gracie needed a friend. I also knew this time I didn't want to go through a ... VIEW POST