Football Season

Gig Em Ags!

It's no secret that we're pretty big Aggie fans around here. My buddy Deena & I thought we'd get crafty and make new wreaths for our front doors...in honor of the upcoming A&M football season. I've never been good at taking step-by-step pics. I usually remember sometime around the last step. Plus, I don't even want to get into how many times we changed our minds, went to the store to buy or return items, looked at examples, etc. It's almost comical! But, we love the end result. And we'll definitely be having craft time again soon! :)

My New Hobby

I've started something I never thought I'd get into! Yep...Zumba! I've heard all about it. Heard it's a great workout....people love it...it's fun! All positive things. But, I knew it was dancing, mostly, and I just didn't see myself getting into it. However, a friend from church invited me to a class, and I agreed to go. Mostly as moral support for her. I wasn't really looking forward to it. 1 class....that's all it took! Now I'm addicted! I love going! We try to go almost every night....except Wednesday because of church, and Friday because we usually have plans. But I'm loving it. I sweat...a lot! But I feel like I'm actually working out, and I don't hate every second of it. So, that's my new addiction. If you haven't tried it...you should! My mom even goes with me! And if we don't know a move...we just make up our own and laugh at each other! It's fun...try it!

Crafting

This is why I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays. I have so many ideas, plans, desires, etc... and no time to do all of them. Do you see this mess. Micah tells me often that my crafting spills all over the house. I have a bad habit of starting a new project before finishing the current project. There's not enough help for me out there. 

 There is a project that I have finished. It was super easy, fun & turned out really cute. I made some Christmas ornaments. Below are the supplies needed. I simply coated the inside of clear Christmas ornaments with some mop & glo, then poured in the glitter. 

Ta da...final product. I did several in a bunch of different sizes. I had my sister & her friend make some too. I love the final product on my tree. 

My new Hobby

My best friend had a baby about 9 months ago. I asked her if I could make her a diaper cake. She said yes, and suddenly the pressure was on. But, I had a blast, and I think it turned out pretty great!! The little "candies" are baby wash cloths wrapped in tulle.

Anyway, a good friend at church is having a baby soon, and this past weekend was her shower. So, her daughter asked if I'd make a diaper cake for her, and I went for it. This is how it turned out...

She loved it. So, I'm thinking I've found a new hobby. I don't know that I can quit my day job just yet, but who knows...

Weekend Projects

So, I've had my great husband working on a few weekend projects. We moved in our house and had a lot more space than furniture. Although we bought several pieces, we couldn't afford to go out a buy brand new furniture for every empty space. So, I put my handyman husband to work. The first piece was this dresser. We bought it on craigslist for $50.

We (Micah) stripped the paint, sanded it down, repainted, and we added new knobs. Now it looks like this:

Next project. We took this hideous hutch from my parents. Not pictured is the top piece. It had glass shelves for china display. They were going to sell it or throw it out. So, we adopted it.

Again, a little stripping & sanding. We re-stained it and added new knobs. And, this is what we have:

Last, but not least, we needed a book shelf for our office area. My solution: buy one. My husbands solution: the words I so often hear, "I can build that." So, he did.

People have ben quite impressed with the book shelf. In fact, I think he's got 5 bookshelf requests right now. Looks like he'll be busy for a while...

That's why I keep him around!!! ;-)