Home Sweet Home!!

I have been in Atlanta for a conference since Wednesday! I had a great time with my co-workers but there is No Place Like HOme!! And I am glad to be here! The boys enjoyed time with their cousins and Gran and pop. McSweetie was able to go on an all day fishing trip. Once everyone got home yesterday we just caught up on all that had been going on. I always love to hear them talk about what they did, who they did it with, etc, etc, etc. I'm glad that the boys were able to spend so much time with their other side of the family.

Today is a day of catch up. I am catching up on the laundry. McSweetie is catching up on the lawn. The boys are catching up on Spongebob??!! Hmmm, something is wrong with this picture!

Number 1 son was able to go to lunch with his friends from church and the rest of the fam enjoyed Cracker Barrel. I love looking at their fun stuff. I would LOVE to have their patriotic plates. {Hard to believe that the 4th is next weekend!! It's the one holiday I don't have alot of decor for... so I really think I need the plates. LOL}

Oh, and sad news... my computer officially died!! So I have to find my disc for my camera to be able to download pictures. And I had some to post of my new and improved scrapbook space. of course I have NO idea where all that stuff is. Maybe up in the closet in the spare room. Will have to do some hunting. So forgive my lack of pictures for a while!! {I'm just glad that I had them all backed up!! Of course I don't have all me email addy's I guess I'll just have to wait until y'all email me!!}

I guess this catches you up for the most part. Enjoy these lazy summer days. They seem to go by tooo fast!!

I've been wanting one of these for a while....

it's a maket tote and Monogram Chick is giving it away. Go check it out! Be sure to enter the giveaway and when you do tell her Busy Mom sent you because if you win, then I win TOO!!!! Don't you just love a WIN WIN situation?!?

And i never did show you all the cute necklace i won from pamperingbeki...

Isn't it sweet? I love it!!

Stay Cool... {and I don't mean in the "hip" kinda way; I mean the temerature kind of way!} It is sooooo hot here!!

Happy Father's Day!

Without Dad there wouldn't be these 2 wonderful kiddos!
Helping Pop plant his tomato plant!

McSweetie, his sister, and Dad

Opening presents!!

And doing what Dads do best...

sitting on the sofa watching golf!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!

The Big REVEAL.....

Come on in....

It's my new space!!




Organized paper!!




My Ballard's bargain and it houses
my idea magazines, scissors, punches,
& other "stuff"


McSweetie is going to install a plug for me
so I can use my cricut and photo printer.



And I love all the canvas bins to organize my other crafty
stuff, ribbons, wooden frames, canvases, etc..

I still have some additions to make but as of now I am pleased as punch with my new space!! May even have to christen it this weekend!!

I'm Almost Embarrassed to Post This...{scrapbook space in progress}

but I figure I can come clean with y'all!!

This is how my closet looked...

{I know... BAD!!! My husband is VERY

LOVING to put up with that!}

The other side... {even the drawers were left open!!}

Cleaned it out!!

Organized all my clothes by color..

And shoes above...

My sweet Number 2 son helped me move my triple dresser and the drawers McSweetie made me for my shoes when we lived in our historical home which had NOOOOOO closet space. And this is what we ended up with...

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Stayed tunes for what's going on now.... did a little shopping at WalMart today!!

HOME SWEET HOME...

... the boys and I made a quick trip up to the "ham" this weekend. They enjoyed a weekend with my parents while I enjoyed a weekend of SCRAPBOOKING!! It was soo much fun {nothing new there!!} These ladies really have it down to a T. Of course I leave all motivited to scrapbook when I get home but then only become frustrated and put it away again. But NOT this time. I am inspired to really get my act together and organize a space to call my own and have all my "stuff" at my fingertips. Of course this leads to a HUGE, COLOSSAL, GINORMOUS, undertaking of finding the right space. I am thinking of using part of my master closet. It is a VERY LARGE space that if I did a little {who am I kidding... } alot of rearranging I could have a great space.

Soooo... this week while number 1 son is at camp I am going to get serious about my "craft" of scrapbooking. So if any of you out there have some great organizational ideas, websites to see, spare time... {LOL} let me know!

So, if I don't post again for a while just know that I have been sucked in my closet to never return... "Go to the light Carol Anne!!"

What a nice surprise...

to blog hop this afternoon and see that Happiness Is had given my lil' blog an award {It's my first!!} and I am MORE than PLEASED to accept it! I'm just glad that there are those out there that enjoy stopping by and reding what is going on "on the Bay".

I am supposed to pass this along to 15 other newly discovered blogs... some are inspiratational, while others are fun, and others have the best decorating ideas and others are my friends {that I know and just love their blogs}...

So here are my 15 picks in no particular order....

• Fancy Schmancy


• Lisa Leornard: it's the little things


• Cherry Hill Cottage {she posted a chocolate cobbler recipe that I am dying to try}
• Pampering Beki { I won a necklace from Southern Hospitality... blessed}


• Southern Hospitality


• The lettered cottage { i adore her design style!!}


• 320 Sycamore {just hopped over there & the cutest idea for a head board!!}


• The Cottage Around the Corner
• Kelly's Korner


• Southern Whimsy
• Just Beachy
• Jumpin In
• Monogram Chick
• Bienvenue

And here are the rules for sharing the love...

The Rules:

1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you have newly discovered.

**Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.**

Whew.. that was ALOT of work!! Now I get to go back and let them know that they are "winners!!"

Ooooooo, another giveaway from Fancy Schmancy...

... my friend has opened an Etsy shop and in honor of her store she is having a giveaway. You could be the winner of this....
Just click on the picture & leave a comment for her! Be sure to tell her I sent ya!! And if you don't win you can always buy one through her Etsy store!!

No sew, no problem...

... my goal this summer is to learn how to sew. But in the mean time....

I found this fun fabric...

This cute trim...

This adhesive....

And this is what you get.....

Not bad for a girl who can't sew!! It's the little things that make me happy!!

Check me out! Take 2...

I love, love, love, these plates... I picked them

up at Hobby Lobby when I moved here

gosh, 3 years ago this month.

Ok, I can't leave out the polka dots..

You all know one of my "favorite" things...

Happy Everything {hmmm and it seems to need

a new topper...}

I moved these shelves from my bedroom to the kitchen

"Check" out all the checks... can you spot them all?

And this is my kitchen table compliments of

MacKenzie Childs!! And "check" out the rug!!

One of my favorite things compliments of

Wendy because she couldn't

use it in her new house {I'll be sad when

she needs it back!}

And the other bookshelf. Still lots of

checks!!


How do you "check" out??

my apologies...

... but this background matches my hat. I had to have it!! Will do a better post soon I promise! My computer is acting up and I haven't been able to download any pictures!!