Giveaway!!

Nothing better than the chance to win free stuff.....

Amazing Dana has an amazing family. Her Aunt makes super cool jewelry and Dana is giving some way!! The prize is one of the chunky bracelets in the picture.

You can also check out her Aunt's other pieces at her etsy shop. I love the Recycled and Reloved Pendant!

Check out Dana's blog to enter and best of luck to you... but don't get too excited- I AM GOING TO WIN!!

It never ends

So being the list maker I am, I made a list of everything around the house I wanted done. We have managed to mark quite a few things off the list but in doing so, added twice as many! Poor Bucky... Two of the items on the list were to fix the Man House roof and get central AC/Heat in the "old" part of the house. I spent my entire morning on the phone arranging people to come out and give me an estimate. There are some interesting people out there, and some of them think rather highly of themselves and their businesses. I know you get what you pay for, but based on some of these estimates, either my house should feel like the Antarctic without raising my power bill or the Man House roof should withstand a category 5 hurricane. Too bad we don't own a bank. Hopefully tomorrow will bring some more estimates with more reasonable amounts on the bottom line. I get to install my fancy-schmancy trash can cabinet during nap time tomorrow- wish me luck! It will be one more item off the list. Only 42 more to go....

Adventures to DC... so far...

We made it here. All alive and in one piece. Not for a lack of trying to drive us nuts on Maggie's behalf. Leaving at the crack of dawn was the grand plan- Maggie sleeps- we drive... sounds great? Would have been if Maggie slept. Instead we fuss, we throw tantrums, we have diaper blow-outs in the middle of nowhere. The blow-outs were especially fun since Aunt B doesn't do stinky diapers well, or should I say at all?

But alas we arrive to find lots of fun things! My parents got Maggie the neatest chair from IKEA and one of the Pottery Barn chairs she loves too. The teddy bear chair works like one of those old lawn chairs, so you can bend the waist, arms, and head to all different angles. She loves it!

We are working on getting things for the house, however Mom and I have extremely different taste when it comes to color. I like it, she doesn't it. Resell beige all the way.

Got the camera charged and hopefully I'll get some decent pictures of Maggie playing- she loves the stairs here! However, she won't come down them... doesn't like the height, won't go near the railings either...smart kid.

On the Road

It just erased my post. Grrrrr.... We are driving to DC tomorrow. Fingers crossed all goes well and Maggie doesn't kill her carseat! I'm not typing it all again. Sorry, you got the abbreviated version this time.