The reason you should never move away

Reason 1. I need a way to update my Facebook profile picture

Reason 2. I need someone to make gingerbread houses with

Reason 3. I rather send emails to my dad with your kids giving the messages than the birding details of my life
Hi Grandpa

Reason 4. Maizy will miss her best friend Andie Lynn

Reason 5. I love your kids too much to only see them once in a while


Thanks for the fun weekend Andie and Bennett!

I needed something for the wall

I had some canvas sitting in my house for many months waiting for inspiration for the spare room... Pinterest wasn't giving me what I wanted so I heading off the Michael's and bought some paint and a stencil. For an ameture they didn't turn out too bad.

Thanks Mira and Robyn;)

My friend Mira made me a fantastic board for my spare room that perhaps she should go into business making! It helped me finally put up the Christmas present my old roomate Robyn gave of pictures that spell my name. I also
Made a sewing machine cover with material Mira gave me. It all came together nicely.

Closet redo

I am in love with the closet doors in my spare room! I just bought some contact paper (the stuff you line your kitchen shelves with) and stuck it on the plain white closet doors. The great thing was that the pattern was so busy that you can't tell when the paper didn't match up. Here are the before and afters:

Chair re-do!

I love when find provides me with a good deal. I got this chair for $5 and am very happy with its transformation. Here are the before and after shots:

Milestone day!

Two major this happened today. Maizy lost her ability to have future children. She is handling it pretty well just cries a little when she forgets she can't jump off the couch or play with Tucker like she wants to. She has to wear a cone for 10 days! That's going to feel like for both of us I'm sure.
The second milestone of the day was when during the 3am wake up with the major storm we had last night I decided I was going to get my ears pierced for the first time in my life. I told my friend Mira of my plan and she was there to make sure I did it and followed through.

I might pay someone next time!

5 hours later (multiple breaks) and a trip to the pet store, Maizy got a haircut (a hack job at that one). She doesn't have any black let on the top of her head I'm hoping it evenly turns tan like her dads! Here are the before and after shots:

Always make doughnuts at someone else's house

I called up Kay on Wednesday and asked it I could come over and make some doughnuts that I saw on pinterest at her house. Mostly because I didn't want to have them all at my house to eat and really wanted to try making them. The we're so easy! Just got some pillsbury biscuit dough cut out the center and deep fried them. Kay did a great job at mixing up the icing. Success!!

Surprise Jenn (because I think you secretly read this)

Just finished skyping with my nephew Benson. We had a very important conversation about the game he is playing, his wake up dry chart, and the snowman in his backyard. He asked me very important questions like: why do you live in Edmonton, is your tv on, and do you have any little boys.
All I have to say is it's about time you got Skype so we could have important conversations like this because I like the a lot!!

They grow up too fast

Took Maizy to the vet this morning. She weighs 5.8lbs and is doing great according to the vet. Funny thing was when he asked how house training was going I said really well just as Maizy let out a little on the table, way to prove me wrong girl. She took her shots like a pro.

Clearing off my pinterest board

I have some exciting news!  I almost cleaned off an entire pinterest board in one weekend.  Pretty productive I say.  Here are some of the things I accomplished.
-Made a new blanket for Andie

-Made a trip to the local value village to pick up a t-shirt to make a dress for Andie

Here is the before and after... thanks Kay for the picture!
http://kojo-designs.com/2009/08/kojo-tutorial-a-jcrew-y-ruffle-dress-from-a-tshirt/

-bought an extra large mens dress shirt to make into a dress as well...  (Please excuse Maizy she wouldn't let me take a picture without her.)
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/cool-idea-little-girls-dress-from-dads-shirt/2009/03/27/

-I bought this towel at the dollar store and made it into a travel case for toiletries ....
http://www.etsy.com/listing/85900364/terrycloth-toothbrush-and-paste-travel

-I made another baby blanket for a friend having a boy in June.
-Made some banana cookies
http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2011/08/banana-cookies.html
-Made some honey chicken
http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/01/slow-cooker-honey-sesame-chicken-recipe.html


Now I guess I better get pinning so I have something to do next weekend...

Maizy Fern Easthope

So far so good. We have made it through night one with success. She slept in her crate with little whining. She even did well meeting her dad..

Snowblowers make my life difficult

Well with recent dump of snow Edmonton received, ment I needed to shovel the mailboxes. When I pulled up to one of the mailboxes I found this! The community snowblower had nicely cleaned the sidewalk for its residents by blowing the snow in front of the mailbox (which we all know already had a foot of snow in front of it). Luckily it wasn't multiple mailboxes or I would have been there all day;)

Bennett meets his cousin

I finally finished

This is one of those crafts that took me a while to finish. Not because it was lots of work or took lots of time... Well here it is.

Tucker did something right!

I went to meet Tucker (Kay and Melvin's dog) offspring on Sunday. One day one of these little pups will come to live with me...

Because Jen is too lazy to find me on pinterest

I told my coworker Jen wanted to try out these great energy snacks that I found on Pinterest but she was to lazy about finding me on pinterest and said that I should put them up on my blog for her.  They are a great snack when you are a little bit hungry or need an energy boost before Zumba Kay!  So here you go Jen. Enjoy!!

1 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup peanut butter (or other nut butter) 1/3 cup honey 1 cup coconut flakes 1/2 cup ground flaxseed 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips 1 tsp vanilla 

Proudest moment yet!!

This is what I undertook today!! It only took me 6 hours!! I bought the ottoman for 25 bucks and got the fabric for 3 bucks a meter... It's not perfect but not too bad for a beginner! On a side note I also made a crock pot dinner and homemade buns. A productive day! Sorry the before picture is so crapy !

My new pride and joy!

I love a good "find"! After finding this gem at my favourite stores walked away.... Then I couldn't stop thinking about it. I even made my coworker Mira go during our lunch to pick it up so that no one else would buy it. Not too sure where it's final resting place will be but for now it will stay where I can continue to fall in love with it!

A secret...

I secretly like to organize things. Don't get me wrong i don't have a super organized house just once in a whole I catch the bug. Today's project was to make over my entry closet. It is right at my kitchen that has limited cupboard space so I was glad to move some stuff over to the closet. There is a patch job needed where I ripped of the old shelf but I save those projects for my dad;) Here are the before and after shots:

Sometimes I cook food

Thanks pinterest for these yummy and healthy spinach bites! Here is the pinterest picture and my version..,

Love these guys!

Thanks for the hangout!

An evening can sure change things up!

In the course of on evening the living room curtains took quite a transformation. I love the new fabric I stumbled upon!

If only my brothers would give me more nieces!!

When you have 2 weeks off of work, have no kids an live alone you need projects to fill your time. Don't get we wrong it has been good to turn off my "teacher brain" for a bit but sometimes I get bored! So today I completed a quilt I was going to make just in case my brother and sister-in-law had a girl but they had a boy so they get a blue one I made last year. Here are the results of today's boredom...