Kitchen Make Over Part One

This is where I started...

I have hated my kitchen from day one!  The house was built in the 70's so this was the quick update I originally did about 8 years ago...it was a an improvement, but I still hated it!  I took the week off from work and have been busy!

First, I had to remove the wallpaper border (what was I thinking when I put that up?) and then remove this wallpaper from behind the fridge...Bicentennial from 1976, the year I was born!

I made a huge mess...but this is semi cleaned up!

It seams like I have been painting for days and days, I chose Magnetic Force (a deep wine/burgundy color) for my backslpash  and soffit and I am going to end up doing 5 coats by the time I'm done!  What was I thinking?!  I hate painting!  The other walls are called Family Crest which is a beautiful light green.  Now my next dilemma is whether or not to paint the cabinets.  I have a cream color chosen but I am not 100% sure I should paint them and we are possibly going to sell the house, so I'm thinking of maybe stripping them.

And finally this is my project for the day...

Clear the hubby's desk, move it out of the way or take it apart, remove the border and paint the wall.

And paint yet another coat of Magnetic Force...

And keep these two out of trouble!  Don't let them fool you, they are not sweet innocent puppies!  They are tornadoes with legs!


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Random Thursday

What does a fox say?

Are you or your kids singing this insanely stupid, irritating song from YouTube?  My kids, customers and random people on the street are singing it!  I watched about 30 seconds of the video and could not take it!

What does Jen say?

SHUT UP!!!  Stop!  Its not that great of a song, not everyone wants to hear you sing it!!!  If you must hear it, here is the link What does a fox say?

When they get to the chorus you'll know what I mean when I say irritating!

Disclaimer: This is just my opinion...if you love it great, just please don't sing it around me.

Here's a song I think more people should sing...Colors by April Smith  My kids are allowed to sing this one!

Did you know? (according to uselessfacts.net)

Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister...

Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion in pet food a year!

According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

Some people say that when the bands of black on a woolybear caterpillar are wide, a cold winter is coming. Uh-oh..I checked these myself this year-dress warm the bands were wide!

On average, right handers live about 9 years longer than lefties!

Nutritious food costs about 10 times more than junk food!

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

You spend 7 years of your life in the bathroom! 

Quilt facts...

The most common color in traditional Amish quilts is black.

Quilting wasn't considered an art form until the 1960's

In 1856 Singer started the installment plan making sewing machines affordable.

Most common patterns in the early 1800's- nine patch, Irish chain and pinwheel.

# of hits on quilterscache.com as of today= 24,028,662 

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So Cute...

It's a good thing they are cute because they are double trouble!

It's a BOY and a GIRL!!!

I said no more babies...but I could not help myself!!!  We were only going to get one but my hubby wanted  Bella too.

Mateo (pronounced Ma-tay-o)

4 LBS 12 OZ

Born September 1, 2013

Bella Ella

6 LBS 4 OZ

Born September 1, 2013

We brought them home last Sunday and have been basking in puppy cuteness all week, however there have been sleepless nights, endless puppy laundry and lots of this...

And of course, puppy proofing the kitchen where they will live for the next few weeks during training.  Now my daughter and I are trying to figure out a middle name for Mateo, any suggestions?

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The Great Debate!

For the last week or so I have been going back and forth trying to decide if I should use all the squares from my "Glamping"  charm packs in my quilt.  I'll show you whats bugging me...

The lady in the corner looks like she's enjoying something a little too much while the other lady and the dog watch!  The dog even looks surprised!!!!

Here is what is actually happening...

I'm assuming she's putting on perfume and I know I don't react like that when I do!

And this makes it even more funny...

I wonder what the bare necessities really are!?!

 I think its hilarious but would it be too naughty for a quilt?  Do you think anyone will notice?   Maybe I should just fuse these two together and chuckle every time I use the quilt and say "Who cares?"  Or should I put these on the back?  Oh, I can't decide!


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Twins plus one!

Quilts for twin girls and a boy that is!  I needed something quick because I have been so busy lately, I made the blocks for the twin quilts one evening last week.  I had Friday off so I got to sewing around 11 am and at 11:30 Saturday night (after a cross country meet and apple picking) I put the last stitch in the binding on the third quilt...

The boy quilt is my favorite out of the three.  Its simple but oh, so cute!  It's hard to see in the pic but its theme is frogs in light blue, green and white...

The backing is my most favorite part!

Frogs and turtles, too cute!

Now that these are done I can get back to my "Glamping" quilt for me!  I will hopefully be sewing the blocks together this week and have a finished quilt by next week!

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Field Trip...

This morning my oldest daughter ran at a Cross Country meet in Verona and afterwards my hubby, daughter and I went to Madison to the...

I went last year and had major sensory overload and ran out of money!  This year I went prepared for the crowd and with more money but I only bought two charm packs.  Go figure! A word of warning though, it is pricey just to get in the door, for the three of us it was $33.50 for admission and parking!

I go "Glamping" every time I go camping!  My camper has two kitchens, my own bedroom and bathroom and a place to hook up my ipod and charge my phone and did I mention we have a TV, too?...I don't like to "rough it"!  So this is destined to become a quilt for the camper! Or should I say a quilt for me when I camp!

  I also wanted to try playing with a long-arm quilting machine but most of them I was afraid to try!  Too many buttons and gadgets-I am a simple girl!  However, we stopped at this booth...

 The model I played on was perfect, simple just like me!  Now I need to find an extra $7000 laying around so I can bring one home...

Some of the quilts on display were amazing!  The only thing that disappointed me was a lot of them looked alike or some variation of these, there must be a trend going for this type...

Don't get me wrong, these are beautiful but way too busy and not something I even remotely want to make!  Again that's just my lowly opinion!

And this is the quilt that inspired me the most to possibly make someday...

Simple, inspiring, striking...maybe someday I'll make it...ok its on my quilting bucket list now!

This one was the most amazing in my opinion...

I think it was called Persephone's Garden, the detail up close was insanely mind blowing!  The roses were made from velvet!  I voted for this one for peoples choice award.

This quilt was the funniest...The Cereal Killer Strikes Again!

This is what my kitchen looks like after breakfast some days!

The best part of the day...the hubby said it wasn't too bad!  Maybe I can drag him back next year!