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| My Texas Snowman (The limes and lemon came from my own trees!) My friend gave me this idea...I just love it! |
I’m not Santa.
I am a mother.
I have children.
Elves and children are not the same.
(As much as I want them to be sometimes…be honest – don’t you?)
I look at my children and almost start crying with how blessed I am to be their Mommy. I don’t deserve my children.
I feel like I deserve elves. (I’m being honest.)
Elves are simply not in my budget. I looked on ebay.
I’m kidding…I didn’t really. I still might.
My biggest task that I would have my ebay elves do would be…
You know, I can’t think of just one thing at the moment. I can think of several!
- Washing windows inside and out while it is cool outside. We live in a part of Texas that has 2 seasons, warm and Hot. Winter does not exist…today on the 29th of December it was 84 degrees and we turned on the a/c.
- They would clean my ceilings. I know…you might be thinking really? She doesn’t clean her ceilings…I clean my daily. Umm…I have no answer for that.
- They would re-cover my couches. Oh wait…they would make me new leather couches- custom designed.
- I would have them give me a pedicure daily – the color with be all glittery.
- I do like to work…hard manual work (my fave chore is with a machete but since we live in the city – I don’t get to clear fences anymore)…so I wouldn’t mind a shoulder rub once in awhile. See – I won’t become lazy – well at least not totally.
- I would have them lick all my
ChristmasHoliday Cards that are still yet to have gone out. I know I probably made people mad by saying Holiday cards…but I didn’t make them by Christmas and this gave me freedom to get them by New Year’s Day…hey, I could send them out by Valentine’s Day…see I have freedom. Except the envelopes still need to be licked and yearly letter still needs to be written. St. Patrick’s Day is in my vision.
I don’t have elves. I will never have elves.
Mrs. Claus is a lucky lady.
I’m not her.
I’m a mother.
I will teach my children to lick envelopes and maybe make it a game so they will enjoy the process.
We’ll see.
Happy Early St. Patrick’s Day!
Blessings to you! You are loved!
Before
After
Before (front)
Ugly Dated Columns (Back)
From This:
To This! (Can’t wait for doors!)
The Kitchen Pantry
Open Pantry
No backsplash
To: My Stone Back-Splash
Plus…pretty Pot-Filler
This is above my double – oven. (It is not finished but you get the idea…)
These are the drawers – just a set…they still need to be finished….
My bedroom…
The guest room! 
This was the first time we had done stone. It is faux more like colored concrete shaped stone. 
He then applied thin-set just like you would do with tile. He applied the stone one at a time in order. It was very precise work…for these men.
He 
Ta Daaaa!!!!
Don’t look at the place above the stone…
I caught you looking…
by Phil Vischer series!
) reason for creating 
This is the backside of a tile. The white stuff on my hand is thin-set.
Spread the thin-set like butter on bread. Lather it good. Make sure it is even. If it isn’t then your tile will be tilted and look funny. If the wall is crooked – sometimes that might be a good thing. But, not usually. 
I pretend it is white chocolate. It makes my work go faster. I’m okay with that!
This is one that has been buttered correctly. Don’t eat it. Your insides won’t like you! 
Apply to wall. Push gently. I broke one. ONE! I blamed my brother who lives far far away…and had nothing to do with my tiling. But, it felt good to blame someone else not in the vicinity. You can blame him too! He’ll never know. I call him – Brat! (I love my brother…he might read this…or someone might tell him…Brat, you are loved!)
Don’t let me fool you…my hubby did most of this work. I will do the grouting. I like grouting so much more!
Before the tile:
After the tile.
