what a weekend

First of all we had an amazing response to our birthday blog party over at Hello Ladies. It was too fun, five lucky people got some prizes!

We had the girls this weekend, so Brand decided that we should all go see Alice in Wonderland. NOTE: we were going to go Thursday night, but my stomach was a little bit unhappy so I didn't know if I could handle the 3D-ness of the film. SO, Saturday night, we went and saw it as the cute little family that we are. It was my first ever movie in 3D and I really liked it. There were a few parts in there that I could have completely done without (the floating heads, the dragon's head being.....yeah, yucky). I was also having problems understanding what the heck they were saying, when the Mad Hatter switched to that Scottish accent....I was lost. I will be glad when it comes out on DVD and I can subtitle it.  :-)

The best part of the movie for my was the dresses that Alice wore! That red dress.......AMAZING!!! and the cute little one the Mad Hatter made for her in the teapot.....genius.

STILL not done with the bathroom remodel..... I rolled the paint on the bathroom doors Saturday morning, and after a few minutes I saw that it was bubbling.....the whole thing (4 accordian door type things) have to be scraped and then sanded and repainted.......UGH. BUT, the bathroom colors look really nice, so I am excited about how it is turning out. I will get pics up soon.

Oh, wanted to send a shout-out to Lindsay over at Pixies and Bears, she is having a really neat-o giveaway, and you should totally go check it out.  :)

I am pretty excited about Spring Break this year, not because I get to go anywhere, but I think Krystle and I are gonna spend a few days cranking out some Hello Ladies goodness...... that makes me super happy!

Have a great night everyone!

~mandy~

Blog Party over at Hello Ladies

Hey there! I've been super busy today hosting the 1st Birthday Blog Party over at Hello Ladies. You should go over and check it out, there have been 5 posts already and it's been really fun!

Excited about Tomorrow!!!

In case you didn't know, tomorrow is the 1 year Birthday of Hello Ladies (my Biz with my BFF's).

All week I've been working on 2 things when I got home, the bathroom remodel (which should be done by the weekends'.......end) and the Hello Ladies Birthday Blog Party. Tomorrow from .... sometime in the morning, till ..... sometime in the evening (do u like those specifics?) we are having a Birthday Party on the Hello Ladies Blog. There will be at least 5 giveaways (at least), 'meet the Ladies' posts, 'visit the blogs we love' posts...... it's just going to be a good time. If you aren't a follower of the blog, become one so you won't miss out on a second of birthday goodness. We will also do one giveaway for just our facebook fans, so totally become a fan of us there!

Anywhoooo, I think Brand and I are going to see Alice in Wonderland tonight......i think. Not going to lie - Johnny Depp is a little creepy in the trailers, so we shall see.... 

OH and I watched the Eclipse Trailer today....yay!

(don't hate - if you don't like it, I'm not out there bashing your choice of movies, books or lifestyle...hehehe).

It's going to be fun. I know where I will be June 29th at midnight.  :)

I think that's all for this evening, Just wanted to give you a heads up on the blog giveaway tomorrow and hope that you stop by!

~mandy~

........yup, I'm still here ......

-found on we heart it-

So sorry I haven't posted, I have been up to my eyeballs in the bathroom remodel. I have no idea how one little bitty bathroom can effectively mess up every room in my house.

- Our bedroom as all the bathroom decor in it along with everything out from under the cabinets.

- The craft room has all of our hang-up clothes in it (yes, our closet is in the bathroom)

- the kitchen/dining room has all the remodel supplies in it

- the other bathroom (which is rarely used) has now become the ONLY bathroom we have. Did I mention it was also the laundry room.....eeeek.

- the living room has become the overflow of the laundry room...

It's just one big mess! Last night I cleaned off the dining room table......I was SO happy. it was literally the ONLY clean place in the house. I am so ready for this to be over, but as soon as this remodel is over, we will be putting down hardwood floors in the living room, soooo here we go again!  :)

YAY I have 31 followers! Hello to my Indie Biz friends that have decided to follow. I promise more interesting items next week! Head on over to the Hello Ladies Blog and become a follow of them/us, that one stays interesting!  :)

Have a great week!

~mandy~

Who wanted to remodel???

SOOOOO - It was my BIG idea to remodel our master bathroom.....what was I thinking??? It's been a week now, and I think we are just now "getting started". We would start one project, but couldn't really get started because we needed to rip this out, or paint this first .... it's been a mess, but I hope to start actually painting tomorrow night ..... PRAISE THE LORD!!! So here are a few fun pics of my weekend. Tomorrow I will be doing a post on all my new "Indie Biz 2.0" friends - lots of cute blogs and etsy shop links coming your way! Hope your weekend was great!

~mandy~

Part of the "before" pic. I forgot to take pics of the rest......so sorry  :)

Such a FANTASTIC husband I have - so cute covered in dust!

The flooring underneath our flooring.....good times!

DUST EVERYWHERE!!!! (from scrapping the glue off the floor)

These are the colors of the new bathroom and bedroom when we get it finished...

Dot was a big help this weekend, can't you tell???  :)

Ladies Craft Night

So before Christmas I started a small group at our church for ladies to come and craft. No lesson, No formal craft, just bring what you want to work on, bring some food, and bring funny stories! I didn't know how it would be received, but the first night - I think we had 28 ladies! It was CRAZY, crafts everywhere! Since it's a very loosey goosey group, we never know who is going to show up. One week we may have 5 ladies and another week (like last night) we had 18. I look forward to them every two weeks, and I hope the ladies are having just as much fun as I am. Here are a few pics of the group from last night!

Gotta get to work on some projects.....will be back tonight with a post on our bathroom remodel! I'm super excited about it.

Have a great day!

~mandy~

Northern Lights......

I am a southern girl to my core, but once in my lifetime I would love to be anywhere with some Northern Light displays.... It is just the neatest thing in the world to me, and I am secretly jealous to those of you who get to see them on a semi-regular basis....   :-P

Here are some pics that made me want to hop on a north bound plane today!

~mandy~

PS - it's been a really busy weekend and gonna be a busy week, but I promise to stay connected. We are cleaning up our yard, as well as starting a big remodel in the house.....I'll post pics to keep you informed......hehehee

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