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Bump Update at 31 Weeks   *How far along?: 31 weeks 1 day when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: around 20-21 pounds....but it feels like 221.....feeling quite large lately.... *How big is baby?: About 17 inches in length and around 4.5lbs....he's measuring big (18 days bigger) so this number could be WAY off. *Sleep?:Thank goodness for another week of good sleep.

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For some reason, when it comes to Valentine's Day I try to stay away from the traditional box of Valentine's Day cards. I love finding new things for the girls to give their classmates. A couple of years ago I did this Valentine... You can find how I did these by clicking HERE Then last year I did these cute little photos.... I got this photo and idea from this website

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If this were a football game, I'd just be starting the 4th quarter!!!! 30 weeks down, and just 10 to go. Lucky for me, since I am having a c-section I get to skip the last week!!! So for me, I now have less than 9 weeks as I write this post!!!!!!!! 30 Week Baby Bump Update! *How far along?: 30 weeks 2 days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: around 20-21 pounds....but

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29 Week Bump Update  *How far along?: 29 weeks 1 day when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: Roughly 20 pounds. I am sure that number will go WAY up (like last time) since the water retention will start very soon! My body just LURVES to retain fluid so that I look like a whale with legs. Mild swelling in my ankles right now, but only if I have been on my feet for a while.

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Bump Update: 28 Weeks *How far along?: 28 weeks 1 day when this photo was taken *Total weight gain:around 18-20 pounds-ish.....just over 10 weeks to go! I know the water weight, swollen pregnant face, cankles and sausage toes are not far away...hoping I don't swell up like a balloon this time. Fingers crossed. *How big is baby?: About 15 inches long and 2.5 pounds in weight!

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27 Week Bump Update *How far along?: 27 weeks 2 days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain:around 20 pounds....just over 11 weeks to go...I may be able to FINALLY have a pregnancy that I can keep under 50 pounds!! *How big is baby?: About 15 inches long and 2 pounds in weight! He's packing on the fat now!! *Sleep?: I've been sleeping pretty good this week. I hope it

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26 Week Update *How far along?: 26 weeks 3 days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: 17 pounds so far on my scale here at home....20 lbs according to the OB/GYN scale....I'm going with MY scale! haha! *How big is baby?: About 14.5 inches long and nearly 2 pounds in weight! *Sleep?:Sleeping pretty good once I get comfortable... *Best moment this week?:  

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BUMP UPDATE: 25 WEEKS *How far along?: 25 weeks 5 days when this photo was taken (at the end of a VERY long day, so excuse the tired crazy haired look) *Total weight gain: My next "official" weigh in will be Jan. 9th....and I am scared to step on the scale next time!!! According to my scale, I've gained about 16 pounds total. Looking at the picture above, I look like I am ready for

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It's hard to believe 2011 is almost over!! Wow! It went fast! And what a great year it was.... My husband was deployed for half of it, but I made the best of his 14 month deployment by completing projects around the house. Here is a list of my Top Ten Blog Posts from 2011!!! (click on each "Number" to take you to the post) Number 10... Painted Curtains....I got alot of

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24 Week Bump Update   *How far along?: 24 weeks 5 days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: My next "official" weigh in will be Jan. 9th....and I am scared to step on the scale next time!!! Yesterday morning, I had gained 15.5 pounds total....this is still lower than my other 2 pregnancies, so I am thankful! Unfortunately, my face and rear end have all 15 pounds!!! *

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....our latest addition?????? No, I'm talking about the new baby growing in my belly.  I'm talking about this little guy. Meet "Grimsley" the English Bulldog. We got this little guy back in October....and I'm just getting around to blogging about him.  When my husband first told me he wanted an English Bulldog, I told him he was crazy. Why on earth would I want such an ugly dog

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  *How far along?: 23 weeks 3 days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain:Somehow 2 extra pounds showed up on the scale this morning, and I am NOT happy about it...I'll gladly gain 5lbs a month from here on out..but not 2-3 lbs in one week! Pregnancy #2 was like this...once 22 weeks hit, the weight starting packing on. Oh.good.gravy.That puts my total weight gain at 14 pounds. *How

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  22 Week Bump Update *How far along?: 22 weeks 4 days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: I had a doctor's appt this past Monday and I have gained a total of 11 lbs...which means I gained a whopping 6 pounds in a month!!!! Oh my! However, I am on the low end of weight gain (for now). Don't forget I gained 77 lbs with my first pregnancy, and 50lbs with my second....so I am

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This past weekend we hosted a small "Gender Reveal" Party at our house to reveal the sex of our third baby.  As most of you know, we have 2 girls (ages 8 and 5) and I wanted to do something special for them to reveal the sex of their new (and FINAL) sibling!! The bummer is, the flash on my camera is not working so every photo I got is blurry because of the indoor shots. Booooo!   I tried to

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21 Week Bump Update! *How far along?: 21 weeks 4 days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: I think I am at about 9-10 pounds. I go to the dr next week for an official weigh in. It's looking like I have gained about 5 lbs this month! UGH!!!!! (thank you, Thanksgiving dinner and leftovers) *How big is baby?: The length of a carrot...about 10.5 inches. At my ultrasound

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I made it half way....actually past half way since I only have to make it to 39 weeks with this pregnancy... I'm 20 weeks!   *How far along?: 20 weeks 3 days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: about 8 pounds, although I am not certain about that. It's around 8 lbs....but all the websites tell me I should be gaining 1 lb per week from here on out. The weight gain is

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19 Week Bump Update Who swallowed a bowling ball this week??????  That would be me! Holy Cow, I really popped out this week. There is no more trying to hide it anymore. It's obvious that I am, indeed, pregnant! Wow! This picture was taken at 19 weeks and 5 days....so basically I am 20 weeks....I need to start taking these weekly pics at the beginning of the week. *How far along?: 19

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Baby Bump Update: 18 Weeks  *How far along?: 18 weeks 5 Days when this photo was taken (and in regular clothes. yay!) *Total weight gain: about 5 pounds...this week at the OB/GYN I had a 1lb weight gain for the month! *How big is baby?: The size of a baked potato *Sleep?:Sleeping good, actually! *Best moment this week?: Going to the OB for my monthly appointment and finally

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Baby Bump Update...17 Weeks  *How far along?: 17 weeks 5 Days when this photo was taken *Total weight gain: still around 4 pounds....hoping to stay on this track for a 35 lb gain total...fingers crossed *How big is baby?: The size of an dollar bill...or a bell pepper.  *Sleep?:Sleeping good, actually! *Best moment this week?: Getting to feel the baby kick and move around for

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 Baby Bump Update...16 weeks I actually took this picture earlier in the week, but here is the 16 week update! *How far along?: 16 weeks *Total weight gain: About 3.5 pounds...I only gained 4 lbs the first 20 weeks last time, but quickly packed on 50 lbs in the end. hoping to keep my weight gain down to 35lbs this time. *How big is baby?: The size of an avacado.  *Sleep?:Sleeping

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One of my favorite blogs is REMODELAHOLIC.....Click on the name to take you there. There is always something on that blog that inspires me! And today, I was fortunate enough to be featured with my mosaic tiled fireplace I did a few months back. You can see the feature by clicking HERE Hopefully, I can inspire someone else, just as this blog has inspired me! Thanks, Remodelaholic, for

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I announced a few weeks back that we are expecting Baby #3!!  (This is what happens when your husband comes home from a 14 months deployment, and the two of you scoot off to a 10 day kid-less trip to Germany) ha! We have been thrilled about completing our family....but, honestly, I have been so sick it was very hard to be excited for quite some time. Now I am 15 weeks and 4 days

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One of my favorite blogs, Remodelaholic, has featured my Master Bedroom today!  It's such an honor when others appreciate my hard work! Thanks, Remodelaholic, for the feature today!!! Go HERE to check it out!

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Soooo.....guess what, friends??!!!??? :-) After completing my 100 Deployment Projects, it looks like I have another project in progress...... Stay tuned....

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Goodwill Barstools  Hey friends, remember me?!?!? I know it's been quite some time since I have blogged...things have been crazy here since the summer and I just haven't gotten my act together yet! ha! I've missed showing you fun stuff,so hopefully in the future, I can continue to show you some fun projects I have been working on! I recently popped in to the local Goodwill and found this

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These precious littles starting school yesterday! Now that I have my house back from the summer tornado that went through it, I have time to think about what projects I am going to do next!!!! Hmmmm.... Happy Back to School to you all too!!! Welcome back Routine! Oh, how I have missed you!

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Vacation Recap Part V Sunny Florida...some street signs...and a trip to AUBURN Before I show you the last part of our vacation, I have to show you something I found hysterical in Germany... STREET SIGNS. Take a look at the names of these streets...HOLY COW.... We made it home from Germany on a Thursday afternoon....our yearly family trip to Florida was planned for Friday. Jet

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Vacation Recap Part IVFrankfurt, Germany We didn't intend on going to Frankfurt. We were supposed to fly out on a military plane out of the Air Force Base, but after waiting 3 days for a flight we gave up on that military flight and booked a flight that went out of Frankfurt. We got to Frankfurt around 3pm and left early the next morning. So we only had the afternoon to walk around and enjoy the

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The day we visited the Neuschwanstein Castle was another of my favorite days in Germany. From our hotel, we had a guided tour that took us up to this gorgeous castle, once built for King Ludwig of Bavaria. You can read more about the castle HERE. Disneyworld's Cinderella Castle was designed after this castle. Of course, the PERFECT 72 degrees and sunny weather we had made the castle that much

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Vacation Recap, Part IISalzburg, Austria I think our day trip to Salzburg was my favorite trip during our European adventure.  I absolutely loved this city.  Sadly, we only made a day trip there, so we didn't get to see it "all" but what we did see was awesome!!!  The first stop we made was the Mirabell Gardens.  These gardens were made in 1609 by Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (

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Hello my sweet blogging friends... I have missed you all....and I have missed seeing all of your blogs as well! To say the summer has been busy, is an understatement. Hubby came home from his 14 month long deployment to Iraq on July 2nd.  Just a few days later we left for Europe (without kids)....after 10 days we returned, and within 24 hours we left for a trip to Florida (with kids)....then home

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On July 17, 1999 I was having my first dance as a "wife'...... Today, we are spending our 12th wedding anniversary touring Germany!!  I can't wait to get back and tell you all about my trip....until then, I am going to soak up every second I can with this wonderful man of mine!

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Right now, the hubby and I are enjoying some time together in Europe.... No kids!!! :-) I'll be back next week to tell you all about it....until then, check out what we did today....  See you next week!

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Faith's Place Feature I just HAD to show you a wonderful transformation today.  Do you remember when we had a little fun with HGTV's Terry Haas? (If not click HERE)  Terry gave Jenny some great ideas....and Boy, did Jenny take that advice and run with it!!! Check out Jenny's patio space BEFORE Now, head on over to her blog and see what the AFTER looks like...You won't believe your eyes!!!!  

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We are still floating on Cloud 9 over here!!  I have a few videos to share with you.... Click HERE to seethe video from the news. My husband is in the beginning of the clip. He's getting off the plane...behind the guy holding up his hands. And here is the home video of us seeing each other for the first time...Click HERE Thank you all for your sweet comments of support!!!! We are over the

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FINALLY...... After 14 long months of passing the time away with deployment projects,  this is what I was up to yesterday.....   ...and my girls FINALLY had a set of arms that could carry them both at the same time.... Finally, our normal life as we knew it 14 months ago, RETURNED!!! I'll be back soon.... The girls and I are enjoying the BEST July 4th weekend EVER!!

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Deployment Project REWIND!!!!Revisiting Project #89Time With HGTV's Terry Haas**This post still has a few for Terry to look at, but I want to post this before I pick up the hubby tomorrow. Not sure when I will be back on here since we will be so happy with him home*** A couple of weeks ago I gave everyone a chance to get involved in one of my deployment projects. (You can read about it HERE) In a

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Deployment Project #100!!A recap of all 100!!!!! WOW!!! Am I really at 100?!? Did I really do 100 deployment projects? Is it REALLY time for my hubby to come home from his 14 month long deployment??!?!?YES!!!!!!!! WOW!!! This is such an exciting time for our family right now....our normal life as we once knew it, will return in just 2 short days.  I am overwhelmed with emotions right now...

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Deployment Project # 99Before & After HOME TOUR! I cannot believe I have made it to project #99!!! When I first started this journey, I set my goal at 100 because I knew it would keep my mind occupied...thinking more about home projects than how much I missed my husband being gone.  Little did I know, I would receive so many emails with words of encouragement and support from all of you blog

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Deployment Project #98Craft Room Reveal...sort of... Well, here I am with just a few days left before the hubs comes home from his 14 month long deployment. My nerves are already on edge and the anxiety is about to hit the roof.   For 14 months I have been working diligently on my house trying to get it in order and just the way I want it.  Let's face it, you'll never have your house EXACTLY the

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Deployment Project #97Living Room Reveal It dawned on me the other day that I have not yet revealed my  living room to  you. I was putting this one off til last since I had so many things to do in it... But, without further ado (that's a word right?), here is my living room BEFORE the deployment....(warning: lots of photos) This is my yellow den....not that there was anything wrong with this

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Have you seen the movie "Just Go With It'??? I have not seen it, but NUMEROUS people have told me I need to watch it. They have all said the little girl in it, actress Bailee Madison, looks just like my oldest.  So, I had to see for myself. I look up her pictures on the web and compared them with those of my oldest. Here is Bailee Madison (the actress) ..and here is my daughter (the drama

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DEPLOYMENT PROJECT # 95She-Ra? Wonderwoman? Forrest? Sometimes I wish I was her.... And sometimes, when things are going my way, I feel like HER... The last thing I want my husband to return from Iraq to, is something like this... So, this year I worked extremely HARD at the gym doing LOTS of this.... There were times I felt like Forrest. As he would say, " I just kept running, and

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Deployment Project #95DIY Peg Board See these cute peg boards I found online?? What a great way to create extra storage!!! I want one! (photo source HERE) (photo source HERE) After doing a little research, I found that hanging one of these babies is not as hard as I thought. You can find some great pictures AND a tutorial by clicking HERE! So, off to Lowe's I went.... I think I spent about

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Deployment Project #94Painted Shelves So, over the weekend I got a call from my hubby, and it turns out he is coming home a few days earlier than I thought. Of course, my first thought was "HIP!HIP! HOORAY!" After 14 months of deployment, this nightmare is almost over. But, then my next thought was, "Oh my gosh! I haven't finished up my deployment projects!!" So, now the pressure if ON to get

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Deployment Project #93DIY Painted Rug In an effort to finish my craft room, I wanted to put a rug in it. I looked everywhere, but rugs just aren't as cheap as I would like them to be! See this one??? (website HERE) It's $1,200!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm crazy, but not THAT crazy! So, I made my own..... Looking on Pinterest one day, I came across the blog A Little Bit Of Everything who had

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Deployment Project #92An Old New End Table In an effort to lighten up my furniture, I am getting rid of this end table.... My mother in law found this table at a thrift store and bought it for me!!!! I brought it home and used 3 cans of ivory colored spray paint to cover it...  Then, I took a piece of sandpaper and roughed up the edges a bit to give it that distressed look... the black paint

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Deployment Project #91"If-I-Can-Do-It-So-Can-You" Craft Desk If this 14 month long deployment has taught me anything, it's that I can do it ALL as long as I am willing to step out of my comfort zone.  This next deployment project is a prime example. This girl, who has never nailed together 2 boards, BUILT A DESK all by myself! I will admit, I can't take credit for the design. I went on a web

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My new blogging friend, Courtney of "A Thoughtful Place" has featured me on her blog today.  Please go check her out HERE She has some wonderful 5 minute ideas to share!!!!

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Deployment Project #90My $.84 Chair BLECH! Have you ever seen something so ugly?!? I picked up this chair a few weeks ago at my local Goodwill. I have always wanted to reupholster a chair, but was never able to find that perfect chair. Then I came across that UGLY leather chair. But it was only $1, so I bought it with a vision in my head of what I could make it look like. The

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I am so honored and excited to be a guest on HOUSE OF TURQUOISE today.....one of the best blogs out there in blogland!!! Go HERE to check out my guest post!!! Thank you so much, Erin, for including me on your blog!!!

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What did we do last month?!?!? Well, let's see... The pool opened up.... Had a workout in the parking garage with my running Mom's group...(LOVE these fun girls) Not sure why I bring such torture on myself...but it's sad that I actually LIKE it.... My 2nd grader ended the school year with an award for "Friendliness"....That's my girl!!!! T-Ball season started..... Unfortunately, we

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Deployment Project # 89Fun With HGTV's Terry Haas I am SOOOOO extremely excited about this deployment project....a little different from my usual projects, but ooooh so exciting! It involves YOU and HGTV's Terry Haas!!! I am SO honored to call Terry one of my newest friends!! For those of you who do not know Terry, she is one of the real estate experts who appears on HGTV's "Designed To Sell"

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No more homework! No more books! No more teachers dirty looks! It's hard to believe in August, I took this picture of the first day of school..... ...and in 9 months time they have changed to this  (on the last day of school!) They grow up so fast!!!! My house will be clean again in August, and my sanity will probably return then too.... HAPPY SUMMER everyone!!!!

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Deployment Project # 88BACK PATIO REVEAL For the longest time, my back patio looked pathetic...I mean, REEAALLLY pathetic. Take a look at BEFORE In my last post, I told you about hanging these curtains...(click HERE to see it) After a few purchases, here is my new patio...... I purchased the furniture from Sears at the end of the season last year. It was the floor model, I had a

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Deployment Project # 87Patio Curtains I have been working, here and there, on my back porch.  I am finally ready to show it to you, but wanted to show you my new curtains first. I REALLY wanted to have some curtains with a print on them....but I needed 10 yards of fabric. Even cheap outdoor fabric is $10 a yard, and I just couldn't see spending so much money on outdoor curtains. So I bought 4

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I'm trashy.... I admit it. ...or at least I was for one night. I hosted Bunco at my house and made it a "White Trash" theme. I even decorated my front yard....didn't have a toilet to put flowers in or a washing machine for the front porch, but I think it turned out pretty trashy.... I play Bunco with some of the funnest girls you'll ever meet.  They are always ready for a dress up night, even

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Deployment Project # 86MASTER BEDROOM REVEAL FINALLY... I am ready to show you my master bedroom. I know it took FOREVER....and to be honest, I STILL have a few things I want to tweak in here, but for the most part...It is COMPLETE! But before I show you what it looks like now, I have to show you what it looked like before I started.... Here are the BEFORE pics  (get ready....LOTS of photos) I

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Deployment Project # 85Mirror Redo I am almost ready to reveal my new Master Bedroom to you...but first, I have to show you one last touch I added to it. We were fortunate enough to inherit this beautiful antique mirror from my husband's late grandmother. I really like the shape of it and the scrolly shape.....not to mention it's a family heirloom. But I just wasn't crazy about the dark color....

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Tiled Glass Tutorial So many of you commented on my tiled fire place and asked if it was easy to do.  Let me tell you, it was so easy!!!!! I thought I would post this tutorial for those of you who are interested in tiling at your house! Here is what you need: glass tilestrowel grout floatmortarceramic tile adhesiveunsanded grout bucketold towelssponge Here is a before shot..... Here is a

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hi everyone! i'm elisabeth bova and my blog is bovagoods. i am so thrilled to be here on faith's place today! paige is such a sweet friend. and as you already know, she is a very inspiring person.  i have seen her house in person and all of the amazing projects she has done since her hubby has been deployed and they are truly inspiring. i am so fortunate to be able to see paige's hard work up

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Deployment Project # 84Master Bathroom Curtains Once upon a time, my master bathroom looked like this.... You can read more about it HERE I recently painted my Master Bedroom (which you will see on my blog in the  next few days)..... and I wanted my bathroom to be the same color as my bedroom....so I repainted it for the 3rd time. I bought some fun Chevron print fabric and went to work on

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Deployment Project # 83A Barstool Redo....again Last week, my bar stools looked like this... But they didn't always look like that..... The one on the left (in the photo below) is what they started out like... And once I was finished with them...they looked like this.... (You can read about the first redo by clicking HERE) But I thought the dark chairs and dark seats made it look.......well,

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Deployment Project # 82TILED FIREPLACE There wasn't really anything wrong with my fireplace before...other than it was cookie cutter/builder grade fireplace. Just boring. I wanted to liven it up a little. Here is what it looked like before....(this was the only picture I could find, and there happens to be a chair sitting in front of it..sorry) Here is the tile I picked out to use. It comes in

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Last Saturday was Little B's first t-ball game.  Look at this sweet little face!!! After a quick prayer before the game, she was READY! (love her face in her hat!) My father-in-law dropped by to catch some of the game...he has 2 boys himself (one being my husband) so he enjoyed watching B carry on the ball playing tradition! ...a drink of water and she was ready to go! Her VERY first at bat!

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I was having issues with my blog not showing up correctly in Internet Explorer and/or Firefox.  After extreme frustration, I finally just changed my domain name.... You can now find me at  www.faiths-place.comwww.faiths-place.com I'm not sure if it will feed in your blogs, so please let me know if you never see a new update from me over the next few days!  

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Hello Friends! For the first time,  I am a guest blogger today! My sweet friend, Elisabeth over at BOVAGOODS invited me to be a guest today, and show off my latest deployment project!!! So, head on over and check it out!!! Click HERE to see it! Thanks Elisabeth!!!!!!!!!!!

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Deployment Project # 81A New-Old Dresser Take a look at this 1970's dresser. It was mine as a child, and for the longest time has been sitting in a closet because I was too embarrassed to display it in any room. Not anymore. My husband even told me we needed to donate this to Goodwill. Can you believe that?!? This totally looks like it came out of the home of the Brady Bunch! A while back I

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Deployment Project #80Wounded Warrior 5K Shirt Last weekend, I had a chance to run in a 5k for the Wounded Warrior Project. Family and Friends showed up to support my husband's battalion  and walked/ran in honor of our men currently serving overseas, as well as those who have been wounded in action. What a wonderful cause to run for! It was so good to be able to get together with the other

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I am so glad I have my camera phone.  Funny that it's a phone, but I never talk on it... I text and take pictures and play Words With Friends on it the most. ha! Going through my phone the other day, I came across some pictures of different activities.... and I thought I would share. And you thought I was going to show you another deployment project, didn't you?!? Miss B taking a break from

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What a fun weekend we had last week... I participated in this.... It's a 5.2 mile run with 34 obstacles.... Can we say challenging?!?!?! Our team of 4 was ready! And we started off clean.....but remember, it's called a Mud Run, so we didn't stay clean long. We are READY! Bring it on! We took water proof cameras with us, and here are some FUN shots we got!!! We had to climb under and over

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Deployment Project # 79Plant Stand Makeover This little plant stand was another piece of furniture we were fortunate enough to get from my husband's late grandmother.  Yeah, I know. It's JUST a plant stand ...but it came from a special place ...which makes it a little more sentimental. I brought it home and sanded it down. I spray painted the bottom part white, and stained the top with a

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Remember in my last post (HERE) I told you I had the opportunity to go on the local morning show to talk about my blog and my deployment projects??? Well, here it is.... No laughing. :-)

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Deployment Project # 78A Trip To The TV Studio A different type of project, but definitely a FUN one.... a chance to appear on our local morning tv show to share my blog and deployment projects.. I had the chance to share my blog, deployment projects and how I have been coping with my husband being away for 14 months... It was fun to see all of the background that goes into making the show...

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DEPLOYMENT PROJECT # 77Stepping Stool I found this cute little stool at Goodwill for $2 I brought it home, painted the legs with some leftover paint and put some stain on the top. Once the stain was dry, I printed out a "P" on my computer, cut it out and traced it on the top of the stool. I filled in the letter with paint and sprayed a clear protective coating over it when it dried. Now we

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Deployment Project # 76Grandma's Dresser I was so excited to be given this gorgeous dresser by my father in law.  It was his late mother's, and is obviously an antique. I love the curved top drawers.... Only one problem. It was an U-G-L-Y golden color. Eeek! It fell through the ugly paint tree and hit every branch on the way down! But that didn't stop me from begging to have it! And I am so glad

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My mailbox was looking a little scary....so I thought it was time to give it a little makeover. The post was pathetic looking....yikes! So, a can of black spray paint for the post, and white paint for the numbers..... ...and a few new flowers... ...and I have a new updated mailbox! The vinyl decal on my mailbox was ordered from Etsy a few months back. (Sorry I had to block out the address..

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Finally, I have a kitchen I am not embarrassed to show you!!!! I present to you Deployment Project # 74 Kitchen Reveal When we first moved in this house almost 6 years ago I was dead-set on having a maroon kitchen (why?).... So for 5 years I HAD my maroon kitchen. But with my ever changing taste of colors and styles, I wanted a lighter look... SO, I primed it.... ..and painted it a light

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In an attempt to get my kitchen made over, I decided to do a little work to the back splash. For some reason, my before picture is hard to see....but there was nothing on the walls between the cabinets and counters. I had a leftover roll of bead board wallpaper (Lowe's $15), so I just put it up on the wall. Unless you look extremely close, you can't tell it's wallpaper! The best thing about

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Still working on my Master Bedroom... Deployment Project # 72 Check out this gold framed Jesus picture. Now, don't get my wrong. I do LOVE Jesus. Just not in a gold frame. This picture was another piece my husband and I inherited from his Grandmother recently. You should have seen the look on my father in law's face when I asked to have it. haha I know he was thinking, "Who on earth would want

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Deployment Project # 71Vintage Lamp Redo My husband's grandmother recently passed away, and our family inherited these 1960's...1970's...matching yellow lamps. I actually like the color of these, but I wanted them in our new bedroom, so I opted to paint them. So, I sprayed them down with a can of gray spray paint, added a new white shade (purchased from Target) and hot glued gray ribbon around

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A quick deployment project and recap of my weekend... Deployment Project # 70Car Seat Cover My sister in law needed me to make one of these for a friend's baby. These car seat covers are fantastic!! This is an example of what they look like when on the car seat.... photo source The cover I made is for a baby who's gender is unknown (don't know how you "don't find out people" wait that long...

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I am in the process of making over my craft room.... ...errr, and my master bedroom... (I obviously have Decorators ADD. I start in one room, and before it's finished, I move on to another room.) HA! So, I had this awful looking filing cabinet in my craft room/office.... I haven't seen a cute filing cabinet yet, so I was determined to make mine look a little less dull. Take a look at this ugly

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Although I am not ready to show you my "Master Bedroom Reveal" just yet, I can give you a sneak peak at my new wall color and my new curtains.... So, meet my new wall color in my master bedroom.... (Stonington Grey by Benjamin Moore) My plan is to have a bright, cool, welcoming master bedroom....and when I eventually show you what it looked like BEFORE, you will see what the difference a paint

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Back in the fall, I did redid my stair case. Actually, I paid someone to take on this task, but I say "I" because I did all the painting and staining.  You can read all about the stair redo HERE Sooo, the other day I bought some vinyl decal numbers and added them to my staircase. I'm such a sucker for vinyl decals. Here is what the steps looked like right after they were finished. ...and here

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There once was this precious little girl.... ....who grew in to a beautiful young lady... ...and was always with the latest fashion...even the beehive hair-do. She married a very handsome man in the fall of 1967.... ...and later had a son and a daughter.  (Mom and me, Summer 1977) She LOVED her children and her children loved her.  She did everything she could to make them happy. (Mom and me,

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Sorry for such a long absence. It's been crazy around here... things continue to go 90 miles an hour around here.  I am still surviving my year long deployment without my hubby, but with just 15 weeks left, I am getting that impatient feeling....ready to have him home. It's been so long since  I have felt that "normal" feeling of having my family all under one roof.  My children miss their daddy

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Recently, I found this little cutie.... I was looking for something small to put in a little nook in my house.... I purchased it from Goodwill for a whole $5.05 I put a few coats of a light beige paint on it (I only bought a sample and it was plenty), put on a vinyl decal I already had, and a new knob..... The basket you see was also a Goodwill purchase for $1 and the books and book ends were

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Deployment Project #64The Price's Wall of Fame In working on my kitchen re-do, I had this bare wall I needed to do something with... I never could find any art work that I really liked.... Then I remembered seeing  THIS  fun idea on Random Thoughts of A Super Mom... Since I have stainless steel appliances, I have no way of hanging up my kids' art work and awards..... So I worked with Jodi from

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I kinda cheated on this deployment project.... I used the DEPLOYED to put it up for me! ha! My fabulous hubby was just home for his 2 weeks of R & R and while he was home we took on another deployment project.... TRACK LIGHTING!!! As you can see, here is the BEFORE shot of our kitchen....the lighting was dull....we needed a little more light...(excuse the stuff on the counter...just keeping it

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I'm BACK! After 15 days together with the hubby for his R&R from Iraq, we sadly had to take him back to the airport yesterday. Just 20 more weeks until he returns home for good....we started this journey at 60 weeks, so 20 weeks should be a breeze, right?!? (Oh, I sure hope so) So, while he was home, I tried to make sure he had some home-cooked meals. I found this recipe for Spinach Lasagna

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Some of my friends have asked about the Valentine's Day project I did last year, so I thought I would repost it!! These were such a hit last year!!!  I may even make them again this year!!!! I sooooooo meant to get this posted BEFORE Valentine's Day so you could use this idea if you wanted, but I'm so scatterbrained at times and forgot but with 4 million other things going on last week, I

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After 7 months, my husband FINALLY came home from Iraq... Unfortunately, it's only for 15 days for his R&R But we will take whatever time with him we can get! I kept it a secret from my girls until minutes before he showed up. I love the look on my oldest's face when I told them we were there to get Daddy! Here he comes!!!!!!!! My oldest took off after him....my 4 year old was a little hesitant

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Photo Challenge #6 a photo of someone you would like to trade places with for a day. Kelly Ripa Some people don't like Kelly, but I do.  If I knew her in real life, I think we would be great friends! I love her personality and humor! And she has a wonderful, fun looking job I would love to have just for a day!

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PHOTO CHALLENGE #5 a photo of your favorite memory. While the  memories of the births of my children are 2 of my favorite memories, I have to go back where it all began. My wedding day. July 17, 1999 For some reason I don't have any other wedding pics on my computer except this one....but this was taken right before I walked down the aisle. Have a great weekend everyone! I know I will! The

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Photo Challenge No. 4 a photo of something you would like to forget. no explanation needed. the photo says it all.

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Photo Challenge # 3 A photo of the cast from your favorite show.... Candice Olson from HGTV This woman is awesome!! Wish I had her sense of style....she can take a box and make it look like a million dollars. Here are a few examples of her work.... You can catch her show DIVINE DESIGN on Saturdays at 8pm/ET on HGTV

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Photo Challenge Number 2 a photo of someone you are closest to. So this one was a no brainer.... sorta... Of course, the person I am closest to is my awesome, wonderful, Godly, manly, studly hubby!!! :-)I can tell this man anything...he's my best friend. He's my rock. He knows me better than anyone. But, I can't forget my best friend. This is Carolina (on the left), the world's best friend.

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30 DAY PHOTO CHALLENGE As if I didn't have enough challenge in my life... Here is another one I thought would be fun to do... a 30 day photo challenge. DAY 1a photo of yourself and 15 facts. 1.  I am comfortable in my own skin, and love being able to say that.  2. I married my 3rd grade boyfriend. Yep, that's right. We met in our 3rd grade class, and are now living happily ever after. 3.   I

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If you have been reading my blog you know I am (trying to) follow Toni's Organization Challenges over at A Bowl Full of Lemons. I have been doing well getting them finished....just not so well about blogging about them! Recently, this past week, her challenges included the laundry room, under the bathroom sink, medicine cabinet, Master BR closet and the freezer. I am proud to say I have all of

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