It took days, but it's finally finished!

Man what a week. It hasn't been a bad week, but I just get grouchy when I'm working on something and it seems to take FOREVER to finish. For those of you who don't know, my girls room is a constant headache for me. It never stays cleaned. Even when I go in and get everything organized and cleaned...a week later it looks like a train wreck. It was time again for a major overhaul, because you couldn't see their bed and barely see the hardwood floor peeking through the piles of crap.

 

They have a walk in closet, which is amazing, but I had so much stuff stored in there and...well it just wasn't functional. Between the huge sterilite containers of clothes that I've put back for my younger daughter, all their shoes that never stay in the door hanger or box I had for them, and the chest of drawers I had in there it was a mess. The back wall of it was bare, meaning I could see the studs and I decided that they needed shelves.

 

This was the wall you seen when you looked into the closet. Horrible right? Yes, so my hubby, being the all around - Mr. Fix it - down home - country boy that he is said he could build a floor to ceiling shelving unit. I was totally on board! The building was done that night by the both of us. The sanding, priming, and painting, was done over the course of a few days by me. However, I love the end result and now my girls room, after almost a week of building, painting, and re-organizing, is finally finished!

 

Here is is partially done

 

Here it is finished and stocked! (excuse the naked bulb, a fixture is on my list)

 

All of Lauren's electronics (tablet, DS, games, & headphones)

 

All of Layla's electronics (leap pad, leapster, tag reader)

Sorry my finger got in the way lol.

 

This shelf has fit multiple things that were on the floors or in boxes under the beds; Lauren's doll collection, the snow globes & music boxes, shoes, toys, and all of their books! I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out!

 

What projects have you guys DIY'ed at your home? I'd love to see them! I hope ya'll have a super blessed day!





Hmmm I Think Its OK

Wow it's pretty foggy outside. Random I know, but I just happened to look out the window after sitting on my couch for 45 mins (#pathetic), and I realized that it's not sunny because it's foggy!

 

Yeah you'll have to forgive me this morning I'm still a little out of it. We had an interesting evening yesterday, and then my sleep wasn't exactly sound if you know what I mean. *sigh* what happened to sleeping through the night and having no problem getting to sleep?

 

I started yesterday with the massive project of cleaning my girl's room. I'm not exaggerating when I say "massive". I really mean MASSIVE! It's really bad...like awful. I knew that I only had part of the day to clean/organize, because both girls had doc appts tomorrow afternoon. Then I get a call from my hubby (he works as the school resource officer at my kids school, pretty handy guy). He tells me that the school nurse thinks Luke broke his finger. He had jammed it while playing an intense game of tag with his friends and his Uncle at his party the night before. So I called the doc and we just made it a whole family visit. After X-ray's, strep tests, and prescriptions called into the pharmacy we made our way back home. I was once again fixing to dive back into my girl's room when I told my hubby of my idea to add some shelving units in their closet to help organize things. He says "oh we can build it, I have the stuff here". If you know me at all, you know how much I love organizing, DIY projects, and starting something new. So off we go.

 

After much cutting, many trips in and out the front door, and lots of sawdust later, we installed a whole new floor to ceiling shelving unit! My job today is to get the whole thing sanded down and painted so that maybe I can clear off the girls bed so they can quit sharing Luke's room. I'm probably going to paint the entire closet as well if I have enough paint on hand *fingers-crossed* I'll be sharing the pics of this when I get it completed.

 

The rest of our evening adventures I'll share with you in the Its OK portion of this post!

 



Its OK

...That straight lines and I do not get along. I seriously can not cut/draw a straight line, but I have to have them. My OCD demands no less!

 

...That I almost lost an eye last night thanks to that tiny, microscopic piece of wood that flew into my eye while we were cutting plywood. Darrell literally had to dig into my eye to get it out. It was a close one...seriously.

 

...To be so obsessed with things being straight and perfectly even that I say "I would rather tear the whole thing out than it be a tiny bit uneven" after we have almost installed the whole unit causing my husband great annoyance. Sorry babe.  

 

...To be completely obsessed with paint, patterns, colors, and stencils

 

...To wish I had a maid so she could clean while I start & finish projects

 

...To be really hungry right now, but not want to cook anything for breakfast. I know it's lazy

#IDon'tCare

 

...That my eyes are puffy and still feeling tired. Wake Up Rachel!

 

 

Well there it is...all in black and white. Okay well grey, pink, and whatever that bluish color is. I hope you are having a great week and an awesome Thursday!





OHP

Does anyone ever just get tired of hearing the T.V drone on and on? In my house the first thing that gets done in the morning is coffee, next is to turn on the news. Since I'm at home in the mornings and not getting ready for work I usually leave it on and drink my coffee. Well lately just the continuous blah blah blah of the television grates on my nerves. I literally just made a face at the news people on T.V before hitting my off button. Yes, I'm just a bit spastic. In the afternoon when hubby & kids get home thats the first thing they want to do; turn on the blasted T.V. I can't tell you how many times I'm like "can we just turn that off?" Now, I still love watching my shows, but that is usually once or twice a week and late at night. Sadly this week is most of the season finale's. *sigh*

 

I digress

 

It's time to get to the link-up part of my post. 

 

I have literally been obsessed with re-designing my kids rooms. Have I started on it yet? No. Have I finalized thoughts on a direction for their rooms? No. Have I even cleaned their rooms so I can see where to start? No. Do I seem like a lazy person at the moment? YES!

 

So this isn't actually entirely my fault. Every time that I say "Okay today is the day to get in their room" something comes up. Literally. Today is doctor day for my sick babies. I'm hoping that it's not strep and praying that they get better soon. I hope you all are having a great Wednesday. Oh and if you have any storage/organization/decorating ideas for kids rooms (especially for girls who share a room) please share these with me! I like to have lots of inspiration and options.

Have a blessed one! 

What's New Pussycat....

Woah, woah, wooooah!

I can just see Paulie the Parrot singing that song on that movie. Come on you guys remember that movie Paulie that was released in 1998?  Wow even thinking that 1998 was 15 years ago is nuts! Talk about making me feel old for a moment.

 

So what's new with me? Let's see...Thursday will be two weeks that I have been jobless and I've realized that I'm not liking it a whole lot. All my kiddos are at school so it's not like I have them to take care of during the day. I've been cleaning, but honestly I've not had much motivation to work in the house. All those projects that I thought I would get done by being at home...well I haven't gotten any of them done. I have no idea why, I just feel....meh. I hope I'll get over this hump soon, because I would really like a clean/organized/super cute house and I'm just not getting it by burying myself in books.

 

I was hoping to get something accomplished today, but as it turns out I'm waiting to make an appointment with the doctor. Layla woke up Sunday morning sick with a fever, tummy ache, headache, and her throat hurting. The fever broke yesterday, but then she broke out in a rash that itches her. Seeing as I have no idea what it is it's off to the doctor for a check-up. You know things can't ever be easy.

 

Maybe I'll have better luck the rest of the week accomplishing something. Who knows, because I sure don't. I need a good dose of motivation...anyone know where I can get a vial of it? If so please let me know!

 

I hope you all are having a great week so far!