A Little Bit of Sanity and A Lot of Chaos

Mom Ramblings #42

Kirsty — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:00:19 +0000

1. My kids think Justin Bieber’s name is Justin Beaver.

2. They call lunchables, munchtables or lunchtables.

3. When I am yelling at the boys to hurry up or don’t do that or don’t climb there, or whatever…..Gus says, “You nice Mommy.”

4. Sometimes I don’t feel like I’m old enough or mature enough to be married, have kids, a business…..maybe it’s because I use words like, totally and awesome, and rad…..I don’t use rad…..at least I don’t think I do?!

5. Or that I can handle myself in confrontation. I am terrible at arguing. I don’t have the ability to think on the spot like that. After the fact, I’m always thinking about what I could’ve or should’ve said!

6. I estimated our tax return using what I had without all our W-2′s and such to the penny. TO THE PENNY. I should be on Jeopardy. But then again, I’m not old enough, nor do I have the ability to think on the spot.

7. I moved our living room around again. That’s right. Again.

8. I painted a desk dark blue and turquoise and put green pulls on it. It’s awesome. There I go again. Totally immature.

9. When I was having Jack sans any drugs I said the F word 52 times. When I was having Gus sans drugs the doctor told me to not scream, I told her I wasn’t a Scientologist, so back off.

10. I spent $214 at Target yesterday. Darn you and your grocery section.

11. Maybe I don’t feel like I’m old enough to have kids, a family and a job because I have adult onset acne….come on….I’m 35, enough is enough. Oh and I have gray hair. And I spell gray that way instead of grey. Because I like it better.

12. It makes me feel like I’m European and I should spell color colour instead.

13. I think I will.

14. My cheeks got some colour yesterday when the sun was out for a mere 42 seconds.

15. I think Facebook makes me feel young.

16. The BFF and I were talking about one of our high school friends that I found out recently got married and is having a baby….everyone in HS loved him…he was dreamy…he’s a dentist now….I know some of my HS classmates read this! Anyway, we were talking about him, and then last night he was in my dream, in his high school glory…because I have no idea what he looks like now, because he’s not on FB. But my dream ended up being about me pulling gum out of my mouth and it not stopping and then pulling my back tooth out and then the gum just kept coming out in a big stretchy string….it was horrifying. But then the 6 year old came in and woke me up.

17. I vacuumed out our van.

18. I keep hoping there is a fairy godmother out there that will convince my husband that mini-vans really aren’t okay to drive and we will get a different car.

19. I scrubbed the refrigerator too. And I put our almond milk and oj in glass jars. That I bought at Target. Damn you Target.

20. I made another barn wood table too. That was all today (which when you read this will be yesterday.)

21. Stop reading if you haven’t already!

22. Hi hubby!

23. I still have baby fever. I got to hold the sweetest little guy at Tom’s work Holiday party. He was only 9 days old. I melted. And my nipples hurt, and my uterus. It was gut wrenching. But he smelled soooo good!

24. And that’s how I know I’m old enough to be a mom.

Two for one.

Kirsty — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:06 +0000

Okay, I’m going to show you two little make overs today.

Here’s why I love Annie Sloan Chalk Paint: We live in Wisconsin. It’s cold outside. Painting inside is really the only option. ASCP doesn’t smell, it’s easy to use and dries quickly! Love that. Plus the colors are so easy to mix!

A reader and follower of Facebook gave me several pieces of furniture. These two were some of the pieces and I think they turned out great!

Her husband made this little bench for their mudroom. I just spiffied it up a bit with some country gray and lots of distressing.

She also gave me this desk. The chair was not really salvageable, so I switched it out for another one. But the before, oh, that wood!

By the by, I make the before pictures look terrible on purpose. It makes the after reveal so much more dramatic. Don’t you think? Tell me you think so, so I feel better about my essential tremors….tell me!

And the very dramatic after:

I mixed pure white and country gray together to get this old white color. See! Mix it up.

Time to get started on a desk. I’m thinking Aubusson Blue…..

Happy Thursday!

Kirsty

Numbered Stools

Kirsty — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:36:59 +0000

Just a quick post today to show you some stools I did this weekend. (The boys didn’t have school on Monday so we hung out, hence the lack of posting the last few days!)

I found these stools at Gdub (Goodwill). The same day I found a desk, a dresser, and an end table. Some days are like that.

These are great stools. We have three of them…although I’ve been thinking about trading them out for some metal ones…..

Anyway….

Nothin’ fancy….

But now….

Super fun. Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Provence (say it with a fancy accent) with clear wax. Wax on wax off. I think of Karate Kid every time I get the wax out.

Love them. Maybe I’ll redo mine too….

Kirsty

A makeover and me.

Kirsty — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:00:44 +0000

This is an iphone conversation I had with my husband yesterday….

I just think I’m hysterical. Apparently he reads this stuff….Funny stuff.

See….for those of you wondering, I still have baby fever. It hasn’t subsided.

A Facebook follower of mine contacted me last week wanting to give me a few pieces of furniture….of course, I did not turn her down!

Here’s one of the pieces she gave me:

It needed a little help, so I grabbed some ASCP in pure white and antibes and went to work. Then I took some fabric from my stash and mod podged it right on the tray. Remember that little turquoise table I did back in September or October?

Same process, except I didn’t have to cut out a bunch of scrolly business. So it was a lot easier!

I love fabric on furniture! And this piece is just so much fun!

Speaking of….did you see the amazing piece my friend Ann Marie did over at Twice Lovely?! Wow. She’s awesome.

(I don’t know how to take my signage off the photo, so just ignore it. Credit absolutely does not go to me! Ann Marie is a rock star!)

Alrighty….off to figure out how to save more for a camera and convince hubs we NEED another kid…..all in a days work….