Tastefully Simple

The new Fall/Winter Catalog will be coming out in one month. Tomm is August 1st. This is the last month you will be able to order anything from the spring/summer Tastefully Simple Line. If you absolutely love something from this catalog I would consider ordering yourself some, becuase you may not be able to get it after the month of August. There are alot of specials going on:



Spring/Summer Last Chance SPECIALS!!



Orders from $25-$49.99 receive a FREE Bountiful Beer Bread!

Orders from $50-$74.99 receive a FREE Dessert of YOUR Choice!

Orders from $75-$113.99 receive a FREE Drink Mix of YOUR Choice!

Orders from $114 & up receive a $14 Credit to use toward the items of YOUR Choice!



This is YOUR lucky day to stock up and earn some free products!

Ask your co-workers, neighbors, friends and family if they need to restock their favorites!!

Then YOU can reap the benefits associated with this special!! Better yet, do a book party and reap even better benefits!

Staining Trim

I HATE staining trim. Last week we stained all of the trim and then last night we started on the door casings. We are ALMOST done! Tonight we have to do all of the doors. I have been the stainer and Derek has been the wiper haha. Two of our friends helped us with the trim. I think they realized how much it sucked so Derek and I opted to just finish the rest ourselves. After we stain it and wipe it down my dad then varnishes it and then we have to sand it all AGAIN, and then he varnishes again with another coat. I came all prepared with gloves and all. My dad looked at me and goes " Stac, you might as well suck it up and dive in with your bare hands!" I was like ahhhhhh....So after last week, and tonight...I am in desperate need of a manicure!!

PAINT PAINT PAINT

I'm not such a big fan of picking out colors for a whole house from a LITTLE swatch and hoping it looks good in the entire room! My dad told me that I get one chance for the paint colors, and if I dont like it after its on the wall. IM SCREWED!! haha I know most of you know my dad and well haha lets just say I pretty much have to make sure I love it before it goes on the wall! Luckily I have loved everything so far. My brother is creative and he added stripes in the foyer. My sister in law has a yellow wall in her kitchen and them he takes a glossy paint and tapes it off and them you have glossy stripes on your wall. It looks pretty neat. So he did that in the foyer area! Ill post pictures when the painting is all done, which should be tonight!!

Here are some of the pictures of the rooms painted

COUPONS

I really never used coupons unless I got them in the mail from Old Navy or American Eagle. My aunt Julie from Kansas was down a while back and she was telling me about this website that we needed to check out. You can basically go to this website and print off TONS AND TONS of coupons for name brand stores. Some are printable and some are online coupons.....I LOVE IT! The website is www.bradsdeals.com. My friend Jessica and I are going shopping tomm and we are set with the coupons!! You will have to check out the website

Activity Book

I cant take credit for this because I saw it online! Thanks Jessica! BUT I altered it to fit our wedding and so this is what the kids will get at the wedding. It was actually perfect timing because school is starting now, and you can get crayons for dirt cheap at Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart was even cheaper than the dollar tree. So each child at the wedding will get a pack of small crayons and this activity book to color. I dont want to spoil the fun and show you the whole activity book but here is the front page!

Let the Painting Begin

Tuesday evening Dad and the guys started to prime the house. Can you say FAST! I got home from work at 5:15 and they had the WHOLE house done!! They are CRAZY! The primed a whole house that fast. Last night Dad and Jason painted the ceilings and the closets. TONIGHT the fun starts! The house will finally have color! I hope I like the colors once they get on the wall. Its hard picking out paint from a little swatch and then picturing it in a HUGE Room! Im crossing my fingers it will look good. Jason is going to do some neat things in the foyer and in Kaydens room, so I will post pictures when its finished! They are going to put two coats on and then Monday the floors are going to start to be laid! Its coming along! Ill post pictures of the final paint when its all done!









Doesnt Jason look like hes off the movie twilight!

PHOTO BOOTH

I am super excited about our photographer for the wedding. His name is Horatio and he is SUPER nice! He started doing something "fun" for the weddings he does. He has a photo booth! All of you guys can go in there and do WHATEVER YOU WANT! You take your own picture in there, its automated. You will get a copy of the picture and we will get one in a scrapbook. Check out his website. www.timestilling.com

ONE SEASON DOWN AND MANY MORE TO COME!

Kaydens last T-Ball game for the season was last night. He LOVES it! He is so funny he has the little baseball "swinger" butt. You know when they go up to bad and get ready to hit the ball they swing their butt around. Hes ONLY 5 and he's got it!! I have a feeling Im going to be one of those moms that has to go to 3423432 diff sporting things becuase he is going to want to do ALL of it!

VISITORS

I love getting visitors at the house! When people come that means that I get to quit working and show people around! haha I was surprised last week when Dereks aunt from California and grandpa came over to check out the house. You know there are going to be tons of pictures when Dereks aunt is around! Thanks Dee!! Yesterday marked a HUGE landmark in the house. WE ARE DONE SANDING!!!! 6 weeks left until the big move!!

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

A girl I work with has a blog and she was showing me hers and I thought why not add something else to my life right now and start a blog of my own. This might actually turn out good. Like I have any "EXTRA" time to do a blog! Somehow with building the house, wedding plans, working, and taking care of Kayden I have found time to start a blog. I will post updates of the house, wedding things, and who knows what else! Busy Busy Busy!!