Hutch is complete! WOO HOO!

My Hutch is complete and I love it! It was a good 3 week process but I'm glad I took the time to do it. It fits in perfectly! I can't beleive how it looked before and how it does now (much better now!) I took off all the hardware and spray painted it silver. I just bought new door knobs because the old ones were broken. But saving the hinges and everything was awesome and even looked better after some spray paint. I sanded the whole thing and started painting! It took up my garage for awhile...but I did the whole thing myself! I'm so glad I did it! The only thing I had help with was laying it down to paint the bottom and then moving it in (Thanks Dad for helping me). But I did it all! Thank you everyone for the advice on how to do it! LOVING IT! Oh at the end, is a erase board that's a menu board we made at Super Saturday at Granny's! It fits in perfectly!

Halloween 2010

Halloween was so fun! I made dinner, Monika and Michael made home made ice cream and rootbeer, my mom made spanish rice...and we just had fun together. We sat outside on Saturday (one trick or treater) and Sunday. It was fun! People also kept commenting on my milk jug ghosts. They took no time to make and they were a hit! Guess I'll save them for next year! I loved spending time with my family!

This my sister's dog Lilly!



Monika's floating head



Monika in charge!



My milk jug ghosts!

Mom, Dad, Michael and Monika

Lucky with his orange bandana...he's awesome!

More of my milk jug ghosts

I bought these magnets for my garage door

More jugs!

What a great time!

Help! Need Help on My New Project

My granny and Uncle Rusty are great Yard Sale shoppers! They go out every Friday and Saturday. I just give them what I'm looking for and they get to do the work! I've been wanting a corner hutch for my kitchen. They called me at 7:30 Saturday morning (woke me up, but it's worth it) and found this! I'm in love with it and can't wait to get started on it. (Forgive the picture...this is the one they sent me to see if I wanted it, no clue who the guy is LOL)

So...I've never refinished anything before, so I'm needing your help! I want to paint it like a satin black! Do I use oil based, latex, or regular paint? What type of sand paper? This is like a flat paint already on here.....so I need help! Any suggestions????

I can't wait to get started! Thanks guys!

They're Here!

Not the best picture in the world, but Monika and Michael made it home from Korea! After a very long flight for them and delays they made it in about 9:15 last night! We made signs for them. So weird....hardly recognized her, she's so tiny and beautiful as always! It was great having them home and knowing they are in the US. :) It's going to be a great 3 weeks visit with them before they head to Kentucky!

One Year Down.....29 More to Go

A Year ago, I was signing papers and moving in my new place! Can you believe it's been a year already? I can't! I have 29 more years to pay on this place (I'm hoping to pay down some debt, then tackle my mortgage so it'll be less than that). My house has come a long way! I know these are old pictures and I've posted them before, but I wanted to do a comparisons of before and after. I can't believe how trashed my house was, it was disgusting! The carpets stunk! The walls were icky! The floors were disgusting! It's amazing what a little elbow grease, paint, and my family did to help make my home ....home!

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to me being a home owner!


Guest Bathroom (after)


Guest Bathroom (before)



Master bedroom (before---so gross)



Master bedroom (after-----heaven!)



Hallway (after----before baseboards)


Hallway (before----gross!)



Guest bedroom (after---so pretty!)

Guest bedroom (before----sooooooooooo bad!)

Living Room (after---love my chocolate brown wall!)

Living Room (before, the paint wasn't too bad, and I flopped the colors)

Great Weekend!

This weekend I had a great time! I went to visit my cousin Amber in Safford. She asked me to come, for personal reasons, and I wouldn't have missed it! She is so caring and showed me the family love, and we had laughed, played, and talked and it was awesome! She's an amazing woman, cook, friend, cousin, person, and would do anything for anyone, just like her mom and dad. They have always taken me in and treated me like one of their daugheters/sisters. I have grown up with them and spent my summers with them, and I wouldn't change the memories for anything! Thank you Amber and Mickey and Sylvia for everything!


We went to Salsa Fest in Safford, and I sweated up a storm, it was still hot there at night! We tried several salsas, saw hot air balloons (they had them all parked on main street) and then we went bowling with Amber's friends. It was nice to meet new people and just laugh!

The next day we watched movies, Amber made a great dinner and this awesome ice cream cake, she's amazing! Her friends came over again and we played games! It was fun! Thank you again Amber! Love ya!

Sorry, pictures are out of order, but I don't care!


Amazing homemade ice cream cake!


Amber, Jason, Me, Kara and Waylon playing spoons!

This is Kara and Amber, they have been best friends forever! It's fun to get to see both them having fun!


I got to meet Kara's husband Waylon, he was so much fun too! And this is one of the hot air balloons!

Amber, she's so beautiful! She dressed up and she just enjoyed herself, it was so great to see!

Amber, the awesome bowler!

Me, Amber, Waylon, Kara, Jacob and Jason

Who knows what I was doing???