tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78063441129912350802024-03-05T20:19:32.736-06:00...just enjoy the rideAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614283439176198535noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806344112991235080.post-21494454945727926632014-08-25T05:59:00.000-05:002014-08-25T05:59:09.067-05:00Ombre Nails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I really like doing nails. They don't last very long, but they certainly keep me from biting my nails.</div>
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I wanted to try something different and decided on the ombre style.</div>
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3 nail polish colors</div>
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toothpick</div>
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wax paper</div>
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some type of smooth sponge</div>
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nail polish remover</div>
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1. Layer on the wax paper your three colors. My top color is blue, then silver, and then white. </div>
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2. Take your toothpick and mix the colors only where they meet.</div>
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3. Press your sponge into the mixed color.</div>
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4. Roll the sponge from one side of your nail to the other. You aren't smearing or smudging the color, just rolling it. Make sure you lift up your sponge at the end instead of dragging it off the nail.</div>
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5. You will have nail polish around the skin around your nails. There are two ways I know of that you can fix this. The first is to put nail polish remover on a q-tip and rub the polish off the skin with this. This was my choice. The second is to put Vaseline on the skin around the outside of the nail. However, because I was using a sponge, if I used the Vaseline, it would be a one time sponge use and I wanted to use my sponge as many times as possible.</div>
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Sorry, I didn't snap a finished pic. Maybe the next time I do this, I will remember to take one I can add later.</div>
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My husband made this super great sign for our stockings since we don't really have anywhere else to hang them. </div>
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We used old barn wood, silver drawer pulls, and he burned in our words "The stockings were hung…"</div>
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It worked out perfectly!</div>
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After several years of looking for western Christmas stockings, we just couldn't seem to find what we wanted. So, to the drawing board...</div>
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Start by drawing the shape you want of a piece of cardboard of paper. Draw it a bit bigger than you want the finished product to end up. </div>
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I had a HUGE pile of old jeans and knew I wanted wrangler pockets on the stockings. With this in mind, I laid the stocking on top of the jeans where I wanted and traced. You want to cut this side out along the traced line.</div>
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Stop cutting right at the side seam. Flip over your pattern and trace the outline of the other side of the boot and then cut it out.</div>
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Once One side is cut out, flip it over so the backside is what you see. Line it up on another piece of jean/cloth. Trace this and cut it out just like you did with the first piece.</div>
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Once you have one side traced and cut out, open the jeans and trace the rest of the boot. Then cut this out too.</div>
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I knew I wanted an easy hanger for the stockings, so I used the thick seam of the jeans. No extra sewing :)</div>
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Just cut to the desired length and stitch onto the inside of the back side of the stocking.</div>
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It is slightly off which was okay with me since there would be items in the stockings at some point anyway.</div>
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I attempted to sew on initials. I wrote initials in chalk and permanent marker to follow with my sewing machine. I decided not to do it, but it sure would look neat if you choose to. </div>
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Merry Christmas in July! </div>
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Making great use of waste to hold canned goods. Thinking that making coating the boxes with glue and covering with scrapbooking paper would add extra strength, I covered them in glue. But I never did add the scrapbooking paper. They work just fine for smaller cans like soup.</div>
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The key was to put the things the kids get themselves like cereal down where they can reach them and the things they shouldn't be getting into like candy up higher where it is most difficult for them to reach.</div>
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For my sons birthday way bake in December (yes, I'm that far behind!) he wanted a buzz lightyear cake. </div>
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We started with a 9x13 cake and then carved it into a rocket shape. We split it in two and cut the top layer into a square.</div>
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But it is pretty awesome to see it come together.</div>
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To attach the wings, we just pushed them into the side of the cake.</div>
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We were stuck in a rut. Same window covers, same dirty carpet, same kitchen, same everything except for paint as the day we moved into our house. I am the type of person that needs and craves change be it little or big. Usually its as simple as moving some furniture around. This time, I have the craving for a change in curtains. Every time I opened and closed the curtain, the rope you had to pull on would hurt my hand. They were also white, not a good color for a family with young kids and a dog. It was also bright when we wanted it dark. To curb the curtain craving, I researched different ways to make blackout curtains. It came to my attention that making them from a new store-bought piece of fabric would actually be more expensive than buying already made curtains and fixing them up so they hung the way I wanted them to. After a trip to Walmart I had enough curtain rods and curtains to cover a very large window, a sliding door/window, and a medium sized bedroom room window. I also bought a product called snap grommets. </div>
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The grommets come with a little tool for you to draw the middle and the circle on your fabric so you can cut out the right sized hole for the grommet. I know its hard to see, but that's what I did in this picture. Right in the middle is a little "x" with the circle around it. Unfortunately the grommets didn't come with an easy way to get the hole started. For this I used a butcher knife, cut into the center, then used my fabric scissors to cut the hole. Although it worked really well I didn't take any pictures of this. I just couldn't figure out how to maneuver a butcher knife, fabric, and a camera at the same time. =) Make sure that before you jump into this, you measure out where you want the grommets placed.</div>
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It is called snap grommet for a reason, all you do is put it both sides on and press together. Very easy and simple.</div>
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Trial run. When I took the curtains out of the package they were obviously creased from being shoved in a tiny little package. After I made sure it look alright I tossed them (snap grommets and all) in the dryer with a damp towel. </div>
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And, tada they were done. Bad lighting, sorry. My college lighting teacher would be super frustrated with this and most of the pictures I post on here. Sorry professor.</div>
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Because the store bought windows did not meet the window measurements, they were too long and not wide enough, I bought three, cut one in half, and sewed the whole ones to the halves as well as shortened them. If you look closely in the picture below on the right and left sides of the curtain you can see where I sewed the halves to the wholes so it would open in the middle. </div>
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Super easy and totally changed the look in our house. The perfect amount of change for the moment. (Little did I know that the kitchen project would be very very soon at that moment!)</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614283439176198535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806344112991235080.post-44180946449208807052014-04-03T07:20:00.002-05:002014-04-03T07:26:09.987-05:00Kitchen Redo- Kickboard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The final step so far in our kitchen redo was to add a kick board. We had the same dark wood around the base of our cupboards. It had to go. This was a pretty easy part. Because of the way the previous kick board was installed, it was best to simply cover it with new stuff. Measure, cute, stain, nail, and done! =)</div>
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We had a super little helper!</div>
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To see the before and after pictures click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-before-after.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the sanding process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-sanding.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the painting and staining process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-painting-staining.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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To see the mess we created click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-mess.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the cabinet doors click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-cabinet-doors.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see edging choices click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-edging-choices.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see how we added a cutting board shelf click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/04/kitchen-redo-adding-cutting-board-shelf.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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The was the demo part of our "remodel." After using our kitchen for a few years we know where we cut things, mix things, and make things. It only made sense to put items that we use for cutting, for example, on the side of the kitchen that we cut things. Granted my kitchen is very tiny so walking across it to grab the cutting boards was not that big of a challenge, but it makes things so much more convenient when they are already right where you need them to be. So, to solve the cutting board dilemma, my husband created a cutting board shelf. We had, and still have, a large amount of wasted space which drives me crazy, but we can only do so much at a time. Right next to our drawers, we had a thin space that would be perfect for holding a few cutting boards.</div>
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We first had to make sure there was nothing behind where we wanted the shelf. We took off the side panel to find what we expected, wasted space. See all the space behind the drawers? They could be that much deeper or there could be something else done with that space! Ugh, wasted space!!!</div>
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Before we put the final side panel on, this is what it looked like.</div>
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The counters are actually really crooked so this did happen, but not to worry because we will cover it with corner molding. </div>
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We still don't have the corner on, but it looks pretty good!</div>
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To see the before and after pictures click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-before-after.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the sanding process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-sanding.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the painting and staining process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-painting-staining.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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To see the mess we created click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-mess.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the cabinet doors click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-cabinet-doors.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see edging choices click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-edging-choices.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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While my husband was working on the doors, I was busy staining the drawers. After I finished sanding the top of the drawer, I began sanding the edging of it. That is when I found out that the edging was pressed wood which is basically, from my understanding, little pieces of wood pressed together to make a bigger piece of wood. This type of wood does not take stain well at all. So we had to figure out what to do with it. </div>
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A black edge was my husbands choice.</div>
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This was with three coats of stain.</div>
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And this was with some really old stain that was here when we moved in on top of several coats of the previous stain. </div>
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We ultimately went with the really old stain.</div>
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To see the before and after pictures click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-before-after.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the sanding process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-sanding.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the painting and staining process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-painting-staining.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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To see the mess we created click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-mess.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the cabinet doors click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-cabinet-doors.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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After we finished the part that was inside we put all our kitchen items back on the shelves and our kitchen became functional again albeit without doors, but I wasn't about to complain. The only thing we still couldn't use was the drawers. We moved our work outdoors. My husband cut and routered out the middle paneling of the doors. He actually found out that the entire back was just a piece of paneling. It took some work, but he finally just had the frames left. By this time we were both in such a hurry to get everything done, I didn't take very many pictures the way a good blogger should. Sorry, but I needed my kitchen put back together.</div>
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So fast forward picture wise to the part where the door frames were sanded...</div>
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Because we took off the back of the doors, we had to replace them with something. We settled on plywood. At the hardware store we found sheets of floor boards. We didn't know they were floor boards at the time, but that is what we used. We cut them to size, and glued them to the frame. </div>
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The boards came with markings on one side of them, so we had to sand that off, and cut an angle to match the doors, and cut out the notches where the hardware went to connect the doors to the cabinets.</div>
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Again, with a lack of pictures, sorry, sorry, sorry. But once the back was glued and dried to the frame and the marks and words were all sanded off the back, we finally began staining the doors. Like with the skeleton of the cabinets in the house, we stained with golden oak and put polyurethane on top. This process took about 3-4 days just for staining the doors because we need to allow everything to dry before adding the next coat.</div>
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To see before and after pictures click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-before-after.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the sanding process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-sanding.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the painting and staining process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-painting-staining.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the mess click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-mess.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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If you are thinking about starting this messy job, be warned! This is what we lived with for a month or so.</div>
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This was on our kitchen table that sits right outside the kitchen. It was incredibly dusty. We actually had to clean all our kitchen things before we could put them away after we finished because the dust got everywhere. Cover your things if you can!</div>
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Our living room was taken over. Anytime we wanted something, we would have to dig for it in this mess. I even tried to organize all the stuff when we were moving out of the kitchen, but it didn't work very well.</div>
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We also finally were able to eat at our table. This was our first meal after a month of not being able to use it. We were so happy. Even my husband was happy enough to let me take a picture of him smiling!</div>
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We had leftover paint that we knew we could use. Yellow from our main floor and brown from our bathroom. To decide, we painted one cupboard brown and one yellow. </div>
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We settled on brown. I really actually thought the yellow would be fun-add a pop of color from inside since we plan on repainting our yellow kitchen and dining room a different color anyway. But brown was the safe choice and my hubby likes to lean toward the safe side. Me, I'm more bold.</div>
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Here is the pre-stained inside painted look.</div>
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Again, no stain yet.</div>
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It looks different in different light. Even now that we've had the cabinets done for 3-4 months they look different in different light.</div>
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We really wanted to get the inside done because our house was a mess and our kitchen was un-usable and we hadn't sat at our table to eat for a really really long time. Oh, and our living room was taken over by all the kitchen innards. We focused on getting the entire inside finished before we started working on the doors. </div>
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When the painting and staining was done, we covered the stain with a few coats of polyurethane. Luckily we did this part while the air wasn't so cold and could open our windows because the fumes were terrible!</div>
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To see the sanding process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-sanding.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I decided to break down all the steps we took to accomplish our kitchen makeover. After we removed all the doors and shelves, we started sanding. This is what we did for an entire 2-3 weeks. Every spare moment we had, we were sanding. </div>
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In this post <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-before-after.html" target="_blank">here</a>, I mentioned how we just wanted to see if the skeleton of the cabinets would be stainable, this is where we started and why we had to keep going. Huge difference between the dark and what was under there!</div>
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It already felt brighter with just the outsides rid of that dark stain.</div>
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See all the dust on the stove? My kids loved getting their little fingers on it whenever mom and dad weren't watching. =)</div>
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I highly suggest wearing a mask. Yes it looks silly, but look at all the light brown on my shirt. That is all dust just from working right in that little spot. Also if you don't want dust all over everything in your house, you should probably cover it. We didn't have that luxury so we were vacuuming our entire house on a daily basis. That dust got EVERYWHERE!</div>
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The insides of the cabinets were that laminate stuff that is not stainable. So, we decided to paint the insides. Before we did that, we sanding the walls inside to rough it up a bit so the paint would stick to it better.</div>
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About the time school started my husband and I innocently started looking into how we could fix up our kitchen. It was old, dingy, and dark. We were tired of the many various colors of wood throughout the kitchen, and since we moved in 6 years ago have been dreaming of ways we can improve it. Without really meaning to, we got started on a kitchen makeover project that lasted about a month. I know that sounds crazy, how can anyone get into a huge project without meaning to? Well, we had a cabinet door that was broken in the middle and we had been thinking that maybe we can cut out the wood paneling and replace it with something-glass, chicken wire, plywood, etc. So, with the broken door in hand my husband went to explore. We weren't even sure if it was real wood under all the dark stain. We thought it might just be pressed wood with a laminate covering. We figured out we could in fact cut out the paneling and sand down the outside of the cabinet doors which would reveal stainable wood. But we were still worried about the cabinets themselves, were they stainable? About 5 minutes after I asked that question, part of the cupboard frame was sanded and we had decided that with one door missing and part of the dark wood already sanded, we had to keep going. That day we made a trip into town to buy plywood, stain, polyurethane, and sandpaper. Because of the weird start we had, I didn't get very many good before pictures, but I think you get the idea...</div>
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See the different wood colors? Yes, this is what we moved into.</div>
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This is the wood paneling we cut out. The frames of the doors were actually nice so we just replaced the inserts and re stained them. </div>
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Much better, right? We still have a few things we want to do, but for now, we are very happy with the results. </div>
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To see the sanding process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-sanding.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the painting and staining process click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-redo-painting-staining.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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To see the mess we created click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-mess.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the cabinet doors click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-cabinet-doors.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see the door and drawer trim click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-redo-edging-choices.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To see how we added a cutting board shelf click <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2014/04/kitchen-redo-adding-cutting-board-shelf.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Every once in a while I have the opportunity to work with special needs children. One of them really enjoys Angry Birds. Anything and everything that has to do with Angry Birds this child knows about. One day, this student saw that I had some fun nail polish on my fingernails and asked if I could put Angry Birds on my nails. After about a week, I surprised the child with Angry Bird toes. The joy on the student's face was worth the amount of time it took to create these detailed things!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614283439176198535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806344112991235080.post-4749719168362253102013-12-12T20:23:00.000-06:002013-12-12T20:23:30.706-06:00Love Notes<div style="text-align: center;">
Sometimes with our hectic schedule, my husband and I don't always see each other as much as we would like. So I try to make sure he knows that I think of him even though our paths only cross a few minutes at a time on occasion. </div>
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I wrote down about 10 things that I love about him and tucked them into bed knowing that he would be exhausted when he came home from work and would probably take a nap. </div>
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It might sound cheesy, but it was actually a hit. He loved it, and it only took a few minutes! Win, Win. =)</div>
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Then add some detail. He hates that I take "working" shots of him.</div>
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I want to share the love with these amazing yummy treats. You can find the recipe <a href="http://thedomesticrebel.com/2013/07/03/oreo-banana-split-bites/" target="_blank">here</a>. I made these for my 7 year old's classroom birthday celebration. </div>
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I thought one package of Oreos would be enough for a class of 17, nope, I needed 2 packages which led to another trip to town just to buy more Oreos. So save a trip and just buy at least 2 to begin with.</div>
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Triple layer Neapolitan Oreos. I didn't even know they made these! Split in 1/2 with a banana slice in between.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614283439176198535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806344112991235080.post-7570848922392697392013-11-19T10:45:00.001-06:002013-11-19T10:45:33.581-06:00Corryopoly<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Dr. Corry is a veteran teacher in North Las Vegas and she just happens to send me things she has created to put on my blog. She thought this would be great to share for other teachers out there. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Last year, I had many students who did not fully complete their homework. Because our homework is so focused on helping the students maintain their academic mastery levels, it is important that they do it. So, this year, I created Corryopoly. I took various ideas from the internet on Homeworkopoly and changed them up specific to my classroom, the school, and a fairy tale theme. All students who complete the homework for the week get to play. They each take a turn rolling the dice and moving around the board. If they land on a property, they earn a classroom penny, nickel, dime, or quarter based what row they are traveling. Coins are traded up to quarters, half dollars, and dollars to go shopping in the class store. In addition, if they land on Chance or Community Computers, they pick an extra incentive card. They especially like those cards because the cards say things such as "sit at the teacher's table" or "lunch with a friend in the classroom" or "phone call home from the teacher to a parent with lots of praise for the student" or "bring in a special show and tell item to share." </span><br />
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Its FALL and for me that means apple time. I am so blessed to have people around me who have such an abundance of apples that they were willing to share. I also have a couple friends who wanted to get together to make all kinds of apple goodies. Although my recipes aren't original, I wanted to share the links to them because they were so stinking amazing!</div>
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So we started out with 2 bathtubs full of apples. It made me laugh, but we had so many the best way to clean them was in the bathtub! =)</div>
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Then we used a nifty little gadget called an apple peeler corer slicer. If you want to do apples and don't have this thing, go get one. It makes apple life so much easier!</div>
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Next we peeled, and sliced, and cored.</div>
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Finally, we peeled, and sliced, and cored some more. Seriously thought it would never end. My sweet husband kept peeling, slicing and coring so that the three of us could start making some yummy apple goodies.</div>
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We started with apple butter in 5 crockpots sitting throughout the house. This was interesting with 5 kids, 3 adult men, and 3 adult women to get around. But we managed and it was so worth it! So, so yummy! Here is the <a href="http://frugalliving.about.com/od/fruitbutters/r/Apple-Butter-Recipe.htm" target="_blank">link</a> for the recipe we used.</div>
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Next we went to making applesauce. This was very easy and again, so tasty. We didn't even add any sugar or spices it was so good plain. <a href="http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_02/applesauce.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is what we used for the applesauce recipe.</div>
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We also made apple chips by simply slicing and dehydrating at 140 degree for 12-24 hours. You can make them as crunchy or soft as you like. We also sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on them before dehydrating.</div>
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Silly me, I didn't get a picture of these, but we also made simple <a href="http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_02/apple_rings_spiced.html" target="_blank">canned apple rings</a>, <a href="http://www.hestiaskitchen.com/2009/11/17/canning-spiced-apple-rings/" target="_blank">spiced apple rings</a>, and <a href="http://courageouscanners.blogspot.com/2011/11/cranberry-apple-jam.html" target="_blank">cran-apple jam</a>.</div>
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I wanted to make canned apple pie filling, but after reading that it wasn't safe to use cornstarch in canning products, and I didn't have time to order the stuff I really needed, we settled for canned apple rings which are easy enough to add the apple pie spices for a pie.</div>
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And, finally, here is what we ended up with. We used so many jars, I have no more left-which is a good thing. =)</div>
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I would love to tell you how this is going for me, but the day after I made this chart, my husband and I got into an impromptu kitchen remodel (which I have been taking pics of and will post someday;). Hopefully, soon, the kitchen will be done and I can try out my old but new cleaning chart.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614283439176198535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806344112991235080.post-68614267570465405762013-10-07T06:03:00.000-05:002013-10-07T06:03:25.960-05:00School/Home RelationshipI am a firm believer in the home/school relationship. I want my children to know that what happens at school is important to their home life. They are not two separate things, and if something happens at school, it carries home. I am very interested in how my children do at school each day, and this chart helps me know as well as being a good reminder to my kids that behavior is important in every aspect of life.<br />
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Last year, I started with my 1st kindergartner. First, I talked to the teacher to let her know what I was planning and asked for suggestions and if she was okay with it. Then I went home and made a simple chart that allowed the teacher to put a smily face for yes, my child behaved well at school or write what my child did that was not the best choice at school. It worked really well. If my daughter got a frown face, she did not get her sticker for the day on her <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2013/10/school-time-chore-chart.html" target="_blank">chart</a> at home.<br />
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This year, I wanted to start my second kindergartner off this way as well. I made some changes on the chart. I added a note to the bottom of the chart. I have my daughter sign it at the beginning of each week after we review what the note says. This chart stays in her folder that comes home everyday and it is simple for the teacher to add a smily face. So far my daughter has not had one frowny face. If she keeps it up, we may retire the chart. But for now, it is a good motivator for her to work hard and behave well at school.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614283439176198535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806344112991235080.post-74049625312169244202013-10-05T17:42:00.000-05:002013-10-06T13:52:17.482-05:00School time "chore" chartAs my kids are getting older and have started school I needed to update their contribution charts. If you want to see my original charts you can do so <a href="http://sittallenjoytheride.blogspot.com/2013/05/behavior-charts.html" target="_blank">here</a>. This go around I have linked them to Scribd so you can simply change the names and a few of the chores if you need and print them off. Much easier than my previous post!<br />
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Here is my 3 year old's chart.<br />
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This is my 5 year old's chart.<br />
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And, this is my 7 year old's chart.<br />
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For each day and activity, they get a sticker. If they get all their stickers that day, they get a candy. We have a ton of candy all throughout the year because of all the holidays. Since I started these charts over a year ago we have yet to run out of little candies because each time we get low, another holiday comes up and we get a candy refill. Usually the candy is a small piece of parade type candy (tootsie rolls, mini suckers, etc). If they get 5 days with all their stickers that week, they get to participate in some kind of extra activity. We have done movie and popcorn, and for the girls we have done nails. Another fav is a picnic. These charts have been a great motivator for my kids and they remember to work hard to get their stickers each day.<br />
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Oh my goodness! There have been a ton of Vegas posts lately. It is bittersweet for me to tell you that this is the last Vegas post I have. It has been fun reliving our visit from this summer, but I am very excited for the next set of posts that include school, food, and diy stuff. </div>
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On this day we visited the <a href="http://www.sharkreef.com/" target="_blank">Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay</a>. It was pretty awesome. We had sharks swimming around us and got to pet stingrays. We saw many different types of fish, and we even saw an octopus and jellyfish. </div>
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If you have read my other posts about the different days we had while in Vegas, you will know that we tried to make an entire day of the things we did. This day, we read about sea creatures, did some sea creature math with little fish crackers, and had an art project. And that, my friends, brings me to the purpose of this post. We made jellyfish that turned out pretty awesome!</div>
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First, we cut circles out of the foam for the base. The we cut the handles off plastic grocery bags. We sewed them onto the foam circles; gathering the plastic as we went along. Leave a space to fill the inside of the plastic bags with tissue paper. When we were done sewing, we filled the inside with matching colored tissue paper. While everyone was choosing their ribbon and lace, I sewed the bags closed with the tissue paper loosely wadded up inside. Once everyone had their tentacles chosen, we hot glued them onto the base of the foam. we used lace for the inside to match the jellyfish we saw at the aquarium and ribbon or yarn for the outside tentacles. They turned out incredibly cute, and the kids were so proud of them. For hanging, we sewed thread to the top of the plastic bag.<br />
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Another place to visit in Las Vegas for the little ones is <a href="http://www.discoverykidslv.org/" target="_blank">Discovery Children's Museum</a> (previously known as Lied Discovery Museum). We spent an entire afternoon in this new 3 or 4 story hands-on museum. </div>
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We started at the top where we got to be detectives trying to figure out some answers based on the clues we found. The clues incorporated many different senses including sight, smell, and touch.</div>
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Here they panning through sand to find various clues.</div>
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After the mystery exhibit, they had a inventors station that included legos, building flying machines (in the first picture they are watching their flying machine float down), building that can sustain earthquakes, and so much more.</div>
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Next was the art section. Draw, color, cut, magnify various materials to see patterns, the list goes on!</div>
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This was the place the kids got to pretend to run a town. In the first picture (sorry, the lighting was terrible for pictures) they are chefs. The second picture is a grocery store where they can go shopping or they can pretend they work at the store in the many different jobs at a grocery store. The last picture is in a vet clinic. They had an airport, bank, and wind turbine plant.</div>
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In the center of each level was a tower that has various learning and interactive activities. You can move to and from each level in this one tower. We didn't even get to all the cool activities inside the tower there were so many!</div>
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Another fun area was the water world they created. They have rain coats for the kids and many different pools of water with music activities, building activities, and buckets, balls, and squirt areas. My little man was soaked despite the raincoat he was wearing.</div>
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The last place we visited was a dress up, puppet show, theatre, castle and ship place.</div>
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The first step was to dress up for the play.</div>
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Then the play. We had a director running the curtains and narrating and another person in the booth running the lighting and sounds. </div>
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The last thing we did was the mambo out of the museum. Right before they close they make announcements of the closing time. When it is time to leave they have some of the employees go around to some loud fun mambo music gathering those who are left. They create a train and take everyone out to the front of the museum where the customers go through a line of high fives and thank yous and goodbyes from the rest of the employees. It was a very fun and creative way to leave an amazingly fun place.</div>
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