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Days 21-24

Day 21: Pretty Pattern

Me and damask...sigh! I feel like I choose this pattern all.the.time. I love that it is girlie but not too girlie...for Pat's sake, you know?! I chose this for the seat covers of the chairs I am redoing. I do like it, so hopefully I will get these done in the next...ohhh, maybe 6 months!

Day 22: Sunset

Sunset in our neighborhood.
This picture was taken with Pat's iPhone. iPhones take such awesome pictures and I love the instagram application! But, I refuse to buy an iPhone until it has an actual slide down keyboard as I simply cannot do touchscreen. I wonder if this will ever happen?

Day 23: Trees

We have ourselves a mini-forest in our backyard, but I was drawn to this little tree for this assignment. It was the first tree to be planted in our yard and so for that it is very special to me. I hope to plant more trees in the future especially one for each of the boys just as my parents did for my brothers and I.

If you look real close, you will see we had ourselves a casualty recently! My cute little bird house was hit by a flying golf ball. This is what happens when your 4 year-old is learning to hit golf balls.

Day 24: Smile

SMILE!

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Day 17: On The Shelf

This is so my life right now. There are trickles of boy scattered throughout my house sometimes in the most unexpected places.

Day 18: In My Bag

 The inside of my bag is currently in a no see situation.

Day 19: Where I Slept

I make my bed everyday. Having a nicely made bed instantly makes this space look clean and tidy and truly makes me feel better about myself.....

even if these 6 loads of unfolded laundry are over in the corner.

Day 20: What I Read

I knew I would finish One Day while on vacation (which was a good book...you just need to get through a small part in the middle where the male character is kinda crazy, but after that it gets good again), so I brought Jennifer Weiner's newest book, Then Came You as my next read. I read this last night before I fell asleep, which I do almost every night. Because of this, I am only on Chapter 4ish.

Day 16: What I Ate

Day 16: What I (We!) Ate

I'm usually always a Cherry Garcia girl, but they were out at my grocery store yesterday. As I was walking through the frozen food section, I randomly got the urge for Ben & Jerry's and I thought Coffee Health Bar Crunch would be equally as good. Oh my friends, it is better...it is the best (it has huge chunks of Health...my favorite)! Last night, Pat and I polished this off pretty quickly while watching the movie Country Strong. I recommend this movie (good renter!) as much as the ice cream!

Polished Off.

Day 14 and 15

I have been taking every opportunity I can to finish some of the many projects we have started around this house. A few of the things we are working on right now are board and batten in the office, sanding and painting our breakfast nook table and chairs, painting a chalkboard for Jack's room, creating a gallery wall for both boys' rooms, finishing my gallery wall on our main level, and just plain figuring out how to decorate this place all while introducing fall decorations. Oh and the basement, don't even get me started on that! It's embarrassing down there as in complete hoarder status. That being said, my photo challenge is taking a bit of a back seat right now. I do find it fun and inspiring and I am committed to completing this challenge so I will get better for the second half. Yeah, one half done!

Day 14: Flowers

I got two hibiscus plants from my sister-in-law and mother-in-law as house warming presents back in May. Now, I had never had an hibiscus plant before this and I think I will buy myself a couple every spring. They are so beautiful and vibrant in color when they bloom!

Day 15: Shoes...Jack's Shoes

Today's challenge was supposed to my shoes, but mine are boring in comparison to Jack's new super duper speed shoes. I took him shoe shopping last night because let's face it, this boy is growing like a weed. With a chill in the air and a decrease in the temperature we have had to break out his pants and jeans all of which are now above his ankles. Sheesh! Clothes shopping will come soon, but first he needed new shoes. He fell in love with these immediately upon seeing them and then after he tried them on and ran laps around the store (to show us how fast they helped him run), they were most definitely not coming off. There was no persuading Jack to another shoe his Momma liked more/thought were cuter/went with his clothes better/etc. So, it was the black and neon yellow for Jack and he thinks there super hero status. That's all that matters, right?!

Day 13: From a Distance

My Version of From a Distance

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Day 10: Something I Made

I have been making a lot of smoothies lately! Owen and Jack have been sick at different times over the past ten days and their number one request....smoothies. With no appetite for much else, smoothies is what their Momma makes them. FYI: I did try to whip up some new couch pillows during nap-time today. I used a four pack of Target cloth napkins and Heat & Bond. It was a disaster and they look awful. Can't win them all.

Day 11: Something Fun

While on Hilton Head Island, we took the boys on a bike ride down the beach one morning before our daily swim in the ocean. We came upon this newborn Loggerhead Sea Turtle that didn't quite make it into the ocean along with his brothers and sisters. He was trying to get down there but he had a long ways to crawl/walk and he was losing steam fast in the hot sun. We scooped him up and placed him in the water. The lil' guy was trying to swim so he seemed okay. This is was so fun and exciting for the boys to see and help with. I hope the little bugger made it!

Day 12: Close-up

Also on HHI, these flowers were growing everywhere near our condo.
No clue what they are, but I like them.