I Have No Excuses Now

I won three gallons of this paint! Now I can't put off painting the room over the garage, which once complete is going to be teenage boy's new room.
Robin over at All things Heart and Home has started using this paint and LOVES it! She has painted walls and even furniture with it. So, since I have a few projects that have been sitting there just waiting for me to tackle them, I entered her giveaway and won!
So now I have no excuse for not getting busy and doing some painting!
I'll be sure to give my opinion and post some before and afters!

I Got My Car Back!

The repair place called this morning and my car was ready to be picked up! YEA!
The rental wasn't that bad. It was a black Nissan Altima. Though it was kind of dirty when we were looking for damage to note before I drove off with it. When I turned up my nose and said that it seemed hard to see any dings when there was so much grime on it, he asked if I would like them to wash it before I took it. I said, "please!"
The worst thing about it was this morning when I was picking up the kids for car pool and couldn't figure out how to open the trunk for them! At the first kid's house I ended up having to turn the engine off and get out and use the key fob thingy to pop it open. Then I realized that I could stay in the car, but just turn it off and do the same thing. The guy from Enterprise drove me to pick up my car and used the Altima that I had driven and when we got in I asked him where the button was to open the trunk. It was one that I would have never guessed! All it had was a little arrow on it, no image of an open trunk like many of them have. Oh well, at least I have my car back and it looks fantastic! They even washed and vacuumed it for me!

My New Favorite!

Love, love, love 'em!
They are made by the Mediterranean Snack Company. I found mine at Publix.
They are great with hummus!

Yes, I Did Think You Had Forgotten About Me!

I finally got a call from the auto repair shop that is going to repair my car. The first thing the guy said was " I bet you thought I forgot you." To which I replied, "yes, I did."
I had originally taken my car in a MONTH ago and then the bumper didn't come in because it was on back order. It took four weeks to finally come in!
So, tomorrow morning after dropping off the middle school kids, I head over and see what type of lovely rental they have waiting for me. My skin is crawling as I think about it!

I Need Suggestions!

Who has an eyeliner that they just LOVE?!
I am so tired of the liner on my top lid ending up all over my eyelid in no time!
I need something that has some staying power!
Any suggestions?
Have a great weekend!

School has Started!

School started without a hitch!
Can you tell that 10th grader is beginning to think these first day of school photos are lame! I couldn't even get a photo of the two teens together as son had to leave at 6:30 and daughter didn't even get up until 7:00!

I normally love when the teens go back to school, but this year I didn't feel that way. Teen son got into a little trouble right at the end of school last year and I liked having him home over the summer because I knew exactly who he was with and what, for the most part, he was doing! When he is at school, I can't control who he talks to or what he is doing with them during the school day and that makes me very nervous! Sure, his dad and I can teach him right from wrong and model appropriate behavior but in the end, their peers have such a BIG influence on them! Say a little prayer for him that he will make the right decisions!
We had a fun weekend at the lake. Spent a lot of time out on the water and just having a great time!

Now that I have the house to myself again I am on a cleaning binge! I am throwing out and getting rid of "stuff" we don't need and giving everything a good cleaning. I feel like our house really takes a beating during the summer with the teens home so much and so many other teens coming and going.
Trying out a new recipe for Pad Thai tonight. I hope this is going to be a keeper! If it is, I'll have to share.

I am Ready for the Weekend!

So glad for the weekend!
School starts Monday and I am ready!
Heading to the lakehouse in the morning. I would like to go up tonight, but husband likes to turn the air off when we aren't there and it would be about 1000º when we got there. So we will leave early in the morning.
We have some friends coming up for the day tomorrow. One family is bringing their boat. I think it will be fun, but I have to make another trip to the grocery store for some additional food!
Here's to a relaxing weekend all around!

The End is in Sight!

This morning was the Back to School Breakfast for our teachers at daughter's middle school. I am the Hospitality chairman this year, so this was my first "event" to coordinate with help from my committee members. It was a success! We served muffins, fruit, sausage and egg casseroles, grits, roasted new potatoes and assorted juices and coffee. The teachers always appreciate and enjoy the food.
Now, just a few little things on my To-Do list for the rest of the week.
School starts for the teens next Monday. We have just a couple things to get, other than that, we are set! I'm thinking a weekend at the lake would be a nice thing!

What I've Been Doing...

• Last Monday took my car in to be repaired from the "crash". Five hours later picked it back up as the bumper is on back order and won't be in for a week or so!
  
• Dropped off rental that I had had cleaned and only used for five HOURS!
• Tuesday I drove to Charlotte to pick up teenage daughter, or Crash as we now call her! Planned to leave a couple hours early so I could make a stop at a fabric store to look for something to make some new window treatments for our bedroom. Came to complete standstill on interstate just a few miles out of town! Ended up not getting to make fabric stop. Was delayed so long that I had to run to gate to get there before the plane did! But, she did make it home with no problems, so for that I was thankful! And from the way she talked non-stop the whole way home she had a pretty good time all things considered.
  
• Took daughter to follow up doctor appointments to check on injuries. Was able to remove temporary cast from wrist as the x-ray we had done here in SC came back clear and Dr. determined it was probably just a bad sprain.
• Visited dentist and had one of daughter's teeth fixed, the one with the biggest chip! Pain from bruised gum and lip was too much so we have to go back another day to fix the other one.
• Took both teens to orthodontist. Great news, they both need braces at the low price of JUST $5700 a piece!!!!
• Call from furniture store and new stuff for bedroom will be here Monday (today), which means I had to get my butt in gear and start painting our room!
• Painted all Saturday afternoon.
• Painted all Sunday afternoon! Finally finished and don't want to see a paintbrush or roller for a VERY long time!
• Furniture arrived at 10:30 this morning! YEA!!!
• Have to work registration at the middle school on Tuesday and Wednesday, so I have been working all afternoon getting all my stuff together for the Hospitality Committee table.

So, how have you been?