I went to a boutique a few days ago and found this cute idea.
It's made of cardstock, stickers, little brads to hold up the pocket. It hangs on a water bottle and you could use any flavor of Crystal Light. How cute for a family reunion, 4th of July party, shower, birthday, wedding reception, teacher gift. In appropriate colors and designs of course.
They sat in the garage for a loooong time until a couple of weeks ago when I gave them a fresh coat of black paint.
Some contact paper on the shelves from the dollar store.
And now they're hanging over the potty in our master bath. Where they'll live happily ever after.
The building with the star on it is an old chicken coop that was on the property when we bought it. We're trying to save it but it's pretty rickity.
That big tree out there is an ancient walnut tree. Probably over 100 years old. Love that tree but it's so messy. We won't cut it down though, the shade it produces makes up for the millions of leaves and walnuts it drops every fall. So that's what we'll be working on this summer. We need to get busy before it gets too hot.
Our first stop was the Clark Planetarium where we saw this...in 3D...at the Imax theatre. It was a little freaky but the mister loved it. He's geeky like that.
We had a late lunch at the Blue Plate Diner, wandered around Best Buy for awhile, then drove home in a huge rain and thunderstorm. That was definitely freaky.
Today was the beginning of our 7 birthdays, 1 anniversary, and Mother's Day in 2 1/2 weeks. This year we'll have one big celebration on May 1st so nobody dies of cake overdose. More celebrations to come!
First he cut a sheet of melamine that he found in the cull wood at Home Depot to fit the top of the cabinets. Then he took a dollar store vinyl tablecloth, wrapped it around the melamine, and stapled it.
I used this for the past two years. It cleaned up well, it was bright and cheery. We got a lot of compliments on that countertop. It was a dollar store tablecloth and it started to get a little ratty looking so I found something a little higher end... some oil cloth.
We wrapped and stapled and voila!
A new countertop. It looks a lot better with our new floor too.
I think the whole project probably cost us $35.00. The most expensive part was the oil cloth. I like it so much I think I'll be doing something similar in our laundry room. 
They said they'd be back on Thursday morning bright and early. So we waited...
And we waited... I called the carpet company at noon and they said I'd have to reschedule. Would I like them to come on Saturday or Tuesday? Huh?
Bless their hearts! It only took six days!
It's a sage green but looks kind of dark in the picture. The walls are painted Steamed Milk by Sherwin Williams. (It's white with just a hint of yellow) I saw it on Penny's blog and loved it so I copied.
When you don't actually live in the snow it's a ton of fun. Making snowmen...er, snowgirls...
Running around in the falling snow...getting soaking, freezing, wet. So fun!
We went bowling, ate homemade ice cream, shopped, ate at McDonalds, played with the cousins, colored and searched for Easter eggs. They left early on Sunday morning and Mimi's Cottage is so quiet. Sure do miss you guys!
"For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosover believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
