Well, we've been in our house for about 5 months now. It is certainly a work in progress. I guess that's how it goes with old houses. This one isn't really that old (build in 1968), but it was never taken care of very well. It needs a lot of work. A. Lot.
Tomorrow we will hopefully finish sanding down all the paneling, and priming so that we can paint. I will post pictures of the process.
In the mean time I am trying to prepare for my oldest daughter's birthday party. Not the easiest task when your house is 'tore up from the floor up'. I can handle it though. At least, that's what I keep telling myself.
We just got back yesterday from a dance convention in Bastrop, TX. My oldest did her first solo for the first time. I was so proud of her. She looked so beautiful and grown up on stage. I love to watch my children perform. Sometimes, (ok most of the time) when I get the dance bill, and I'm running around trying to arrange my schedule around dance, and going crazy trying to bedazzle this and that, I just want to give up and buy myself some nice furniture instead. But, when I see them perform it's suddenly all worth it.

That's my girl!

Michella Marie: White Paper Peonies Tutorial

This tutorial is from a lady who has a shop that I love in Olde Towne Spring, Texas called: Michella Marie. These coffee filter peonies are so cool. I can't wait to try them.



Michella Marie: White Paper Peonies Tutorial

What do I want for my daughters?

During the interview with our daughters' new school they asked me a question that really got me thinking?

"What do you want for your daughters when they grow up?"

My first thought was "Every good thing that is possible." But it's so much more intricate than that. I realized that while I think about their future often, and think about what I want for them I have never clearly defined it. I haven't made a clearly defined goal of what I need to teach them, and set up for them so that they can reach those goals, or at least to give them the best possible opportunity.

"What do I want for my daughters?"

1. I want them to be strong enough to stand up to the world for what they believe in. 

2. I want them to choose freedom over security.

3. I want them to have the education and training to do whatever career path they choose. 

4. I want them to know that being a wife/ mother/ homemaker is a valid career path. That it's not weak to want to be all the wonderful things that only a woman can be.

5. I want them to have the confidence, emotional & financial security, and fortitude to WAIT for the right man to come to them.

6. I want them to work hard for their goals. 

7. I want them to be neat and organized in their life and in their mind.

8. I want them to be happy.

9. I want them to be physically fit.

10. I want them to know that God is always there for them and so am I.

These are the things I want for my daughters. These are the reasons I am a mom.