What do you do...

What do you do when you don't know what to do anymore?  What do you do when you don't have the answers?  What do you do when you feel lost?

I have lost my way and I don't know what to do.  I have said more prayers in the past 5 days than I have in the past month.  I know that I'm not alone and I know that God is with me, but sometimes I wish he would tell me what to do, just flat out say "Kenzie, here's what you do."

I am impatiently praying for guidance, patience and strength.  I just wish they would get here a little faster!

Outdoor Vignette

I know that I participated in the Decor Dilemma party last week and received some amazing ideas, but it has been too nice to work inside!  Last week I went to a few garage sales and scored some really neat things!  5 picture frames without the glass for $.10 each!  A really neat rusted lantern for $1, cute table/cabinet thing for $5 and 10 spindle/ballister things for $15 (one brand new spindle/ballister thing at Home Depot is $15, I got a 10-fer)!  And because I can't leave well enough alone I decided the other corner of the sidewalk in front of my house looked lonely.  So I prettied it up!

I am in love with spindles and I don't know why, I can't get enough of them!

This is my garage sale cabinet and lantern.  And I actually did not do a thing to the cabinet, I left it alone and did not paint it black, but believe me I am still thinking about it.  See my $1 lantern, love it!  I raided my decor storage and found a few things that are cheap and if something happens to them I don't care to add to the shelves.

I randomly cut the spindles down to different lengths and painted them.  Originally they were stained black but were really weathered.  I sanded them down a bit and used DecoArt's patio paint to add a little color.  When they were dry I glazed with my Ralph Lauren smoke glaze.

Definitely not perfect, but I like the weathered beat up feel to them.  I am not wild about the red one, I am thinking about repainting it but have been testing it out first before I made any decisions.  I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Memorial Day

I would like to pay tribute to all of our soldiers on Memorial Day!  Those who have lost their lives to protect our country and those who are fighting to protect us today.  Words will never be able to express my gratitude.  I want to say thank you for doing something that I am not brave enough to do myself.  Thank you for the freedom you have granted us.

Four months ago my husband re-enlisted in the Army Reserves.  There is a possibility that he will deploy this fall, which breaks my heart in a selfish way.  But I know that it is because of people like him that we live in freedom.  A few months ago he was at his monthly training.  My husband and several other soldiers were at lunch and a stranger walked over to them and told them how grateful she was.  When my husband came home and told me the story I said something like "how nice that was of her."  He was embarrassed.  When I asked him why he said "it's not a big deal."  "Not a big deal?"  I wanted to scream?!?!  Serving our country and protecting our freedom is a HUGE deal!  But not to him, he believes it's his duty.

Thank you to all of those who have served our country.  Remember to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for out nation.

Bridal Shower Fun!

So I told you all about the bridal shower last weekend, sorry it has taken forever for me to post pics!  Unfortunately I don't have any pics of Audra and me together because I was busy chasing after my kids, but I did get a few pictures!

I actually fixed my hair!  Something I am to lazy never have time to do!

Audra's Mom was amazing, she bought most of the decorations (thank you Kate)!  And I was so excited when she let me make the favor boxes!

I think they turned out super cute!  I am 97% sure she got the diamond ring key chains from Oriental Trading.  I tied some ribbon around the keychains and hot glued the paper flowers onto the ribbon, so easy!

And this was my favorite part, the cake!  I love cake and I love to make cakes even more when they are this easy!  Slap some Oreo Straw sticks around the side and tie with ribbon and call it good, I didn't even have to make the icing look pretty!  I found the flowers from the Dollar Store, I was amazed that they sold such pretty flowers.  I bought the crystal beady thing at WalMart, it's cake garland and I cut it up and stuck them in!  I found the tutorial for the cake at Texas Monkey.  She has some really cute candy cakes too!

And I may not have gotten a picture with Audra, but 2 little girls did!

And yes I like to dress them alike, it's a sickness!  Audra I am so excited for you and can't wait for your wedding!

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Under The Table and Dreaming 

Help Me!

Amanda at Serenity Now is hosting another party!  And I love parties!  This party is a Decorating Dilemma Party and my living room needs some serious help!

Back in March I had my living room, dining room and kitchen painted a heavenly shade, SW Grecian Ivory, it is a subtle tanny-beige and we painted the fireplace.....dark brown, I can't remember the color and I'm too lazy to go look at the paint can!  Anyway after we painted and got the new entertainment center I couldn't decide what to hang on the walls, so I did nothing.  And 2 months later I still have nothing.  Take a tour of my living room!

This is the view from the dining room.  I have never had any kind of window treatments up but I think I might want some???  I hate the blinds being down or curtains being closed and I want something that is kid friendly that they can't pull down or mess up.  I want to hang something in between the windows and in between the window and door, but I am stuck.  I thought about a clock and a few picture frames, but I don't know.  *I have a weird thing about putting nail holes in the wall because I'm afraid I will hate it and then have to spackle and paint...lazy I know!*

This is the view from the kitchen, pretty much the same as above.  See the toy corner?  These are all the toys that seem to get played with a lot and I got tired of having to drag back and forth so I just left them there :)

This is the view from the front door.  I am thinking about putting a vinyl saying above the mirror, but can't decide what I want it to say.  Also I need to put something in the cut outs beside the fireplace to keep my kids from using it as a stage....the drywall hates it!  I thought about fake trees but they are sooo expensive!

Close up of the fireplace looking into the dining room and kitchen.  And see the hideous coffee table?  I bought this about 7 years ago and loved it at the time but I have out grown it and it takes up so much room in the living room and someone is always running into and getting hurt because the girls won't leave the rubber stuff around the edges alone, they keep peeling it off.  But my husband insists on having a coffee table :(

TV wall.  Do I need to put something on the walls on each side of the entertainment center?  Or maybe above?  The stuff on top of the entertainment center was shopped from the rest of the house, like it, but it could go.

Entry way wall and the hideous fish tank!  This is my husband's and he loves it, but all the fish died a couple of weeks ago, so I am crossing my fingers that it will end up in the garage.  I have a huge print that used to hang above the fish tank of the Singing Butler

but I don't know if it fits anymore.  But I do love this print!

Anyway I need some serious help!  So I am begging, give me your input PLEASE!  I will forever be indebted to you!

Best Site Ever!

Today I was introduced to the Best Site Ever!!!  No seriously this is amazing!  If you haven't discovered it for yourself you should LOVE me (just kidding...kind of)!  I was checking my email this morning and discovered I had received a comment from Sheri about posting a link to my Skinny Post.  So I hit the reply button to email her back and she didn't have a reply email :(  No problem for me because I am an amazing blog stalker (seriously, not kidding)!  And I discovered the most amazing site ever!

What is Childmade you ask?  A huge collection of tutorials and crafts from blogland!

You know how you see a craft or tutorial that you want to do and bookmark it away or think you will remember the blog you saw it on and then spend the next 2 hours searching for it to no avail?  I do it all the time, but not anymore!  Why you ask?  Because you create a login and can save everything you want to your own profile!  You can sort projects by Season or Holiday or Paper or Wood and so on.  I am in love!

Are you still reading or are you in heaven?  If you haven't been to Sheri's site go check it out, you will LOVE me!  And Sheri, thank you so much for a wonderful site!  Love, love, love it! 

Gleekend

The bridal shower was a success last night, I promise to post pics soon really I am just too lazy to go find my carmera.  Today the girls and I stayed in our jammies all day and watched Season 1 of Glee!  "Hi, my name is Kenzie and I am an addict."  Yes, we watched 8 episodes of Glee in one day!  And the best part about it is that the girls love Glee too, they like to get up dance and sing, it's so cute!

  So I will spend the next couple of days catching up on the episodes that I have missed from this season and then seek treatment immediately after!  Does anyone else find boys who dance and sing hot?  I do, I think I have developed a Glee crush!  Anyway I hope everyone has a happy 9 o'clock Dance of Joy!