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So last week, I had another great turn out on my party, and I can't thank you gals enough. I know I may have gone overboard with mentioning it everywhere, but hey how else am I supposed to get the word out. I REALLY appreciate the support, and welcome you back every week I hope. 

Ok so time to share some of my favorite links from last week. 

Ladies PLEASE grab a featured button, to add to your list. Let everyone know how much you rock!!!

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Ami over at Ali Lilly outdid herself again with these cute little bows. While she has some finished pictures with cute paper, I actually LOVE these with the newspaper, and think they are just tooooo cute.

I was never big on bows, especially buying them, no way, but this is way to cute and easy. 

THANKS AGAIN!!!!

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Erin over at Making Memories with your Kids is so cool. She is a fun mom, who has the most out of control ideas for having fun on the cheap. Her blog is totally full of recipes, and projects, and this one was just way to CUTE. What kid would not love to have that, instead of the boring notebook that it starts off as. This has given me another idea for those cereal boxes, but you guys are going to have to wait for that, he he.
THANKS ERIN!!!!
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Gaby over at After the Before, but Before the After made this great rosette pillow. What I loved about it was the simplicity, and how totally awesome it looks with these rosettes. How easy and what a difference. She couldn't sleep and made this instead, lol, wow, if only I could whip up cool things like  that when I can't sleep. Oh wait I used to, before having babies. :)
THANKS GABY!!!!
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Sandy over at Sugar Bee Craft Edition did this INCREDIBLE chair redo. Why is it so amazing, well because I have one of those ugly chairs, and never ever thought that it could be anything but ugly, but now, thanks to her lovely step by step, I can make my son a cool chair. I know it's great!!
She has a very cool blog, and I have found several fun things I'd like to work on over there.
THANKS SANDY!!!!!
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Lori over at Thrifty Decor Mom decorated her daughters room, with mostly garage sale items. Hard to believe looking at how cute the room turned out. After all the hard work of painting everything pink though, her daughter wants green now, lol. Think we might see another thrifty room makeover soon.
THANKS LORI !!!!
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Michelle over at Emerald Cove Jewelry redid this lovely hutch simply by painting it a slightly different color. Now her beautiful white dishes pop, and really make a statement. While this was time consuming to say the least, I think it was well worth the effort. Good job girl!
THANKS AGAIN!!!
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Allison over at House of Hepworths did this CRAZY cool Pumpkin. Oh man this is just too darn cute, and how much easier can you get. Supposedly her mom came up with this idea, lucky girl, your mom is awesome!! So I am having a Halloween bash and guess what I'll be decorating with, yupp, ohhhhh YEAH these cool pumkins. She has tons of other cool ideas at her blog, go check her out.
THANKS ALLISON!!!!
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Well call me crazy but I can't find your name girl, over at Get Your Crap Together did this way cool pantry organizer door thingy. While I just redid my pantry a couple weeks ago, I used the standard ugly walmart door organizers, and when I saw this I said darn it now I need to REDO those, to make them cute like these. I was so proud of them being free and all, but gosh, this is just TOOOOO Cute!!!
THANKS GIRL!!!!!
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So while I started this post this moring, I am just now posting it. Sorry gals, I wanted to get it up sooner, but you know  life with kids, doesn't always work out like that. Anyhow, I am thrilled with the response already and Im only on week #2, so you ladies are super cool, and I am really thankful for your support. Spread the word, and I hope that this party grows bigger and badder. I know you can make it happen.

Now go back to doing AMAZING things, just make sure to link back here, to share it with us, he he.

As always ENJOY!

Special requests, or mad love always welcome:)
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Amaze me August #2

Thanks to all who came to support me again on my new party. I will do some features tomorrow, because some of you knocked my socks off with your crazy skills. Quite unbelievable. I'm really happy that you found me, and Please come back every Tuesday. I love having you!!!!


I look forward to seeing all the amazing things you have been up to. Here's a quick update on how this party works....

• Update** Don't know how I forgot to mention that I would like for you to become a follower of my blog first, he he, if you are already THANK YOU, if not then please consider doing so, because this would really make me happy, especially if you really like my blog, in which case you could always leave me a comment and tell me, he he, totally not required, but again you know would make my day  :~

Oh and don't forget this party only ends when the next one starts, which of course is next Tuesday. So you will never miss an opportunity to join. Keep checking back often for incredible ideas from amazing bloggers, who are out to inspire. :)


As always ENJOY!

Special requests, or mad love always welcome:)
http://www.blogger.com/bellabeforeandafter@gmail.com

• Link up to your DIRECT post, so we are not searching for that AWESOMENESS you are trying to share with us. You wouldn't want anyone getting lost would you?

• I just ask that if you expect to be considered for a feature, then please link back here, in some way or another. If you don't link back I won't be able to feature you, so sorry, but hope you understand. 

• I have buttons, so if you want to display one feel free to, but just mention this party one way or another.

• If you feel like checking out other people's links, that would be great, after all thats the whole point of these parties. When you comment on their posts, try to mention you saw them at my party. It helps spread the word, and everyone wins.

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Big Girl finally sleeps in Big Girl Room.

*** Announcements***

I have officially started my AMAZE me AUGUST weekly party starting every TUESDAY.  The party only ends when the next one starts, so please go HERE to enter and join in the fun. Show me what you got girls, I look forward to all the AMAZING things you will be sharing.

I've been hard at work rearranging Princess M's room. While I painted it, and got her room set up over a year ago, she has actually never slept in there, besides of course when she has a a friend sleep over, then they both sleep in there.

Am I the only one who let their kids take over my room, and bed? I know I'm not, and have friends who also let their kids sleep with them, but I feel like I have not had my bed to myself in like 10 years. Seriously my oldest slept with us till he was about 5, then his sister was born, and of course she slept with my until her little brother was born, which was about two and a half years. Then she moved over to another bed  right next to mine, and little guy moved in to my bed.  Where he still is with no plans to move any time soon, but we'll work on that.

So basically since my little darling started kindergarden, she's decided that she's a big girl, and that it was time to go sleep in her own bed, in her own room. So after getting over my own detachment I've decided that she was OK, and so I went to work on her room, as  I did not like the layout, and wanted to make it look better. Basically I rearranged her furniture, and cleared out her closet floor, making it a fun little play area for her and her friends.

While I still want to work on more things for the walls, I did make a little sitting area, with the headboard from the old bed, and a huge storage container that was in her closet. It's temporary but works for the time being. Check out what can happen with zero money, and a lot of back pain, from moving furniture around all afternoon. I'm pretty happy, and she was thrilled to have a NEW room, he he, kids are so easy.

BEFORE, walking in the room. 

Messy bed from a sleep over she had over Labor Weekend. 

Dino D, looking cute, but being naughty. 

Closet BEFORE, that big storage bin will become my new seating area. 

The view from the closet. 

The closet door is to the right, and the bedroom door is to the left. Notice all the butterflies, and hearts still on her wall. These were decorations from her bday last year. Finally time to take them down. 

Princess M, posing in her sleep, that night. This is her first time sleeping in her room alone.
AFTER

AFTER
 Same view from the closet. This pic is taken two days after the room makeover, but here it is.  I really need to move the wall shelf, and add more decorations on the walls, but until I find what I want, it will stay like this. 

AFTER
View from when you walk in the room.

Barbies has found a new home on the window sill, and notice her seating area. 

The makeshift sitting area. That headboard was from the old bed she used to sleep in by my bed. This used to be her Big brothers bed from 10 years ago. The seat, is that blue storage bin from the closet. I just stapled the sheet around it so it kind of looks presentable somewhat. Again, it is temporary, but works for now, and instead of us sitting there, she has decided that her doggies should hang out there. 

Newly decorated, and ready to go. 

This is the wall, her large dresser and mirror used to be on, and now its kind of bare, but she can play with her  dollhouse more comfortably now. The night stand is where she goes shopping for her kitchen. Food and dishes are stored in there. 

The closet is now a mini as in MINI play area, but for the little bodies who will be playing in there, its just cozy enough. So now she can go shopping with the recyclable shopping bag, (green one stuffed behind kitchen,,,, see it) Here babies are waiting to be fed, and with her handy cash register she charges her bother a million dollars for a banana, it so cute. 

And there you have it, Princess M, her mommy Bella, and one of her favorite puppy poodles, Blackie. 

I obviously spent NO MONEY on this makeover, but my back is paying for it, and a massage person will be happy, he he. I just feel like the room flows better now, and I like the set up a whole lot better. Plus with putting the mirror opposite the window, it just makes the room light up more. The closet is an instant little hideaway, and the kids love it. I've wanted a little reading nook in there, and now I have one, thanks to an old headboard, and a huge bulky storage container full of clothes.

I am happy to be linking up to the following parties.
Making Mondays Marvelous @ C.R.A.F.T
Craft-O-Maniac Mondays @ Craft-o-maniac
The DIY showoff Project @ The DIY showoff
Making the World Cuter @ Making the World Cuter









As always ENJOY!

Special requests, or mad love always welcome:)
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Veggie love, Indian and Italian Style!

Last week, I spent an afternoon cooking. I like to make multiple meals when I get to cooking, and always make extra, for leftovers, guests, mom, neighbors, or the freezer, lol. I had a drawer full of veggies that were starting to be not so fresh, and so I knew it was time for sambhar. This is a south Indian meal served almost daily with dosas, idlis, vadas, or just plain rice. Most families eat this at least once a day in the south of India, and usually with some fish. When mummy first came for a visit several years ago, I watched eagerly, and learned how to make this tasty dish.

I make this once a week, or two at the most. It's a wonderful way to use up all your veggies, and hello, it is sooooo tasty, and nutritious. My husband and I love it spicy, but I usually make it more mild so everyone else can enjoy it, and we just add some lemon pickle to it, for my enjoyment. More on lemon pickle at another time, lol, just know its lemon, and its pickled, in LOTS of red chilli powder, lol. It is sooooo good. We usually just eat our sambhar with rice, but sometimes I do make dosas.

Ok, now for the Italian part, well, I was looking at my lovely veggies, and thought how about I show all you lovely people how I make two completely different tasting meals, with the literally the same veggies. Enjoy reading the rest as you see how people from two different parts of the world, enjoy the same food, but with the addition of some spices, how it can change dramatically. I thought this was pretty cool, so I wanted to share with all of you.

Oh and since I was on a roll, I just went ahead and made three more meals, with some leftover chicken from soup a couple days earlier.

Five meals, and a whole lotta veggies. Check it out!!!

hmmm, what do we have here, well, let me break it down for you ok.
In the front of course the stars of the show, the veggies.
In the middle I have my daal, chicken and carrots, spinach, pickles, and ginger garlic paste.
In the back I have peas, cream of mushroom, mayo, mustard, beans, green sauce, canned tomatoes, and veggie broth.
Lets get cooking shall we!!!

I diced up onions, and celery, and carrots, with some fresh garlic, and a chili pepper. Then let it saute.  This was the base for my MINESTRONE soup.

I added the veggie broth, canned beans, canned tomatoes, cut up zuchini, and squash,  shredded some more carrots,  and added a bunch of italian dried herbs, as I didn't have any fresh. Then I let this baby cook, until everything was nice and tender and then I added my cooked whole wheat pasta.

What makes this Italian, is of course the lack of indian spices, and addition of italian ones, and the EXTRA tang from all those canned tomatoes, which I love, and the difference in legumes. Rather than daal, we used red kidney, and white northern beans, as my protein. Everything else is the same. How cool, right?

Ok on to my sambhar....

Washed up some daal, and put it in my pressure cooker. 

Diced up all the rest of my veggies, big bites, and put that all in the pressure cooker.  I threw in a big handful of curry leaves, and a couple teaspoons of ginger garlic paste, and 3 packets of sambhar seasoning. This is only the 3rd time using these packets, as I've always made my own sambhar mix, but whenever I buy the dosa mix (and I buy it often, as it's instant dosas ) it comes with a packet of sambhar mix. I had so many that I thought I had to try it, and its not bad at all, so for now, I will be showing you this way, since its SUPER easy.

You can add any veggie you like in here, but I like to use carrots, squash, zuchini, onions, tomatoes, eggplant, and these little cucumber looking veggies you find at the indian super market. Didn't have any this time, but they are really tasty. I have also started using radishes, and like the flavor it gives. 

Add water,  to fill, and you can put the lid on here, and let it go. I add a bit more for some extra flavor, and you can too. 

The hing powder, (on top) also called asafoetida and the fenugreek are what give sambhar its unique flavor. SO I added just a bit more of these, along with you guessed it chilli powder, as the mix is very mild.

At this point I simply put the lid on and turned on my pressure cooker for about 40 minutes, then letting it go for another 15 or so on low, then turning it off, and letting the steam go down on its own.

I like my veggies to be a bit firm, but mostly cooked very soft. I then add my seasoning, which I didn't take a picture of.
All this means, is taking a bit of oil, and frying up some flavor in it. I choose, mustard seeds, onions, curry leaves, cumin seeds, red chillies, and a bit of hing powder at the end. I poured this over my sambhar and let it sit. Then I added my tamarind paste, which is soaked to release the pulp. Sorry for not taking pics of these steps, don't know why I didn't, but next time I will try to be more thorough.

MINESTRONE SOUP .......AFTER

SAMBHAR.......AFTER

GREEN CHICKEN ENCHILADAS.... one of my favorites. 

I also did not take pics of the daal, or the chicken salad. Next time I will make these I will surely take some better pics. I guess I was focusing on the veggie dishes above. Oh well, I hope you liked that, and if you are ever in need of a healthy veggie meal, try one of my suggestions above. You'll love it!

I am linking up to these parties:
Metamorphosis Mondays
Get your Craft On
Topsy Turvy Tuesdays
Talented Tuesdays

Inspiration Friday




Also don't forget that I have officially started my AMAZE me AUGUST weekly party starting every TUESDAY, so please go HERE to enter and join in the fun. Show me what you got girls, I look forward to all the AMAZING things you will be sharing.
As always ENJOY!

Special requests, or mad love always welcome:)
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Monster Weeds go WILD.

Hey guys, I am going to do some catch up today with some posts I wanted to do last week, but never got around to doing. Do you guys remember my post Making a Bed for my Flowers where I walked you through some stages my garden has gone through, and I promised I would show you how horrible it was looking now after a summer of neglect. Well, I got brave last week, and despite being sick, I got out there, and tackled those monster weeds. My plan initially was to just do it in batches, as I knew it was a big task. Of course once I got started I just couldn't stop, and I finished pulling all the weeds in my flower bed. Everything in the front of the house that is, the sides are not done yet.

Now don't get scared at the size of these weeds, and I promise my garden has NEVER looked like this before. I actually pulled weeds last month, and they were barely any, and then I blink and these things popped up literally overnight. Well, maybe a bit longer than that, but seriously they are the biggest, scariest things I've ever seen. Thank goodness I got that under control again.

Hope you guys don't mind seeing more garden pics, but this is just crazy, so take a look, and see what happens, when Weeds go WILD.

**I've linked this up to NOT JUST A HOUSEWIFE on 7/23/2011**

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE
Yes those HUGE tree looking things that are taller than my rose bushes are WEEDS. 

AFTER

BEFORE
Again look at all those scary things, oh man, it was BAD.

AFTER
Just click on the pics, to enlarge, and you will see what a big difference there is. 

BEFORE
This corner was the worst, as you can see. 

BEFORE
Same corner, different angle. Plus you can see my lovely DEAD tree in the corner. This was one that was transplanted from in front of the garage, after the other one died, and I didn't want just one there, so I took it out, and put it here, and then it too died. The only explanation I have is that these trees need more sun. Clearly everything else is THRIVING my my garden, so this is the only thing I have come up with. 

AFTER

AFTER
I know it still looks bad, with the dead tree and all, but dang, at least you can see in there now. 

The culprits. Yes all that was taken out of my flower bed. It was a HUGE job. I spent nearly seven hours out there, and finally got it done. Lesson to be learned is NEVER EVER, EVER let your weeds take over, EVER. They really can grow like weeds, lol, and before you know it, you are slaving over your garden, removing tree like things.

Just in case this has not gotten you bored with my garden posts yet, then be on the lookout because, of course this was just the cleanup. Naturally I have tons of stuff left to do, but for now, I hope you learned from my mistake, and never put off a few minutes of pulling out a couple weeds, or else you can end up spending hours working to get rid of those suckers like I had to do.

I am linking up to these parties:
Metamorphosis Mondays





Also don't forget that I have officially started my AMAZE me AUGUST weekly party starting every TUESDAY, so please go HERE to enter and join in the fun. Show me what you got girls, I look forward to all the AMAZING things you will be sharing.

As always ENJOY!

Special requests, or mad love always welcome:)
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Amaze me August #1

Hey everyone, had you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. I enjoyed the 3 day holiday with my kiddos and mom. Although I am most definitely coming down with a major sore throat and cold, I am happy. Last week I was basically missing in action. I don't know how you guys manage to blog when life gets hectic, and not to mention you are not feeling well, and sick. Oh man, I had the worlds biggest sinus infection, I looked like I got punched in the nose, it was so swollen. Of course now it's all gone to my throat, and it hurts. I would very much prefer to have my nose swollen again, actually REALLY prefer that to having a scratchy sore throat.  So anyway, yes I am still here, and I actually have some cooking posts I will be posting from last week. I wasn't completely neglecting my blog, just hadn't gotten to posting anything yet.

However without going on and on, I'd like to welcome you to my official first weekly linky party. I have decided to keep the name the same and so it will continue to be AMAZE ME AUGUST even though it's no longer August, lol. 


I look forward to seeing all the amazing things you have been up to. Here's a quick update on how this party works....

• Update** Don't know how I forgot to mention that I would like for you to become a follower of my blog first, he he, if you are already THANK YOU, if not then please consider doing so, because this would really make me happy, especially if you really like my blog, in which case you could always leave me a comment and tell me, he he, totally not required, but again you know would make my day  :~

• Link up to your DIRECT post, so we are not searching for that AWESOMENESS you are trying to share with us. You wouldn't want anyone getting lost would you?

• I just ask that if you expect to be considered for a feature, then please link back here, in some way or another. If you don't link back I won't be able to feature you, so sorry, but hope you understand. 

• I have buttons, so if you want to display one feel free to, but just mention this party one way or another.

• If you feel like checking out other people's links, that would be great, after all thats the whole point of these parties. When you comment on their posts, try to mention you saw them at my party. It helps spread the word, and everyone wins.

Oh and don't forget this party only ends when the next one starts, which of course is next Tuesday. So you will never miss an opportunity to join. Keep checking back often for incredible ideas from amazing bloggers, who are out to inspire. :)


As always ENJOY!

Special requests, or mad love always welcome:)
bellabeforeandafter@gmail.com

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The list.

If you've been following along, you'd know that I challenged myself about 2 weeks ago to get my house organized and cleaned up. I had a pretty long list of things that I wanted to accomplish. While I didn't actually complete everything 100%, I already came to terms with that, I did way more than I was able to do in previous attempts. All of which took anywhere from months, to even years, and in some cases forever, because it's still not done. Back to reality though, I''m actually Ok with starting a list, and not finishing everything on it. I can always make a new list :)

This is THE LIST~~~ I posted when I started along with my Amaze me August party challenge. I had some pretty lovely ladies join me in my amazing transformation. While they had really cool projects, I was doing boring organization, but you know what I am AMAZED that I did most if everything I set out to do. Thanks to all of you, who inspired me without even knowing it. Blogging really helped me out, because one way or another I became accountable to more than myself. I'm pretty happy right now, so THANK YOU ladies, and readers, and all of you out there who have been on organizing sprees like me, and have shared it with the rest of us.

Here's the lovely list so you can follow along:

1. Pantry, Fridge (both of them)  Took longer than expected, but I can finally step in my pantry now without tripping over stuff. 
2. Kitchen drawers, and cabinets  Rearranged things until what do you know I actually have extra storage space where before I was struggling to make things fit. 
3. Shoes in garage, clean microwave, and toaster oven This may not be the best combination in the world, and I'm really dying to make it like I want it. For now however it will do. I have not had my microwave or toaster oven in the house for years, and I love it. 
4. Door hanging organizer thingies I put these babies to good use. Check out my pantry makeover part two where I cut them up and hanged them on the wall to organize all kinds of goodies. I have to admit that 2 of them are still filled with junk, but at least I've narrowed it down right. Will get to those later. :)
5. Coat closet This is almost completed, as in cleaned out. I have other plans for this great storage space, but for now at least its not a junk closet. 
6. Piano, cookbooks There used to be a beautiful glass vase on this piano, along with other plants, and my favorite cookbooks. Then one morning, the glass cracked, and water seeped all around. THANK GOODNESS my piano was not damaged, as the sheet ,music and the floor seems to have absorbed all the water, as it must have leaked very slowly all night. Needless to say I removed everything, and never put it back. Now its back, minus that vase. Oh how I have to fix it, I love that vase.
7. Desk, paperwork, bills I honestly didn't think I would get this done. I hate, and dread doing paperwork, and sorting through bills, especially medical bills. HATE IT! Despite that I took almost an entire morning and afternoon, until the kids got home to make all my phone calls, and take care of the bills, and paperwork that's been piled up. So happy it's done.
8. Take down dino decorations, collect all dead plants, RETURN The poor dino decorations came down finally, after being up since LAST MAY. I think it was time, and my little Dino, didn't even notice. The plants, however Im still working on that, hope to take them back today, or tomorrow at the latest. Now the key is not buying any more until I've figured out exactly where they will live, and in what. Yes, being at a garden center is like drugs to me, and I always walk out with a cart full of plants, and flowers. I will try, unless of course there is a really cool plant, on sale. He he, I just can't help it, I know myself well. 
9. Big B closet, including sorting through winter and summer clothes Luckily I already sorted through all the clothes last spring, so woo hoo, I didn't have to do that. 
10. Big B desk, including old school work Yeah this was done yesterday, when the last thing I wanted to do was clean out his desk, but again, knowing that it was the last day of my challenge, I just did it. I'm happy I did, and boy was he happy. I even fixed some of his magic stuff, which really made his day. 
11. Princess M closet, including clothes that need to be sorted Again finished the sorting last spring, so not much to do, other than make sure there was not a mess in there. 
12. Dino D, dresser and linen drawers, plus all his toys, and books I'm finishing up his room today. I collected all his toys, and stuff, but was to tired last night to finish up his room, so it's being done today. Sorry Dino D. 
13. My dressers, and closet, including tons of boxes of paperwork My closet, lol, theres a project waiting to happen, but until then, at least its not a total disaster. My drawers are mostly cleaned out too. Man I have a lot of work left in there, but at least no junk, for the most part anyway. Just need to organize better. Project time, he he. 
14. Bathrooms under sinks Yup, done with that, but again would love to have a better system of storing things. Future project!!!
15. Office library books, videos, dvds. For the most part, all put where they should be, but do I like it, NO. I want it to look less cluttered, so I really need to better organize everything in this room. I have tons of cabinets, but no shelves in them. Future project.
16. Deep clean everything, probably take a day or two. Well, I don't think I can say that I deep cleaned everything, but I did clean most everything. Does that count, in this case I'd say yes it does. To make it even better, I've been keeping it like that, which is the best part. 
17. Almost forgot my deck, I need to clear that place up for sure. Don't even want to think about it yet. I did step foot out there, and quickly ran back in. :)
18. My very neglected garden will get a very quick peek, if weather is cooler, and I feel up to it, otherwise sorry to say you will be next on my TODO list. Again, out of sight out of mind, only this is totally in my sight every time I leave and come home. I never knew weeds could grow so big. I must have a really fertile flower bed. Good news is the weather has started cooling down, so I think I can finally start on working outside. Good thing too, because I don't think I can take any more of this. 

So you see what I mean, I finished almost everything. I am proud of myself, and hope to finish the rest very soon. I've also been thinking up some really great projects I want to share with you guys soon.

Until then, I hope you guys have a great day, and I'll try to get some pics up later, to show some of this work I've been doing. Can't wait to start on some of these projects.

Thanks again to all who participated in my new party. I will be doing it again NEXT WEEK starting on Tuesday. It will be a weekly party. So get ready to Amaze me again ladies. Read all about  it above on the Amaze me August page. Woo hoo~~

As always ENJOY!

Special requests, or mad love always welcome:)
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