Boy Bedroom Make-Over

I am redoing my boys room.  Have you tried to decorate for boys lately?  I want their room to be classic, clean lined, simple, non primary colored, not too sport related, and pretty neutral.  It's been a challenge! Do you think the burgandy and dark brown version of this comforter could create a similar effect?  With these sheets?  I am in love with these sheets!  They are so cute and classic.  I may have to wash them 89 times before I feel they are soft enough but for $15 a set I'm down with it!

                                         
My sister just put this taupe drum shade on a pewter lamp base in my nephew's bedroom and it is SHARP!  It's more earthy linen brown than is showing up in this photo.

Do you think I could put a clip on lamp on each boys headboard?  The slats are Mission Style.

Striped panels on the windows with a touch of brown and red to tie it all in.

Whatdya' think?  I'd take any ideas!

White Vases and other important things

I recently found the sweetest white vase at Targe'.   It is very similar to the itty bitty picture above.

It is going to look so cute sitting on the dinner table filled with water.

Two weeks ago a Razorback football game was playing on Sunday afternoon.  Since you can't have a Sunday afternoon ball game on with without Autumnal smells (even if it is July!), I pulled out my Apple Cinnamon smelling candles and fired them up which was...

all I needed to get me in the mood for school supplies!  New boxes of paper, crayons and pencils! Fresh apple cakes!  Pumpkins!

Summer is such a great time of year.  Sparkling blue pools, coconut drinks, grilled burgers.  I'm all on it, but I can tell ya' I'm ready to get into the swing of things with school.

I have a big project looming over me that I can't get motivated to tackle.  The boys closet.  It's that time of year to go through and inventory what they need.  Big sales on clothes are just around the corner and I want to be prepared. 

On a little different note: this is a great time of year to find sales on bedding, sheets, lamps and things for bedrooms.

OK, so back to decorating pumpkins I saw the cutest picture in my Romantic Country magazine last night.  Picture it.  Sically.  1912.  3 pumpkins all spray painted.  One pink, one blue, one purple.  Glittery tops and a huge rhinestone sticking out of the top. 

Please excuse me while I go get my Mini-Cheesecakes out of the oven...

Ok I'm back.  If they're good I'll post the recipe for you...

Where were we?  Oh yes, I think we've been talking about where I've been all summer.  We were gone a lot this summer.  5 weeks of travel between Shane and I.  It feels really great to all be back home.  I'm so ready for routine and normal days that look the same.

My prayer has been for God to give me vision on what He wants our days to look like.  Wisdom on how to spend my time.  I can't wait for Bible Study to start back up!  Shane is even getting me a new Bible! 

I guess I'll wrap up this Potluck type post today and go clean my office.  It exploded on me.  Again.

Avert the eyes

So this afternoon my sister and I went for manicures and pedicures.

We both sit down in the massage chairs.

The lady hands me a blue towel and places it on my lap.

Natalie didn't get one.

Only me.

Uhhh?

I'm looking around-noone else has a blue towel-only me.

Seeing I am confused the lady comes over and points to my dress.

Oh my lands alive, I've worn a sundress to get my nails done.

They gave me a towel to put over my lap because a man was doing my nails.

Help.  Me.  Rhonda.

The most modest Southern Baptist girl busted up in the nail salon and the man doing my nails had to give me a blue towel.

Things were going pretty good.  Until.  The leg massage thing they do.  I.  Have. Never.  Been.  So.  Embarrassed. 

He had to avert the eyes.

Yes mam.

I was hoping that blue towel would grow a few feet so I could wrap it around my entire person like a blue terry cloth nun outfit.

One would like to think it would be obvious that you might not want to wear a sundress, even if it does come to your knees, to get a pedicure, but juuuuuuuust in case there is another diva out their as clueless as I, let me warn you, you do not want to have the nice man having to avert the eyes.

Thank you very much and have a nice day.

Caught!

Today I am trying to catch my kids doing good stuff and praising them for it.

You did such a good job obeying!

You are being such a great listener!

I like how you did______________!

Sometimes it is too easy to stay in teaching/training mode...their little faces light up when they are encouraged!

Big Cedar

We packed up the bus and headed to Big Cedar last week. My parents took us and boy was it a blessing!  So relaxing and fun.

This just cracked me up! We were at the campfire to make smores and the smoke was burning the boys eyes so they put there goggles on.  I told them smoke follows beauty and had to apologize profusely for causing a smokey scene (wink wink).  I about fell over when they did this though-too funny.

In the mornings Shane fishes on vacation.  Then around 10 we go to the family pool.  We head back to the room for lunch around noon.  Shane stays in the room with the boys after lunch.  They nap and he catches up on important world news like Swamp People and American Pickers.  Meanwhile, Mama goes to the "Pina Colada Pool".  Yep, for a few hours it's just me, my murder mystery and a fruity drink.  There are kids there but none of them are mine.  These are the kind of afternoons this stay at home Mama lives for!

Thank you Nanny and Poppy for a fun filled week!

9 pennies

So we've had some funny happenings.  Like driving to swim lessons yesterday and seeing my 5 year old gather 9 pennies.

Whatcha' doin I asked. 

Getting my money together to give my teacher.

Really?  What for?

Well, I don't want to jump off the diving board today.  So I'm just going to give my teacher money instead.  I don't want to jump today, I just want to bless my teacher. 

I've been doing a lot of writing at my new blog, Hands Open Wide, you can click here to check it out if you are interested.

My other blog

Well, today's post is a step of faith for me.

I have another blog I started 3 years ago.

It is a step of faith for me to unhide it and share it with you today.  No one knows about it, it has been something between God and I.  There are only a couple of posts.  These pasts weeks and months God keeps telling me two words.

Word and Song.

My biggest ministry these days is to my husband and babies but God is giving me little glimpses into new things.  The two words He keeps whispering to me are Word and Song.  Not very many pieces to the puzzle there, but there is no mistaking in my heart He has clearly revealed these two precious words to me.

I'm going to be writing on both blogs, but my other blog is where I'm going to be writing about my times with the LORD.  That is where my heart is.

Even this morning as I read Psalm 71 he reaffirmed to me that this is His Desire for me.  He reminded me that since my youth He has not forsaken me.  He wants me to declare his power to the next generation, and declare His Might to anyone who will listen.

Sharing my heart feels very vulnerable.  Sharing with whoever will read makes me scared.  Two weeks ago the LORD made it very clear to me during our sermon at church that this is my next step of faith. I've sat on the command for two weeks.  And today I'm stepping out in obedience and with a heart that wants to bring God's Name Glory.

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