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Well we have had our fair share of crazy weather and it seems the bulk of it has hit since we've come home from Florida.  I guess we should be thankful that we weren't on the roads during this.
However last night when the storm came in Chelsea wasn't home.  She had college and after college went to my cousins who is her personal trainer (her birthday gift from Joel and I)  She has worked so hard...

Two days until Chelsea's 18th birthday
  
3 days until my crop weekend getaway which I have been looking forward to since we left the last one in November!
Seven days until the new furniture comes
9 days until my uppercase living party

As she got to vote in her first primary election! She made sure to educate herself before making her decision and it didn't matter how Joel and I were voting.

Yesterday after getting the propane tank filled we found that the furnace didn't work either so we still had to get it repaired before we would have heat.  Turned out a friend of ours came over after work and was able to get it running...

I've gotten a few emails in regards to directions on how to make the sour cream party favors so I thought I would post how I made them.
Now I usually make them out of scrapbook paper and either stamp or embellish according to the holiday.  But then my friend Val shared with me its the same size as a 4 X 6 picture!  Now why didn't I think of that???
First off I found a good picture of my daughter...

you have one day where you seem to be able to conquer the world and the next where nothings seems to go right?
That is what my Monday has been and its only 10:30 am.  Seems we woke up to no heat this morning.  Before calling the furnace repair guy Joel went to check the level of our propane tank, turns out there was only 5% left which would account for the no heat.  You are supposed to have it...

When you feel like you've accomplished a lot in a days time?  It sure does for me.
I started my day cleaning my bedroom since I decided to move some of the furniture from the family room into the bedroom and move things out from the bedroom.  Needless to say our room was a mess. 
But then I was sidetracked chatting on the phone with my sister and checking things online.  Like this awesome...

Here are a couple of my layouts from this month's Work in Progress kit.

Tom came over today and finished putting the trim up in the family room.  There still is some touch up we have to do and a couple small pieces of trim, but otherwise my room is done.
Now I just have to decide what's going back on the walls?
Here's some before and after shots...
 
And after...

Now I still think I want to do a border?  Possibly at the top of the ceiling and the top...

Was another snow day and another day off work!  Zach and I ran some errands later in the day and then I finished painting all the trim for the family room.  I also found time to play some more with my Work in Progress March Kit!
Tom is coming over today to finish!  So finally that part of the room will be done.  Now I just have to decide which items will return to my walls and which things won't?
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I love using the flickr program to organize my pictures. You can make sets, tags, collections, etc and then when you want to make a mosaic or some other fun project its easy to put together. I tagged some pictures of Terry, since he LOVES when I take pictures of him and put them together in a mosaic. Not all of these were taken by me and I'm missing some of the best ones I'll have to add to another...