Shine Texas Shine {hat}

Can we say Ranger T I M E!! I got a plain old red hat and gave it some shine!!! What do you think??

Off to the game!!

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Almost Romper Time....

I adore Rompers on little ones! They are so easy to put on and they look so squeez-ee in them! =) I HIGHLY recommend this pattern! It is awesome...I don't typically like to make the same thing twice (I know I am crazy) but I have made this several times...every time I have made one for a little cutie ~  the mom always orders another! The cool thing is it is a 2 in 1 because it is reversible!

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H O L D  U P !!!! 

NOT just for Babies!! 

I've got at leave 4 rompers and I LOVE them! They are so easy... and I don't have to think about putting anything together!! lol!! Here are some cute ones....

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So sassy and fun...check it out at forever 21 $12.50 (can't beat that!)

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LuLu's is one of my favorite shops online...it is my go to!! Their clothes and shoes have always been great quality for the price! $41.00

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This one is so cute...and a slurge at $128.00 Bloomingdales

I am diggin' the shoes too!

So it is going to be 90 degrees today here in Dallas! So should we wait for it to be officially summer or break out the Rompers People?!?! 

R O M P E R   T I  M E !

Crazy for COLOR Tuesdays….

It’s
 Crazy for COLOR
 Tuesdays….. no make that Wednesday (this week).  Sorry!!  Like I said in yesterdays post I am not feeling good, which makes my brain total mush!! 
My COLOR obsession today is with painted pianos.  Check it out!

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Seriously what’s not to love about that!  Funny thing is I have never played the piano.  I was always told by Adult Women when I was growing up that I should play the piano because “I have such long lovely fingers and hands for playing a piano”.  I always thought this a little odd because do lovely hands really make you a better piano player?  Probably not I am guessing.  Even though I always thought this to be silly advice, I did still always wish I could take lessons.  Unfortunately, my mom just could not afford the lessons for me.  She was a single mom and because of that we had to make choices.  I could give up dance lessons for piano lessons but that was not happening…. so no lessons for me.  I am still a little obsessed with pianos – maybe just for the decorative quality?  Who knows?  If I had space for one in my home, I would probably buy one and paint it!  I would also love for my boys to have lessons in piano or guitar!!  There is still time for that.  Mister B has been begging me for guitar lessons and the only reason I have not signed him up is because we are drowning in practices and games for both boys in Soccer and Baseball right now.  Maybe when that all quiets down we will re-visit the Guitar Lessons.  Until then, here are some more pianos I totally heart!

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I am officially obsessed!  Of course I am kind of obsessed with all things painted right now!!

**RECIPE ALERT**

I found a recipe via Pinterest that I followed through to the Blog The Larson Lingo.  It was delicious!

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Black Bean Cream Cheese Chicken

I loved it.  The Hubby loved it.  The kids loved it (I let them use Blue Corn Chips to scoop it up).

It makes a ton - so great for leftovers.  I have some ideas how to use the leftovers to create other new meals.  I will either put this on top of the Blue Corn Chips with cheese on top for some yummy Nachos or I will stuff this in corn tortillas and top with cheese for yummy Enchiladas!

See You Soon…..

Flip Flop… Bedrooms

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I know I sound like a broken record but the weather here in Dallas is unbelievably nice.  I don’t remember ever having a Spring here where the weather was this nice for this long.  The family and I are outside all day every day lately.  It is wonderful!  I do think we have earned it though.  Last Summer was brutal… far too many days that were well over 100 degrees… so bad that the kids didn’t even want to leave the house to have a swim in our backyard bathtub swimming pool.  Anyway, I am actually feeling totally crummy today so I’m letting little B hang out and watch some TV while I write this post.  I think there may be a nap in my very near future! 
The Bedrooms in this Flip Flop are the only rooms we’ve yet to discuss.  So let’s get to it already!  In a flip, the bedrooms are generally not the most exciting before and afters – but that’s okay.  They can’t all be glamorous and exciting can they?  Just like I don’t look glamorous every day!  Some days believe it or not I stay in my workout clothes with no make-up on.  Scandalous I know!!!  Check out my favorite after.

I will readily admit this is my favorite after solely for the color scheme – I love the black and white with the punch of the chartreuse curtains.  The black furniture actually belonged to my grandmother.  I was told she got it as a wedding gift.  It was a really yucky speckled creamy mess before (the curse of getting old).  I had this painted semi-gloss black… I wish I had a before pic of that and I would share it too. 
Here are all the Before And Afters.
Master Bedroom.

Curse these blurry before pics!  I cannot blow them up any larger because they get too blurry…. sorry.


We really kept the reno pretty basic in here.  We added new carpet.  We really wanted to run the solid oak hardwoods down the Hallway and in to this room but our budget did not allow it.  When we ran tight on our budget this was one of the projects to get cut.  The other project that we had to cut was adding some French Doors in here that would have led to the back yard – they would have gone to the left of the bed where that dresser and mirror are now.  Would have added tons of light… such a shame to have to give it the axe.  We also painted, added wood blinds and a new fan. 
2nd Bedroom.



3rd Bedroom.

Oh.. and yes that carpet is green!

4th Bedroom/Office.

This one needs a little explaining.  That window there looks in to what the previous owners turned in to the Sunroom.  They had converted an old patio, which created our budget overage and forced us to axe the hardwoods and French Doors from the Master Bedroom.  What the previous owners had done – and this is a common mistake of many homeowners who undertake this same type of renovation – is that they had exterior walls built right on top of their patio slab and did not also add support underneath said patio.  In a lot of home construction, patios and garages are basically poured as a separate slab and not always reinforced and tied in to the structure of the house.  I am not sure if this is still the case with today’s building standards or not.  What we noticed towards the end of our renovations was that this Sunroom was entirely pulling away from the house… it was like it was falling away from it.  We had to add 5 piers under the slab of this entire room in order to get it back to leaning toward the house and to make sure it was structurally sound for the new owners – in other words BUDGET BUSTER!  Back to the window in the room… sorry for my rambling!  We made the executive decision to add a door here for access to the Sunroom…. we figured it would probably be used as an office by the new owners and thought it would be nice to have direct access to the Sunroom and the Backyard as well.  Here is the after.
   
Hope you enjoyed!!
I wish you all a wonderful week ahead!  It’s time for me to get back to work on some furniture renovations!  I am very excited to report that I have just been hired to renovate a Beautiful Old Hutch that belongs to a friend of mine.  She inherited it from her Mother who got it when she got married.  I love pieces with History.  I have also recently been hired to act as Contractor/Designer on a full Bath Renovation Project as well as some painting and Kitchen renovation in the same house.  I will share all those before and after pics when the projects are complete!
See You Soon…..

Baseball Time....

The boys are in full force baseball....{ok, me too} If we are not playing it out in the front yard, we are at practice for their teams, a game or cheering on our RANGERS!! And now we are eating baseballs!! =)

So this past game we had snack duty & it was my older sons 8th bday!! So I thought I would make baseball cookies for his to take to school for his classmates & to the game for his teammates!! And I got this awesome idea to do everything from scratch! YIKES!!!!! That doesn't happen very often from me...in fact I don't bake! So this was actually a first! But with all that said...THEY WERE SO GOOD!!

I think I have seriously ate WAY too many!!! I am going to have to go to the gym extra this week just to break even...if I'm lucky!! I am a sucker for sugar cookies with a good icing!

So I wanted to pass the recipes I used to you....

Sugar Cookies & Icing (I took the vanilla out of the icing recipe...I didn't like the way it tasted.)

Seriously! My mouth is watering thinking about these sinful delights!! I hope you make some...let me know if you LOVE them as much as me!! =)