I’m not an expert of protesting by any means, but here’s a thought. If you’re standing on the side of the road holding a sign stating your reason for protest? Write large and don’t wildly wave the sign around. It does your cause no good if I can’t actually read what you’ve written.
Thatisall.
I don’t usually buy a lot of bath products. As a Mom of two small children, I just don’t have time to take a lot of baths, ya know? But on the rare occasion that I do take a bath, I like to have something really nice. It’s one of the few self-indulgent things I do. I like to leave the bath feeling super pampered!
So I tried something new last night and I must share, incase any of you other Moms (or heck, Dads too) like to indulge in the occassional nice bath too.
This? It’s a bottle of lavender heaven. I’m not kidding, my favorite bubble bath ever. It was perfect in every way. More perfect than any LUSH product I ever tried, by far. Coupled with some of this luxury soap (in lemon verbena) on a bath poof? OMG.
I know I sound like a commercial. I swear I don’t work for either of those companies, and I’m not getting paid for posting about them. I just really really love them, and I tend to blab a lot about things I love. (I also like to hear other people blab about things they love – it’s good to share!)
I forgot to post this yesterday! Oops!
Monday: chicken pot pie
Tuesday: jerk chicken and pineapple salsa
Wednesday: baked ravioli
Thursday: BBQ chicken sandwiches
Friday: hamburgers on the grill
Saturday: homemade pizzas
Sunday: homemade chicken nuggets
Another step towards finishing Kat’s room. Curtain rods!
I had a bit of a hard time finding exactly what I wanted. It didn’t seem like I was asking for much… white, wooden, double rods, with the main rod having some girth, and finials that were pretty and yet simple (but not too simple!), and still substantial in size (I wanted them to stand out a good bit against the darker paint). As it turns out, I’m lucky to find double rods at all locally, forget about white wooden ones fit for a little girl’s room.
So I stumbled upon the JCPenney website and found these on sale. I had some issues with JCP customer service (rude responses, not answering my questions, etc)… but the rods finally arrived, in one piece and they’re perfect. Yay! (Still undecided as to whether I’ll shop JCP again.)
The curtains are Pottery Barn Kids chambray curtains that used to hang in Jag’s room a few years ago. We’ve changed the colors of his room since then and they no longer matched, so I’d packed them away hoping to reuse them. While they aren’t exactly what I wanted for Kat’s room, they’re close enough that I’m not going to bother spending money on something new.
As you can see, some of the panels are a lot shorter than others. I bought 4 panels in all originally, but only ended up using 2 in Jag’s room. I bought the extra long panels because they were on clearance, so I had to shorten them for his room. So the other 2 panels are still extra long. I can’t let out the hem on the shorter ones because even with a wide hem, there’s still not enough fabric to reach the floor, so I think I’ve decided to cut the long panels down to match the short ones, then sew a wide white eyelet ruffle to the bottom of all 4 panels so that they reach the floor. (I recently saw some wide eyelet ruffle sold by the yard at Joann’s – it will match Kat’s crib skirt perfectly!)
I realized after taking this picture, that after I get the curtains hemmed and trimmed, all I’ll have left is to paint the dresser and hang wall art! Not that those are especially small jobs, but they’re not huge either so I feel like I’m almost done! Yay!
Got my usual Sensational Beginnings catalog in the mail yesterday, and I was flipping through it when I noticed this neat Wigglin’ Water Hose. Cool. And hey! That’s the EXACT Wigglin’ Water Hose I bought at Walmart on Monday for $8.95! Less than half the price!
(I know Walmart is the root of all evil… I know. But when my choice is between shopping at Walmart that’s 5 minutes away, or Target that is 25 minutes away, and especially with gas prices what they are, I can’t justify a boycott. Sorry.)
As for the sprinkler, we haven’t tried it yet, but I will update if it’s a hit. I picked this one over others because it looks like several kids could play at once without too much of getting in each other’s way.
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