Kiefers Favorite Day.....

....Is Laundry Day!


we throw all the laundry - fresh out of the dryer- onto the bed and Kiefer runs up and jumps in the middle and we bury him. He makes a nice nest and snuggles up with the warm clothes.
All the warm clothes make him very sleepy so he lets out a few large yawns as we make sure to cover him up completely.
He does, however, get very angry when we start folding. He stays cuddled up until the last article of clothing has been folded and then he just glares at us. I think he would like to take a nap in the dryer.
(don't freak out PETA, I won't let him sleep in the dryer...)

Domestic Danae?!

Saaayyy Whaaattt!?! But its true I tell ya!
I'm sure all of you have heard me rant about the price of curtains before...But here I go again...
When we bought this house, I was excited about all the windows, soon after Andrew and I moved in the new house Rachel and I went shopping for curtains. I budgeted $400 for window treatments for the 21 windows in my house. We made our way over to Home Depot and I picked out some lovely blinds and the Home Depot lady sized them out and informed me that they would be $280 per panel! HA! So, we have gone the last four months with only curtains in our bedroom. Tonight I decided enough is enough. I was going to get crafty. I stopped by Target and bought 4 plastic curtain rods for $2.99 each. Then on my way though Ross I found two drapery holders on clearance for $1.49 each. Then I made my way to JoAnn Fabrics where I spent an hour wandering aimlessly around the store as I tried to picture each pattern and style of fabric in the shape of a curtain. It was a frustrating process since you can't return the fabric if the pattern/color doesn't work or if you mess up and don't get enough fabric. My head was throbbing by the time I got up to the cutting table and she asked me how much of each fabric I wanted. Thats a hard question. I finally left the store with 3 different fabrics totalling 7 yards and one roll of Stitch Witchery - (come on you didn't really think I was going to SEW did you!?)- I spent $43.78 all together at JoAnn's. Anyways, I got home and after spending a mear 2.5 hours of cutting, ironing and stitch witchery-ing, I ended up with 5 window treatments. YAY! I had enough fabric with not even a thread of left over- guess my math doesn't suck after all... =)

5 Windows
4 hours of work including shopping
$58.72 spent.


Now don't expect me to start dusting on a daily basis, or even doing dishes on a daily basis...but it felt good to stick it to the Home Depot lady and make my own curtains!

Florida Day Four

On day four we went back to Destin to spend the whole day 9-4 laying on the white sand beaches and snorkeling.
This is a big hotel and board walk right on the marina.
Kayaking in The Gulf.
Mom snorkeling with the beach in the back ground. We rented one of those umbrellas and 2 chairs for the day. Even with the umbrella and tons of sunblock I still managed to get burnt to a crisp. I'm still peeling till this day.
At one point while snorkeling I poked my head out of the water and informed mom "I hear the ice cream man" - I was totally kidding, but we turned around and sure enough, there was a motorboat ice cream man! playing ice cream man music in the middle of the ocean! One thing you don't find on the Oregon coast.






For some reason I can't find any of my New Orleans photos right now...I'll I look for them and post some of those later.

Florida Day Three

Okay, so I'm finally getting around to finishing vacation blogging...
Its a pretty cush life when you can float around in the ocean at sunset in warm water!

This Alligator was at a big crazy treehouse of a restaurant in Destin, FL. They had Alligator swamps under the restaurant.
Some hermit crabs chowing down on a dead something in Destin, Fl bay.
Mom and I got a late dinner of crab legs and Bushwackers. Mmmm
'Our dock' at night...