Dear Taylor,

Your Father is going to kill you!

(Okay, so not really!)

This is her now favorite seat in the house! If she is being too quiet I know she is just chillin' on the table....aaahhhhh! Maybe the newness of it being in the house will fade and she won't pay any attention to it....hopefully sooner than later.

Welcome Home

So, the sofa table that I have been so 'patiently' waiting for Troy to finish building for me has finally found it's place in the living room! Hooray!
I have been waiting for this for almost 2 years! Some days I was waiting patiently but most days it wasn't so 'patient'. I think the most frustrating part was that it basically has sat in the shop since Taylor was born just waiting for the finish! A few nags (okay alot) later and a couple coats later....you get this!!!!

Isn't it beautiful!?

Troy did a wonderful job and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! Thanks T-roy! He is so talented and I LOVE all the wood work (and work in general!) he has done (entertainment center, bathroom vanity & storage cupboard....okay the entire bathroom! and the shelf he made for Taylor's room) but this table totally rocks! :)

I can't wait for a couple more days for the finish to harden a little better so I can put things on it!
Here are a few more shots from different angles.


Troy made a thread on the Woodnet Forum he reads ALL the time and has received some major impressive compliments about it! You can check it out HERE

Now I know what it is like to wait 2 years for someone/thing special to come home! :) haha

Great Find Home Decor

I have been wanting one of these window sash's for a LONG time! When I first repainted our kitchen I looked on e-bay for a while, but to get one this size and shipped it would be OVER $90!

A new store in downtown opened last Monday and I went in to see what they had (I can't think of the "name" but it is everything handmade/homemade) when I saw this and checked out the price I was shocked...$30! Of course I get it, then when I get it to the Honda think about getting it home! It was too big, luckily my Dad's work was 2 blocks away and he has a pickup! I called him up and he saved the day! :)

I finally got Troy to hang it yesterday up on the wall in the back door entry way.
I hated the picture I had there before (too small for the length of the wall) and I love how it fills up the space! Hooray for good deals! :) I actually talked with one of the ladies that runs the store about selling my bows in there. I am still debating if I want to do it, most likely I will but won't take too much action on it until after the first of the month.

Bird Stupidity

This morning before church I was in the kitchen getting stuff ready for the food we were going to eat when we return home. All of a sudden I heard something hit our window. I look over to see a bird flying away! It was like those Windex commercials when the birds run into the squeaky clean window. Minus the clean window! It made me add something to my to do list...clean the windows! :) I wonder what that bird was thinking when it decided to crash into our home.

Then we had a.....Garden?!!!

All afternoon Troy and Ryan were out cleaning out our barn and some of the left over "junk" from the previous owners (they left alot!). I was asked to watch Ryan and Maren kids but no sooner than them walking in the back door from the bus ride, Ryan came in and got them to help move some branches and such. I went out as soon as Taylor woke up to see what they were doing and I found out I was getting a garden. Well, it's actually Derek and Colby's (probably more Colby than anyone) but it was being put at our house. I knew we would some day have a garden (being married to a farmer and all!) but I wanted to get our actual yard put back together before I even think of bothering with a garden. Of course I run inside and grab the camera to document this occassion! I had to laugh that when all of the "Wilkins Boys" were hard at work with the garden area you turn around to see Taylor. Just walking around the driveway without a care in the world all by herself! :)

Today was actually one of the easiest babysitting jobs I have ever had! ;p