Mostly Wordless Wednesday #2!

Mostly Worldless Wednesday!!

Here I am in 1997; 18 years old at my senior prom! SKINNY as he**!!! Not a care in the world but... "Where's the party at this weekend?", "Does he like me?", "Where did you get those shoes?"... etc.

Here is me now in 2009; 30 years old and a WHOLE LOT PLUMPER!!
The plumpness came from motherhood... ok, well I can't blame it all on the kids!! LOL Darn chips, hot wings, ice cream, pop, cookies, iced coffees... and so on!
Can't even wear the short shorts anymore cause of spider/vericose veins and flab!

BUT....

These 2 angels of my are the reason I eat, sleep and breathe! I love them more than life itself!! They have made me a better person, the type of person I never thought I could be.

I wouldn't trade them for a pair of short shorts or skinny jeans anyday! (OR would I?? lol just kidding!!)

When you grow up, your priorities change. Things that you once thought were important- such as being thin and "sexy" are not longer THAT important! My boys love me for me; and my "squishy" tummy that they like to lay on:) Some day they will be grown up and gone out of our home, then I will have all the time in the world to MAYBE get thin again!

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Hope I didn't get too WORDY this Wednesday?? LOL

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

happy thoughts

Hi girls! I feel like I haven't posted anything that I have made in a loooong time!! With the lovely green and white goodies that I got from my swap partner Heidi; I made some cards and gift card holders a week ago. Shown above are the 2 gift card holders, hand made by me! I used some pretty white flower brads that she sent me; first time using them and now I looooove brads! I also used some of the pretty floral paper and green rhinestones she sent me too:)

Heidi also sent me a stamp that says "Good things come in small packages" and a green stamp pad; I used the stamp on the card too. She also sent the pretty ribbon and flowers too ♥
What do ya think? Should I put them in my Etsy shop??

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OUTDOOR DECORATING DILEMNA... HELLLLLPPPP!!!

This is the back of my house, by our patio that is so boring looking! I want to jazz it up but want to spend no more than $50-$100.00 in doing so. My thought was to find an old window at a yard sale or something then decoupage some pretty outdoors-y looking papers on the back of the window- maybe clouds? To make it look like a "kinda-sorta real" window. Then I wanted to add a flower box under it and plant some impatients in it. What do YOU think??

My mom suggested finding a big old MIRROR to hang then planting a flower box below it. I think that would be COOL too!

What are your thoughts?

I also want to spray paint our resin table and chairs too; and add some flower pots to the back patio. I was also thinking of an outdoor rug too. I want a cozy outdoor feel to it.

Here is our foundation in the backyard; the bucket fills up with water and dumps. It sounds very soothing too:)

Some of my boxwood shrubs that need top be trimmed and tamed:)

For the life of me, I cannot remember the name of this flowering shrub!! Anyone know? I am pretty sure that it blooms little white flowers in late summer.

This is the bird bath that my grandma had boughten for me a few years ago. Its surrounded by leaves that NEED to be swept up so I can plant more!!

More of the unruly boxwoods that I am afraid to trim!! LOL I might ask my mom to do it.
Don't I need some flower boxes under the back windows too?? That is my mission for this summer!!

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FLOWER GARDEN DILEMNA #2...

This is my creepy neighbor guys backyard; isn't the garden lovely?
His soon to be ex-wife planted all this; and she left him a year ago.
He was telling my mom and I that he wanted to rip out all of these flowers cause he didn't want to deal with them anymore.
I said "I'll take them!!!" And his reply was "Go ahead dear, dig out whatever you want!!" OMG!!! Was he kidding?

There are irises back there, tiger lilies, and tons more!!

I think I am going to ask him again if he is SERIOUS then I will be in TRANSPLANTING HEAVEN!!! LOL ♥

Thanks for visiting me today:) I noticed on my "feed" that I have some NEW visitors that haven't left any comments!! Just leave me a "HI!!"; I promise I don't bite!!

I'd rather know that you are a nice, normal person rather than a CREEPY STALKER!!!! Ewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!

~Noelle~

Blue Monday 5/25

Welcome to my Blue Monday; hosted by Smiling Sally!

Here are some of my blue and yellow pansies that are blooming and filling up my flower pots like crazy, on the front porch!

This is the tea cup planter that my boys got me for Mother's Day:) I wanted one of these sooo bad and was thrilled when I got it ♥

As promised from last week... the watering can planter with some flowers inside.

I found some blue plaid bermuda shorts at Walmart yesterday for only $12!! I have an ugly vein on my inner thigh so the only shorts I will wear now are these; they are knee length
and I love them!!

And lastly, my latest "winning" off of Ebay... A fun scrappin'/cardmaking kit with ribbons, buttons, brads, flowers... etc. I love all the pretty colors, especially the blues:)

Hope you all have a great Memorial Day today! I think we are off to do some shopping for summer clothes today, maybe? (if a certain someone is NICE today!! MEN-ugh!!)

Noelle ♥

Scrapbook Sunday: Memorial Day!

Hello! Welcome to Scrapbook Sunday!

Today I am showing some "Memorial Day" pages out of my oldest son's scrapbooks!

Our side of town has a Memorial Day parade each year. These photos were taken when he was 2 years old. We went to the parade then to his grandma and grandpa's cottage to have a
cook out/ boat ride. These were very SIMPLE pages; looks like I just added some photo mats in red and blue behind the pictures and some stickers; nothing too fancy!

This was Gavin's 1st Memorial Day parade when he was almost a year old. I used some red, white and blue star paper behind the photo's and added some cute star die-cuts at the top of the page. Also added a border strip on the left side of the page; which I am NUTTY for borders!!

Please check out these gals to see what they posted for today...

Holly

Katie

Vickie

If you haven't hopped on board yet to join us on Scrapbook Sunday's; just grab my button and leave a comment that you'd like to join us!!

Have a great day!
Noelle ♥

Hello girls!

Hi there! I am taking a minute from my yard sale to stop in and say Hi:) Its so warm and wonderful outside; I have enjoyed spending 7 hours a day outside, sitting in the sun, listening to the birds and watching my babies run through the sprinkler... oh yeah and making some $$! My yard sale business has been slow this year but so far I've made almost $150!! Yahoo! Sold a LOT of old clothes; now we can get some new summer clothes!!

I'll be back tomorrow for Scrapbook Sunday!!

Enjoy your weekend too!

Noelle ♥

never enough time...

Hi girls! Just wanted to drop in this morning. I am having my annual yard sale tomorrow and Saturday. Then we are off to my in-laws cottage on Sunday to celebrate Memorial Day with a cookout. Monday, Brian and I are taking the boys shopping for more summer clothes; these kids are outgrowing everything! So lets hope I make some good money at my sale the next 2 days; cause momma would like some new bermuda shorts too!!

I might not be back to post till "Scrapbook Sunday" before we take off for the lake. But I want to wish you all a wonderful weekend:) I hope you all are having nice weather; its gotten hot here in Indiana-- 83 degrees today, thank goodness there is a lovely BREEZE!!

Chat with ya soon ♥
~Noelle~

My 1st Mostly Wordless Wednesday!

These things like "Mostly Wordless Wednesday" always seemed fun, so I joined in!

Here is my youngest at almost one and a half years old!
Dreaming of a field goal... touchdown...?
He is a big boy now- 2 years old, 3 feet tall and 38 lbs!!
He WILL be our LINEBACKER!!

I love to get pics of the kids when they are sleeping;
you never know what they will be doing:)

~Noelle~