S here!
So I made a cute sandbox for the kiddo's and they love it! And wouldn't you know it, I failed to take any pics of the process! But I'm building 2 sandboxes for their daycare and I'm taking pics of my project!!! I'll make sure to post some good ones when I'm finished. I hope to be done this weekend!
I did 99% of the work on my own...which I am extremely proud of! The 1% of work was having the assistance of my dad to help with holding a heavy piece in place so I could drill/screw/attach it to the main structure.
The sandbox build is the first piece of furniture (can we call it furniture?! I don't know what else to refer to it as) that I've built from scratch! I'm a firm believer in doing things from scratch! I guess now that I've built these boxes and they look great I feel like buying a pre-cut/some assembly required furniture kit is the equivalent to buying a box cake mix. Sometimes you just need something quick that you can throw together, but for the most part, doing it from scratch will always make you feel like you put that much extra love into it! Anyway, enough of the mini soap box! I found this AMAZING site for FREE building plans. A found it too and she LOVES it just as much as I do. This is where I found the plans for the sandboxes and also where I found plans to build my next project...bunkbeds for the boys!!! Can't wait!! The site is www.ana-white.com. You have to check it out!
Thanks for reading!
Friday, May 31, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
DIY Carpet Stain Remover...
This is L here.....
I am laughing while I am posting this....only because I couldn't think of anything else to post about at the moment.... First Post = Awesome!!!
But because my husband and I can't seem to stay in the same house for more than 12 months at a time.......Do Not Ask!!!......I thought I would post about cleaning those damn carpets that landlords expect to be cleaned like the queen is coming for dinner!!
I have 3 little girls that just love to eat and drink in the living room, on the carpet....need I say more?
Anyways my youngest had found a big bottle of ... drum roll please...............Gatorade.
Not the gatorade that is clear or is a really light color, No! of course it had to be the Red gatorade. Fruit Punch to be exact!....the little turd decided it would be a blast to turn the bottle upside down and spay it all over the living room floor.
Awwww......joys of parenthood!!
Well I believe the juice had a good old hour of soaking in to carpet before I found out what had happened. My 2 other daughters tried to cover it up with a pile of clothes and stuffed animals..like I wouldn't ask them about what a mound of animals and clothes were doing in the front room.
We were moving that weekend, so we thought surely it would come out of the carpet when we get the carpet cleaner.......we were very, very, very wrong!!
Didn't even fade!!!
So what do I do? well I looked up good old Pinterest and I found this lovely bit of info here.
All you do is get a spray bottle, mine was a big one, mix equal parts Hot water and Amonia in the spray bottle.
Hot iron, and a white or light color towel.
I used a towel that was close to the color of carpet.
Put towel over stain.
Iron away.
Be careful not to put your face over the steam!! its really strong and My eyes were watering like crazy, I would recommend safety goggles and a mask.
I had to do this a few times, but the stain came out, well somewhat!. The carpet is still wet in this picture. I would have taken a picture after it dried, but I wasn't going to wait around for that to happen.
this carpet is pretty light and I am shocked at how well it came out!!
Before After
RED!! Not so RED!!
You can still kind of see the red, but If I wanted to sit and have my eyeballs eaten away by the fumes. I think I could have had the entire stain out.
it was good enough to get the deposit back!!
I have read that you can use clear windex or white vinegar in place of the amonia for the same effect....if you try one let me know!! I would love to see how that turns out!
I have moved into a new house and I have already had to use this in my new home....only 6 more months and we will be moving yet again......for good this time.....well, for at least 4 years anyway! :)
Well this Pinterest post is a Must do!!! It gets old stains out too!!
I am laughing while I am posting this....only because I couldn't think of anything else to post about at the moment.... First Post = Awesome!!!
But because my husband and I can't seem to stay in the same house for more than 12 months at a time.......Do Not Ask!!!......I thought I would post about cleaning those damn carpets that landlords expect to be cleaned like the queen is coming for dinner!!
I have 3 little girls that just love to eat and drink in the living room, on the carpet....need I say more?
Anyways my youngest had found a big bottle of ... drum roll please...............Gatorade.
Not the gatorade that is clear or is a really light color, No! of course it had to be the Red gatorade. Fruit Punch to be exact!....the little turd decided it would be a blast to turn the bottle upside down and spay it all over the living room floor.Awwww......joys of parenthood!!
Well I believe the juice had a good old hour of soaking in to carpet before I found out what had happened. My 2 other daughters tried to cover it up with a pile of clothes and stuffed animals..like I wouldn't ask them about what a mound of animals and clothes were doing in the front room.
We were moving that weekend, so we thought surely it would come out of the carpet when we get the carpet cleaner.......we were very, very, very wrong!!
Didn't even fade!!!
So what do I do? well I looked up good old Pinterest and I found this lovely bit of info here.
All you do is get a spray bottle, mine was a big one, mix equal parts Hot water and Amonia in the spray bottle.
Hot iron, and a white or light color towel.
I used a towel that was close to the color of carpet.
spray the stain with the water/amonia mixture.
Put towel over stain.
Iron away.
Be careful not to put your face over the steam!! its really strong and My eyes were watering like crazy, I would recommend safety goggles and a mask.
I had to do this a few times, but the stain came out, well somewhat!. The carpet is still wet in this picture. I would have taken a picture after it dried, but I wasn't going to wait around for that to happen.
this carpet is pretty light and I am shocked at how well it came out!!
Before After
RED!! Not so RED!!
You can still kind of see the red, but If I wanted to sit and have my eyeballs eaten away by the fumes. I think I could have had the entire stain out.
it was good enough to get the deposit back!!
I have read that you can use clear windex or white vinegar in place of the amonia for the same effect....if you try one let me know!! I would love to see how that turns out!
I have moved into a new house and I have already had to use this in my new home....only 6 more months and we will be moving yet again......for good this time.....well, for at least 4 years anyway! :)
Well this Pinterest post is a Must do!!! It gets old stains out too!!
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Ground level trampoline
A here,
Last week we decided it would be a fantastic idea to have our trampoline ground level. I spent some time researching and on Thursday we had a good idea how we were going to go about it. Lucky for us our neighbor has his own tractor with a back hoe on it so we asked him if he could dig us a hole! He didn't get started until Sunday and due to weather didn't finish until Monday evening. It rained off and on for the rest of the week and we did what we could when there wasn't a down pour. Then my savior arrived...S!!! While Mr. Wonderful was working on Friday S and I finished up what we had left and started back filling the sides of the hole. By late Friday afternoon we had a ground level tramp for all our little kids to play on! I will post pictures soon of the process but since no one has put anything on here in awhile I thought I would jot something down.
Hope everyone's weekend was as eventful as mine filled with smiles, laughs and lots of love!
~A
Last week we decided it would be a fantastic idea to have our trampoline ground level. I spent some time researching and on Thursday we had a good idea how we were going to go about it. Lucky for us our neighbor has his own tractor with a back hoe on it so we asked him if he could dig us a hole! He didn't get started until Sunday and due to weather didn't finish until Monday evening. It rained off and on for the rest of the week and we did what we could when there wasn't a down pour. Then my savior arrived...S!!! While Mr. Wonderful was working on Friday S and I finished up what we had left and started back filling the sides of the hole. By late Friday afternoon we had a ground level tramp for all our little kids to play on! I will post pictures soon of the process but since no one has put anything on here in awhile I thought I would jot something down.
Hope everyone's weekend was as eventful as mine filled with smiles, laughs and lots of love!
~A
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Better Hair?
A here,
S told me about this blog where a girl talks about how she doesn't use shampoo and conditioner. Instead she using baking soda to wash her hair and apple cider vinegar to condition. Intrigued....Yes? Sold...No! However, after the horrible facial mask I owed her! S and L are also doing this experiment with me so I hope they will add pictures to this post :) Here we go...
S told me about this blog where a girl talks about how she doesn't use shampoo and conditioner. Instead she using baking soda to wash her hair and apple cider vinegar to condition. Intrigued....Yes? Sold...No! However, after the horrible facial mask I owed her! S and L are also doing this experiment with me so I hope they will add pictures to this post :) Here we go...
This is what my hair looked like the day I started.
This regimen calls for: 1 Cup of water + 1 Tablespoon of Baking Soda for the shampoo. For the conditioner the mixture is 1 Cup of water + 1 Tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar I had 2 mason jars at my house so that is what I use for the mixtures. I just pour the water on my head a little at a time and massage in as I go. You can adjust the amount of soda and vinegar you use should you need to. Its all about adjusting what you need to fit what your hair likes/needs :)
This is a week later.
I have been washing my hair with these mixtures for a week now. I was every other day. I was prepared for my hair to get super oily and not look pretty for about 2-3 weeks while I was in the transition period but it hasn't happened yet! I say yet because I don't know what is to come but I figure that if it hasn't happened yet it probably won't (I'll keep my finger crossed that it doesn't). A week into it the ends of my hair feel much stronger and they don't feel like they will break in two if I touch them. Also, I think my hair looks shinny and is softer to the touch. Overall I'm SUPER happy that S suggested to give it a try and see what happens!
Side note, if you go to the blog where S saw this she has a lot of suggestions about what not to do (ie. blow dry, towel dry, put your hair in a ponytail, etc.). I have tried my hardest not to do these things. I don't generally use a blow dryer so that was easy to cut out! I did however put my hair up everyday...all day. I think these little tips combined with the soda and vinegar have helped tremendously! I will keep updating with pictures so you can see what is yet to come.
~a
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