Author: Laurie

About Laurie

You’re It

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1. When was the last time you ran? I don’t run. I like to go on walks with friends and my sister.

2. Do your jeans have rips, tears and holes in them? No.

3. Do you get the full 8 hours of sleep a night? Yes. I have to or I’m cranky.

4. If you had someone “stop by” without you knowing what would your house look like? Well, I would be in my P.J.’s but my house would be picked up. I don’t allow toys downstairs so it’s easy to keep clean. Come on over!

5. Do you eat raw cookie dough? Shoot Yeah!

6. Have you ever kicked a vending machine? no.

7.How do you eat an Oreo? dip it in milk…my favorite are the double-stuffed

8. Have you ever stayed online for a very long time waiting for someone? no.

9. Could you live without a computer? No. I’m too addicted to Microsoft Publisher. I love to make games, activities, gifts, etc. I also scrapbook with Shutterfly.

10. Do you wear shoes in the house? No. I have bins in the laundry room and everyone takes them off when they come in. (I don’t require guests to take off their shoes. I just don’t like tripping over my kids shoes throughout the day.)

11. At what age did you find out Santa wasn’t real? I don’t remember ever believing in Santa. But both my kids still believe (8 and 6). I think it’s so fun.

12. How many phones, (house and cell phones) are in your house? We have 2 phones (land lines) and 3 cel phones.

13. Who would you call first if you won the lottery? My sister, Lisa, and then I’d blog it and tell all of you!

14. Last time you saw your best friend? Just this morning, I live with him! I’m lucky enough to have several girlfriends who I adore and see weekly. I see my sister regularly. Yeah!

15. What jewelry are you wearing right now? Wedding ring, James Avery ring, and ear rings.

16. What is the first thing you do when you get on-line? Check blog comments.

17. Do you watch ‘Grey’s Anatomy’? Yes, love that show!

18. How do most people spell your name? I don’t think people do spell my name but if they do I’m sure they have the correct spelling.

19. When was the last time you left your house? Yesterday at 1:30 pm.

20. Do you return your shopping cart? I try to put it in the “cage” unless my baby’s crying.

21. What noise do you hear right now? Baby panting like a dog playing with Dylan and World of Warcraft.

22. Who is the youngest in your family? Drake, 16 months.

23. Who does the dishes at your house? I do.

24. If all of your friends were going on a road trip, who would be most likely to over pack? All of us would! They’re too cute and love to accessorize!

25.Do your siblings ever pay for stuff for you? Yes, I have the best sister!

26. Do you know anyone with the same name as you? Yes. My SIL had the same name until she got married. I have about 6 close friends with my same first name right now. Crazy!

27. When was the last time you cleaned your toilets? 5 months ago. I have a lady who comes and cleans. She’s awesome and it’s such a stress relief to know they’re clean.

28. Do you watch movies with your parents? No. My parents are divorced.

29. Do you get your hair cut every month? No, every 6 weeks. One of my girlfriends has a mini-salon in her house and I get it done with my friend Julie regularly. When Drake was a baby Julie would hold him while her color was setting and I was getting it cut. She’s the best!

30. What was the last thing you purchased? Cookies, sodas, and chips for a swim party and movie night outside with Julie and her family.

Thanks for Onehm for the list.
Mother of Boys

Grandparent Post

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Drake’s still not eating nor napping. I’m seriously frustrated with him. So I decided to make a Grandparent Post and focus on the positive. Drake just started praying! It’s so adorable. He just did it on his own one evening and we were so surprised. He’ll usually do it after we’ve blessed the food. It’s such a treat.

I’ve got to get him off the bottle. Seriously. I just don’t have the energy right now. We’ll tackle it after school starts. Here, I ran out of the 8 oz bottles and only had 2 four ounce ones left. He rotated them. Darling.

Drake won’t eat crackers, cereal, fruit, fruit snacks, etc. But the boy loves Cheetos! I was upstairs cleaning and asked Davis if he would put Drake in his high chair and give him a snack. This is what I came downstairs to find. I love this picture. He’s so happy in it!

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Bonding Time

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I can tell what I do all the time by what my baby likes to do. Does that happen in your house? Since I’ve been blogging and the boys are addicted to Webkinz, Drake spends a lot of his time trying to climb the chair in the study to get to our computers. Here Lisa gave in and let him “type” on her laptop. Can you see the pure joy exuding from his body!

Drake and Lisa have totally bonded. She gets annoyed that Drake takes so long to warm up to her when she comes to visit. Well, she finally got her wish and Drake was her shadow the last several hours of her visit. Mission accomplished, they’ve bonded.

Girly Girl

Online School Shopping

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I did something very nice for myself this year. I did all the boys school clothes shopping online! Yep, instead of dragging all three boys into several stores and spending hours coordinating outfits; it took me one hour to purchase them all online. 🙂 I shopped 3 different stores, found all their sizes, bought hard-to-find slim adjustable shorts, and was still in a good mood afterwards. It was such a treat!

Since I don’t have any cute girls to dress, I do coordinate some of the boys outfits. Simply for my personal enjoyment. Not all of them and I don’t make them match everyday. They decide what they want to wear each morning. I just like to have matching clothes on hand for events like, trip to Grandma’s, zoo, 6 Flags, etc.

It all started when Davis was little. He would take off in public all the time. I would make sure the boys matched so if I had to find Davis, I could point to Dylan and say, “He looks just like this!” Also, I would take a picture of them with the digital camera that I brought with me so I could show it as well. I know, it sounds awful. But just until a year go trying to keep Davis safe and with me at all times was a huge problem. I’m so grateful we have it under control now.

I went through all the boys clothes and decided what we’re giving away, what we’re donating, what we’re keeping, and what we still need. I love cleaning out the boys closets and getting them back in order. I think it feels good to start off the new school year with a fresh start.

How do you get ready for school?

Reader

Eclipse

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I finished Eclipse today, it’s the third book in the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. As always it’s an easy and quick read even though it’s over 600 pages.

*Spoiler Alert* Sort of…

I’ll be honest, I’m bummed. I liked the second one better, New Moon. I’m an action girl and I felt like this book should have started at page 530 and continued on from there. I do think that this book was necessary closure for the characters and needed to be written this way – I just wish it had a lot more action in it. I’ve decided that I wouldn’t be as frustrated if the 4th book was already out. I’m still lovin’ Edward.

If anyone wants to borrow the book, just let me know.

Home Decorator

Fun Day Monday

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Here’s the iron I bought at Canton last Saturday. I’m so pleased at how it turned out. We had a bit of trouble hanging it yesterday. I went a little over board on the screws because I wanted to be sure it didn’t fall and hit me while I am sleeping.

I couldn’t resist, I tried all of the stuff Lisa bought at Canton in my house. (he he) It’s not every day you get to try it on before you buy it. Unfortunately, this candle holder is the only thing I found a place for (in my dining room). Bummer. I’ll have to add two of them to my birthday list. 🙂

I have a standing babysitter every Thursday to help keep my sanity during the summer. However, this week I switched and asked him to babysit on Monday. Lisa and I went and saw the Bourne Ultimatum and then went to a salvage tin shop. I loved the movie. It left me wanting more… but I really liked it.

Lisa was inspired by Rochelle’s headboard, she’s going to make one similar for her guest bedroom.

I forgot to post this for the Grandparents. Sunday, Davis had a lesson about Christ’s resurrection. His teacher is very creative and comes up with ways to keep Davis attentive during class. This week she cut up a white sheet and they wrapped up Davis in “linen” just like they did for Christ. To his delight, he got to take some of it home. As you can imagine, this is what happened when we got home.

The boys were having so much fun trying to wrap each other up. Drake seriously wanted in the action but thank goodness he was too timid to get involved. Of course, it ended up with Dylan getting hurt and the strips of cloth in the trash. But it was fun while it lasted. 🙂

Girly Girl · Home Decorator

My Girly Weekend

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Can you believe it, 2 girls night outs in one week! You can tell all my friends are back in town. Yeah! Rochelle gave all the details on our very adventurous Friday night.

We had an exciting evening in Dallas with dinner, a movie, a fire drill, and ice-cream. Yes, I said fire drill. With only about 20 minutes left in the film, Becoming Jane, the fire alarms went off and we had to exit the building. It was actually kind of a relief to me because I had to go potty really bad! Luckily they paused the movie and after a bathroom break we were able to go back in a finish the movie. Good thing too because I wasn’t going to drive an hour and pay $9 to see it again.

*Spoiler Alert* If you don’t know about Jane’s life and want to go to the movie surprised, skip the next paragraph.

I really enjoyed the movie. Don’t hate on me, but I’m not a Jane Austen fan. I’ve seen a lot of films based on her books recently because several of my friends are fanatics. It’s enjoyable but not my first pick on a film. I’ve got to say that I loved the ending in this movie. I felt that it wrapped it up nice and neat and gave me closure. I really wish that Jane had given the shy wealthy guy a chance. Seriously, I think he had a lot more character than she was willing to admit. Too bad she ended up alone and never married in real life. Bummer! I feel more for her sister. At least Jane had her romance novels to fill her cup. I wonder what her poor sister did? I would think that after having had love and losing it in the war that you would be able to find it again?

Lisa and I had some sister time in Canton on Saturday. This is all the stuff she got. I got the big iron on the left, but you can only see part of it. We’ll hang it today and I’ll take a picture. Jason gave me a $50 limit. Can you believe that?!? He’s never done that before and at first I was insulted. Then I remembered that next month is my birthday! I’ll make up for it then. (he he)

We went to Canton because Lisa moves into her house this weekend. Yeah! I’ll be driving down to help her unpack and decorate. Her house is amazing. This is not your average starter home – she has such great taste and it’s going to be eye popping. I can’t wait for this weekend.

Home Decorator

My Projects

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Here are the projects I’ve completed this week. I had an extra board laying around from the family name board I made and added some molding around the outside. So I decided to make a calendar holder. Every year I make my own calendar with fun family pictures from last year. It includes all the birthdays, V.T. reminders, yearly activity reminders, etc. It’s looked kind of dull just hanging on the wall, but now it matches my decor! I used vinyl lettering to do the “Turk Times”. (Turk is my last name)

Here are the place mats I made for my round table. They are reversible and in some fun colors and prints.

I made 2 sets so I’d be able to wash them often.

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Media Room Curtains

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I finally started on the window treatment to “black out” my media room window. The idea is I can pull the curtain from the metal holdback and cover the window completely. When we’re not using it it will look decorative like this. Here’s what I have so far, but it just doesn’t seem finished.

Here’s a different angle of the room.

I’m thinking I might buy more fabric and make one swag (similar to this) to cover the top. The only problem is that I’m a beginner seamstress at best. I’m worried I couldn’t pull it off. Please help. What do you think I should do?