Apparently all of my whining paid off! On Saturday, in the midst of hunting down motorcycle parts (woo hoo! more on this to come!) Jake threw me a curve ball by saying, "Let's go to BestBuy and get you a camera." After I managed to pick my jaw up off the floorboard of the car I was SOOO excited to just have ANYTHING. Give me a tiny point and shoot that has more than 6 megapixels and I would have been the happiest girl around. So we went a hunting, and I was looking at the cheapies. Really, I'm not THAT hard to please. Then I found this beautiful Nikon L100.
A point & shoot with 15x zoom? Yes, please.
10 mp? Well, that IS more than 6.
Super easy to use? Check.
Vivid true color? You betcha.
Big mama LCD screen? Yes, ma'am.
$250? I'm sold and more importantly, so is Hubby.

I got the chance to really play with it this weekend and I've been thrilled with it. I was a titch worried that it only had 10mp but all my photos have come out fabulously even when I jumbo them up on my computer. My only dislike so far is that there is no rechargeable battery. But according to many reviews I've read and the Nikon website I should still get THOUSANDS of pictures out of each round of batteries.

On an even sweeter note, I just found it on Dell's website for $219.00, so I'm gonna comp that at Best Buy for some extra money back.

I'm a happy girl!

I know, you guys probably thought I was lying about all those projects I've been talking about. It's TRUE. I swear. I'm busy. I have STUFF. I have an addiction. An addiction to paint. Mostly of the spray paint variety, but any paint will do. So, a lot of the projects have involved that. Anyways, let me begin.

My mom was gifted this lovely antique mirror from my Auntie Lynn. (That's what I've always called her and nothing else will ever sound right. None of my other Aunts are AUNTIES. And go figure, she's not even technically my aunt. I digress...) It sat prettily, propped against my Mom's wall for quite a while.
"I love that mirror, Mom," I'd mention.
"When you gonna hang that up Mom?"
"Hey, wouldn't that look ADOOOOOORABLE painted black and hanging in my daughters room?"

ahem... so I have no tact. I conned my awesome Momma out of her mirror and I don't even feel bad. I loooooooove it.
But looooooooooook at it!!! It's just overflowing with potential! So, while sissy was napping one day, Gideon and I headed to the yard to tackle the project that started it all. While sanding it down to get rid of some runny spots caused by that greeny color, I discovered that this mirror had been on quite a journey. It had started out gilded GOLD, been painted over with SALMON PINK, and then covered in that foamy green color. As I sanded I tried imagining where the mirror had hung before. But, I was too excited about it's future....
So we taped it off.... and took a few more pictures because I had the most adorable helper around. Who could resist?
And painted it enamel black. I'm in love. The final reveal ties in with my BIG project... so you'll have to wait to see!

Everything has been insane as usual around our place. Jake has been working evenings, which means he's home to help with business stuff and kid stuff and more business stuff during the day. I really enjoy it... until its time for him to leave. Then I remember that I have to tackle dinner, bath time, and bed time all by myself. I pretty much just wish he could be home all the time. haha!

Screen printing has been keeping us SO busy and I have been adding to my plate with lots of my own projects. Which I promise I will blog about eventually. It's just so hard when the only camera you have is your phone.

It's been crazy around here.... Things WILL slow down, I'm sure of it! :o)

All is well.

Just a little peak at one of the things I've been working on....

So I've been working on some things lately, nothing is even CLOSE to being finished... but they're keeping me busy none the less.

People keep needing t-shirts printed, plus we hired another new employee so in the middle of training and paperwork and orders... I'm swamped.

BUT, I've decided since I spend so much time around a screen printer, I might as well put it to use for ME. Soooo, I've got a really cool idea for Christmas gifts in the works. I'm pretty excited, and I think everyone I'm planning on gifting them to will be pretty stoked.

Also, I finally got all my laundry folded. My kids actually napped AT THE SAME TIME yesterday and it was an amazing relief to empty out those laundry baskets! :)

It's girls night tonight!!! We're getting pedicures and mine is MUCH needed. Can't wait girls!

That's all for now, just wanted to pop in! What's keeping YOU busy at the close of summer?

Alright, so I'm finally getting around to blogging about our little trip to the zoo. I know, I know... I fail miserably. Sorry about that! Anyways, here you have it.... We drove to Omaha!

Okay, so we might have got there a little too early! We thought it opened at 8, but it didn't. So we waited around for 30 minutes.
First, we hit the jungle. It was by far my favorite part. Tons of fun and there are animals just running around everywhere. It was awesome because everyone else headed over to the cat house, so we were like the ONLY people in there.
Can you see me and Ashe!? Ya. That's us. Way. Up. There.
I wish this picture would have come out better!! Me and that little monk were besties!
Hooray for the aquarium! Jake luuuuurrrrves him some fish.
AND Jelly fish. Anybody seen Seven Pounds??? Ya.... no thank you.
We had fun and have since been busy with shirt printing and family parties. Good times! If I had a camera I would have shared more of our excitement. But... I do not. Happy Saturday everybody!