Live on Studio 5.

Went on the Studio 5 show again this morning!

 

AMPLIFI Giveaway winner.

 Congratulations to #216, Jessica, winner of the AMPLIFI Sprayer!

If you didn't win, no worries!

You can get one for yourself here.

Teacher appreciation.

 It's teacher appreciation week.

Can't beat a gift certificate to dinner and a soda (well, you probably could beat that).  

At any rate, here's to a FANTA-stic teacher!

Download here.

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!

Oh, boy, this door...(head shaking).

I'm normally not so indecisive about color but this door has given me a permanent line between my eyes.

I know, right!?

IT'S A DOOR.

Here's the door's journey...

Bare wood.

Then I tried to mimic the ocean.

Everytime I look at this photo I just love the color.  

Unfortunately, it didn't give off the same effect in person.

Then I went for Restoration Hardware's "Slate" color which ended up looking like something

 I'd rather not speak of with a green undertone.

Then I picked up some yellow which my husband veto'd.

Out of being gosh, darn sick of having a taped up door for months I slapped on 

some left over gray (Metro Gray, Ben Moore) and actually quite like it!

For some reason my camera doesn't read color well in this area of the house.  

Looks much better in person.

Now to the outside.

1st: primer.

Next: a coat of black.

The first time I painted the outside it looked horrible. 

There were a ton of little bubbles in the paint that dried all over the door.

I thought it was because it was too cold outside and didn't cure right.

So I waited until the temp was above 70 (and months later) and made another attempt.

Still lots of bubbles.  Paint store said the paint was bad and gave me another gallon. 

(How does paint go bad)?

They even gifted me some complimentary sand paper (weren't those men sweet?).

So I sanded the bubbles down and started over.

Now for a new light fixture...

and a new welcome mat.

This 70's rambler is shaping up one project at a time.

"Come and knock on our door...

We've been waiting for you..."

Life's tough lessons.

 Being four is tough.

Taking your temper out on a sprinkler pipe
=

(Supervised) paying job.

Consequences *&%$.

AMPLIFI Review and Giveaway.

 This past week we received the AMPLIFI Hose Powering System in the mail to review.

What is it? 

AMPLIFI is a first-of-its-kind hose powering and storage system by Briggs & Stratton. The AMPLIFI powered settings provide 3x the pressure, 4.5x the force and 2x the flow of a regular garden hose. It features an electric motor and pump, a five-setting spray nozzle with Detergent-on-Demand™ capability and an attractive, durable hose storage container. AMPLIFI is an always-ready solution for everyday and spur-of-the moment cleaning and watering tasks with no set-up time.

So I gave it a go.

OK, so I hammed it up a little for the camera but in all honesty I was quite surprised by the amount of punch this little sprayer packed.

First, I tackled the sidewalk cracks and all sorts of gross gunk came out of them.

 Next my husband sprayed the neighborhood kids.

 Then we watered the jungle of scrub oak in the front yard.

 Then my son washed the car.

Then the Mr. sprayed off a whole bunch of other things including the house eaves, the trampoline, the windows, his car, me (then the fun was over).

Learn more here:

Want one?

AMPLIFI is giving away another system (valued at $199.) to one lucky winner.

(Perfect gift for Mother or Father's Day...wink! wink!)

Leave a comment on this post letting me know what you'd use it for.

For additional entries:

1. Like them on Facebook here.

2. Facebook about this giveaway.

3. Tweet about this giveaway.

4. Blog about this giveaway.

Giveaway will close Saturday, May 12th at midnight and winner will be chose via Random.org.

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My curated event on Joss & Main.

A large amount of my blogging time is spent responding to the same question over and over as to where I bought a vase or bed or chair or pillow.  Not complaining at all.   

 Well I'm pleased to announce my curator's event is now live on Joss & Main.

What it exciting about this is you can find many of the items or similar items I have in my own home,
personally picked by yours truly.

So go there now and start shopping!

Here is a sampling of some of the things you'll find...

Happy shopping!

Don't trifle with me!

 I don't make treats very often (because I end up eating more than my fair share) 

but when I do...this is one of my fav's:

Trifles are so easy.

In fact, you can really add anything you like and the result is yum!

Enjoy!