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It’s a BeAuTiFuL day here in Chanute, KS! Even at 5:30p.m. my smart phone is saying it is 79 DeGreEs!! I hope you had a great weekend and were able to enjoy some of the beautiful ScEnErY where ever you may be!! If you’re thinking about your “Live It List” you may want to include something along the lines of enjoying the great OuTdOoRs more!
Enjoy!!
:)
Robynn~
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Currently we hold two Weight Watcher meetings at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center on Mondays.
Times: Weigh-in 11am, meeting 11:30am
Weigh-in 5pm, meeting 5:30pm
Informational meetings will be held on Oct. 31 at 11:30am and 5:30pm to discuss new and upcoming changes that will benefit current and new Weight Watcher members! First time visitors may sit in on their first meeting for FREE!
For more information you can contact Karen at nerak65_99@yahoo.com or at 432-8119.
Last Thursday at about 10 a.m. I walked through our master bedroom and decided I was tired of it looking like an afterthought. I didn’t want to spend much money and wanted a new look. I gave Robynn a call, and she picked up a couple cans of antique white spraypaint, a package of dropcloths and brought some leftover paint from one of her recent projects. We also gathered a handful of things from our basements that we weren’t using and incorporated that as some new decor pieces. By 6:00 that evening I had a new bedroom!!
BEFORE
AFTER
Notice the new dresser! Don’t you love it? Robynn had that light green paint and I gave it a distressed look with some leftover brown paint I had. Spray painted the hardware, and ta-da! And check out the curtains. Those were made out of drop cloths (yes the stuff that painters throw on the floor). We cut it down the middle seam and then hung them. No sewing…how EaSy was that!?
Close-up of dresser, BEFORE!
And….AFTER!
Another view…BEFORE
And….AFTER!!
I had an old door in our shop and decided we needed a headboard. And notice all the picture frames, shelves and end tables…spray painted those antique white! It lightened up the room without having to repaint the walls. Woohoo!
Having a fun master bedroom has been something on my “liVe-it liSt” and how great it was to accomplish this in a day, by utilizing the resources I had. Big thanks to Robynn and her daughter for coming out for a couple hours to help. I’ve been sMiLing in my dreams ever since!
{By the way…because I am a perfectionist I had put off working on this room ever since we moved in (4 years ago!). Last week I decided that if I kept waiting for the perfect moment and perfect decor strategy…well, let’s be honest…it probably would have never happened. Sometimes you just have to GO WITH IT! I can always change something in this room later (like make the headboard an official piece by adding some more wood trim, repaint the walls, etc) but for now I can enjoy a new look. I may not have picked the green dresser paint had I thought this room out in more depth, but it was FREE paint, and much to my surprise my husband thought it was “cool” ;) Sometimes the things we do on a whim turn out to be something we love the most! }
~Lara
How many times have you found yourself ScrAmbLinG around the night before a holiday or party trying to clean up your house for your guests? It was HaRd EnOuGh to keep the house straightened out when it was just two of us, but throw in two kids and now it seems just plain impossible. A while ago I found a saying that I LOVED and just had to have for my home…Please excuse the noise & mess…the kids are MaKiNg HaPpY MeMoRiEs.
BINGO! These were my thoughts exactly, but I just couldn’t find a way to put them into words. I don’t want my kids to grow up remembering a mom that picks things up the second they are out of place. I want them to look back on their ChiLdHoOd and think of all of the fun games and activities we did together in our home. I can vividly remember 30 years back, my sister and I playing with our Barbie bathtubs on a tablecloth on our kitchen floor. My mom wasn’t worried about water, bubbles, and a mess. She was CrEaTiNg An EnViRoNmEnT that allowed us to enjoy what we had and JuSt Be KiDs.
It isn’t always easy to let things go, but I am making an effort to pLaY mOrE and WoRrY LeSs. So what if someone stops over for a visit and my house is perfect? My kids are perfectly happy and in the end…that is all I can ask for.
~Jersey Girl~
This week there was haRveSt on the Shoup farm. We had a drought this year and the beans could have been better, but it is always a fUn time of year because the colors are changing, the weather is enjoyable, and we finally get to reap the benefits of all of our haRd work.
The kids were aNxiOus to watch the combine harvesting our beans shortly after they woke up. Watching them get excited about harvest brings back all the mEmoRies I have growing up on a farm.
This past week I received the link to the video below, spoken from a famous radio personality, Paul Harvey. He couldn’t have dEscRibed my DAD and the farmers I know in any better way….Have you tHanKed a farmer today?
I am PROUD to be a farmer’s daughter. Love you DAD, thanks for all you do ♥
~Lara
“I’m taking pictures for my Ba-WoG (blog)” my 3-year old told me as she walked around the house snapping shots with an old camera.
Kids just love to ImitAtE Mom and Dad, whether it be dressing up in their clothes, playing house, or talking on a cell phone. It actually is quite cute seeing a little tike copying Mom or Dad. That is until they imitate bad behavior. I have that happen from time to time such as overhearing my oldest saying the same line I’ve used in a harsh tone of voice. {GULP}
It’s hard to watch yourself in the mirror when the reflection isn’t pretty. But it is also a chance for making a ChAnGe. One that is admirable, honorable, and and FiT for a child to imitate.
:)
Robynn~
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This is my friend GLeNn. From time to time I bump into him at the fitness center where I work-out and we’ll ChAt a bit. Recently we did just that. Glen talked about his TriPs to Colorado for the summer to get out of the Kansas heat. He owns a camper and makes the drive west to a much cooler climate. Glen’s children have decided it’s best he doesn’t make the drive alone, so one of Glen’s SoN’s drives him to CO in the beginning of the summer and comes and gets him at the end of the summer.
Glen shared with me how the summer his wife was dying of cancer one son came and stayed with Glen the EnTiRe three months, not leaving his dad’s side. Glen said, this was “PaY-BaCk” for the way I treated my kids. Because I treated them well, they now treat me well.” {WoW. PaY-BaCk.}
As parents there are SaCriFicEs we make. Maybe it’s the social life. Maybe it’s not getting to do what you want to do. Maybe it’s having to be loving, but firm and say, “No.” and not being your kid’s best friend. It’s easy to get so FoCuSeD on the sacrifices, the here-and-now, that we don’t look down the road. If you’re in the “sacrifice” season of your life remember it’s not forever. InVeSt richly in these little lives because…
…PaY-bAcKs are coming.
;)
Robynn~
This is a ReCipE I got from a great friend and have used it for fall CeLebrAtioNs ever since. It is my favorite on Halloween night and at Thanksgiving dinner…ENJOY!
InGreDieNts:
DirEcTioNs:
Add all ingredients to CrOcK PoT. Simmer on low for 2 hours. Remove cloves before serving.
~Jersey Girl~
Having a RoUgH start to your week? Try my QuiCk fiX to reverse the feeling of a bad day.
P.S. I don’t know HOW MANY times I’ve listened to this to give me a little boost. So much so that when this song siNgs from my office, my daughter immediately runs as fast as she can to come in and DanCe with me :)
What do YOU do to help cHanGe a bad day into a good one??
Enjoy!
Lara
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