Gross story by Hannah

Hannah is very good at telling stories. Actually, if you get her talking, she can go for a half an hour. She loves to talk to anyone and everyone who will listen. This story however is a little different. It makes me laugh everytime! See for yourself...

Lol! Love it <3

More fun with chalkboard paint

Two years ago, the branch of Washington Federal I work at had a Christmas Eve morning brunch and gift exchange.

That morning I got a not so beautiful plant pot (pictured below). Actually, I think it is kinda ugly. What do you do with something like this?? Its not something I would put in my house but yet I still have it two years later.

I also have a spider plant that was given to me by a co-worker at Horizon several years ago that badly needed to be replanted. So what do I do....

I sand the entire pot and saucer with 220 sandpaper. It didn't look like it, but did the job enough so the paint could hold.

And then I spray painted both pot and saucer with the black chalkboard paint I got at Fred Meyer for my wine glasses. Following the directions and three coats later...I think it turned out perfect! And the spider plant looks very happy in its new home.

I'm actually really excited to be able to write messages to the girls on this when the get a little older :O)

Oh Mr. Milo

There are two cats in the Martyn house. Milo, our big orange cat. And Bella, shy baby Bella. Both of them have had a little bit of a hard time with the changes we have had recently around here.

Milo, only recently, has seemed to be having a harder time. I'm not sure if it is because he is feeling neglected or if he doesn't feel well. I got Milo from a great friend Maggie in the spring of '97 making him almost 15 years old. So I really hope he is feeling neglected, and not getting too old.

But back to the story at hand...Milo has decided he likes to get in the crib the girls are sleeping in. (See picture) I have only seen him in the crib once while one of the girls, Hailey, was sleeping. And maybe 3 or 4 times when neither of the girls were in it. For being almost 15 years old he can still jump pretty good.

That is what bothers me a little bit. He can't tell who is in there and where they are. We do have thin bumpers up in both cribs and so he can't see into the crib before he jumps. It scares me a little, ok a lot actually, what would happen if he landed on one of the girls. And if he doesn't land on them, what if he wants to cuddle with them and sleeps to close to their face?

Who out there who has cats and babies has had this problem? Is this something I should be worried about? Is there something we can do to keep him out?

It has been a few days from the last time I saw him in the crib so I hope he is past this little phase. I know I have a few friends with babies and cats...so if you have any suggestions I'm all ears :O)

Pinterest

I have become addicted to Pinterest. It has gotten me through a lot of long nights feeding Hailey and Hannah. I would consider myself a crafty person so this website is perfect for me! I love it. I have found so many different projects. I've done a few but have so many more to do.

This was one of my favorite is a creative way to identify who's wine glass is who's. Chalkboard paint and wine glasses...genius! Plus it was something my mom and I could do together before she went home.

I found the idea here but I used spray paint rather then a can of paint but I think the results are the same. (FYI: Fred Meyer was cheaper than Michaels even with a 40% off coupon.)


We used cheap wine glasses we got from Fred Meyer. Nothing special, just plane wine glasses.








I put painters tape so the chalkboard paint wouldn't go above just above the bottom of the stem. And then I used sandpaper to scratch the surface so the paint had something to hold on to.


Wine glasses sprayed and waiting to dry. It took 3 coats to cover it completely but each coat didn't take long to dry.


We used the wine glasses on Super bowl Sunday. They worked great. We didn't have to remember what charm was ours. We just had to remember our names :O)

Great idea if you like to host parties