busy as a bee!

Well I worked at my first gun show this past weekend...So much to do before the next one! a true learning experience.

I am beginning on my eight year olds room tomorrow. Up and out with the nasty carpet and transforming it into a mini man cave! he is a huge "Man vs. Wild" fan, so we printed off some pictures of Bear Grylls on the computer today and will be getting some frames for them as well as hanging a camo netting piece for a curtain. I will post pictures once we get done.

Trying to read with my guys as much as possible and I am excited that my buddy Dawn and I are going to do a co-teach on Thursdays with our boys. she is going to be teaching Health and PE while I have got the fun of Science. And yes, I do mean fun!

Off to snooze and get rested for a big day tomorrow!

Spring Cleaning!

I have been busy as can be working on a spring clean of my boys rooms before I do their floors.  My room is done and everyone that has seen it loves the brown paper floors!

I am so blessed to be able to do things like flooring and spring cleaning...Thank you Lord for my new hip!

We have been having glorious rain and our thirsty state is soaking it up!  The boys are healthy and we are trying to read as much as we can between Mommy tearing the house up!

My wonderful hubby and a friend of his moved my front gate up for security...no more solicitors knocking.

And I am pleased to report that my first Ladies Basic Pistol Class will be next month!  Also working a gun show in 2 weeks to drum up more biz.....Off to go do a Goodwill dump of a van full of clutter.  Sure feels good to make room for what is truly important!

This is the Day!

That the Lord has made!  I'm off to church to get my baby fix in the nursery...I love it!

Tomorrow we are takin' our boys kayaking on the Guadalupe River..I'll try to get pics.

Tuesday I begin the process of doing the brown paper floor in our room....

And the biggest news of all...I passed my NRA Basic Pistol Instructor Course!   It was an intense two days of training last weekend, and I am just feeling normal. (Whatever normal is)  Hoping to make arrangements this week with a very nice private range to be able to use their facilities and teach.  Busy life, but a good one...

Thank You Lord for my many blessings!

Camping in the Spring

A boy and his dog take a hiking break...

We made it to the top!

Are they cute or what?

Oh yeah...that's my man!   All mine...It makes me very happy to say that!

What I have been up to...Bwaha ha ha

So please for give me for not bogging sooner...April has been CRAZY!  And I started a new floor upstairs...a brown paper floor.  I started in our closet figuring that the closet would be small and easy...ha!  Our closet had become a dirty catch all for everything from Christmas paper to a camera tripod!  So first I emptied the closet totally...ripped out the old disgusting carpet and pad...and crumpled up pieces of brown contractors paper.  Bag on the left is straight edges. then...

Mixing up good old Elmers glue and water in a bucket...3 to 1 parts.  Then....Slap it on and press out wrinkles as you go smoothing with your hands..gooey..
Dry it over night and coat with water based Polyurethane.  re-coat every two hours, I gave it 4 coats total.

Ta Da!  Looks like a leather floor!  Will be doing all of the upstairs one room at a time!  I love how fast it goes, and how cheap it is...We figure to do all three bedrooms, a hallway and the stairs...$140.00!!