Birthday wishes!

Today this cutie pie turned 5 years old. Last night dad told him that he would cook him a special birthday party breakfast. This morning at 5:48am Tani came in my room and asked me to help him put on his special shirt (a.k.a. church shirt) for the party.

"You already had your bday party," I said.

"No, my bday breakfast party!" he reminded me.

On very special occasions the "You are Special Today" plate gets dusted off.

Today was a "Special" occasion!

A couple weeks ago Matani and Nash had a joint birthday party at Pump It Up since their birthdays are so close together.

Party favor bags for the girls...

Loot filled bags for the boys...






I told Tani I'd take him to lunch where ever he wanted to go. His pick, "BK!" (Burger King). Never been there but he's enamored with the kids meal toys he sees on the commercials. I hope he won't be too disappointed when they give him something cheap like a plastic whistle.

Happy Birthday sweet boy!

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Someone thinks I'm a "treat!"

But her blog is the real treat! Check her out here.

Thanks for the blog love Olive Rue!

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More handyman specials.

As promised, here are a couple pictures of the other small bookshelves Mr. Handyman made for me. He made two like this that are identical and flank both sides of the sofa in the den where I hide my junk. I'll never understand why in the world builders don't build basements in the desert. I get it that the ground is hard but a cool, dark basement is exactly what a desert home needs. As a result of no basement, I have to come up with creative storage solutions around the house.

I made simple slipcovers to cover shelves. I'm no seamstress but it hides the plywood. Ace hardware cut a piece of glass to top the shelf for about $10.00. They look much better in person and could use a little embellishment...another thing on my to-do list.

After posting about my den I had quite a few questions about quite a few things.

Yellow paint: Dragons Lair (Behr)

Wallpaper: Blue Mountain, Pattern: BC1582135

The Lamp was a thrift store makeover I did. Read about here.

This darn den almost had the better of me at one time. In attempt to do something cool and inexpensive I approached my husband with a cool pattern I saw on a headboard. He tried hard not to roll his eyes.


We taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped and taped.


Then we went back and cut away pieces of the tape to reveal the pattern.

Next we painted over the whole mess of tape.


At midnight while the paint was still semi-wet we started to remove the tape. Tiredness got the better of us and we decided to call it a night and finish the other half of the wall in the morning.

Big mistake! The paint peeled off all the way down the drywall. Builder came checked it out. "Oooppps! Look like our painting contractor never primed this wall."

I cooled down and accepted his offer to have his crew come and sand down the wall and return it to new. I was too burned out to start over so we wallpapered the wall.

(Here's my "DUH!" advice: when taping and painting it works best to peel the tape off when the paint is still a little wet. You avoid risking the paint drying to the tape and peeling off).

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