Sick Baby & Kickboxing

My poor baby is sick :( We woke up this morning and he had a fever of 101.8. And even though I knew better I let him drink milk on an empty sick stomach (I know I know I'm stupid) So he drank some milk and I gave him some motrin and then about 15 minutes later he throws up nasty curdled (is that the right word? I guess I could look it up but I'm to lazy to do that) strawberry milk. Yep it was gross but after that he started feeling a lot better and was up running around playing. We even went outside for a few minutes this morning (don't judge!) I just couldn't turn him down he walked up to me in his pajama shorts over sized tshirt big black boots or "boobs" as he calls them and his cowboy hat pointing at the door wanting to go "ou-sigh" sooo I took him. But when we came back inside he started feeling bad again and had to take a nap and now hes feeling better again so we will see how long this lasts I only hope he doesn't throw up again cause throw up is nasty especially the bigger they get...

Now on to kickboxing! I have started a kickboxing class at this gym that teaches cage fighting and martial arts but by no means will I be getting in any cage and fighting. I'm pretty sure I look like a big ol goober in there with my boxing gloves on trying to hit a punching bag but it sure is fun! And its been a really good workout so far, Ive been sore every night since Ive been going which has only been about two weeks... I'm hoping this will help me lose some weight but that's not really my main focus right now. I'm more doing this to become more active and I like having something to do four nights a week. Did I mention it was Monday thru Thursday?! Yeah so it can really kick your butt!

Crafts for Easter

Project #1

So while I was outside painting my table from the previous post I started looking around in our garage and found these chairs up in the rafters! I was so excited cause I was really wanting some chairs to paint for my Easter dinner party. I was kinda scared though that they would fall apart when we tried to get them down because there is no telling how long they've been up there probably at least 30 years or longer... but when we got them down they really weren't to bad a couple or legs had popped out and the last chair on the right was missing a peg but nothing a little wood glue couldn't fix!


In this picture you can see all four of the chairs I found. Can you see how dirty?! I had already wiped down the middle two chairs and the outside two still have all the dirt and dust on them that's been accumulating for 30 plus years. Ewwww!

Here they are painted. I got different spray paints in kind of pastel colors so they would more Easter-y. I also glazed them but you cant really tell in this picture. I should have sanded them in some spots to make them looked more aged but I didn't have anymore time to spend on the chairs. (plus I got lazy) I hadn't planned on doing any chairs for the extra table but when I found these I knew I had to! The only problem was I didn't find them until like two or three days before the party so I just kinda had to work 30 minutes in here and there to work on them cause i had so much more to do too. But I'm glad I did!


Project #2

What do wooden candle sticks, soap dishes, and bowls have in common? They make a great little project! I originally got this idea from another blog I follow and decided to try it myself. If you go to Goodwill they are bound to have a whole isle dedicated to wood and my Goodwill is no different. I found all these candlesticks, soap dish and wooden plate at my Goodwill. I got the other three wooden bowls at an Antique Mall for like 50 cents a piece.

Then I just used some wood glue and glued the bowls and plates to the candle sticks to make pedestal bowls! Aren't they cute?! And I haven't even painted them yet! It probably would have been better if I had used gorilla glue because a couple of them popped apart when I was painting them but I just glued them back together and they've held fine so far.

Now onto painting! I painted them Easter colors so I could use them as a centerpiece (which I will show in my next post). Of course this couldn't all happen without one mishap. If you haven't noticed the plate one is missing from this picture and that's because I tried to paint it purple and it just totally messed up! The paint did something so weird it got all goopy and then part of it kinda just turned to dust like I said it was weird! So I had to sand it down some and prime it and I painted it white like the other bowl in the back of the picture. I also put some glaze on them but I forgot to take a picture of that so you will just have to wait till next post with all the Easter pictures.

Project #3

I made a Happy Easter banner to hang. I used scrapbook paper that I already had some cupcake papers and alphabet stickers. I wanted it to look old so I tea-dyed my cupcake papers because they were stark white plus I tea-dyed some lace fabric which I will show later.

Here's a little sneak preview. I cut my scrap booking paper into triangles and then the pink paper in a circle. I used two pieces of cupcake paper so it would stick out more. The back piece I just stuck on there and didn't do anything to it and the top piece I crinkled up and then unraveled it so it would stick out some. I used stickers from Hobby Lobby for the letters. I wanted to use stamps so it would look older but they didn't have any big enough. I also used some distressed ink and rubbed it on around the edges of the triangle paper and the pink circle cutouts. I strung it out on a string and hing it up it the dining room for Easter. You will see the whole set up in my next post!

Until next time!

Side Table Redo

My first redo!! How exciting! So we have this round pedestal table thats been here for like forever. To me, it looks kinda to big to be a side table but thats what we've used it for for as long as I can remember. It seems like it would be a better fit in like a foyer or maybe used as like a little game table hmmmm... lightbulb!! I've never thought of that till just now! Ok anyways I painted it and glazed and distressed it and I like it soooo much better now!

I forgot to take a before picture till I was halfway done priming it but you get the picture. Im sure everybody has seen a table similar to this cause their everywere! I wish this one was just a size or two smaller though so it would look better as a side table.

Here it is painted and glazed. Dont it already look better?!

Then I got out the sand paper and did a little distressing which just put the finishing touch on it.

Love it! This was my first big painting and glazing project and I think it turned out pretty good! I cant wait to do something else!

Happy Birthday Dinner Party

My son's 2nd birthday was back in Feb. but I wanted to share it with you anyways cause this was kinda my first "project" I actually did since Ive been reading all these blogs. I had just gotten my first sewing machine and was really itching to make something cool so I decided to do a dinner party instead of just regular kid party with cake and finger foods and a bunch of people standing around. I had already decided that it was just going to be family this year because hes to shy and plus I didnt want a bunch of people in my house because I would go CRAZY... ( my house is not the cool open plans like all these new houses its one box room after the other)

When I was deciding how I wanted to decorate I knew I wanted to use my Fiestaware that Ive been collecting. Ps. I LOVE Fiestaware its soooo pretty! So I decided to design the party around my fiestaware and go with bright colors.

I already had the Happy Birthday felt banner (that you can barely see in the upper left corner) and the table runner from Hobby Lobby that I got last year for his 1st birthday.

I had to set an extra table so I made this little table runner out of felt to coordinate with the main table.

We have a TON of old soda bottles. So when I was trying to think of what to do for a centerpiece I thought these would be perfect with a flower in each of them. And I just love how it came out! It was simple enough that it looked good for a child's birthday but still pretty for all the adults to enjoy it. Plus also who doesnt love flowers in Feburary?! It totally got everybody ready for spring weather!

How pretty huh?!

I made these cones for everybody and tied them on the back of each chair. They were my party bags and my place cards. I just made the place cards out of scrapbook paper and used chenille sticks to hold them up.

And of course we had to have Elmo or "Melmo" as Nash calls him at the party! And theres a better shot of the banner from Hobby Lobby I love it!

And last but definately not least the birthday boy! He use to do this really sweet little grin and say "cheeeesssseee" and it was so cute. But then it turned into this.... instead of a sweet little grin his face gets all scrunched up and one eye shuts more than the other and his mouth kinda turns into a growl. But of course I still think its adorable!

I had so much fun planning and decorating for this party and it turned out so good (at least I think so) and most importantly the birthday boy had a blast!

Holy Flab!

So I just wanted to kinda talk about the name of my blog and where it came from and what I hope this blog will be for me and just ramble for a while. Ok so Im not very good with coming up with cutesy little sayings and stuff so when I was trying to think of a name I was thinking of things that meant something to me or things that were funny to me and I thought about the Nickelodeon show iCarly. My son is obbsessed with it and ok so am I! Its so cute and funny and they say the most randomest funniest things and I just love it! So I decided to google funny qoutes from iCarly and Holy Flab! was one of them and I just thought it was fitting since I happen to be a little flabby myself (thats an understatement) from birthing a child and then sitting on my butt for the next two years... oops

I am really into the shabby chic... cottage-y... flea market style decorating. Since I stay at home now I am starting to redecorate my childhood home. Did I mention I haved moved back in with my father (yeah...) anyways the house is stuck in the early 90's or any decade before that its just dated.. BAD! But since I do live with my dad Im having to figure out how to redo the house on the cheap. Which takes patience... which Im trying to aquire more of... bluh.

So this blog is going to be kindof a catch all of my so called life you know posts about any furniture pieces I redo, any decorating that gets done around here, random things that happen to me or my son, my weight delimma and so on. Im hoping this blog will help me feel like im doing something and hold me accountable for getting up and exercising and being active everyday.

Ps Im not the best writer so if your looking for correct punctuation and grammer youve come to the wrong place. I just write how I talk and if I feel like I want to put a period then I do if not then oh well. So please dont judge! Oh and plus also I cant spell either! Sorry!