Meeting the Queen of Yard Sales & Thrifting

In May, I got to meet one of my favorite bloggers! My mother's church was having a community outreach for women in the community and asked Rhoda @southernhospitalityblog.com to come speak and she said yes!! My friend Heather, first introduced me to her blog well over a year ago and I've been hooked ever since. She does her own home renovating on a budget with thrift store and yard sale finds. She always is giving new ideas on ways to redo something that I probably would not have ever thought of.

Here she is with her table of yard sale finds... She got a new lampshade for the lamp & painted the table blue....

Loved meeting you Rhoda :)

My Babygirl Turns 4!

I've gotta alot of catching up to do when it comes to blogging. Our current living state is not ideal for getting on the computer (its in my parents creepy basement). So here's what ya'll have missed!

Brinley Kate turned 4! I really do not want her to get any older I like having toddlers/preschoolers not school age kids! She had a big party at Froggys to celebrate.


Cake by Kara & Bree Reid

Hi there! Yes, it's me Megan. I know it has been awhile but I'm finally here again.

Things have happened since the last time I blogged. Let's see we sold our house (Praise The Lord!) what a stess relief! We had Easter, B.K's birthday, Moved in with my parents, My B'day, and most recently Scotty left for Germany.

Soo eventhough I think I thought I might have more time to blog and stuff while living back with my parents...I thought wrong! My parents house is I guess averaged sized but with the added stuff and added people it's quite cramped. I'm ready for us to find a house get back to our routine you know the one where the kids slept in their own beds and I actually went to sleep with my husband in the bed too?!? But that will have to wait 5 more weeks till he comes back from Europe......

So we have started the house hunting process. We did not do too much of this when we bought our first house we picked the neighborhoods we liked and went from their. It's different this time we know more of what we like and don't like but mostly it is about having enough room to accomodate us as a family. Ouch! The prices in Spanish Fort are outrageous by my standards anyway.... Were are looking there and Daphne so we will see! I guess I can be a tad picky when it comes to certain things about homes or I know what my husband will fix and what he won't ! ha

At some point I will put some pics up of the recent events in our lives!!! But it's hard to do that when yo mama is always screaming at you to get your child! Peace Out Girl Scouts.

Squeezing every dime and realizing you don't have to look cheap to be cheap!

• Yes, Moms its that time again Consignment Sales and next week is Cottontails. I am so pumped about today hopefully I won't be let down...I am a seller and a worker at the Mt.Vernon sale to shop early!! I contributed 287 items so hopefully I at least I break even! ha ha.
  
  So here are just some of the upcoming sales (some might have already passed):
  
  Gardendale:
  Gardendale Mt.Vernon United Methodist -Kingdom Kids ConsignmentSale Info
  
  Hoover:
  Kids Wear Plus -Hoover Gallery Shopping CenterSale Info
  
  Bluff Park United Methodist -Bargains on the BluffSale Info
  
  Riverchase United Methodist -TNT SaleSale Info
  
  Homewood:Kids Market and Mom -Former Academy Sports, Wildwood Center *** New LocationSale Info
  
  Trinity United Methodist -Lil Lambs ConsignmentSale Info
  
  Hueytown:Pleasant Ridge Baptist ChurchElite RepeatsSale Info
  
  Garywood Assembly of God -Twice Blessed SaleSale Info
  
  Irondale:
  BAMOM – Birmingham Area Mothers of Multiples -Twice as Nice SaleSale Info
  
  Liberty Park:
  Liberty Crossing United Methodist -Ready Set GrowSale Info
  
  Oak Mountain:
  Asbury United Methodist -Giggles and GraceSale Info
  
  Trussville:
  Trussville United Methodist -Growing Kids Consignment SaleSale Info
  
  Vestavia:
  Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church -Whale of Sale
  
  Mountain Chapel United Methodist -Kids’ KornerSale Info
  
  Mountaintop Community Church -Market on the MountainSale Info

I'm bacccck

Yes, I know. I've been away awhile... I just haven't slowed down enough to blog. I'll tell ya it's been pure craziness around here!

Let me start here: Back in the summer when the economy was tanking and Scotty thought he might lose his job he applied for a job in Calvert,Al (sort of north of mobile).Well, it was months before he heard anything... Then he went down there to interview. It was another long while before he received an offer it was pretty much the same as he makes now. Which did NOT make me want me leave babysitters and everything I know. So..he countered it and a month & a half later (right before Christmas)went by till he heard they countered back with a little less than that and he accepted.

When he first got serious about wanting to take this job I couldn't talk about it without bursting into tears. I finally got past that but now I just think I must have lost my mind to leave all my babysitters behind! It's a weird,scary and exciting feeling since I've never left the 35062 zipcode.

So.. since after Christmas we have been cleaning out our house, painting, new tile,hardwood floors,calling preschools down south etc...... It finally went on the market last Friday, we moved Scotty in Saturday in Spanish Fort and we had our first showing on the house today!

Oh yeah I forgot to mention about that..... Scotty moved down Saturday but I wanted B.K to finish school & dance here so he went on down without us. He has to go to Germany for 6wks starting on May 3rd so we might as well wait till the summer to move in! But living without a hubby for like 7 months might get a little old.......

overdue thanksgiving pics

So, here are the only Thanksgiving pictures i took:


One with some of the girls at my dad's side of the family...
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they smelled like smoke after that so they then got an outfit change....

And one of hallie outside while we were visiting with Scotty's dad's side of the family.........

And I'm so glad I waited to eat till we got to his dad's side of the family cause that Smoked Turkey was ALL that!

Christmas Decorating ideas

Here is some rooms decorated for Christmas I got off Southern Loving's Website. I couldn't find any pictures on there of their current December issue. If ya'll hadn't got ya'll's copy go out and get it you shall not be disappointed :) It's super thick and my favorite is a lake house in Columbiana loveeee it.

I like that these wreaths are on each window simple statement but i like it.

I like this room even if it wasn't Christmas time.. love that floral fabric on those chairs w/ the striped pillow. And I'm always a sucker for bamboo shades.

i like Christmas decorations even more when their not over done. I don't have that much in the living room right now.. but the added stuff is making me feel a bit claustophobic/stressed out feeling haha. i'm not a minimalist but believe their should be a cut off for how much stuff can go in one room!Nothing more Southern than a Magnolia Wreath----To hang your wreath, tie fishing line to the form and loop the line over a finishing nail driven into the top of the window frame. Red velvet ribbon hides the fishing line and nail. Finish with a festive bow.