Have you discovered Pinterest?

On one of my favorite blogs (Kelly's Korner) the other day she had a post about "pinning" .  I decided to

check it out and I AM IN LOVE!!! lol

My computer is overloaded with pictures I have saved in folders called "decorating ideas" then with sub folders for every room in the house. and Folders called "christmas decorating ideas" and "fall/halloween decorating ideas" etc.

With Pinterest I dont need to save another single item to my computer!!! It saves it all!!

 Party ideas, recipes, home design, clothes, photos you want to take of your kids.......... now I can use this site to "pin" my ideas and put them on boards. I absolutely love it. AND you can follow all your creative friends and see what great things they are finding and pin their ideas to your boards too.

It's a super great place to keep good recipes or just any idea you might need. Or to help you plan parties.

 It's a huge time zapper.  But sometimes late at night..................I do enjoy a little pinning! :-) DO YOU?
 

I am sure you all have heard of it....but if not CHECK IT OUT!!!

http://www.pinterest.com/

Bubble Bath....this stuff is amazeballs!

Hi Dolls!

I have recently discovered Avon Bubble bath! Its pretty amazing stuff!

My mom always had this stuff on hand when we were kids.......

I had no idea it did anything other than give you a sweet smelling bubble bath!

Here is a list of things you can use it for.......Who knew! Ha!

1. Refill for liquid soap,mild on hands-add a touch of sss bath oil.

2. Use as a hair shampoo.

3. As a dog shampoo-the dogs coat will shine.

4. Eliminates bath ring -great companion to SSS Bath Oil. Dries tub to clean shine.

5. Cleans bathroom vanity. No water spots!

6. Cleans combs and brushes & leaves no film.

7. Add to children's wading pool. Great big Bubble Bath outside PLUS it cleans the childs pool.

8. Add to cleaning water for cars,aluminum or vinyl siding,campers or trailers. On cars leaves waxlike protective coating & watermarks rinse off.

9. Removes stains when used on your laundry.

10. Use 1 or 2 capfull instead of harsh detergents.

11. COLD WATER wash as WOOLITE REPLACEMENT. Great for lingerie.

12. Wash your walls.

13. Wipe and clean your furniture.

14. Use on windows, shower doors, etc.

15. Wash your crystal with it.

16. Mop floors with it. It will cut through many shoe marks.

17. Shampoo carpets, vinyl, and fabrics with it.

18. Remove wax build up. Use straight from bottle with scouring pad and wipe with dry towel.

19. Leaves TV screen clean-no streaking-wipe with dry cloth.

20. Wash and clean cabinets in any room of home.

21. Great cleanser for mini blinds.

22. Great all around cleanser.

I got this list from:

http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/avonconsultant/BubbleBathUses.html

 

and a few things not on the list that I use it for is

*fill up your vehicles windshield washer with water, then add a capful of avon bubble bath ( only in summer...as it will freeze in cold weather)

*use in tart burners....puts a nice smell in the house

*fill an empty spray bottle with water put a capful of avan bubble bath and use to clean counter tops, table tops etc.

This stuff is amazing as a stain remover/pre-treater for clothes.

A few weeks ago my oldest daughter was taking the garbage out side to the can, when she cut her ankle pretty bad on a peice of glass that someone had put in the garbage......anyway she had on pale yellow pajama pants and they were soaked in blood around the ankle.

After we got her ankle cleaned and bandaged up, I took the pj pants out to the laundry room and decided to give it a try with the avon bubble bath.....i poured it on and the scrubbed it with an old tooth brush, then threw it in the washer (on the cold water setting)

When the pants came out of the dryer a while later I couldnt believe there was not a trace of blood left on them!!! I thought for sure I was going to have to throw her pj pants in the garbage!!!

I now use it on every peice of clothing with stains on it!!! No more ruined clothes here!! Ha!

If you haven't tried avon bubble bath before I strongly advise you to call your avon representative (or if you dont have one.....get one!)

Its regular $9.99 a bottle but for the last month its been on for $4.99 a bottle or 2 for $9.99!

 

 

My favorite is Sparkling watermelon.....smells so yummy!!

 

its an old fixer upper....but I love it!

Here is an outside look at my house......

its old and is a fixer upper.....

But I love the possibilites it holds....

and its unique characteristics!

I also love its location!!

We have a beautiful water view!

Its a quiet dead end street ( that leads to a quiet beach)

I can hear the waves crashing, and the loons.....looning? ha!

I come from a family with 5 kids.......well actually 6 counting my older half brother, but he is 10 years older than me, so we werent raised together. My mom and dad had 5 kids. Me being the oldest.....of 5 girls!!! Thats right 5 GIRLS!!! I know! my poor father!!! I now know why he spent so much time out in the garage tinkering with lawn mower engines....lol

Out of the 5 girls 2 of us now have our own children. Myself ( I have 3 girls) and my sister Peggy who is closet to me in age. She has 2 girls. SO thats 5 daughers and 5 granddaughters for my parents!!! Actually 6 grand daughters....my brother has a daughter too!!! She is (in age) between my 2 youngest sisters!

Us 5 girls!

us girls and the one and only boy.....

The 5 granddaughters!

My brothers beautiful daughter Katie.

My next thing is to get a photo of all 6 of the grandkids......its just to get all 6 of them in the same province!!!

A few sundays ago my church did a beach baptism

It was so amazing to see

Here are a few pics

Our Paster Howie

 The "new" believers

Ephesians 2:8


For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God…



Laundry Room

I took a few pics of my laundry room the other day and thought I would share

Its nothing special, but I am kinda loving it....lol

But just let me give you some back ground info in my house first.....

My house was built in the 1950's as an Executive Bunglow for some head guy of  a fish plant company here in this town.

My dad bought it in the late 70's as an income property and renovated it into 4 apartments (2 in the basement 2 on the main floor)

Then in the mid 80's (after my dad met my mom and I was born and we were living in Ottawa, ON and then Sheet Harbour, NS.....My dad is RCMP so we moved a bit) he built a 24 x 24 2 bedroom apartment second story addition on half of the house....which was to be used as their place to stay when home on vacation.

But because the apartments were in such great demand he ended up renting it out ( as apt #5), and also turning the garage into a 6th apartment.

So when we got this house from my parents it was a 6 apartment complex.

My parents lived on the main floor ( they converted the main floor back into the house it used to be) and we lived upstairs in the 2 bedroom apartment for a year while my parents were building their new house.

Since we took over the entire house almost 2 years ago and have done quite bit of work since.......

SO now that ur caught up on the history of the house......

The laundry room is part of the old garage (turned apartment #6).

The laundry room is small because its only a quarter of the old garage. The rest is a bathroom and one room (bachlor ) apartment. 

We plan on tearing down the wall that seperates the laundry room from the bathroom, removing the bathroom (to make my laudry room bigger) 

Then the the rest of the old garage/bach apt will be out new family room!!! 

Did ya get all that......or did I lose ya? haha

I know its a lot to take in......

anyway here is what my laundry room looks like now......

This old door I was given by my best friend....she lives in a house that is over 100 years old.....this door was in the basement when they bought the house. She was gonna throw it out until I told her I was looking for one!

This was a entry way down to the basement......I found a duvet cover at Value Village (14.99) and had my mom make it into a curtain. (The back side of it is black and cream checkers (or plaid) so i can switch it around for a different look!

I have the color "allspice" its a golden yellow (from Kent Building supplies)

picked out for wall color.....I want to find a few more "country" things such as a old fashion wash board.

Hey Dolls!

Its another cold summer day here on Prince Edward Island!

So I am snuggled up on the living room couch with my laptop (and of course cell phone!)

and a piping hot cup of coffee.....and believe me its the only warm thing here!

I have been looking around on Rate my space for the past hour or so, and I have decided to share with you my kitchen DIY project I completed a few months ago

Here are a few before pics.....notice the ugly green counter top and back splash.....

and tada!!!

newly painted counter top and paintable wallpaper back splash!

Now next for this kitchen is new wall color ( I am looking for a nice spicy orangey color)

A friend just painted her living room Brushetta (beautitone brand) and I really like it.

A new window treatment and new flooring!! yay!

I leave you with this pic I took the other day when I was out "Scouting"  for things to photograph!

Splish, Splash!!

   Its been nice and hot here on PEI the last couple days so we have been spending our days by the pool!

 Keeping the girls hydrated with some really yummy juice!



Its hot again today so out by the pool we go!!!

Have a great day!