Boring Spice Rack into Your Own!

So I've said I wanted blue items to go into my orange kitchen because I just love how orange and blue look together. Not your boring dark blue but like an ocean blue. Over the weekend we went to Lowe's and they had spray paint on sale. SCORE! So I picked the color I wanted. Came home and looked around in my kitchen. I won't go out and buy something new just because I want it. Heck, I don't buy anything new anyhow. If I buy things for the home, it's more than likely from the Thrift Store or from Michaels. If it's from Michaels, it's on sale and then I must have a coupon.

One project I did was turning my boring spice rack that was given to us for our wedding shower into something not so boring.

First make sure you clean it off really good then take it completely apart!

There you have it! It's not perfect. It has some spots where I missed (on purpose). I don't like things to look 'neat' and like it came out of a magazine. I don't like to be 'original'. If you don't want any spots then be sure to paint it evently all over!

Full Bio

   I'm a true Mississippi girl, born and raised, and I'm proud of that! I was born in 90 so yes I'm a 90's baby! I was born into a well, let's just say this a family that was already a family lol! I always pick at my mom that I was a mistake. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. My oldest brother is 17 years older than me, my other brother is 15 years older than me and my sister is 12 years older than me, so yes I consider myself an opps but oh so glad I was! I have a wonderful mom and dad that I love more than anything! My mom is my best friend and yes I'm a true daddy's girl at heart! I was raised in a very and I mean very small town  community. We didn't have a store or anything! I went to a very small 1A school that at the time I loved.

     

   My dad was/is a preacher so I was raised in church and yes I'm a christian! We lived in 2 different towns growing up and always  traveled, (yes that's where I get my love for traveling). Since I was so much younger than my siblings it was like I was the only child after about the age of 9. I traveled alot with just myself and my parents. I remember getting in the car on the weekend and us just riding with no destination in mind.

    I played soccer and tennis in my teen years and yes I love both sports to this day (even though I don't play anymore). About the ages of 12-13 I went through alot of medical problems where no one knew (and still to this day,never knew) what was wrong. 

   I don't say I have any regrets because I learned from my many mistakes, but if I could take some things back and re-do them, I would in a heartbeat. In my teen years I got mixed up in the wrong crowd. I hung out with people I shouldn't and I'm thankful to be alive now. I did a lot of stupid stuff like most teens. I put my friends and what I was doing ahead of my family and that's what I wish I could change the most. I hurt my family pretty bad (even if they won't say I did) during those times. 

  I finally got serious in college and changed my major to Criminal Justice and that's when I truly opened my eyes and changed my lifestyle.

  Soon after that is when I met my now husband. Now, I live in Huntsville Alabama with two amazing kids that I love more than life itself.  To read more about my family click here!

Where have you traveled?

  Well I have never flown but one day I hope to do so. Saying that, everything I've went  anywhere it's been driving. I like it that way, because I like to explore. If I see a cute little store on the side of the road, I can stop in! Meet the locals, eat at the diners, and just explore America.

I've been all over the state of Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee. 

I've been to New York City and can not wait to go back.

I've been to New Orleans more times than I can count.

I've been all over the Florida Panhandle.

I've been to Atlanta, GA.

I've been to Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio,West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland,Delaware, and Pennsylvania. 

My all time favorite cities are New York City and Nashville.

If I could go anywhere where would it be?

Back to NYC. Go to Washington DC, Dallas Texas, Hollywood. 

Overseas: Paris, London, and Italy.

Little things about me:

I hate comedy shows but catch myself laughing at them.

I'm a smoker that is trying so hard to quit.

I love Dr. Pepper. No I seriously have to have one almost everyday.

I love anything pasta related.

I'm seriously a cheapskate. I hate to pay full price for anything.

I'm a couponer. With a binder and all. Don't mess with me in the store!

I have to sleep with a comforter on me, no matter if its 100 degrees or 10.

I love chick flicks.

I make lists for everything and I do mean everything!

My cell phone and laptop is almost always dead.

I'm very anal about bills and budgeting.

My desk is always a wreck.

My dream:

I don't guess it's really a dream but it is what I want for myself and my family.

I one day want to open a consignment store. 

I want to buy old run down houses ( I mean almost falling apart) and fix them back up.

and that's pretty much it!

Wanna know more about me ask! I do live in the South and there is no such thing as nosey to me!

Homemade Play-Doh

The other day was a dreary day. Just not a day for my oldest to be outside, she seemed bored and I was in the creative mood. So we searched the internet until I found something for us to do! Coloring just didn't seem it so I came up with well let's see if we can make play-doh! I had everything in the cabinet and well we did and it was a TON of fun! It made this momma feel like a little girl again, which is always a good thing right?


What do you need?

2 cups of flour
2 cups of water
1 cup of salt
2 tablespoons of cream of tatar
2 teaspoons of oil

Mix it all together in the same boiler. Put it on the oven and stir constantly.

It'll look like that right there at first! Keep stiring it'll get thick

Like the picture below

Then it'll form into this dough like thing lol

Knead it together at first. We decided to do 4 colors so I separated it into 4 different "balls" and adding our dye.

Knead it together until it's the color you want!

My advice though, put a glove on or put your hand in a plastic bag to knead it or your fingers and hand will be dyed like mine!

As you can see, we had fun mixing it together!

He said "Whatever, go ahead"

Ok! So I'm just putting this down on my blog for the simple reason when my husband says I don't like this or  why'd you do that..I can point him to this post here.


I go into the living room after looking at my kitchen. My wall colors are orange and I love that color. But nothing popped. So I was thinking a can of turquoise spray paint would do the trick. So I ask him what do you think about an orange kitchen with accent of turquoise? His response "How many people just say that want a turquoise kitchen?" My response "Me apparently" He just looks at me like I'm crazy.

I finally just say ok I'm going to start doing stuff decorating wise without asking you then if you like it you do, if you don't you'll just have to live with it! He said Ok go ahead! So there we have it folks, this girl has the go ahead to put my true style on the house! :)

One of those days!

Oh today has been one of those days. One that you're just ready to go to bed but have so much on your mind and wonder how you even made it through the day.

Let me start by saying I was up with not only one but BOTH of my babies til 3:30 this morning. Neither one wanted to sleep. My daughter finally went to sleep only to wake up ill. We had a major doctor appointment for my son this afternoon and well, it wasn't the smoothest doctor office visit we've had. My dear daughter was a nut case to put it lightly lol.

We finally got some answers and will be going to the hospital tomorrow for my son to have an ultrasound on his brain. We've waited long enough and now that we are here to get answers I have to say, I'm scared. Scared to know what we might find out. Say a prayer for us!

Now I'm off to be lazy, search the internet for projects to do to take my mind off of things and then put of some posts of what we've been doing the last few days!

Much Love,

Leah
The girl behind the blog!

It's been 2 years

April 27th, 2011, do you remember that day? To some it was just another day, to many it was a day that will never be forgotten. Lives were lost and homes were destroyed. I was impacted twice by the outcome of that storm and here is my story.


In March of 2011, I moved back to Mississippi, to stay with my family (that's personal we won't go there).

The week before April 27th, my parents were at church, I was at home, storms were coming tornadoes apparently. I was pregnant, scared, and didn't know what to do.

The week leading up to April 27th, weathermen were talking about how bad it was going to be. That Monday, I was in the hospital going into early labor. I spent the next day just relaxing. I remember April 26th, about 10:00 my parents and I going to bed that night. My dad looked outside and said I think it's going to be okay, go ahead and go to bed.

I was extremely scared, I went to bed anyhow. That morning around 2:30 I guess, I heard my daddy screaming get in the hall now! See we always road the storm out, we didn't go anywhere. For a split second, that seemed like an hour, I got out of the bed, looking at the window and seeing trees just blowing. I ran to the hall, pregnant and all, I slid. I remember my mom and dad praying. We were in the hall and all I could think about was my baby in my belly praying for her to be okay. We heard noises, something like a train coming over, we heard metal hitting things, trees snapping. Soon it went over.  My aunt, uncle, and cousin lived not even a mile up the road. We got a phone call, service was horrible but we understand "She is stuck". Thankfully, even though their trailer was gone completely, they were alive although my aunt was stuck. My aunt made it out with bruises and a very bad eye and my cousin made it out with a knot of her head. But God was there protecting over them. My older cousin made it there to help out, that morning at 5am, my heart truly was heavy. He was nearly married, expecting a baby, just brought a home, and the tornado took it. I heard him crying and asking why. I couldn't believe what all was going on around me. Trees were down, homes were destroyed, the high school was GONE everything was pretty much a mess.

Cumberland, MS April 27th, 2011

My husband came to help clean up. (we won't go there either)

Since tv was gone (no power) we didn't know what was going on around us. We were busy cleaning up, making sure lives were accounted for, and trying to cope what with had just happened.

My husband got a phone call that afternoon, saying Phil Campbell is gone. At the time, we were told our house in PC was gone. Thankfully, it wasn't. But Phil Campbell had been hit with an F5 tornado. I told my husband to go, to go back to his family, his hometown, they needed him.

He got there and I heard from him the next morning and all he could say was "its really bad'.

Homes were destroyed, pretty much the whole town. The highschool was gone, lives were taken (many lives) and Phil Campbell wasn't Phil Campbell.

About a week later, I made it to PC and I was in shock. The town I'd grown to love, was no longer a town, it was a ghost town. People picking up the pieces, trying to find any belongings they had.

I had a home and felt pretty guilty for it. How our house wasn't messed up no more than it was I'll never know.

Phil Campbell, AL April 27th, 2011

Point of this story is, that day, there was a reason I was in Mississippi other than why I choose to be there. God knew that if I was in Phil Campbell that day, I would have either road the storm out in my house, or I would have been at work, or I would have been trying to get to the shelter too late. I am truly blessed to have all of my family still alive. My home was still in tack, my parents home were still in tack and the family that did loose their homes, at least they are still alive.

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that was affected by the April 27th, 2011 storms. Not just in Cumberland MS and Phil Campbell AL but everywhere. I know many people have issues now dealing with the storms, I for one am one of them, I know many people that lost their families and they struggle everyday with it to this day. May God comfort you in this day and each day!

Her Artwork

When we moved to our new home there was a wall that was blank. 

My husband came up with the idea to get canvas and let our daughter

paint some artwork for us. Me being me, I wasn't paying the price for canvas,

so I went to Michael's. I brought a 2pack foam boards, that look like canvas for $6. 

Came home, put down a old sheet, with paint, got my babygirl almost naked and she 

painted our artwork.

It's priceless, it's beautiful, and it's perfect.

Not to mention it was cheap :)