Some freaks of nature

It's been so nice this winter that I was already geared up for summer. But . . . yesterday it "snowed." Okay it just hailed, but my kids thought it was awesome and we had to go outside and play in the "snow."
I love Eliza in this picture :) She could barely walk she had so many coats on.
Other freaks of nature: Kaleb got in trouble today (I caught him red handed throwing dirt over the fence), and while he was in his room for timeout, he fell asleep!

The last and biggest freak of nature: Me + Curtains = Finished. These curtains have been the bane of my existence. Okay, maybe not that dramatic. But I've been working on them for a while.

Lesson I've learned from them:

1. Buy curtains from the store

2. Don't borrow sewing machines

3. Don't leave curtain rods out for little boys to break

4. Curtains need lined

before

After

(you can kinda see the new cabinet color)

before

after

(I still need to tweak these ones a bit)

Here's how I made the rods: Amber told me about her cousin making rods out of dowels. I thought I could do that easy. It worked fine until I left it out and Kaleb stepped on it, snapping it in half. Braydan glued it and it sort of looks fine (on the first window). It only cost $3, including the finials. The finials were wood too and I just sprayed them black.

The other window I got smarter and used pipe ($1). I needed a way to have it bend with the bay window, so I got 2 elbows ($.50).

Glued the finials ($3) on and sprayed the whole thing black.

Now what will I do with my time? Oh yeah, finish my mess of a bedroom. Right now I'm sleeping next to a 50 gallon air compressor and nail gun.