{Preparing for a 1st Birthday}

I am preparing for my second son's first birthday. I love planning my boy's parties. For his first, I decided to go with a bug theme and I made the invitations. I feel that starting the party off right, with the invitations, get my whole theme going. I feel this makes it eaiser when planning the rest.



I try to work with the colors in the invitation for the decorations and cake colors. This can at times make it more difficult. I had a hard time finding the right shade of green for the table cloth, so I just try to be creative. I found green tule, which will work well. Once I have a theme in mind it is fun trying to see what I can create. I was going to put astroturf door mats down for the table runner, but was to afraide to head to the stores, that would carry the...college move in weekend, that's crazy in our town. Anyhow, I will get more pictures posted and more ideas posted when the party is over...

{The Kitchen Is Done}

I have throughly cleaned and organized my kitchen. It is such a good feeling to be done with that project. Now I just need to keep it that way. How did I do it...
I find that taking a section of a room at a time keeps me the most on task. I start at one corner and work on the area from top to bottom. I pay special attention to the areas tha tI wouldn't otherwise clean in normal, everyday cleaning. The celing light, walls, top of the cupboards, etc...It was a rewarding experience. I have learned that I must be a bit OCD when it comes to cleaning. It took me about 7 hours to complete the task (I have a very, very, very small gally kitchen). Oh, well, it looks good!!!

On to the next task...the bathroom!!!