Photo Friday: Opposites

Random Ramblings by Me

I have to admit I've been a little distraught over my broken camera. Of course it broke of all times when we were at Antelope Island and it was absolutely beautiful! Of course. So here are a few pictures of our month just to play catch up. Minus 2 weeks without pictures. That's not going to look to good in my POTD 2013 book. Grrrrrrr. Anyways, here you go!

Great Artist Class

Visit by Leprechaun? Yes!

The dreaded Science Fair

Kindergarten Program ~ Singing about the seasons

NON-Thrifty Thursday

Holy Moly. Talk about non-thrifty Thursday! This week (and last) has been filled with getting ready for our one week trip to Disneyland/San Diego. Who knew it would be SO expensive and time consuming to leave your house for one week? I know this will probably be the last time we go for a while and I want it to be really memorable, fun, relaxing and with little surprises. Little things like new superhero pj's, new movies, journals for each day, and fun car games. With all the time, thought and money that is going into this trip I hope it doesn't go too fast and we can truly enjoy our much needed family time!

My thrifty purchase for the week: A new camera & double DVD players. 

Can I tell you how ecstatic I am about my purchases though?! Especially my camera! Look how cute Duke looks. He's a hard one to photograph. And I know my kids will thoroughly enjoy their new DVD players. They even play 2 different movies at the same time! I think we are just about set!

Tomorrow. Photo Friday. Opposites.

Thrifty Thursday

All right my 3 friends who follow my blog. When I get a new camera I am going to copy Melissa and start doing Photo Friday and try to find my inner photographer again. In addition to Photo Friday I have also been thinking for a while to start doing Thrifty Thursday! I have a slight obsession with thrift stores and redoing the awesome things I find! I love thrift stores because you can find really cool old stuff that no one else has. I think it brings a lot of character. So I will post the things I find during the week on Thursday. Prepare to be amazed! Or totally grossed out if you're not into random peoples junk! (Which was the case for me up until a year ago!)

This week:

I loved this shiny, colorful lamp! The colors will be awesome for my kids family room. 

Plus it comes complete with the nasty lampshade. Will replace ASAP.

I bought this shelf to go outside to put plants and flowers on it. 

My mom thinks I should keep it in my living room

 and put books and plants on it. What do you think?

This fab table I didn't buy. I inherited it from my Grandma. It was actually her old sewing machine. I decided to remove the sewing machine (which is displayed in our office) and will turn it into a little side/dining table for the kids room downstairs. It was dark dark brown so I painted it gray and teal. I need to replace the handle still but I love how it has turned out. Plus I hate to get rid of anything given to me from my grandparents!

This I bought today to put in the kids play room downstairs. In the past I would have never bought something like this, but I find my taste is more eclectic than traditional/country these days. There were too many things that I loved about this! The scale is amazing! It's really pretty big! I love the mother and child. I think it's beautiful. Made me think of how much I love and miss holding my babies when they were that little. The flowers made me think of Stella because I always say she could be a hippie since she's so chill. The colors are bright and fun. I had to have it! And who can beat $5.oo Seriously.

So there you have it. My first Thrifty Thursday! Tomorrow. Photo Friday. If my camera decides to cooperate!