My husband's 6 siblings are incredibly talented and creative. You need a new fantastic hairdo? There's a sibling for that. You want your yard landscaped? They'll help you with that too. You need a Chinese translator? No problem. And when you need the blog design hookup...Erin is your gal! She recently whipped up some new buttons for my sidebar. She also blinged up my post font. There ain't nutin this girl can't do. Chere her out here.

Today this cutie pie turned 5 years old. Last night dad told him that he would cook him a special birthday party breakfast. This morning at 5:48am Tani came in my room and asked me to help him put on his special shirt (a.k.a. church shirt) for the party. "You already had your bday party," I said. "No, my bday breakfast party!" he reminded me. On very special occasions the "You are Special Today" plate gets dusted off. Today was a "Special" occasion!A couple weeks ago Matani and Nash had a

But her blog is the real treat! Check her out here. Thanks for the blog love Olive Rue!

As promised, here are a couple pictures of the other small bookshelves Mr. Handyman made for me. He made two like this that are identical and flank both sides of the sofa in the den where I hide my junk. I'll never understand why in the world builders don't build basements in the desert. I get it that the ground is hard but a cool, dark basement is exactly what a desert home needs. As a result of no basement, I have to come up with creative storage solutions around the house. I made simple

I don't know about your neck of the woods but our fine city is singing the economy blues. My front door is plastered with flyers advertising home improvement services at astonishing low rates. Gifted craftsmen are begging for work and will do it for very little. Sad. This is Command Central at my house. It is the place where we work, schedule doctor's appointments, blog, play games, read, lounge, work on homework, all that stuff. When we first moved in this home almost 2 years ago I envisioned

These babies are now mine thanks to my good friend Craig...('s list). (Shhh...don't tell my husband, I sometimes check him out twice a day). The color and fabric are all wrong but they are in pristine condition. I've spent much time debating what to do with them. The cheapeast option would be to slipcover them...yawn. Been there, done that. Most my furniture is slipcovered. Next option is to re-upholster them. Too bad it's so stinkin' expensive. I've even strongly considered DIY'ing them.