We finally have finished bedrooms – it only took a year, but I think the wait was definitely worth it! Teeny stuck to her favorite colors, purple, blue & green theme, but updated the look with lots of details. The differences between Wal-Mart brand and department store is so much more than just the price…we have DETAILS:
feeling like a princess
Samson approves
pillows made by Teeny - amazing...a perfect match!Loving the attention to details and craftmanship this company has:
great beads
organza flower tie-back that I found
SPARKLES...not sure who was more excited, me or Teeny :-D
and piping - so THAT'S what it's supposed to look like :-/
We also got daddy to hang a couple of pictures and a shelf, wahoooo! Now she’s just waiting on mom to find time to make her curtains :-/
We had her drawing framed with a purple mat of course...then Daddy's arwork is on the nightstand. WOW - a nightstand...who knew that was under all of the junk :-D
Travis and I went a little more traditional with gold and purple (uh, NO – not in honor of LSU even though we are tiger fans). I ordered everything before I went to Colorado and my hubby surprised me by ironing 
wow - he needs to be house-dad...I didn't even know we OWNED an iron!!!
AND hanging all of the curtains. HE ROCKS!!!!!! Now we have lined curtains and the neighbor’s flood light no longer shines through the paper blinds we had hanging at 1am to wake us up…hmmm, perhaps that’s why he was so eager to get them up :-/
SWEET, matching tie-backs...don't look too close then you might see the paper blinds still hanging :-P
side note...I also sweet-talked him into hanging my "ladies" in the bedroom. What a perfect match!
whew...now we can rest in style!
I can barely make a phone call on this “smart phone” because it’s so bloody complicated!!!!!!!!! Same goes for Christina – her need was not GPS compatibility (although she got that by default); she wanted texting, internet, and personalization…what teenager doesn’t. She purchased the 
another “smart phone” – personally I think that’s an oxymoron! She’s having troubles of her own as well. This is going to take some serious getting used to along with another trip back to the store!!!!!
clearest water, softest sand, best shopping, and greatest Cuban food in America (which is not surprising since about 700,000 Cubans call Miami home)!!! We were fortunate enough to be able to pick up a business contract in Miami Beach so we went down there looking for housing. No luck there yet, but we did enjoy some much needed family time and moments of relaxation!! We stayed at the 
Christina was a little uneasy with the elevator because you had to manually open and close the outside door and it frequently stopped below floor level, so we ended up taking the three flights of stairs every time we left and came back to the room. We spent most of our time on the beach and little time shopping this time. 
It’s hard to prepare for the intense sun with even the strongest of sunscreen, but thankfully we had a fabulously colorful umbrella that made sitting out and enjoying the breeze on the beach very enjoyable. 
