Intentions Too!

Laura recently posted an entry on our blog titled Intentions. It made me laugh when I read about all the things she's intended to do, but sometimes life just gets in the way. Now it's my turn. Let me give you a recap of the last few weeks: we started painting the exterior of our home, we had a kitchen fire (I need to redo several cabinets and paint the ceiling- I know BAD), our vacuume broke, our washing machine broke, one of our daughters got lice (not a good thing when the washing machine breaks) we ordered a brand new washing machine only to have it break 5 days later, I went to science camp for 3 days, helped with a church activity for 350 youth and have basically lost my mind. I can usually multi-task and accomplish tons of things each day- but yesterday I had it. I took a two hour nap, ate coconut macaroons and didn't clean my house (which by the way needs it really badly) At 4:00pm I realized I hadn't actually finished any of the projects I started for today's blog post. There's the craft room that's almost finished, the front door that's almost refreshed and the garage that once looked close to being reorganized, but now looks worse then when we started. So I decided I would do a little quickie craft. I had picked up this candlestick holder for .50
And this plate for $1.00.A little spray paint and sanding and I thought I'd have a perfectly cute cake stand to post. WRONG! When I showed it to Mr. Right he said, "It's not doing it for me" The truth was it wasn't doing it for me either...I think the candle holder needs more of a square plate- lucky for me I didn't glue it together- so I'll be searching for a square plate at yard sales. Now, it was on to plan B- which by the way got started at 5:30 this morning. I bought this watering can for .50 at a yard sale...

So cute. The dents and rusting really give it character. I've been wanting to do a little monogram and use this as a prop for my front door make-over. A little spray paint and vinyl and here she is...

Only now she doesn't seem to have any character at all! The black emphasized the dents- but not in a good way. My good intentions kept back firing. So it was on to plan C. Wait... there is no plan C. What will I post about? I can't disappoint all 10 of our readers, by not posting. (okay maybe we have 11 readers) As I walked through the kitchen beating myself up over that 2 hour nap (not really) I caught a glimpse of one of my new found treasures. Looking at it made me smile. It was something I was given that was free- from Freecycle.com The ad read..

"Giant Glass Candy Jar. This was given as a corporate gift full of candy, now the candy is gone and we need to get rid of the jar"

There was no picture. But I'm a sucker for candy jars. I immediately emailed and set a time to pick up the jar. I was thrilled when I saw it! I decided it would be a great item to blog about. If you aren't familiar with freecycle.org you've got to check it out. If you have something or need something, you just post it to this wonderful community of recyclers. This is the first time I've gotten something, and here it is...

I intended to stage this all pretty like with candy, but the kids discovered it before I had a chance to do a photograph- Oh well, another intention gone to rest. Rest... I think I might go have another one of those naps. Happy trash collecting this weekend. Love, Kelly

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Frugalicious Friday@ Finding Fabulous

Follow Me Fridays @ Trendy Treehouse

Remodelaholic Anonymous @ Remodelaholic

Feature Yourself Friday @ Fingerprints On My Fridge

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Friday Fun Finds @ KOJO Design

I'm Lovin' It @ Tidymom

What I Made This Week @ Simply Designing

I'm A Creative Cat @ Poppies At Play

Show And Tell Friday @ Romantic Home

Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

Spring Has Sprung @ Fun To Craft

Flaunt It Friday @ Chic On A Shoestring Decorating

Favorite Things Friday @ A Few Of My Favorite Things

Plant A Pumkin Seed Party @ Pumkin Seed Productions

New Friend Friday @ The Girl Creative