There are some good deals to be found for your outside decor~keep your eyes peeled at yard sales and thrift shops for pots and containers. Here are some I've found in the past few weeks:

These dwarf alberta spruces were at my Walmart for $5~planted in a yard sale terra cotta pot ($1) and added a pony pack of purple lobelia.

How's that for a title?? My boys and I were cleaning up the garage this morning after my whirlwind project procrastination. Isn't that the worst part of these projects? The cleanup? Yuck.

Anyway, this shelf was driving me crazy. So, we set the timer for 20 minutes and went to town...

Oh goodness, this project was appropriately named. I had great intentions: I was going to do a little each day and be done in plenty of time. I put it off, kept putting it off, and I thought, oh, I'll get to them on the weekend. Then, my daughter got sick, my baby got an ear infection, then I got sick, yada, yada, yada, and of course nothing happened. So, I was sweating bullets to get them done for today, I knocked a whole gallon of paint over in the garage in the process. More mis-advetures of Melissa... :)
Here comes my 2 year old...can you see what he's thinking? Remember how he ran over my bathroom cabinets? Don't even think about it little buddy....

Hello everyone! In honor of the Biggest Loser Finale tonight..I'm posting a semi-healthy recipe. Are y'all watching?? Are you completely addicted like we are here? A friend of ours is going to the finale and I'm very jealous. I loved Kristen, but she got voted off {grrrrrr}, don't get me started on Ron, so we're rooting for Tara...what about you?
Anyway...back to the recipe: It's sooo easy and let me give you a little hint: for the next couple of weeks, it will be super inexpensive as well.

I had some fun finds last weekend from yard sales. I officially un-grounded myself and it felt so good to be out! This was from three different stops, here's my haul:

a Southern Living tin $3:

a cute sweater (.50) and some black beads ($1):

I asked Michelle to be a special guest poster today for a Mother's Day tribute. She is my husband's sister's best friend (follow that?) and while I was stalking her blog last year, this post just touched me. I asked if she come on over and share it with y'all. Thank you, Michelle!! You can go visit her here.

Happy Mothers Day to each and every one of you~ Melissa

Open Enrollment,
All Are Welcome to Join...

Happy Mother's Day, Everyone! And I say everyone for a reason.
There were so many years that I would celebrate this holiday with a broken heart. Of course I enjoyed honoring MY mother, who inspires me to be the best mom and daughter of God I can be. I loved sending cards to my grandma's, aunt's and in-laws. I even enjoyed hearing tributes on TV, in church, in magazines, about outstanding mothers who deserve a moment in the spotlight. Yet, I ached to be celebrated also... I wanted to know what that felt like to be included "in the club."

Well, not today, but in about a month. Mark your calendars for Thursday, June 4 because I'm going to host my first-ever blog party! I'm personally inviting each and every one of you to join! That gives you plenty of time to mark your blog calendar and plan for it.
Oh yeah, what are we doing?
I'm so excited! I'm going to call it "my favorite paint color." We all love paint colors and you know it's probably the number one question asked with makeovers~what is that paint color? So, we're all going to share our favorite paint colors with Mr. Linky. They can be regular paint, spray paint, stain, craft paint, etc. They can be in your own house, someone else's, or in a magazine. The only rule is that you have to include pictures, tell us why they are your favs, and give us the name of the paint color and/or formula. If you don't have a blog, you can email the pictures to me and I will add them in.
See the button below and to the side?
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Don't ask how long it took me to make it. I don't even have a button for my blog, but I made this one especially for the party. Feel free to copy and paste the code below to your blog to help me get the word out: