2009
09.30

Crazy Weather

That’s Utah’s Fall and Spring for ya!

Yesterday it got up to 87 degrees.  YESTERDAY!

Today…. well, need I say more.

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Yes that’s snow on the mountain behind our house.  The snow was only about 2 miles from our house and we got several flakes too, but nothing that stuck.

I love Fall!

2009
09.24

Fun with Chalkboard Paint

Well, that’s exactly what it is.  FUN!

I bought some chalkboard paint 3 months ago and finally got the nerve to try it.  It’s so fun!  I don’t know why a postpone some projects for so long.  I always think it’ll be hard or that I won’t do it correctly, so I put it off, until… I finally get up the nerve to try it.  And then I find out that it’s so easy!

I bought a cheapo sliver tray at D.I. for 50 cents and just painted right over it!

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I got this frame for free from someone and painted the chalkboard paint right onto the glass!  I finished this one late one night and decided it was too much black.  I looked through all my paints but didn’t really like them with the black, so I did what any creative person would do.  I raided my fingernail polish.  So don’t look too closely at the pink.  At least it worked!

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Walmart had these cute square plates.  4 for a $1!  So I turned them into little chalkboards for my kids!

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I’m still not finished.  I’m trying to decide exactly where I would like to have chalkboards, so I don’t go over board and do all the walls with it.  So fun!  If you haven’t tried this stuff yet, you should!

2009
09.11

Remembering 9-11

In an open field in front of Sandy City Hall, they put up American flags.  One for each person who died because of the attacks on 9-11.

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