Well isn't that Pintresting

I have been looking for something to "spice up" my bedroom. The decor I had in it before was nice, but boring. I needed change. So when I ran across this pintrest I fell in love with the idea. I had plenty of canvases laying around because I use to paint so much ( something I really should get back into.)  This was fun, and pretty simple.

 I couldn't find the distress ink she talks about but I improvised with " Color Box Pigment in Espresso" and a blotting tool.

All it took was a few canvases ( the pintrest photo shows 9, but I only used 4) 

Paint the edges using a metallic gunmetal acrylic paint

 Cut the scrap book paper to fit, mod podge the canvas and apply the paper.

 Let dry,  and take the blotter and ink and lightly go around the edges with it.

Then apply a photo ( if you want, otherwise leave it blank) and apply a thin layer of mod podge of the entire canvas ( including the photo if you use one) 

Let dry and then hang.  That's it. 

All Grown Up

My little sister and little brother are officially all grown up.  The last 2 weekends have involved road trips to their respective colleges to watch them GRADUATE! That's right, they both graduated. 1 this past weekend, and one the weekend before.

First trip was to Michelle's school Western Carolina University where she received 2 degrees, one in history and one in secondary education, with honors. What a smarty pants.

( I was dealing with a sleepy and grumpy baby, so the photo is a little blurred)

Ethan was there rooting on his Auntie Chelle

Up next was Ryan graduating from Appalachian State University with his history and secondary education degree ( yep they're both going to be hs history teachers... )

Yay, he did it!

The fam, Me, E, Ryan, Uncle Tom, Aunt Sue, Mom, and my step dad D

Way to Go Uncle Ryan!

All and all a wonderful 2 weekends. It was long of course spending 28+ hours in a car total in 2 weekends, so Ethan is at the point where he starts screaming bloody murder when he gets in his car seat, but I think that's understandable.

Up next for them is finding teaching jobs in parts of NC they like. Michelle is wanting to teach in the Charlotte area, where she and her fiance Zac ( who also graduated last weekend) plan on setting down some roots. Ryan would actually love to stay in the NC mountains, but is up for anything.

So proud of them both! Way to Go!

Link Up for Mothers day!

Hey Everyone! 

I decided to link up today with Kellys Korner

She is having a link up for new moms also going thru the ups, downs, and in betweens.

Anyway

I'm Shannon, mommy to a 8 month old rockstar named Ethan

Little man was born September 7, 2011 

 And has been the light of my eye since day one. 

Feel free to look around ,check out the blog and say hi!

Motherhood

Hey Everyone! In honor of mothers day ( My first one, how cool is that!) I decided to talk you guys about what else.. Motherhood.  Or more specifically what it is to me.

Motherhood is....
Getting up at 6am every day ( anything later is sleeping in)
Not being afraid of a little baby drool
Stocking up on diapers and baby wipes instead of hairspray and body wash
Having a baby throw up in your face and instead of crying, you laugh.
Rushing home from work so you can be there to snuggle your little one in bed
Telling "the girls" you'll take a rain check, because you would rather hang out with your baby
Knowing your child better then anyone else.
Hearing " your baby is so cute" and knowing that's partially because of you ( mean they are half your genes...)
Willing to "throw down" with just about anyone who threatens to harm your little one ( nurse with a need better watch out!)
Feeling sick as a dog/ exhausted/ grumpy but having a smile on your face because your with them.
Watching your baby learn to roll over/ crawl/ try to walk is just as exciting as watching Michael Phelps kick butt at the olympics

But mostly Motherhood is.......Everything

Weight Loss...Whatever

Wednesday sphmendsday. I'm just lucky to get this post up this week. 

So you would think that today, of all days I would have actually taken a photos but alas I'm a slacker who decided that at 2230 I'm far to lazy to get up and go take a photo. Plus I am looking like a slacker in my sweats and t-shirt. Who knows, maybe I will add a photo tomorrow before I head out of town.

Any who on to the whole point of this post, holding myself accountable.

Weight this week- 238- Woo Hoo, good by 240's 

Weight loss so far- 52

Back in prepregnancy clothes yet?-Oh yeah. My preggo clothes are way gone. I think I'm going to change this bullet to something else related to clothes for future post.

Eating- Low carb! It really has been so much easier with Tim doing this with me. He seems to get really frustrated with it ( because he feels like he is always eating) but its working for him. He lost 12lbs so far. Plus this makes it so much easier for me to cook since I don't have to make 2 separate meals.  Oh a side note did you know that Cracker Barrel has a actual low carb menu? No? Me either. Seriously though, check it out next time you are there. A whole side of the menu devoted to low carb! 

Exercise- I have been so busy that I haven't really had time to exercise the way I want to. I even got a text message from my personal trainer asking if I had fallen off the face of the earth today. Seriously...

Positive Moment of the Week- Finally breaking that 240 mark. I had been yo yoing there for so long!

Let down of the week- I haven't gone to the gym in 2 weeks! What a slacker!!