Word on Wednesday

1. We are officially in a winter tundra! I think we've gotten about 8 inches so far here in Gardner and there is no end in sight, it's crazy! And poor Luke is, of course, out working! Ick. Here's the view from our front door when it first started to snow...


And here is pretty much the same view about 20 minutes ago...


I promise there's a sidewalk and driveway in there somewhere. Normally I totally love snow, but I'm really okay if it would be done now. I was supposed to drive to Topeka tomorrow for a photo shoot and now I'm not sure I'll be able to get out of my driveway!

2. Our very nice neighbors shoveled our sidewalk and entire driveway again. During our last big snow, I was cleaning up because I had nothing else to do and went by our front door and heard something and looked out and 3 of our very nice neighbors were shoveling away! I went out to thank them profusely and all they could do was tell me to thank Luke for all he does in his job and saying how they noticed his patrol car was gone and that they wouldn't want to be him and have to come home after a hard day of work and shovel their driveway. It was so great! So we (and when I say we, I mean me) baked them cookies, and now I'll have to figure out something else to bake them... maybe cupcakes! I just feel bad that our driveway has blown over with snow again and you can't even tell they were here.

3. Yesterday my friend, Katie, and I drove into Olathe to do some shopping! But we don't do "normal" shopping. We go to antique and second hand stores and find all kinds of goodies we can decorate with or paint and make pretty again to decorate with. And we found some amazing deals!!! And we discovered some new stores! It was a great day and we're heading back out next Monday! I found a HUGE steamer trunk that would normally be $100 easily and got it for $12!!!! I'm going to paint it and make it look awesome to use at the bridal fair! So excited to get started on that project!

4. When we got back from shopping, Katie and I started setting out all of the new goodies I'd gotten and ended up redecorating my house. I have to give her pretty much all of the credit because she's amazing, and basically all I did was get her things. She's one of those people who can literally decorate her entire house with things she bought at Salvation Army and make it look like a page in the Pottery Barn catalog! The girls got skills!! I'm not completely done decorating, so I'm not ready to show you the final photos, but here are some details...












None of the things in this photo are new, but I thought it would help explain the colors I use a little better, so my stuff didn't look so random!








I'm still working on my centerpiece. And here's the mess of things I'm working with...






This isn't new either, but I collect R's and this is one of my favorites in my red kitchen!


5. Still no baby, my sister is still pregnant. And I'm getting really anxious to meet my new nephew!!

Well that's pretty much all I have for you this week. With the weather, we've been pretty boring! See ya next week, hopefully with some photos of 2 little girls that I'm supposed to photograph this week, weather permitting! *fingers crossed*