Zach and Nathana

For a while now, we've planned on finally finishing our family room.  That's right, it's kind of been unfinished for the entire time we've lived there.  It was painted and decorated, just no molding and the ceiling was hideous because we (and by we, I mean Zach) took down the drop ceiling the previous owners had put up.  So, anyway, I looked at curtains and didn't really find anything I liked, so I decided I was going to make my own.  Zach and I looked at Jo-Ann's a couple times and each time we looked I liked this fabric more and more.  It was the most expensive fabric I've ever bought, but in the end, it was sooooo worth it! (*Note- I bought the fabric in January before NSM! : )) Here we are at Mama Joyce's one day after church cutting the panels.  I think we were all nervous to cut it.  It was too costly to mess up! Fast forward a couple weeks because I didn't have time, was lazy, and also scared to sew on it, and I finally just delved in an...

I know we all love those crazy episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition where Ty Pennington runs around with a megaphone and is hyper encouraging his crew.   They make building/remodeling a house look like such fun!  Right?  Well, let's just say that was not the case at our house during remodeling the kitchen! : ) Poor Zach had to spend all day Monday (July 23rd) working on the plumbing.  Our house has cast irons pipes.  I am convinced they must be an invention of the devil, because they are awful, just like him!  That pushed us back a whole day and sent us on our first of many trips to Lowe's, Menards, and Rural King! Zach continued to work on plumbing Tuesday while I was working on other house things as Lizabeth helped me!  Zach's dad came over that night bringing cabinets from their house they remodeled in hopes that we could use them.  A long story shortened, only one was going to really work, so we sucked it up and went to L...