$5 Spot Savings

Remember earlier in the yr when I blogged about my 2 money savings plans. The one being that every time I had a $5 bill I stashed it for a large purchase at the end of the year? Well, looks like the end of the year is here. We've have decided to use $240 in $5 bills we've saved to purchase a pool for the back yard. Nothing fancy, just 15x48 but a pool none the less. I'm also going to be using $170 or $175 in $5 bills to renew my zoo pass in June some time. That's pretty much going to wipe out our $5 spot savings but these are two large purchases for our family that will offer us cheap fun. :)

2013 softball pics

5.18.13

A&B Overhead Doors

Colors: Royal Blue and White

Row1: Hayden Yantiss, Bayleigh Rutherford, Emma Pearson, Breanna Barton, I think this is Brooke somebody, Sophie Hudnall, Olivia somebody.

Row 2: Alyssa Benson, Audrey Hogg, Kaitlyn somebody, Sadie Chappelow, Addy Wamsley, ? somebody.

Row 3: Mark Chappelow Head Coach and Justin Beaur however you spell it, assistant coach.

Closer

These pics are from Jennifer Pearson. They're not mine. ;)

We're excited for the season! 

It's DONE!

As of yesterday, 5.11.13, Bayleigh's room is complete! The final details are painted! 

This hutch was white with Ivy painted on it. 

Here's the wall that I was most excited for! I hired a friend that was a couple of years younger than me in high school to paint these "vines", for lack of a better word.

Bayleigh picked out her bedding from IKEA.

This duvet, not the zebra sheets. It was displayed in a room with pink walls and that's what she wanted. I wasn't a fan of the pink walls there, they were more burgundy than anything, so I told her she could do pink if I had the final say on the color. 

Then I saw this, link and source not provided because I don't know how to do it from my phone, but I saw this on Pinterest.

Immediately I fell in love and thought it would be so awesome in black! Ugh, where could I pull off a black wall in my house???? Bayleigh's room--duh! 

In order to tie the black in though I needed something more. That's where the zebra print sheets came into play.

Now, I'm no Martha Stewart, but I think these are pretty darn cute together! 

I also knew that because there would be a black wall that I would use black curtains and rods. I also wanted a zebra print area rug for her room but really found while shopping online that it would be out of my price range. I mentioned my want for the rug on Facebook and a guy on there reminded me of a store called Garden Ridge. I LOVE that store! So we went up there on day to look around and much to my pleasure we found...

THE EXACT rug I was wanting!!!! AND!, it was only $29.99! SCORE! We also found the black curtains, they weren't so cheap! 

And we found this long owl picture to go over her headboard for only $19.99! Score again!!! 

Bayleigh's room has turned out, to a 'T', exactly how I envisioned it. I'm proud of it and so is she! It has taken us since the first week in April until yesterday to completely finish it, but that's ok. It's done now, and it's wonderful! :)

3 or 8

Sent my 8 1/2 yr old to school in 3t shorts today....needless to say at 3 she wasn't wearing those shorts!

Almost Done!

Just need the high gloss detail on the black wall and to paint the hutch black!

Softball 2013

Our favorite time is here!!! SOFTBALL SEASON! Bayleigh is on Mark Chappelow's team called A&B Overhead Door. Her colors are Dark blue and white and she had her first practice last night!

Put A Little Paint On The Walls

Progress Pics of Bayleigh's room so far!