PartSelect’s $5,000 GE Giveaway Contest

Okay followers, I mentioned in past posts that I enter sweepstakes and contests as a job/hobby. I am entering a contest hosted by PartSelect and it is entitled GE PartSelect’s $5,000 GE Giveaway Contest. We are required to select a topic provided by  PartSelect and post it onto our blog. There were several blogger topics, but I choose the topic“ Tell us about your worst DIY disaster!” In addition, one lucky blogger will receive $5,000 worth of new GE Appliances. I hope to win and surprise my parents with their new GE products.

My Worst DIY Disaster

OMG!!!! This was such a disaster. I tried to redo, renovate, or whatever you call it to one of my parent’s bathrooms. They had striped green and white wallpaper that had been on the walls since they moved into the home in 1996. It took hours to pull and scrape off the wallpaper. So I left some of the wallpaper on the wall. I then tried to paint the walls with wall paper still attached because I got tired of trying to remove it. I added primer then tan paint and repeated the process. You could still see the stripes underneath the paint. Paint was all over me and my clothes, but I did manager to cover the tiled bathroom floor; at least most of the floor. This got to be so bad that I took some fancy off white wallpaper and started placing it on top of the old wallpaper and paint, but that was hard because I didn't have a stool. So I just did the best I could with reaching the higher parts of the wall. The harder part came when it was time to get behind the toilet. Since I couldn’t successfully paint behind the toilet, I took a piece of the fancy wallpaper and stuck it behind the toilet. Needless to say, the wallpaper started coming off (even before I finished the project). Around the top of the shower, I painted a brownish-reddish color to hide the previous (striped green and white) wallpaper that I hadn't pulled off. After struggling for a few more hours, my dad came to help me. He added paint here and there and wallpaper here and there to cover my screw-ups, but it still didn't look professional. We finally finished with a wallpaper and tan and brownish-reddish painted bathroom and change a few accessories so that everything would match. One of the smallest rooms in the house and I screwed it up (I may try it again after I watch more DIY videos). My parents realized that I was in over my head before I even started, but they said they didn't say anything because I was so determined about doing something nice for them. Just thinking about this gives me a headache. If I could just win $5,000 worth of GE appliances, I know they would forget about the whole ordeal and fall in love with their new appliances. 

Make Valentine's Day About Him

So we always want our men to buy us something for the big "Love Day" right? Well I am going to do things just a little different. I know my husband doesn't ask for anything on Valentine's Day, nor does he expect anything. But I have a few small, but sweet surprises for him starting February the 1st and ending February the 14th. This is called my "Exquisite14 Days of Love." I asked my husband what would he like. Needless to say, I had to brainstorm on my own! His answer was a little......Well.. Let me begin!

My Hubby

Day 1: Spend day one planning your " Exquisite14 Days of Love"

Day 2: Make or buy him a coupon book. Allow him to use it when he wants

Day 3: Don't ask or require him to do anything for the entire day
Day 4: When he gets home from work, have something on nice for him
Day 5: Write a homemade love note/letter; something juvenile! 

Day 6: Send a random text letting him know you were thinking about him

Day 7: Once he is home from work and relaxed, give him a foot massage

Day 8: Bring him lunch or order him lunch and have it delivered

Day 9:  Buy him his favorite video game(s) 

Day 10: Wear something nice for him the entire day (they never get tired of this)

Day 11: Have a "Pamper Daddy" Day with the kids

Day 12: Hide him a gift or keepsake on his car seat before he goes work

Day 13: Take him out to eat and you pay (Restaurants will be packed tomorrow)
Day 14: Cook his favorite meal and serve him, prep his shower, have his night clothes ready and the rest will follow!!!

A Sample Love Note to My Hubby

Ladies, this can be done throughout the year!!!

Mommy's Honey-Do-List: The Girls

1. Have girl talk every night before bed
2. Read a book before bedtime at least 5 nights a week
3. Eat together everyday
4. Listen to the girls
5. Ask how their day went
6. Go grocery shopping with daddy once a month (we can put anything into the buggy; he won't notice)
7. Have an ice cream party twice a month
8. Have movie night every Friday
9. Cover the girls in Jesus (Prayer)
10. Say our prayers every night
11. Tell them I love them everyday
12. Let the girls pick out their own clothes twice a week.

Thanks A Bloggy Mom for the idea to do this!

Exquisite Teen Fashion

"Exquisite Teen Fashion" will be dedicated to those teens who define fashion as oppose to allowing celebrities, the television, or others define fashion for them. My niece, for example, is a14 year old 8th grader here in one of Georgia's public schools and she has her own style. It's amazing how she puts clothes, colors, and accessories together. I wish I was like that when I was younger, but not everyone has an eye for fashion. So I would like to allow her fashion to shine through my blog. I will also debut other teens that I come across. This will be an interesting journey. More too come!!

Family Fun Night: Movie & Ice Cream Party

Every Friday night we have something planned for the kids. Normally we just do popcorn and a movie. Since we have Netflix, we have no problem choosing a movie that we all like and can watch together. Well this Friday we extended the invitation to other family members. We watched You Again (Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver) and Avalon High (Brittany Roberson and Gregg Sulkin); both were very good movies. This time we excluded the popcorn and in its place we added ice cream. We had all the fixings. Chiquita bananas, Smucker's walnuts in syrup, Land O'Lakes whipped light cream, Hershey's chocolate and strawberry syrup, (Kroger brand strawberry syrup as backup) Breyers natural vanilla ice cream, and Dole crushed pineapples. 
Here are the pics!!

The Family: Take 1

The Family: Take 2

All Must Haves

Organization Please

Hurry, the movie is about to start

Too simple

This one was all mine

You hostess relaxed on a Friday night

                              Thanks Netflix, Chiquita, Smucker's, Land O'Lakes, 

                                      Hershey's, Kroger, Breyers, and Dole

Disclaimer: I am not being compensated in any way for mentioning these products.

What To Do With Your Kids School Work?

Moms and Dads, I have a dilemma. I am not sure what to do about my little girls school work. I have a daughter in kindergarten and another daughter in Pre-K. They come home with school work and arts and crafts everyday and I don't know what to do with their stuff. At one point, I was keeping somethings for sentimental reasons and I threw away the other stuff. Well, they found their work in the trash and started taking it out and asking why I threw it away and that it wasn't nice to throw their stuff away. I felt so bad! So I began stacking the papers in a pile, but now it is getting to be too much. They even have things in their room, stacked neatly of course; so I won't throw them away. But, even when the kids are not around, I still won't throw anything away. I feel like I am beginning to hoard school work.

Please help! What is the solution for this? 

Things to Remember When Dropping the Kids Off At School

PSA: Ladies and Gents... No Ladies,

Please be conscience of what you look like when dropping off your children tomorrow. I see young mothers in pajama's. Now this is a NO NO! I see young mothers in house shoes. This is also a NO NO! I know you are just running in for a few minutes, but you represent your child. I mean, we as parents tell our kids the represent us when they leave our house, so why shouldn't you follow the same protocol. I am telling you this because I care.

In addition, please don't wear these items to the grocery store, post office, bank, or for any other quick errands. Also, you don't have to scare the staff or the other children, so put on a little lip gloss and run you fingers through your hair.




Thank You,


The Exquisite Mommy