Time 4 Learning

I've been invited to try Time4Learning for one month in exchange for a candid review. Time4Learning can be used for homeschool, afterschool and summer skill sharpening. Be sure to come back and read about my experience.

New Curriculum in the House!

We just signed on with Time4Learning today.  As a mom, who has been homeschooling for 16 years, I am not easily impressed.  But after doing several demos with Tabitha today on the website we were ready to sign on.

I love the ease of use, the fun/interactive learning; but most of all I love watching Tabitha work on the lessons!  She had fun in every section and then as a reward she was able to access the "playground" for some fun time too.

I know we'll be using this as a summer bridge program but I see us using it all year long.  It takes a little off my shoulders, she is continuing to learn and the whole time she thinks she is playing a video game. ;) 

TWO THUMBS UP!  Go check them out for yourself - www.Time4Learning.com

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A Little Halloween Giggle...

She Makes Over Lamps...

I saw this idea at Homebody - where she covered a lampshade in burlap.  I thought it was adorable and filed that in my "want to try that" brain file.

When I bought the dresser for my son, the guy that was selling it asked me if I happened to need lamps.  I said, "why yes I do but I didn't bring anymore cash with me".  But when he said he had 3 lamps with shades and would give them all to me for $5 I boogied up to the store and got the cash.

So today I went and bought some burlap for $2.99 a yard and got to work.

Check out this hideous shade...

I have to wonder who went out and bought this because they just LOVED it!?!

I laid out the burlap...probably about a yard.   Then, with my trusty hot glue gun, I wrapped and glued...

Until I had this.  I trimmed the excess and glued it in.  I wish I could have made it a little tighter but for my first try at this I am pretty pleased.

Now my desk has a much needed lamp. 

(notice my marketing text book laying there waiting for me to open it)

I am going to paint the lamp too but not sure what color yet so I just dusted it off and put it on the desk.

Lamp and shade $1.67

Burlap $2.99

New-to-me lamp...$4.66

*SCORE*

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Dresser Done Over...The Reveal

Well if you read my earlier post then you saw my mid-way dresser over make-over.  I was worried but I think all turned out well.

Is it perfect?  NO.  Do I love it?  Well I like it a lot, but we're just going to be friends.  Does my son like it?  YES - and that is what really matters!

This was fully sanded down when I bought it yesterday (SCORE!)  I have been really wanted to try a colored stain on ANYTHING because I have a vision of staining my kitchen cabinets with a color in the future.  So I bought Minwax Indigo Blue and some staining clothes and got started.

It was a rough start (see post below).  I wasn't sure if I had made a huge mistake.  BUT  I kept going and my hands are a little smurfish....  It was over 90 here in the Valley of the Sun so it dried pretty quick.  I added some inexpensive knobs from Home Depot (silver because we are going for Cowboy's colors) and she is looking pretty spiffy.

Here it is....

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Please forgive my tilted shot...too lazy to fix it. :P



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