Here are FIVE of my favorite posts from the past week. Each week I will be highlighting some of my favorites. I have many blogs in my reader, as I have many friends with all different types of “niches” or “non-niches”. I will post serious stories, fun stories, pictures, recipes, etc. They will most likely be in a random order.

1. Life with My 3 Boybarians-What is a permalink? How do I find mine?

Darcy talks about finding a permalink in your blog posts.  She also shows you how to add your permalink to link-ups.

2. For The Mommas-Getting Real with Your Finances

Shannon is a frugal blogger, with a MBA in Accounting.  She talks about budgeting and spread sheets.

3. Better in Bulk-How To Be A Happier Mom in 8 Easy Steps

Eight easy steps to remember in your stressed out daily life. We all need to take some time and smell the roses.

4.  Kara’s Party Ideas-Candy Shoppe Party

This was actually a wedding, not just a party. I love all the vivid colors used. Swoon….

5.  Shuggilippo: Speeches are for presidents and valedictorians

Jess talks about going to the infamous 2 yr appointment with her son, and being told that he needs speech therapy.

We’ve been working on Angry Kid’s room all week.  I posted yesterday about our “cleaning” and staging of Angry Kid’s room.  This was the first time that we’ve carefully planned a makeover project. Usually we are a “fly by the seat of our pants” type family. This isn’t always good in the long run.

When we first moved into the house, we had a ton of projects.  We actually bought this house because 1. It was a one-story, 2. It had a driveway, and 3. It had an awesome garage.  I know that not everyone looks for these particular features in a house, but we did.  We lived in our old house for fourteen months. We thought we had bought our dream house until we saw the neighbors move in and fought the daily traffic to work.

We started with painting our house.  The former owner had mostly white walls, some tacky wallpaper, and a brown walls in the master bedroom. We immediately started painting the house. Well Angry Husband painted, and I picked out the colors. Angry Husband can sometimes get a little carried away, i.e. get sloppy, when painting.  Let’s just say that we had some umm, edging issues with the paint and the ceilings in our house.

We knew that when we started this project, that it was going to be done right, the first time around.  We took care to clean out the room, we put tarps down, and we taped up the edges.  Angry Husband and I marched to the paint store to buy all of our supplies.  We were using three colors for this room makeover, so we had to get everything at once, and we rarely have time off together. Angry Husband usually grabs the standard blue tape, to mask off for painting projects, but this time he grabbed something else.  He grabbed two containers of FrogTape.  He told me that he had a ton of great things about this tape, and he wanted to try it out. Especially, since we are splitting the paint colors on the walls.

When we got home from the paint store (cough, cough Lowe’s), Angry Husband started prepping Angry Kid’s bedroom.  I was so proud of him. He actually used his level when he applied the Frog Tape to the center of the room.  We also taped brown paper underneath the tape at the baseboards.

Room after prepping it.

Closet after prepping. Notice Angry Kid’s bed in closet.

Angry Husband then poured out the paint and begin rolling the paint on. He asked the clerk at the store to put primer into the paint, which made it a little thicker, but definately a good idea.  As soon as I saw the first coat of paint go on, I knew that I had made the right choice in selecting paint colors.  We let the paint dry for a few hours, and then Angry Husband removed the FrogTape in the center of the room. Check out how clean the lines are. We were immediately impressed.

I can’t wait to show you the rest of the room. There’s so many cool things that we have done in this makeover. I want to show you bit by bit.  I will be posting more about it next week. With Angry Husband home this week on vacation, I haven’t had much time to download my pictures, blog, etc. I’m also attending a trade show this weekend in another state.

Disclosure: FrogTape did not sponsor this post, or influence my decision in purchasing or blogging about their product. Angry Husband saw it advertised somewhere.  So at least we know that advertising does work.

I typically go by this theory of things..”I have to make a big giant mess to clean anything”.  I pick one room at a time and trash it.  I dump everything out, I purge, and then I put it back. This is how I function. Angry Husband does not think like this.  He hits every room, here and there. This drives me crazy, because he likes to shove things in places, and then I can’t find anything later when I need it.

We are in the process of re-decorating Angry Kid’s room.  We pulled everything out of his room. Angry Husband really had no plan for this staging.  He just randomly grabbed stuff and put it in spaces throughout our house.  There was no rhyme or reason to where something went.  I had a hard time finding anything this week.  I got so frustrated, I went around and took some pictures of Angry Husband’s staging. I was also taking photos of Angry Kid’s room throughout the process. Stay tuned for most of those next week.

The first photo is of the Master Bedroom. Do you see the furniture. I could barely get through the door.  Angry Kid’s TV was on the bed.  I could barely get in the room, to even use the bathroom.  There is no way that I’m going to Angry Kid’s bathroom.  Have you ever seen what a four year old boy does to a toilet? It’s not pretty.

Next, we move on to the home office.  This is mostly Angry Husband’s office, as I sit at the kitchen table.  My Macbook is not good enough for the office. Angry Husband’s PC is set up in there, along with a table for Angry Kid to draw on, etc.  He took all of the toys from Angry Kid’s closet and put them in the office.

I probably should have organized this stuff before we started the room makeover.  Angry Husband has been on vacation all week to do this project. I should have prepped my way.  But it’s really hard when I worked the entire weekend before this started.  The garage was the last place that Angry Husband hit up. You can see the randomness here and there.  Angry Kid’s dresser made it to the garage.  I literally had to pick clothes out from here.  After we put his room back together, I actually went out to the garage to get clothes, because I was soo used to going out there.  Doesn’t everything keep their clothes in their garage?

So what have I learned from all of this? Organize while the husband isn’t home.  No matter what, we will argue over EVERYTHING during any home project.  I’m always right. This is MY BLOG! And, don’t leave stuff out in the garage that Angry Kid can see. There were things that we were going to toss, and Angry Kid found them.

P.S. I’ve polled my friends. They also believe in this mess making cleaning strategy too. Can someone tell my husband this.

We just discovered Tosh.O on Comedy Central.  Seriously hilarious. This show features Daniel Tosh, a comedian, whom is quite sarcastic and snarky.  He provides commentary on videos and society.  Angry Husband and I love it. He’s a bit raw (some cursing that’s bleeped out), but we watch it when Angry Kid is not around.

He always play the most hilarious videos.  I was doing some laundry (new clean clothes for Angry Kid), and Angry Husband screamed for me to come to the front room.  He knows that I will usually roll my eyes at him, but this time I granted him with my presence. He told me that I HAVE TO watch this video. Yes, it was hilarious and a must watch.

So here you go, VCR Hack!

Taken with Angry Husband’s iPhone and sent to me via MMS.

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