The four moms, and the living areas!

It's four moms Thursday again!  I'm taking a break from my marathon baking to show off my living/homeschool area...but b/c of the marathon baking, I didn't clean up to uphold your idea that I'm super mom with a perfect house...b/c i *love* you...really.  it's not lazy...stop laughing mom!

so, without further ado...

 This is the view from our office door.  as you can see, i'm not huge on pickin up before the children leave for the grandparents house!  on the left, you see one of many bookshelves.  it's all children's books...and the baby has decided that she loves pulling books down, hence the mess!  Behind the couch you see dinner trays that we use for school work desks...works really well!  you can see further in where i keep the vacuum!  We vacuum daily...so it just stays there!  Beyond that is our homeschool cabinet which i'll show you later.  In the corner back there are my shelves that MM made for me!

 This is the view from the doorway to the big girl's room/sewing room.  in the forefront, that's mommy's chair.  With the quilt that *MY* mommy made for me...Hi mommy!  You can see my fleur di lis table next to my chair, MM made it for  me...it's amazing!  The couch, which looks like children live here, is in the pic also.  You can see the children's bookshelf in the background too...

 This is the view from the dining room.  you can see in the forefront on the left is mommy's chair and table.  on the right is the edge of the couch.  in the background on the left is daddy's chair!  TV in the middle, loveseat on the right.

 This is also from the dining room, just to the right.  The loveseat in the background, the couch in the foreground.  Between the two is my grandmother's bookshelf, which you'll see up close soon!

 This is the view from daddy's chair.  Daddy sits here to read to the girls, and they sprawl all over everywhere to listen.  Miss V sits with  mommy or daddy normally...or in the walker which isn't shown b/c it's with her at me-maws!

 This is the view from the loveseat.  AR loves to climb behind the loveseat and sit in her "cave" to read!  Here you can see mommy's chair, the shelves and cabinet, and my fireplace...which was a selling point!

 Here is my standard view.  My fleur di lis hanging that MM bought for me...love it!  All the pics that are our rotating art b/c I take so many pics!  you can see here my coffee table that is upside down.  Tonight MM has to fix it...the leg is wobbly and Miss V keeps using it to walk around!

 Here is the close up of my grandmothers bookshelf.  I love this thing!  See the pics on it, and MMs comic book table books...he loves those things!  Love this spot!

 This is my mantle.  lots of pictures, and flowers from our vow renewal.  Candles from our wedding, and from friends!  The plaque there on the left says "Things are bad, send chocolate!"  My mommy gave it to me when Miss V was born!

 These are the shelves that MM made for me.  Shelves for my pictures...and for my stereo that MM bought for me!

This is the homeschool cabinet.  pencils, workbooks, colors, coloring books, my stickers and markers, et al goes in here.  I'll have to remember how i kept it closed when CG was little b/c Miss V is now pulling things out!  On the wall above are baby pictures of each of my babies...love that wall!

So, head over to one of the four moms and link up!

GTKY 8/15

The Q's.

1. What kind of athlete has the hottest body?

 Martial Artist...maybe i'm biased, as my hubby is one!

2. Are you a planner or a procrastinator?

yes. hahaha

3. Diet or regular (soda)?

neither.  i drink water...the joys of weight loss!  if i feel the need for one, or am somewhere that i can't get decent water, i go diet for the calorie count.

4. What's your one "must have" for Fall?

sweater.  think cardigan

5. What's your favorite fast food restaurant?

chik fil a or kfc. lol.  i'm a chicken girl...

6. What do you think is the sexiest profession for a guy?

Well, maybe I'm biased again, but i love me some construction workers..at least *MY* construction worker!

7. Did you wear braces?

nope.

8. Would you rather have a guy that's super sexy or kind?

can't i have both?  oh yeah, i can...i GOT both!  you know you're jealous!

Now, go on and play with us...and link up over at Keely's site!

homemade marinara sauce

As promised, here is the video of my homemade marinara.

The four moms...and the dining room/kitchen!

This week the four moms are blogging about their dining rooms and kitchens!  So I'm joining along...and it's not even that messy!  Lucky ya'll!

 This is the view from our living room.  We do school in the living room and the dining room...and a couple of the girls will work in the office too!

 Here you can see the table, which is covered in a big SCA project.  Normally, I'd have a lovely doily my mil made me in the center, and a pretty tea pot on that...I collect tea pots as you'll see soon!

 See my tea pots up there?  This is the shelf my MM made for me.  I have one over the top of a couple of the bedroom windows too.

 Here are some of my sussies, and the children's computer.

 Here is the other wall of the dining room...with the china hutch and more school stuff.

 The HUGE pantry my MM made me...man he's handy!

 Next to my cabinet, the baby swing and the freezer.  At the top of the freezer is our daily schedule of who cooks when, and what the childrens' jobs are after each meal.

 The play pen and CG helping. :)

 This is the view of my kitchen from my dining room.

 Here is my stove, the bottle rack, and the eggs! 

 The other side of my kitchen sink...my coffee pot (tres important!), and my mixer, which has the blue cover on it.  Next to that is my dehydrator.

 This is the wall, you can see the freezer in the background.  On the cart are two drawers, one of which has all the kitchen towels in it.  The other has the utensils that I don't use often...like my cake decorating tools and my pizza cutter...and cookie cutters galore!

This is the view of my back door from the middle of my kitchen.  The big bin is my cloth diaper pail, the little bin is for dirty kitchen towels.  The stool is because I'm quite short. :)

Thanks for taking this little tour with me...I love my home!  Check in with the four moms for more!