It's Real Life - "Where the Magic Happens"

Welcome to another week of "It's Real Life". We were asked this week to take pictures of "Where the Magic Happens" AKA our bedrooms. So come into the bedroom and please don't mind the mess. I'm afraid I haven't been following Flylady as well as I should.






Open the door and come on in...

Here's my bed. It's actually made. That's rare to see. Joe hates when I make the bed. Too much work for him to get into it at night I guess. Who knows. Sure am glad I made it today though.


This is my dresser. I didn't really realize how many stuffed animals I actually have on my dresser until I took this picture. Mr. Polar is the large teddy bear on the end there and I have had him since I was 10 years old. He's my favorite bear. The rest of the stuff on there are just lotions, makeup, my brush and comb, and some jewelry boxes. Oh yeah and the kids piggy banks are on my dresser too. I had to take them away from them because they kept taking their money out to "count it" and I was tired of them loosing it or fighting with each other about who's money was who's. So in my room it went.


Here is Joe's dresser. Got the TV on top of that and the DVD player. And of course a large teddy bear.


Here is my night stand. It's pretty cluttered up. Lots of medications on there. Actually I'm not sure why I hang onto those. They are all medications from last year when I was pregnant and they kept changing the blood pressure medication that I was on or the dosage that I was on. I guess it's time I get rid of them. It seems such a waste though, but by now they probably are just about expired anyways. And underneath in my night stand there's all sorts of stuff. My blood pressure monitor, some more lotion, vaseline, baby wipes, and some books that I read a long time ago.


Now for my favorite part of the room...
That's right, the little boy that sleeps in it. Shhhh, he's going down for a nap. We should leave now.

So that's my Real Life for this week. I realized after I uploaded my pictures that I forgot to get a picture under my bed and of what I sleep in. Well, I do have a lot of stuff under my bed. We have limited storage so we have lifters on our bed and have boxes of stuff under there, some board games, porcelain dolls, and arts and crafts stuff. And as far as what I sleep in that's not all that exciting. Just a t-shirt and a pair of shorts in the summer time. In the winter it's a shirt and pajama pants. Sorry, I would have gone to take more pictures, but I didn't want to wake that sleeping baby boy.

If you want to see more of my Real Life pictures you can check them out here.

It's Real Life

Okay, it's time for It's Real Life again. Thanks Farm Fresh for doing this again. It's been lots of fun. Check her and all the other participants out by clicking on the picture to the left.

Curb AppealWell, this isn't my house and therefore not mine to make the curb look appealing. And I do not agree with my landlord's way of making the curb or any of the yard look appealing. This is the front of the house though. I'd probably prefer more bushes or maybe some nice flower beds with bright flowers. It's not my call and I also do not have a green thumb.



Here is another view of the house more from the side. We live on the 2nd floor by the way. This is what our landlord calls his "orchard" though. Now keep in mind that we are not out in the country. We live in a city with a tiny yard. We even share our driveway with our neighbors. However, our landlord has planted apple trees, pear trees and peach trees in the side yard. And notice that plastic hut against the house? That is such an eye sore in my opinion. There are actually two of them against the house. They are my landlord's green houses. This is what he spends all of his time doing instead of fixing things around our apartment and now he wants to raise our rent by $35 a month. And for the next 3 weeks the "orchard" is also our responsibility to take care of. What do we get out of this you may ask? Well, his blueberries are going to become ripe while he's away and we get to eat those if we want. Hmmmm, I don't know we're not blueberry fans so it doesn't seem like a fair deal to me. I'd rather not have a rent increase.

Junk DrawerHere is the wonderful junk drawer. What's that First Aid kit doing in there? Seemed like a good place for it. I think we can see some rat traps in there which thankfully we haven't needed in a long time. Looks like a yellow balloon laying on top of our hand held fans in there too. I think we've got some batteries in there too. Not sure if any of them work or not. It's a scary drawer to go into.



From Whence I Blog


Here's where all the magic happens. Not much to say here. It's a mess, but I know where everything is on that mess. So don't touch!






My Favorite Jewelry

My wedding ring and engagement of course are my favorite. I would have taken them off for a photo, but if you look closely my hand is still healing from a burn I received last week while cooking. I still have a couple of blisters and my finger is too swollen to slide the rings off.




My Best FeatureThis was a tough one. Not because I don't think I have enough about me to be proud of, but because I wasn't sure if you wanted best physical feature or best personal feature. So tonight I got the idea while my daughter was pretending to be a hair dresser with me that I could show both. I've always thought I had a nice head of hair although pre-children it was nicer. I thought this showed my best personal feature as being my never ending love for my children. I love when Kaitlyn gives me hair cuts even though countless times she has gotten my hair twisted in hair ties and combs and whatever else she finds to twirl my hair around. It hurts, I've lost tons of hair over the years, but she loves practicing her braids. And after all she wants to be a hair dresser so what better way to encourage that. This is the way I usually look when it's all said and done. I have answered my door like this too. I get strange looks, but I don't care.

So that's my Real Life for this week. I hope you've enjoyed what you see. Now you know when you come over just look for the plastic huts on the side of the house and you're here. I look forward to having you over again sometime.

It's Real Life - Hosted by Farm Fresh

Well, I'm a sucker for these sorts of things. I came upon this a little late, but I thought it looked like fun. If you want to do it too you can read the instructions on Farm Fresh. So here is what it looks like in my house when I'm not expecting company. Kind of scary.









Here is the outside of my fridge. I hate all the magnets on the front. They should only be on the side, but apparently no one can resist putting it all on the front. Kaitlyn especially likes to put things on the front. And CJ's name has been spelled out on the fridge forever like that. One of these days I'll get tired of everything falling off when I open the door and they will once again get moved to the side of the fridge.










Now the inside of my fridge and freezer. Nothing too exciting. It's looking a little empty. Perhaps it's time I do some grocery shopping.













Here is the closet in my kitchen. We don't have a lot of closets. And the closet in my bedroom I can't even get at so that's why I took a picture of this one. It's small. We keep all of the coats in there though and those bins on the floor are all my Girl Scout stuff. A broom and dust pan and some coolers/lunch boxes on the top shelf.







Here is my tiny little sink and my lovely orange counters. The stuff on the left is all clean. I have no dishwasher and very small counter space so I use the double sided sink to store the drainer on one side.











And the commode. Nothing special there.






I couldn't pick just one pair of favorite shoes. I wear these three pairs the most. The black ones I wear mostly in the winter and with jeans, the flip flops I wear around the house and out and about during the summer, and the sneakers I wear when I am going to be walking a lot and with sweat pants or shorts.



I don't really have a favorite room. The living room is just where I spend most of my time. And I figured I should probably get a shot of where I sit the most at my computer. If I had company over that would all be closed and you wouldn't see my enormous desk clutter.




Here are the two little ones playing together. Kaitlyn had just gotten up shortly before that and wanted to play with her little brother.






You can't even tell, but that is Natalie under the sheets fast asleep. She woke up maybe twenty minutes later and had no clue I had gotten this picture of her. I don't know how she sleeps with the covers pulled up over her head like that. She's like her father.




Laundry in the basement. Time to wash some sheets and towels. I have a pile of blankets that have been waiting to be washed too. I'll get around to it one of these days.










Here is my self portrait. Don't mind my red face. I pretty much always look like that thanks to my Rosacea.




So that's my Real Life. I hope you've enjoyed getting a glimpse into my home. Just don't look in my bedroom. That's really scary!