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Homemade All-Purpose Cleaner

September 14, 2011

I’ve got a secret to share. I haven’t bought all-purpose cleaner in years, YEARS. I used to buy the expensive 7th Generation spray, because I thought it was better for the environment and my household, and I still use the very bottles that spray came in. Not only did I start making this all purpose spray [...]

Homemade Dishwasher Soap

July 12, 2011

I found this super simple dishwasher soap recipe when I was blog browsing a week ago. I knew I wanted to try it immediately. What can I say, I am a sucker for homemade, and I love this homemade Laundry detergent, so I thought I would love this, too. Plus, I had most of the ingredients [...]

Remodel week 10

March 20, 2009

I am very happy to say that as you are reading this I am busy moving back into our home!!! Yes I said it!! After 11 long weeks it is happening. Woo Hoo!! I just can’t express my happiness enough. Sometimes you just need your our space, to do as you please, wear your underwear [...]

Remodel week 9

March 13, 2009

Well a miracle has occurred in home renovations, our contractor actually finished, yes I said it he finished. But now we wait on carpet to be ordered. Yes I know we should have ordered it earlier and then it would be installed this week while I am on spring break and we could move it, [...]

Remodel week 7

February 27, 2009

Some finishing touches are beginning to take place on the bath room and bed room. Our lights and fixtures are being installed. Trim work, touch up painting and caulking are all happening now, Work is still to be done but at least the contractor was at the house and some work and progress is happening. [...]

Remodel week 6

February 20, 2009

Not much progress has happened this week, though our vanity and sink were installed along with the mirror and finishing touches on the tile. Hopefully today as you are reading this, he is back installing the fixtures, doing some finishing repairs on the door frame, installing our new light fixtures, and then we will be [...]

Remodel week 5

February 13, 2009

The bathroom and bedroom remodel are moving along and we can see a end in sight!! The bedroom and closet were painted (the correct color) isn’t it a pretty calm meditative color? Well actually that’s the name Meditative see I didn’t come up with it, its actually called that. Ok never mind. Moving on.. I [...]

Remodel week 4

February 6, 2009

Progress, YES I said progress. After a whole week off the contractors were back to work this week, and though we’ve had some set backs we are coming along. I am being very positive about this, can you tell, no seriously very positive!!! We special ordered tile and bull nosed tile for our bathtub and [...]

Remodel week 3

January 30, 2009

Amazingly enough not a single thing has been done since last week. Except for the fact that I rushed to buy paint that was absolutely going to be used last Friday, and its still sitting there exactly where I put it. See here for last week, and what we started with See Janet I told [...]

Remodel week 2

January 23, 2009

The remodel seems to be going fairly smoothly and quickly. On Saturday we made a trip to Lowe’s and Home Depot and got everything we needed, amazing huh. I also picked out my tile for the floor, ceramic tile for the tub and granite counter top for the sink. We have a outlet that sells [...]

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Howdy, y’all! Welcome to my blog world. I am Sweet Pea, a 20-something Texas native and a newlywed…well, almost. We wed May 2006. Shortly after we were blessed with identical twins boys born November 2007.

My husband, whom I lovingly call Double Trouble (DT), owns and operates a trucking company, and we use our CB handles as our names here.

I however recently converted from a working mom to a stay-at-home mom. I love the new challenges that it brings and enjoy sharing my triumphs, messes, and adventures with you. I hope you enjoy reading about our busy lives with babies, cooking, gardening, trucking, and bargain shopping.