Clean Counter (Before and After)

We have a lot more counter space in this kitchen then we had in our previous apartment. All the same, the extra BIG microwave and toaster oven made quick work of claiming it all for themselves. So now I have hidden them in the pantry where they don't over run the work surface of my kitchen.

Here are some before and afters.

 

(You'll have to imagine a huge microwave in next to the microwave oven because there was NO WAY I was hefting that whopper back just to take a picture of it)

Much better thanks to some organizing. Now cooking isn't a cramped situation. 

Hugs,

Miss Riss

Lovers Point Photography Session

I finally posted some pictures of a photo shoot I did back in CA. You can see more of them here.
Special thanks to the mom of the family for giving me the opportunity to practice and being so patient while I edited these photos.

Cork

Remember that to-do list for April?

It included painting this old cork board I got at a garage sale for 1 dollar.

It now looks like this

and my to-do list now looks like this. 

Finnish Painting Desk

Pick out and instal hardware for the desk

Paint the "golf" frame

Cover white boxes with scrapbook paper

Paint cork board

Buy plastic Lion and paint it white

Pick out and hang curtains

Get hieroglyphic art framed

There is still allot on that list. Luckily this cork board helps me to organize all of my thoughts and make decisions on things. Like what color to paint the "golf" frame.

Oh and p.s. If your wondering why I didn't show you the bottum part of the desk its because I have only finished painting the drawers. Weather permitting, the rest will be painted this Saturday.  Can you see my happy grin!?

Zoo

While my sister and nephew were here we went to the zoo. These pictures are for adoring grandmas. Oh and there are ALLOT of them, for which I ask no forgiveness because I am one of those I-can't-get-enough-of-his-cuteness aunts.

The first stop of the day was to walk through the primate houses.

 Then there were the elephants where Brody and I talked about their long noses.

He thought they were pretty cool, especially the tiny one.

 After that were the rinos. I think Brody might have liked them the best. He certainly loved pointing out the animals to his mom.

 More monkeys followed that.

 I think Brody and I made monkey noises but that might have just happened in my head.

 The picture of the orangoutang is probably my favorite animal picture of the day.

 That is what the tiger did when Brody looked at it. 

 Then they did all of this.

 There was also a Navaho village that Brody enjoyed exploring.

I am pretty sure I hit one of these when I was in TX.

 Last but not least was the park with a bridge,

 an egg,

a rope web,

and a crocodile that Brody stuck his head in.

I will have to explain to him that if it is real you should run away.

  Oh and we also ate yummy oranges that my sister pealed for us.

My sister is a big advocate for eating healthy and you can tell by what Brodie's favorite foods are.

That was our trip to the zoo. I loved every moment of it and am excited to go with my family again.