Getting Ready...............

The Shrum family is getting ready for a lot of stuff coming up ........ We have a lot on our plates........ some good, some normal, and some not so good.....Karlton and I could use your prayers to get us through these next few months!

Now on to what everyone is getting ready for...........











Mr. Jordan is all registered and ready for High School, as a Freshman. I went to register him this week and to get his schedule, books, and to see where all his classes are. I have to say I am overwhelmed for the poor guy. His school his 3 stories and spread all out. His classes are all up and down and everywhere. He starts this Friday the 13th. AAAAhhhh! I hope that is a good omen! He is also in Cross Country for the 2nd yr. and is ready to get his yr started.

Mr. Josiah is getting ready for the 7th grade...... He starts back to Middle School on Monday the 16th. He is also ready for his Cross Country races to start! This is his first yr. and loves it! They have been running all summer conditioning to get ready for their races. They work these poor kids really hard and in the heat too! They were running 4 X a wk in the mornings, but now that it is closer to school they have changed their practices to 5 days a week from 4-5:30.

Mr. Joel is getting ready for the 4th grade......and for the basketball season to start back up in the Fall. Joel and Sara Ava start back on the 16th too.

Miss Sara Ava is getting ready for the first grade. She is happy school is starting back!





And Miss Lilee and I are getting ready to home school her for Preschool. This is Lilee's last yr. home. She will start Kindergarten next August....... And let me tell you she is ready Now! She can't wait to go to school like all her big brothers and sister and does not understand why she is not going! lol......

As for me .................. I am just getting ready for it all.............because I have not choice! ;0)




I am also getting ready to turn 34 on the 31st. Ugh! I like 33 just fine...why do I need to turn 34!? I don't do I?

Oh yeah.........I am getting ready now to go work on our Bathroom that is never going to be done! I have lots of painting to do after Karlton finished his part. The bathroom was suppose to be finished last weekend but we had a lot of things go wrong and did not get to work on it on Sunday. I'm ready to be done!



But, I AM NOT READY FOR SUMMER TO END! I love summer and will be sad to see it go....except..... for when I run....I am ready for the cooler weather!

Keeping Track

I have upped my running to 3 1/2 miles 5 X a week. That is 17 1/2 miles a week. I just started this new mileage about 3-4 weeks ago......... I have been reading someones blog that is training for a marathon.......a marathon is a 26 mile race......... and they have a chart that they follow for a year to get them ready for a marathon. Its a daily record of what they run according to what they are suppose to run and then they grade themselves on their progress...... Sometimes they make their grade am sometimes they don't.

So...... I thought it would be fun to keep an official log of what I run week by week and then every 4 weeks. I have sort of kept track in my head to see how I am doing but nothing official.

After I started doing this this last 4 weeks. I was amazed at how I did! Did I get an A ? We will have to see........;0) (below)....... But it does give me encouragement to strive for a goal. But what goal will that be? I eventually want to run a 10K but that will be next yr. sometime..... For now I want to see mile daily mileage climb and just run a few more 5K's first.....

Now on to my last 4 weeks of running.......

WEEK 1 - 17 .5 miles ( this was my first week of running 3 1/2 miles 5 times a wk.)

WEEK 2 - 16. 1 miles ( I ended up biking 2. 6 miles with Karlton this wk. )

WEEK 3 - 17 .5 miles

WEEK 4 - 17 .5 miles

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TOTAL = I ran 68.6 miles for my first 4 weeks.

Ya! I give myself an 98% that is an A. I think I deserve an A with the heat I have been running in!

Next 4 wks I hope to run 70. that would be my 100% for right now.

Wordless Wednesday - Butterflies In My Garden

This Child..........

Of ours, our first born......... goes to High School tomorrow from 8-1 tomorrow and then we go back with him tomorrow evening for orientation. Jordan's first day of being a Freshman starts August 13th. Ahhhhhh...... I'm not ready for this!

A Sneak Peak

Here is what we have been doing for 4 weekends, plus several days in between.

We have been remodeling our little bathroom. It was long over due for a new face lift! And a face lift is what we gave it, and then some. Like any home projects we ran into several unseen problems, went over budget by double, and added on some projects as well.... You know the normal stuff! But I can not complain! I am very proud of what we have accomplished and my bathroom is turning out quite lovely! It was suppose to be done this weekend....but once again we have run into a few issues. Like the grout has to dry 72 hrs before we can seal it...grrrrr! So no sealed tile this weekend. The toilet had to be put down twice because the first wax ring was to skinny and leaked all over our freshly tiled floor! ugh......

I have learned to use the chop saw and has ended up making most of the cuts that were needed. I even learned to 45 all the inside and outside corners! There was progress made today.... I cut and put in all the base boards all by my little self :0). Well enough about the boring part....onto the more interesting part...... Take a look.......




Here is our new tile floor.... It took hundreds of tiny little tiles to lay this floor and many teeny tiny cuts to lay the pieces of tile around the walls and tub! I laid all those and ended up paying for it with my back that night. ( I did not get to sleep until after 2 am.) Karlton did all the tile cutting because the pieces we needed were so small I was afraid I would cut my fingers off.

Our new bead board ceiling, vent fan, and light over the tub.... This was a last minute decision and the first thing finished. I think I like it best! You can see my new green paint peaking through. I had to put some paint on my walls to get an idea of how things are going to look. The walls are still being patched and have to be sanded so the walls will not be painted this weekend...like planed :0(

Here is my new light fixture.... This is the mirror that I am using but it also got a nice new finish...a gleaming white w/ a little aged look. Can't wait until it goes back up on the wall once the walls are ready for me!

Here is my new bead board walls and chair rail. I added a board in behind the chair rail so I will have a little shelf all the way around. I am totally loving this look too! And of course I have a new built in self for extra storage! You can see what color my old walls were.

I am going for the Cottage look to go with my little cottage house! I have been transforming my house little by little into an English cottage. How do you think I have done so far? Does this look like a bathroom that would be in a cute little cottage?

I am sooo ready for this to be finished so I can decorate! Wait until you see my Shower Curtain and towels!!! I will give you a hint...... Toile. Thats all I am going to say.
;0)

FFF - Gods Promise

This was the view that I got coming into the house on Tuesday night , after a bad storm. God's promise that He will not flood the earth again...... This was an amazing rainbow! It was complete ....it was so big that I could not fit is all into my pictures. Not only was it a complete rainbow, it was a double rainbow. You can see in one the lower pictures....

Wordless Wednesday

The Reveal....

Everything you see in this picture cost $69.50 before my coupons. I used 3 coupons, not 2 like I said previous post. 1st Q- was for a free pantie, the 2nd Q- was for $10 off any Pink purchase, and the 3rd Q- was for a free pantie with any pink purchase + $10 off a pink purchase. So here is what I paid for each item ( or did not pay ;0).

~ both pr. of panties were free :0)
~ both Pink dogs were free w/ any Pink purchase ( store promotion, no Q needed )
~ 2 bottles of Pink body splash ($12 for both)... I used my $10 on any Pink purchase Q = Paid $1 ea.
~ The bra was $19.50 ...I used my $10 off Q on any bra = Paid $9.50

My total was = $11.50 (before tax)....I saved $58!
That is a 83.5 % savings... Whoo Hoo!!!!

I still have one more Coupon for VS and hope to use it tomorrow and can't wait to see what I can get!

Wonder how I get all the Coupons? Made sure to give them you address and e-mail when ever you purchase an anything and the Q's will start rolling in! ;0)


Have you scored any deals lately??? Please leave me a comment and let me know!

Another Guessing Game And Some Freebies

PICTURE #1

Anyone want to play a guessing game? Here is a picture of somethings I bought on one of my recent shopping trips to Victoria's Secret.

Here is what is in the picture and the original price....

1. 2 Pink doggies $10.00 ea. = $20.00 for both

2. 2 Pink body splash $6 ea. = $12.00 for both

3. Pink push up bra $19.50

4. Black lace panty $10.50

5. Pink hip hugger panty $7.50

Total = $ 69.50

But what did I pay? Take a guess.... I will give you a little hint.....I used 2 coupons. ;0)

PICTURE #2

All these items in picture #2 were free w/ my coupons, some of them even had overage on them which means I even made some money! ( $2) Ya!!! Plus....... I forgot to include a few things in my picture.....

1. 6 Pks of gum

2. 1 more Colgate Total

Our July 4th

I am finally getting around to posting our pictures from the 4th of July. I know it was 2 1/2 wks ago, but better late then never....I guess.

We had a great day! First we went to a parade........

Everyone hanging out chillin, waiting for the parade to start.




The girls got their face painted.

The parade finally started...........

I think Lilee thought she was part of the parade.... Maybe little Miss 4th of July or something.....lol.

Josiah enjoying a treat. Usually we NEED something cold to cool us off, but this was the first 4th of July I can ever remember that was the perfect temperature. It even got cool enough at night that I needed a jacket to watch the fire works. That's a first!!! Usually it is sooooooo hot you can hardly stand it.

The kids collecting their loot............

Joel showing me everything they got......... Candy, toys, necklaces......

Then we were invited to a cook out at Aunt Glenda and Uncle Mike's house...... They set the slip and slide up for the kids. They have well water so the water was really cold, cold enough Jordan didn't want to participate. It didn't stop the other kids though.......


Josiah getting ready to launch off........

Don't ya just love the faces they are making?

Joel's turn........... He tried it a few different ways........

Jordan gives Sara Ava a boost so she could make it to the end. She is holding her nose...lol .... she is such a girl! ;0)

Josiah waiting on her at the pool.

Lilee was not a fan......... first of all it was too cold for her, plus she hurt herself the 2 times she tried it. Josiah ended up taking her down a few times so she would not get hurt....... She still did not like it! ( as you can tell from her face in the next 2 pictures.)

Joel found a little tiny tree frog.

Josiah made a fire.....I think they were going to roast marsh mellows but never got around to it. He just enjoyed building the fire!

Then we waited for the sun to go down................

to watch fire works from their front yard. We could see Waxhaw's show perfectly! We also set a few of our own off.

What a fun day!