Well, things have been mighty crazy around here.  I've been bitten by the spring organizing and purging bug and, at the same time, I've been tackling some random DIY projects.  All this while my husband was out of town for 2 weeks on business.  

For some reason, I go in to overdrive when he's away and so does our family.  My daughter had some dental trauma and an almost-broken collar bone and my dogs killed two ducklings and, this morning, a bunny.  They like to leave me these "gifts" when he's gone.  Isn't that sweet?!  Not!  Thank goodness my husband is back home!  Just in time to fix the garage door that refused to close!  But, I'm rambling.

In the next few days, I'll be showing you the results of all my home improvement efforts.  Today, I'm showing you a lamp shade makeover my daughter and I did and it only took me three paragraphs to get to today's topic!  Ha!

The truth is, "we" didn't really do it together so much as she took a few pictures and told me which color pattern she wanted.  The lamp is for her tween room we recently updated.

I've been bitten by the spring cleaning bug.  For the last several days, I've been holed away cleaning, throwing away and organizing my kitchen.  So, I thought I would give you a peak inside my drawers and cabinets because I'm so proud of them!

It started with my closet organization project.  Then I saw this post at For the Love of a House and put off a few other areas of my home (like the attic) and started digging in my kitchen drawers.  Before I knew it, I was knee deep in a kitchen re-org.

The worst part of my kitchen was my spice cabinet (next is my pantry), and I'm thrilled with my new and improved spice cabinet!

Happy Monday, y'all!