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Time for Patio Furniture!

Posted by html404 on March 28, 2012
in Furniture, Home

I don’t know about where you live but here in Chicago we have had some amazing weather this March! While this week has been on the cooler side with a bit of rain, we have still been able to go outside and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. Yesterday we even got for a walk. It was incredibly windy and I’m sure I burned of extra calories pushing two little boys in a double stroller! Ha!

With the warmer weather comes thoughts of trips to the zoo, picnics, barbecues and cook outs (open fire). Our family loves to eat meals outside in the summer. At our old house our patio was very open and did not allow for much privacy during dinner for conversation; but that goes with living in a townhouse subdivision. At our new house we have a delightful little patio that overlooks the back fields and is pretty much private. We love it!

There has always been a picnic table adorning our patio, however, when we moved my husband took it apart and gave the pieces of wood to our sons to use for their “creations”. Since then I have missed having something on the patio to sit on. While we do have a few lawn chairs, I have always looked at *real* patio furniture with a bit of envy and regret. The picnic table was practical and functional, but a wee little part of me desired something “prettier”.

Now that we actually need patio furniture I would love to get something a bit more sophisticated than our old picnic table. I really like one of the sets of patio furniture from Bridman. Of course, it is one of the more expensive rattan garden furniture sets…..my mother always did say I had expensive taste! The thing is we’d need something this size for our family, if not bigger when we entertain.

Look at this one has two more places, which help would help when company is over! But what a price tag they have…..woooowhee!

It’s time for patio furniture, however, it probably won’t happen this year so here’s to dreaming about new patio furniture……

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Butt Bench Review

Posted by Brande on January 31, 2012
in Furniture, Personal Care Products, Products for Mom

My first thought when I was first approached with something called a Butt Bench was, a Butt What? After looking at the website (http://www.buttbench.com/), my curiosity instantly changed to I need one of these!

A Butt Bench is a wooden seat for the bathtub, it rests on the back of the tub and has 2 suction cups that attach to the wall. Imagine, not having to be a flamingo or sitting on the edge of your tub trying to shave your legs. How many of us have had near accidents with falling over or sliding around on a slippery tub edge. Come on, it’s okay we’ve all done it. With this product, NEVER AGAIN. The Butt Bench is very sturdy and can easily be removed or installed when it is needed. Their website says in the FAQ’s section, the Butt Bench can hold up to 300 pounds. They are available in Cedar, Pine, Pink Pine, and White Pine. The Butt Bench is also available in 12″ or 15″.

Here are 2 pictures from the Butt Bench website.

My Review –

Awesome product! It is indeed sturdy and I feel much safer when shaving my legs. I came down with a sinus infection is past week and it was great to sit in the steam. It’s also good storage for shampoo bottles and soaps, no more having an avalanche of bottles.

Good news! They are having a Valentine’s Sale!

Find them on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/buttbench1

Or Twitter – twitter@buttbench

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

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Re-Organizing: Monday Motivation

Posted by html404 on January 16, 2012
in Family Stuff, Furniture, Home, Monday Motivation, Organization, Techie Stuff

Nearly six months ago we moved into this home. It is incredible that we have lived here that long already. One of the home’s appeals was the basement, 4+ bedrooms, 2.5 baths and an office. However, by the time we moved in, settled, had our internet working and phone working, it was nearly a month later. That is when we discovered that the internet and phone jacks in the office did not work! A little disappointing to say the least. After lots of time on the phone, trying several areas of the house and getting tired of having my work in piles around the house, we talked about me taking over one of the kids bedrooms where the internet and phone connection were good. I decided on the older girls room, which meant moving the boys to another bedroom so the older girls could have their room. The girls were delighted at the prospect of getting a bigger room with a bigger closet. The boys on the other hand were not so thrilled initially, but after time to think about it and after their first night in their new room they seem to have accepted the change. Off to a good start.

Now I am re-organizing! It feels as though I have moved and I have, but you know that feeling of, “Oh there’s so much to do!” That’s the feeling I am experiencing today. Just slightly overwhelmed. It’s probably because I am tired too because I stayed up late burning photos and documents to CDs so I could delete them off my laptop and try to speed it up a bit to avoid screens freezing up on me. So far it seems to be working. Just need to run a virus scan too. Fun techie stuff.

Here are a couple of before and after photos:

Old office, now linen closet and the new office:

So obviously, my Monday Motivation is to get things a bit more organized!

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Patio Furniture

Posted by html404 on August 15, 2011
in Family Stuff, Furniture

I know summer is ending, but with our move it makes me covet new patio furniture. We have yet to move our old, worn, heavy picnic table over from our old house. I think part of my husband is loathe to move the heavy thing, yet another part of him doesn’t want to see the hideous thing again, even though it has served us well over the years. There just comes a time when change is a good thing. The problem is we’d have to buy TWO new patio sets to fit our family of ten as I don’t think they make sets bigger than 6-8.

I really like the glass topped ones, but it seems like everyone has those. I’d like something nice, functional and that will last a while.

This one is very nice, but not very practical for us, maybe if it was just my husband and I, and we entertained a lot.

If it wasn’t dark outside I’d go take a picture of our patio and see if you all had some decorating ideas for me! But it’s too dark to take a picture right now and I will probably forget to do a follow up of this post.

So for now I dream of creating an oasis on my sunny patio…