So... my house is lacking a lot of things- I've improvised window coverings thus far and it hasn't been good. Here is a pic of the front room (technically the dining room, but we use it for more of a formal living)... this is "before" my mom made roman shades for the entire first floor of our home. 
This is another window in the same room (formal living). We currently have our computer in the opposite corner- and the glare through this window made it impossible to see in the day time. So this is a very crude, ill fit, awful looking sheet used to cut the glare... doesn't get any prettier than that! ... not. 
These are the new treatments in the formal living room... and no glare from the window on the right!
My eating area... I love these toppers! She's crazy tallented! I just need to "string" the backs of all the new window coverings and turn them into functioning roman shades... what a mom.
Here is a before of the family room (there were tan curtains over these light blocking shades.... but they'd already been taken down when i grabbed the camera... it hasn't looked this bad the whole time...)
And now... freshly steamed (see the steamer in the corner?) Here are the new mom-made treatments!
Last window on the main floor of the house- we will match this to the ones in the eating area- and paint the wall behind red... I'm loving this!
So... finally here is a pic of what the front of the new do looks like... I've hacked at it here and there- decided to let it grow out just a bit because i'm notorious for being a "pen head" at work. What that means is that i store my pens in my hair... then i don't lose them as much. But to do this you must be able to pull the hair up because I have to slide them through... I'll take a pic sometime... it's unique.
I look a little tired here... probably because i am. In this pic I was about 3 days into a respiratory infection... now i'm a week and a half and it's not getting a whole lot better... today i stayed home from work and spiked a temp of 102... fun for me... 
Lynn, this is a total compliment to you... but yours truly is an idiot! I like the top of your blog (see above if your confused)... so i saved it thinking i could use it... ummmm.... the name is not transferrable!!! and i can't modify it... as soon as i hit "save" i thought- "oh, good one, that SO won't work out!!!"So, how do i find such cute things to put on my blog... with my name?
And did you see? I answered your question- i have read all 3 of Stephanie Mayers Twilight books... love you sister!
My baby went back to school... 1st grade... Here she is stepping off of the bus. Hunter Chesley is right in front of her- some of you should recognize this handsome kid... what's with all this growing up stuff? getting older? Who's getting older? only the kids, not this mama. Kenna helped me drop her off... 
...i needed the support- 1st grade was harder for me than Kindergarten... yes, I was teary for at least a week leading up to it!
I cut my hair. It got past my shoulder blades- the longest my hair has ever been in my life- and now i'm back to the real me again. 
My face looked scary in all of the ones i've taken since the cut- i'll try another for you tomorrow when i'm ready for church- maybe i'll be able to pull off a decent look... but even from the back, you can tell, cute cut, no?
This week me and the girls have all been ill with whatever the respiratory bug dejour is... Monday and Tuesday Jocilyn stayed home from school, not to worry- she studied architectural engineering... my children are brilliant...