chaco's for sale

anyone need a sweet chaco tan for the summer? i have a women's size 9 pair for sale.

they've been worn 10 times. i'm asking $65 for them, they retail at $95.

if you buy them, i'll pay shipping....priority too! :)

if anyone is interested, email me @ afetters@gmail.com

thanks for looking!

Chair Re-do

i snagged these two matching green chairs at a goodwill in virginia five years ago. they had a horrible floral print fabric on the seats, but i LOVED the color. so i just redid the cushions. today i decided it was time for a re-do for these chairs. i tend to re-do these chairs every 6 months or so. i could use oil cloth and just wipe them down, but something about sitting on plastic is no bueno to me. instead i just buy some funky upholstery fabric and go to town. the previous fabric is from ikea, and this fabric i'm using today is from the remnant section at a local fabric store here in minne. all you need for this project is a staple gun, foam, batting, and fabric, and the chair(s) of course. :)

first, i had to rip out all the old staples. this is the most time consuming part. it took a little while. my grandma who is an amazing seamstress gave me a grea tip the first time i re-upholstered these chairs. she said to buy the best quality foam for the cushion, and to wrap the cushion in batting. this way, it's easier to wrap the fabric around the corners. and the corners won't be so square.

next, i just took the old fabric put it on top of the new to make a little pattern. what i love about this project is that there aren't any hems, sewing, or worries, you just cut what you think is right and it will turn out fabulous.
and then the fun: stapling! i actually like this part. i start on the bottom end and do the top and bottom, then the sides and last, the corners. it's easiest to do the corners last and you can cut the corners at a 45 degree angle to give you less bulk when you staple.

and wa-lah! happy saturday to me!

summertime in indiana

just had a breakthrough!
i have tried to load more than four pics at a time on blogger, and it's never worked.
not sure what i was doing wrong-but alas! today it worked!

evan was headed to go backpacking in north carolina with his best friend from law school.
google 'roan mountain nc' and you will see where he went.
i'm insanely jealous. the mountains are covered with rhodedendrons
and will blow you away.
anywho, he was headed out of town and i thought 'why don't i drive to indiana?'
and so i called my sister in law amanda in upstate new york.
she came down with her gals ages 3 and 2, and we had the best time.

we stayed for 3 days at grandpa and grandma's. we found a frog, went exploring, had a water fight,
looked through old pics, and reveled in the quiet country. i love going out to evan's parents for the quiet.
amanda and i took the 5 little women to goodwill where we found some excellent finds, namely evan's father's day present:
a tasmanian devil/looney toons tie. :)

we headed up to evan's sister sarah's house for a few more days. there we swam, went on more treasure hunts for funky things, played outside, and i hardly saw my girls because they were playing with their cousins and it was awesome.

thanks everyone for such a fantastic visit!
we loved it!


the indiana landscape is breathtaking. love the rows of green corn and the overcast sky.

great grandma fetters and us. and we're all smiling-a miracle!

a spitting water fight-and looks like grandma is winning!

maya was completely soaked.

maya's first fat lip-she was actually kind of proud of this. it was awesome.

little zoesy cat at the pool. she kept dunking her face. looks like we have a water baby.

madden and zoe. this is evan's sister sarah's little man. sarah and i have been preggy at the same time three times. woot woot!

on the way home i earned the 'coolest mom EVER' award. we stopped at buffalo phil's in wisconsin. inside the restaurant a train brings you your food. best decision ever to eat here.

jumping puddles in the corn.

summer night in indiana. love love love it.

wish i could dance like this

first flowers

i could almost weep!

it's my first flower! and it's beautiful!

in my flower beds there is nothing but fugly shrubs and white rocks. and i've tried to remove some of the white rocks and they are deep, and a ginormous pain. but i have one tiny bed of dirt-oh glory be! and i planted this iris last summer and here she be!

this is my first victory against my yard! i will prevail!

zoe's first campout

a little fishing with dad

building a 'campsite' together

happy little gnome

ahh dandelions

a glorious success!
zoe loves camping, and we love that she loves it.
we almost didn't go camping and maya and brynn had HUGE problems with us not going camping.
we hiked up a huge hill of stairs to a water tower.
we found a caterpillar maya named 'sudee.'
we then lost sudee in the laundry room. boo.
evan, maya and brynn started to hike up a huge fire tower lookout. it freaked maya out, and they only made it halfway. brynn wanted to hike to the top, and was super ticked to have to come back down.
a great weekend had by all!