Mommin' It Up!

September 9, 2010December 14, 2015

Win a Curtain Makeover from Curtainworks.com!

As you know if you’ve been reading this here blog, (and WHY WOULDN’T YOU BE!?!?) I have had a lot of changes in my house lately! My new kitchen from Granite Transformations will be revealed TOMORROW! I also recently had the privilege to get a curtain makeover from Curtainworks.com, and now you have a chance to win one, too! Let me tell you about our curtains. First, the old. We were badly in need of a curtain makeover. All we had on the six windows in our living room were some plain valances we bought 9 years ago when we moved it. They were as plain as can be because a) Bobby and I do not have a “flair” for decor and b) we had two cats at the time who would scratch the crap out of any decent curtains. You can see our old valances in the background of this picture. This is what we had on all six windows. Ho-hum. YAWN.

These things were so dusty when we took them down! I never paid them a bit of attention. They were unremarkable.

Since we got rid of our cats last year (best heartless decision I have EVER made), we were ready for some REAL curtains!! I really wanted some sheers to still let some light in. I loves me some daylight. Curtainworks.com has a huge selection of all kinds of curtains for EVERY room in the house – so I had no trouble finding what I was looking for! Here’s what we chose, a sheer curtain and sheer top treatment. We have them arranged this way on our two sets of double windows:

And this way on our two single windows:

I personally love that we could get matching curtains for all our windows and arrange them slightly differently for a little variety but still have them go perfectly together!

Aren’t those better than our boring old valances? I’d say so!

Now it’s your turn to WIN a curtain makeover! Here’s how to enter!

1) Leave a comment on this post telling me what you think of my curtain makeover.

2) Go to curtainworks.com and look around. Leave a separate comment telling me what curtains you’d pick for your makeover (you can change your mind if you win!)

3) Like us on Facebook and leave a comment on this post letting us know you did or already do.

4) Tweet about this post on Twitter and leave us a comment with your Tweet URL. You may copy and paste this if you wish: “@momminitup and @jennyitup are giving away a curtain makeover from curtainworks.com http://bit.ly/brigDm”

One winner will be chosen randomly on Wednesday, September 15th. GOOD LUCK!

September 7, 2010

The Preschool Party has Started!

Well, I just dropped my baby off at preschool! It was much less traumatic than I expected it to be. She was READY. She wanted to leave the house at 7:30. She loved her new dress and shoes. She even posed for a few pictures!

When we got to school, she was alllll excited, but that was because she remembered they had a big play room with a slide right when you enter the building. So I immediately had to extricate her from the slide and get her in her classroom, get her hands washed, hang up her bag, etc. THEN try to get her to STAY there! I did get to snap a quick pic of her with her buddy Evan, Cortney‘s little guy.

Then I gave her a kiss and hug and ran away, letting her teacher be the one to have to keep her in the classroom! Sophie didn’t mind me leaving, but she wasn’t happy about the staying-in-the-room part. When Cortney emerged from the building, she told me Sophie was in the room, ummmm, how shall we say, letting her feelings on the situation be known.

Well, that’s my girl! She’ll learn to fall in line. Good luck teachers! I, like you, am counting down the minutes til I can go pick her up!

September 6, 2010September 11, 2010

Another Great Gymboree Sale & Giveaway!

Last week we told you about a great sale at Gymboree and celebrated with a $50 gift certificate giveaway! Well, this week we’re doing it AGAIN! (Isn’t my little Sophie so cute in her Gymboree? This was her special 3rd birthday outfit – from the hair bow to the shoes!)

Starting Wednesday, September 8th, Gymboree will be having a HUGE Baby Sale! Everything from Newborn to 5t will be on sale!

To celebrate the baby sale, we are giving away a $50 Gymboree gift card! Here’s how to enter:

1) Leave a comment on this blog post
2) For an extra entry tweet about this contest on twitter with a link back to this post, then leave a separate comment with your tweet URL.
3) Post on Facebook about Mommin’ It Up – like our page if you haven’t already and then leave a separate comment letting us know you did so.
4) Subscribe to our blog feed and leave us a comment letting us know you did or already do.

One winner will be chosen at random on Friday, September 10th. Good luck!