Hooray for Erin's new Mary Kay car!

Twenty pink balloons decorate the new Chevy Malibu! Carter's got a balloon, too
Here's Erin with those pink balloons!
Erin's excited to sign the papers

Signing the papers...20 seconds later, she's ready to roll!

The men are excited, too!

Stuffing the balloons into the trunk

Quick, slam the trunk!

That's a happy girl in her shiny FREE car!

Carter takes a moment to settle into a Carter-sized car

I'm a Domestic Diva!

I have wonderful pleated blinds on my living room windows, but decided we also needed draperies. Sarah's husband, Brett, welded the longest curtain rods ever - it spans both side-by-side windows. I sewed panels of fabulous taffeta-like fabric. Pat and I found it at a fabric store in her neighborhood.
I pressed the hems and they stayed put without pinning. All I had to do was press and sew!
The first panel is up - it's the one that covers the space between the two windows.

All three panels are finished on the set of windows that look out on Ute Mountain. The panels are attached to the rods by ribbon. Seven tabs of ribbon are sewn to the top of each panel. I bought all the ribbon our Walmart had and drove to Durango to get another spool of ribbon. Unfortunately, I still need three more spools of ribbon to finish the last set of drapes. Perhaps I'll find some in Grand Junction this week. I don't like unfinished projects! But I LOVE the looks of these drapes!