The Challenge....

I am going to say that this post is REALLY a challenge. For me anyway.

My seeesta Nicole asked me to do this:

"You have to take pictures of all the following, just as they are - no straightening up or anything."

Sheesh. (if Sarah was not here with me, I would totally clean more!)

Here we go...

The Kitchen sink.
I was lucky that I had free time this morning, and cleaned up the cereal bowls. Then, I was super happy because it was going to be all clean and dish-less. Sparkle you sweet little coop sink.

No.

My search for a camera delayed my picture taking and ruined my perfect sink with D.J.'s lunch plate. Dang it!


The Toilet.

OK. I am not a fan of taking pictures of the toilet.

I do have a cool story about the casa de Coop toilet though.

There used to be this wooden seat there. I have looked at 15 year old pictures of that bathroom, and it was on there. But, really....how often do you change a toilet seat? Let me know if you have a clue.

Well, I can tell you that with a wooden toilet seat, you change it when it has a huge crack in it, especially when it gives your five year old kiddo bootie splinters. ( Just so you know.)

I went and bought a new seat and thought that it would be a cinch to stick it on.

Oh no.

It was a four hour ordeal...filled with hand cutting, toilet bowl cracking, mumbled swearing and hack saw usage. I was going to take pictures....but as you know, my camera ran away.

The Fridge.

Here is the lovely fridge. It is usually filled on the outside with pictures of whoever is getting married in the community..and cutie pie pictures of the family babies.

The letters on the fridge are another story. (Kelly and I are having an on-going battle)

Awesome-as-cheesecake-Sarah Barnes-sister-in-law-coolness... is in this picture to show you that these pictures are not fixed. In fact, she was the one that took most of them...just so people would not think that I was cheating and cleaning frantically room by room. ( because I sooo would)

Yea Sarah!

The Bedroom.

OK I added this picture to the challenge.

Not because I am a busybody know it all...or some other naughty Nancy name.

No, my brain was confused because I saw the perfection that was my sister Nicole's room and added it to my "take a picture" list in my head.

Does that make sense to you?

If not then go look at her room..here is the link http://madsennicole.blogspot.com/

The perfect pillows....the army regulation tight formation of the covers...I was amazed.

So I added it to my list of what you should take a picture of. Ha Ha!

What your kids are doing right now.

Well, as you now know, Sarah was with me when we were taking these pictures. We had just written down a list of what pictures we should take.

Then it got to the "what your kids are doing" part, and I blanked.

Sarah said "Kelly is playing the piano now, let's take a picture of that."

Brilliant!

So we did.

Here she is, slightly annoyed that we were interrupting her improvising.... Proceed Kelly.

Gosh!


What your Hubby is doing right now.

D.J. just happened to be home on his lunch break when we were on our quest.

Perfect right?

No.

He dislikes having his picture taken, especially when he is mid-chew in a bagel sandwich. Sorry sweet man. I promise not to take anymore pictures of you having lunch. (notice the salsa and chips for all you Coops out there....)

A small price to pay, in my opinion, for my blog-happiness. (did I just make up a new word???)

Your Laundry room.

Here it is. The casa de Coop laundry central.

It basically runs 24 hours a day when all of us are home. I try to keep it in order. That means keeping the dryer sheets and laundry soap filled and clutter free.

Nothing is worse than coming home after working days on end only to see that your laundry room a complete wreck.

You just want to wash your clothes man. I understand that.

Your Closet.

My closet is as small as some people's car trunks. I am not about to complain though. We have a dresser and stuff.

It is all D.J.'s stuff in there. Jam packed too!

Can you imagine me hanging up my gym shorts or my silly t-shirts???

Ha!

No. Not going to happen

Your favorite room.

My favorite room is my daughter Kelly's room.

It is fun and light, and it makes you smile when you walk in it.

We work hard to keep it clean and fun.

All of her toys are in cute labeled bins....

Her clothes are easy to get to .....in labeled bins.

Think what you want, I love her room. So what if her DVD's are alphabetized! I am not sorry for her stuffed animal organization either!

She just told me that she loves her room too; that is all that matters. ;)

Your favorite shoes.

Try not to laugh.

I LOVE my shoes.

My Mommy bought them for me, and I have worn them everyday since the day I got them.....like nine months ago.

I think that is why they are grey instead of black...like they were when I got them.

I wash them so much that maybe I am washing out the color.

Who cares? They are super comfy, and they make me look like a silly girl, and I love them.

Your dream vacation.

My dream vacation has always been, and will always be, Lake Powell.

My family has been going there for our summer trips for as long as I can remember.

I really hope that someday Deej and I can have a boat and take Kelly out to the lake to feel how great it is there.

It will happen. Perhaps you will be there with us having fun too! ( I hope so!)

Your Self portrait.

Here it is folks...Alexis in all her glory.

Looking pretty good huh?

I made this cartoon at illustmaker.abistation.com

I think it looks pretty much like me...let me know.

Here is DJ....I made this at http://www.sp-studio.de/help-e.htm

Pretty wicked eh?

Now you try doing it!

I think I will ask Shannon, Polly, Tiff and Shanna if they are up to the home challenge.

Plus, I LOVE looking at people's houses....is that weird?

Love ya!

P.S.
I just wanted to mention that my truely wickedly awesome sister Shannon let me use her sweet camera to take these pictures.

Not only did she let me borrow her camera, (because mine ran away) she also left her work to go and get me a cable that connects to the computer.

She dropped everything and rushed to my blogging aid. That is just magical I tell you. I love my Shannon!