Damn you perfect Pinterest blog people!

Are you addicted to Pinterest?  Do you spend hours and hours every week looking on that website for adorable new ideas from photography to home décor to cooking to crafts with the kids?  It is filled with links to so many adorable blogs.  Blogs filled with pictures of perfect families and perfect homes that are actually cleaned (not just pictures of homes where toys were shoved off to the side and cropped out).  I hate those blogs. 

Seriously though, where are those people’s kids when they are doing all these cute crafty things?  I have about 1,249 DIY ideas that I want to one day work on, however, that one day won’t probably show up until I’m retired (AKA- my kids move out) and by then they will be completely outdated.    I can’t even shower alone, so how on earth does some expect me to get out a nail gun and a table saw?  That screams “trip to the ER” and missing body parts.

I finally decided to go through all of my pins and pick a project to take on; one that didn’t require any hand tools or much time.  I came across this pin:

Doesn't the picture just ook amazing?  Do you see even a speck of  water mark in tht sink?  Or maybe some dust on that window?  Grease on the back splash?  NOTHING, because these Pinterst bloggers are super-human creatures.

Cute, right?  I thought it would look nice next to my sink.  The blog is http://www.natalme.com/ and the author who is a mom of four kids and a photographer and a home décor guru and pretty much a person who will make you feel like crap because it’s two in the afternoon and you are still in your pajama’s and staring at dishes in the sink but looking through her blog envying her life.  Oh, you don’t ever do that?  Yeah, me neither.  And besides, if you click on the “About Me” tab you will realize she lives in Utah.  Which right way is a red flag that she is going to be pretty and crafty and amazing at blogging.  Don’t believe me?  Well if there was a Blogging Olympics, then Utah would win the gold medal every single year.

Alright, back on topic.  I went to Ikea and picked up a plate ($1) and a candlestick ($4) and two soap/lotion containers $6.  I then stopped by Lowe’s and grabbed some spray paint (the candlestick was originally black) and some heavy duty glue.  All of this sounds pretty easy, right?  WRONG.  The Ikea kids play area was filled, which meant I had to drag all three of my brats (I meant “boys”) through that enormous store all while screaming “DON’T TOUCH THAT” and “GET BACK HERE” and trying to smile at those who stared.  Then we had to repeat the same conversation at Lowe’s.  By the time I got home, I turned on the television for them and ran to the side of the house hoping they wouldn’t follow.

I quickly scraped up the candlestick with some sandpaper I “borrowed” from my husband’s garage (yes, he owns it).  I then sprayed the candlestick, waited for it to dry, and sprayed it again.  After all of that, I took a long break to stop a fight that broke out between the boys and a remote control and even made time to breastfeed the baby.  When my husband arrived home and the kids went to bed, I glued the plate to the candlestick.  24 hours later it was ready to go.  I threw a cloth napkin over the top (thank you Target clearance), put the soap bottles on it, and displayed it by my sink with pure satisfaction.  I FINALLY DID A PINTEREST PROJECT.

Here is my AMAZINGLY AWESOME soap dispenser platter-thingy:

I couldn't put mine by my sink or window because both are dirty and I didn't feel like cleaning them!

I might attempt a new project next year… maybe.

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