While I was thrifting for Etsy this weekend. The very sweet team of Paul and Ronald painted the trim and ceiling in our bedroom white. The dogs joined in on the painting too and ended up looking like this.
Ron called me and let me know by saying "we have a dalmatian" I wondered what he meant all the way home. Luckily, Isabelle only painted half her face. She thinks she is quite fashionable.
They still have the paint on them as Ron and I were too lazy to give them a bath yesterday.
We have these cute little cupboards in our kitchen that have the ugliest orange cupboards, so I decided to make a little curtain to replace the cupboards.
I think its rather cute.
Its great at hiding all our spices, and the tension rod makes it easy to move the curtain to get to what you need.
This is only my second project that I've successfully made on my sewing machine, so I'm pretty excited. We have two more cupboards like this on the other side of the kitchen (facing the dining room) I'm debating whether I should make two more or if that will look too gaudy. We'll see...
The weather is finally nice enough to open the windows and air out the house. The breeze feels so good. I went out this morning and took pictures of our whimsical, rustic, overgrown magical forest of a backyard. Above is one of our neighborhood birds. Can't wait to get bird feeders. I love birds and here we have lots of Blue Jays and Woodpeckers.
Our telephone pole. I actually love telephone poles, they are so vintage and interesting to look at.
Our Junipers, or as I like to call them Bonsai Trees. They are so cool looking in a creepy way and give us so much privacy. We have debated taking them down, but have finally decided to build around them, they are such a piece of the property it would be sad to take them out. The ones in the front yard are coming out though, as they are so overgrown and planted in the wrong spots.
We used to have a red picnic table just like this growing up.
We have several tree stumps. I wonder what the trees looked like before they were cut down. I can't wait to landscape and put in some birch trees, flowers and a little garden.
This looks like something from an Indiana Jones movie. I can see it from the kitchen window and always wondered if it was an antique, until I came out (after months of wondering) and found out its just an old planter. Something we will definitely keep.
We actually have some flowers in the yard! These are growing and blooming like crazy throughout the yard. Forgot their name but they sure are pretty.
Weeds can be pretty too. We have a lot of dandelions.
We have chairs in the back so I was tempted to go out and journal but Isabelle and Amelia would have none of that as they almost knocked down the screen jumping, barking and crying for me. At least I got some pictures. Can't wait until we build a fence so we can really enjoy the yard.
Last night we had company. Our friends Lori and Karen came over and we played Rock Band and a game of Scrabble. Good times.
I had the worst letters ever! Ron got lucky and was able to use all his letters in one word, the word was (of course) talented. He also announced that he had all the letters to spell a part of a woman's anatomy (I won't mention here) which was pretty funny.
We sort of cheated and allowed in names as well, so I spelled out Quin assuming someone in Hollywood thinks that's a name, I actually think its kind of cute. Lori and Karen tried raw bell pepper for the first time and liked it (I think), they also both decided, once again, that they don't like cauliflower. At least the strawberries were delicious. I love having company and playing hostess. Especially when we have guests as fun as those two.
I love this picture of our brick chimney for our fireplace that smokes into the house so bad we can't use it. Yes, we bought and old dilapidated house. We are having company over tonight so I actually have to do some cleaning instead of just writing about it. The wood floors are full of dust and the pink bathroom with the cracked mirror is crying for some cleaning.
After this dear one ate the corner of my journal I had to get another. Off to Borders I went and found this perfect leather one. Exactly the right size and the paper is gold leafed on the edges.
I also found this Home Journal which is a little organizer for home projects with tons of pouches for paint chips, business cards, coupons and the like. I love the cover and now we are extremely organized.
Did I tell you I have a collection of Mary/religious/Catholic symbols? I love the iconography of the Madonna, the rosary and other religious trinkets. My collection is rather small, maybe twelve items in all because I am rather choosey in what I allow in. Most of my Mary's are white porcelain and/or vintage. I love my little collection, its one of my favorite things.
The show was great! We saw our friend Jay in two bands and they were both rockin'. I should have remembered that to fit in all you have to wear is a black hoodie, instead I wore my bright blue jacket and stood out like a little thumb.
Sadly most of my pictures didn't come out, but I do love this one of the graffiti on the rafters. After the show we came home and had double bourbon and ginger ales and went to bed.
Just got through another rotten week full of sleep and not feeling so good. I'm having a lot of trouble getting motivated and focusing. Even simple things like watching a movie, making breakfast or taking a shower become battles when I'm in a bad one. So the house was a mess, as you can see from the picture. This morning Ron and I did some serious cleaning. Dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, tidying up and Febreeze-ing everything. Now the house looks liveable and that helps a lot.
I just got my Spring wardrobe together. I was down to six shirts, one black skirt, and two pairs of jeans that fit so I was way overdue for a shopping expedition. Now I have fifteen shirts (wowzas!), two pairs of jeans, three skirts, and two cardigan sweaters. I bought thirteen items for only $150...such a bargain!
I love all the ruffle blouses and I found two shirts with embroidered polka dots, so cute and colorful/comfortable for Spring. Hopefully most of these things will last through the Summer as well. I'm trying to dress a little more grown up but still chic and like myself. Its hard to stop shopping in the juniors section but I did it this time. No more "kids" clothes for me. Now I'm excited to mix and match. The only things I need now are a new pair of ballerina flats and some sandals.
Something tells me Spring is almost here. Maybe it is the flowers, our extremely overgrown grass out front, or that all the blogs I read are talking about Spring cleaning and making lemonade. Whatever it is, I need to get in the spirit. At least the cleaning spirit.
As you can see I only checked off two things for Monday (it was a bad day) but I have a few things to check off for today so that's an improvement. So far I love it, it gives me that little nudge to get up and do something and there is less to remember when its written down. I've been really struggling with a lack of energy these days so I hope this will help a bit.
I made these cute little wall hangings over the weekend to hang in our bedroom once we are finished painting. I got the idea here. I think they will look so cute on our green/brown walls.
Here is a picture of the lovely Spring flowers by my bedside and in the background you can see our new bedroom wall color-- its so gorgeous and cozy.
So I finished my quilt today and the puppies love it (as you can tell). It isn't perfect in any way but it has that home made look which is kind of cute. I didn't know how to finish the top edge so I decided to wrap the fleece backing over the top and add a bow, kind of wonky I know but it works.
And Amelia loves chewing on the bow. Let's see how long this thing will last before they tear it up...Amelia is at her terrible puppy stage where she wants to eat everything, jumps on everyone, takes walks like a bucking bronco and always seems to find something to shred. Maybe I should start giving her our junk mail...
Isabelle went to the fanciful (and expensive) groomer yesterday to get a haircut. Now we can finally see her eyes and she doesn't look like an old man with too much facial hair anymore.
She was rather traumatized when she came home last night. She didn't know what to do with herself and was so tired. But after a good nights sleep she is back to her old self, running around and barking at everything.
It's been a few days. Sorry the picture is sloppy and un-artsy. I've been quilting in between naps. But mostly taking naps because I haven't been able to get into a deep sleep at night and all my medication makes me quite tired. Also, I'm avoiding some things and sleep is a great avoidance tool (so I've heard) and now I am a practicing member of the sleep to avoid things club. Oh well.
