Where have I been!

This week I have been remodeling my bedroom...it looks GREAT! I will post pictures as soon as I get a comforter. I got one yesterday at Target but Aaron is not quite sold on it. I am going to look today to see if I like any better. I painted my dresser, nightstand and bookcase black (thanks Lauren for the paint!) and changed the hardware. Really why didn't I do this 10 years ago! I guess I didn't really think about it and it worked and I always thought deep down that I would get a beautiful bedroom set. Needless to say this will just have to be my beautiful bedroom set for awhile.

randomness

Here is one of the palm trees (I also saw these at Home Depot for $10).

And here is my gold chandelier. Really I never would have thought that anything was wrong with it.

note to self

Never buy Amana. We have only had this washing machine for 2.5 years and it dies! Really, a washing machine should last much longer. The repair guy said that he would just replace it ( I really think he didn't want to fix it and would get the same money if we just replaced it...needless to say we just replaced it!)

Purging

So I have been looking through everything we own and getting rid of A LOT of things. Last time I gave some things to a friend Sarah said, "Mom where are all my toys going?" I felt a little bad, but seriously it has felt GREAT getting rid of a lot of stuff! I have a garbage bag, 5 grocery bags and a box ready to go to Salvation Army...and this is only the BEGINNING!

My friend (who is an interior decorator) was over the other day and I asked her what I should do to spruce up the house...she looked around and got a sheepish grin on and said, "where should I begin" She started by choosing some colors for paint (and said she would help me with carpet selection). she said that was the bare minimum for the house and de-clutering. She said extra perks would be changing all the light covers adding a few plants (2 huge palm trees which I bought at Giant for $12 really give life to the room!) adding a few rugs and changing the light fixtures. She said that my gold chandelier should be spray painted black...interesting. Also she said that the wood trim (banister and rails) could be painted white...interesting. I didn't know that gold was out and black and silver was in. I will be hard pressed to get the essentials done, but we will see how it goes. I already took down the curtain rods and have a plant, but I will take a before and after pictures and show you the final result.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DAVID!

Today is David's birthday. Here is his life.

He has been a little sick, hence the slober and snot. He loves anything associated with boys.

Here we are with his truck cake.

Dance, Dance Baby

When David was only a month old we did this little song.

(after watching it now I hope it was not cruelty to babies...I guess he is the third child!)

Now that he is 2, he likes to climb on the table and sing dan dan baby - I couldn't find a better one and Becca had to jump right in :)

I'm IN

So I just registered online for the mini triathlon. To check it out the website is gotthenerve.org. Man I don't know if I really have the nerve, but I'm in. WAHOO. We will see how it goes!