Wow. It's been a busy while since I blogged last. We've dealt with some stomach bug problems and that always throws me off my projects. I just have to touch up trim in kids rooms and finish hanging all the stuff on the walls and they will-for the most part- be done. I still have to build a side table for Carlise's room and headboards for "the twins".
I found a super easy tutorial for the side table at Not JUST a Housewife. I heart her. She loves her power tools, too! Since I'm always on the lookout for tools to add to our collection, I went ahead and bought a pneumatic air gun & compressor for this project. I found a great deal on a refurbished one from Sears for only $55 for the kit. It was missing a few connection pieces, so I've been waiting on Ben to complete it for me. He was finally over at Lowe's and picked up just what I needed to get down to business. He also cut all my pieces when we pulled out the miter saw the other day. Speaking of which- the reason it was pulled out was to cut the transition piece for the flooring from the living room to kitchen. It's only been without one for about a year. oh well. It should does look lovely now.
I now have more painting to do in the home. Josie took a black crayon to my walls. She was able to get most of it off, but since it was black it left enough of a line to annoy my OCD. Thankfully majority of her "artwork" was in the hallway. Since I still need to patch the stupid hole in the wall, I'm waiting until that's done and will just paint all in one go. Have I mentioned the hole in the hallway? There was a grate in our hallway and I was curious what it was for and so I took it off. I think at one point in time the space was an air return, however they closed it off as some point, but just put a grate cover on instead of patching the wall completely. *sigh* So that's our stupid hole in the hallway wall.
Monday, April 18
Wednesday, February 16
Quarantine
Carlise tested positive for the flu, but we were fortunately able to get everyone on Tamiflu and nip it in the bud. We still quarantined ourselves to the house to keep from spreading the germs. We finally broke it on Valentines so we could celebrate Josie's birthday. We let our children pick out dinner and she wanted to eat at a restaurant. We picked Cracker Barrel since we've had the most success there. She was so happy. They even brought her out a sundae and sang to her. She loved the attention!
Tuesday, February 15
Valentine's
Josephine is now 3. Until Carlise's birthday I will be able to shock people every time they ask the kids ages, by saying "5, 4, & 3".
Josie is such a girlie-girl. She loves everything pink and frilly. Recently in a public restroom she exclaimed at the sight of the soap, "It's pink! Oh I love it!"
She is a very determined child at such a young age. She knows exactly what she wants and can be quite determined to get it.
Time has flown so fast since she was born. She has fulfilled the promise that she would give us the most joy. She definitely completes the puzzle of her siblings. I know there would be more fighting if it was just Carlise & Wesley. I'm grateful that it only took 2 1/2 years to come to terms that I couldn't have any more children. But, again, in grand design, she completes the trio and makes it all work together. I still have hopes of adopting some day, but if I never do I am still quite content & very blessed with my 3.
Thank you Josephine for being such a delightful surprise and putting us to the test. We love you, our little sweetheart.
Josie is such a girlie-girl. She loves everything pink and frilly. Recently in a public restroom she exclaimed at the sight of the soap, "It's pink! Oh I love it!"
She is a very determined child at such a young age. She knows exactly what she wants and can be quite determined to get it.
Time has flown so fast since she was born. She has fulfilled the promise that she would give us the most joy. She definitely completes the puzzle of her siblings. I know there would be more fighting if it was just Carlise & Wesley. I'm grateful that it only took 2 1/2 years to come to terms that I couldn't have any more children. But, again, in grand design, she completes the trio and makes it all work together. I still have hopes of adopting some day, but if I never do I am still quite content & very blessed with my 3.
Thank you Josephine for being such a delightful surprise and putting us to the test. We love you, our little sweetheart.
Sunday, February 13
Projects
We have been making big changes around here since we've been feeling very cramped. Ben offered to give up his office, so we sold all of his professional equipment. We cleaned out the office and I started the preparation for project Room Switcheroo.
I started by measuring the rooms and came to the surprising discovery that our current bedroom was the smallest room and the office was the largest. Gee, no wonder we felt so cramped. The "stuff" was getting all the room. New Plan- our bedroom will be the largest room, Carlise will get the smallest room, and the little two will continue to share the same room. First step was to pick out paint colors. Ben & I chose a nice creamy oat color for our room. Carlise chose purple- that's my girl! And Josephine wanted pink so we found a nice shade that complimented the sour lime green already in their room.
Our house was built in 1954 and is 1100 square feet. It's lovely, small, and has a cottage feel to it. It has some things that need work done, but is for the most part perfect for us. One of these things that needs work is the walls. At some point in time there was wallpaper ripped off the walls and it took the top paper layer off the sheetrock. Then the walls were painted 3 times. So there are some nice large areas of walls that need to be patched instead of the ripped wallpaper divot look it's currently sporting. Normally, I'm a very quick "just get it done with what I have" project kind of gal, but I wanted to do some prep this time to help me stay sane. So I took the extra time and spackled the walls to keep my OCD at bay. It made a HUGE difference! I found this awesome non-shrink Zero VOC spackling that you can paint 30 minutes after it's on the wall!
I've also never paid attention to brands for paint supplies and typically use what is least expensive (shoestring budget). I lucked out this time and got our paint for only $11/gallon. So I used the money and bought some better quality Wooster rollers. They were literally lint-free, which was a very worth the price difference from ol' cheapies. Besides not having to constantly pick stray fibers off the wall, I got great coverage as well. And to finish off my paint tool set, I bought a Purdy brush for all the cutting in I had to do. It was a huge difference from the first paint stroke and is still going strong after 3 rooms. But, I was especially impressed with the little yellow sticker on my brush that told me it was handmade by professional brushmaker Lee. Thank you, Lee! You did an awesome job, which helped me do a great job.
I still need to redo all the trim before I post pictures, but they are coming!!
I started by measuring the rooms and came to the surprising discovery that our current bedroom was the smallest room and the office was the largest. Gee, no wonder we felt so cramped. The "stuff" was getting all the room. New Plan- our bedroom will be the largest room, Carlise will get the smallest room, and the little two will continue to share the same room. First step was to pick out paint colors. Ben & I chose a nice creamy oat color for our room. Carlise chose purple- that's my girl! And Josephine wanted pink so we found a nice shade that complimented the sour lime green already in their room.
Our house was built in 1954 and is 1100 square feet. It's lovely, small, and has a cottage feel to it. It has some things that need work done, but is for the most part perfect for us. One of these things that needs work is the walls. At some point in time there was wallpaper ripped off the walls and it took the top paper layer off the sheetrock. Then the walls were painted 3 times. So there are some nice large areas of walls that need to be patched instead of the ripped wallpaper divot look it's currently sporting. Normally, I'm a very quick "just get it done with what I have" project kind of gal, but I wanted to do some prep this time to help me stay sane. So I took the extra time and spackled the walls to keep my OCD at bay. It made a HUGE difference! I found this awesome non-shrink Zero VOC spackling that you can paint 30 minutes after it's on the wall!
I've also never paid attention to brands for paint supplies and typically use what is least expensive (shoestring budget). I lucked out this time and got our paint for only $11/gallon. So I used the money and bought some better quality Wooster rollers. They were literally lint-free, which was a very worth the price difference from ol' cheapies. Besides not having to constantly pick stray fibers off the wall, I got great coverage as well. And to finish off my paint tool set, I bought a Purdy brush for all the cutting in I had to do. It was a huge difference from the first paint stroke and is still going strong after 3 rooms. But, I was especially impressed with the little yellow sticker on my brush that told me it was handmade by professional brushmaker Lee. Thank you, Lee! You did an awesome job, which helped me do a great job.
I still need to redo all the trim before I post pictures, but they are coming!!
Tuesday, January 25
How?
How can my heart feel so full of love, but empty at the same time? I just ache to help a loved one thats going through a difficult time.
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