Tuesday, September 6, 2011

In the Meantime....

Hello everyone! It has been a while, I know...I've been meaning to show you all the progress I have made on the front door situation but.....then came a week in the Adirondacks without internet, a hurricane and no power for three days, and a huge storm with a tornado - you know, nothing big....

So until the time comes that I can take pictures outside without a major disaster striking I have decided to blog about what my mind has been up to lately...here goes...

I have found tons of DIY projects I want to do, including this wreath x three...


http://choosetothrive.blogspot.com/2011/08/wheat-wreath.html

it is gorgeous - so if you know of any fields of wheat around here let me know, i will make one with you! (By the way, if you read her 2011 No Money Remodel Challenge you will cry - I was blubbering like a baby while reading it and couldn't help thinking this is ME!  I could be twins with her I swear - her words were so encouraging to me....she has a wonderful heart and tons of fabulous ideas as well - check her out!!

On the topic of fabulous blogs - here is another to check out:

http://www.thriftydecorchick.com/

I first found her on rate my space (another fabulous site to check out) and absolutely fell in love with the room she designed for her son - so in love that I actually copied the wall color and hunted for the same fabric to make DIY headboards like hers...(I will show you the results later I promise)...now I am saving my pennies to buy the red star quilts to match...I don't usually copy people but couldn't help myself here - it was like I was seeing in reality the vision I had in my head for their room and couldn't piece together...she is like the best friend I have never met - check her site out, you will LOVE her....

I have way too many projects I want to do and absolutely NO time to do any of them lol!!

On another note, I am kind of !!!FREAKING!!! out because my baby boy starts kindergarten next week!! How is that even possible??  He is blissfully unaware of my craziness which is good, but I really am struggling with the idea of him getting on that big bus.......sigh......



My other baby starts preschool the same day, and if you know him at all you can understand my misgivings about that - I am praying I do not get a phone call from his teacher the first day saying he is bouncing off the walls....


I went to the dentist for the first time in (coughcoughTHREEcoughcough) years and need two fillings soon - which if you know me at all is a big deal since I am a baby about mouth pain....bring on the c-sections but for some reason fillings are terrifying - (shrugging shoulders) who knows....

I also have to have sinus surgery soon since I am constantly dealing with the nightmare that you fellow sinus sufferers deal with...only with nausea, headache, blurry vision, dizziness, stabbing ear pain, etc as well.....yuck...

So that is where we are, only with about a thousand more everyday issues that would take forever to write about and probably put you to sleep - so for now, hang in there for the updates and enjoy these few pictures!



Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Our Front Door






This is our house...

And this is the front door with an amazingly adorable rain boots wearin' boy in front.....sigh...  :)

Anyways....notice how the door does not match the shutters? and how part of the frame is painted, but only just a part? Not to mention the fact that the actual door is ugly and old, but we won't go there....

The point to all of this (because there has to be a point, right?) is that I need help!! I have painted the door three times now (all with paint I already owned since I am all about being thrifty), but it does not work for me....I want it to be a color, but I have no idea what color!  I love the look of the front door being some cheerful color and I need to get past my Type A personality issues with everything matching since that is so not in style right now...

So please - give me some ideas for what color to paint my front door - what would look good? I am totally open to suggestions...I think I will paint that boring Adirondack chair the same color as well.  Help!!

(And by the way - welcome to my very first attempt at blogging!!)