Ladies....

What the hell am I supposed to do with this????

Quick question..

These lamps are in the guest room which is being transformed into Kittrell's room... so can I put leopard lamps in a baby boy's room? I just don't know.. The lamps would go well in my dining room, and I could get a new one for Kittrell's room.. I don't want to get new lamp shades, though, because I do love these lamps.  I have a few more months to figure it all out.. and sorry about the picture- I am NOT a photographer!!

Hooks

So, I have a lot of stuff.  I don't think Daniel realized this when he asked me to marry him.  He lived in a cute 3 bedroom, 1 bath house in Decatur when Ashlyn and I moved in.  I began moving some of my things to the new house, and Daniel began to worry.  I would tell him not to worry, though, because we were looking to buy a bigger home.  And I had a lot of stuff still in storage in Gwood.  But I didn't really tell him... So we finally found the perfect home for the 3 of us.  We moved everything out of the house in Decatur to our new house, and poor Daniel thought we were finished.  :) Not quite.  After several trips back and forth from Gwood, and my mom and dad making a few trips down to deliver things, and then one trip involving a Uhaul trailer, we were done!!  I still to this day have things in boxes.  We have 3 closets in our house- 1 in each bedroom.  But that's ok.  We have a lot of furniture that serves as decorative/ storage pieces.  And of, course, I am always looking to add more pieces of furniture.  And we have the barn outside for storage.  We are also looking to get a small storage building to put outside eventually, but it's not too big of a priority right now... I guess I'm telling you all of this because if you happen to have any of the above said mentioned items that you don't want, just give me a call!  Anyways, ask my husband what I am obsessed with, and I guarantee you he will say hooks.  Which may be true right now.  I have them in the mudroom, and both bathrooms, and I absolutely love them. I would love a few in my bedroom, but Daniel thinks it may be too much.  He may be right.. As you heard I have a LOT of stuff, and am very happy to have my hooks to hang clothes, jackets, coats, robes, pajamas, etc on.  And I even got my husband to stop leaving his clothes on the floor and instead, find the proper hook to hang them.  Now if only I can Ashlyn to hang her towel on her hook in the bathroom!! Here's pictures or the girl's bathroom, Daniel's bathroom, and the mudroom.  (and check out my new black deep freezer I got for Christmas in the mudroom!!)

I didn't really tidy up before the mudroom pic- Sorry!! I have a few shelves full of stuff until I can get my living room shelves/ computer desk built... so please, don't mind the clutter!

Time out for a brag..

So Ashlyn just got home and informed me Valetine's Day is so over and I should take down the decorations. Cupid came to our house Sunday night and left these pretty pictures for us to enjoy- only apparently she is through enjoying them.  Fine then.

On the bragging note, Ashlyn is super smart! She came home with a permission slip from school asking if they could test her even further than they already have to see how 'gifted' she is.  She might be well on her way to being a part of the gifted education program. I sure made one heck of child, didn't I!??!

Ironing!!

You know what I hate? Ironing.  I really don't even think I know how to. I really, really wanted to get the ironing done today, but I just can't do it! Is it normal to take 30 minutes to iron a shirt? I really do miss you, Granny. And I love you Daniel- but guess what I need for you to do when you get home from work today? yes- iron.  Unless you decide to take me out for that cheeseburger I've been craving for 2 weeks now.  I love being pregnant. :)

I've decided it's about time to put Kittrell's room at the top of my priority list. Well, with the painting of the living room, and the shelves, and screening in the front porch, and building the deck.  I need my deck for summer.  Kittrell needs this deck for summer. (*hint, hint*) After all, we haven't even really started on the baby's room at all. Thanks to Daniel's cousin, we do have a gorgeous baby bed though!! And Daniel and I found this super cute bassinet at the antique store in Newton.  It was our first official buy for the baby. We definately have a long way to go!! Here is the room so far..

So, there is a dresser and closet on the other wall, but I've got to come up with something to put in the corner where the bassinet is hanging out. And I don't have a creative bone in my body! Anything I do in my home, I get the ideas from the internet. Or magazines. Or Mary Neff. So, as you can see, we have a long way to go! And I love hearing ideas!! And Mom- this next pic is for you- it's just a close up of the fantastic bassinet we bought.  And don't forget that today is Wednesday- new Modern Family on tonight!

P.S.- Check out Ashlyn's haircut!!!

My "visitor"

I just ran across this picture and wanted to share it with yall.  Let me set the scene first- it was bright and early one morning.  I went to the window to open the curtains and there staring back at me was this rather large "thing". It was a turkey/chicken.  Weird right? Exactly. I quickly closed the curtain back (because, let's face it, I was pretty freaked out by this thing) I know I live in the middle of nowhere... but this is the stuff I have to deal with??  I decided no one was going to believe me when I told the story about the monster bird at my window, so I grabbed the camera for evidence. When I went back to the window, it was gone. Great. That's when I heard the turkey yell coming from my back door. I went to the back door to find this bird apparently wanting in.  It was there for a couple hours before I got sick of it and let the cat and dog out to chase it off, which they successfully did.  And we've never heard from the monster bird again. (Daniel informed me later it was a guinea hen..?? I probably didn't spell that right)  These hens are very annoying creatures that I hope I never have to deal with ever again. Guess this is just another part of living in the hills! 

Happy Tuesday, Yall!!

I have to say, it's great to be back!! I have so much to share, but don't know where to begin! I was looking through pictures on our cameras of the house to share and realized I didn't have any updated ones.  And my house is a wreck right now!! (Hence I should get started on my chores for today) So let's just talk about my living room. Remember how it started? With the camoflauge? UGH! Well, here are a few pics of where we are now.

So, see the little blue square stuck in the chair rail in the first picture? I'm almost positive that's going to be the color on the bottom of the walls under the chair rail, and on the big white wall that you can see in the last picture. Once we get the big white wall painted, I can hopefully get started on the shelves that will also cover the wall!! I can't wait to get shelves! ( Partly because then I can finish unpacking all the boxes full of books and more pictures) I've also been slacking on my decorative painting duties. As you can see in the second picture, I need some wall art! I just need to get painting! And I promise, I will get a picture of the full living room up soon, I just need to clean a little first... which won't get done if I stay on the computer all day.. And I am fully aware that Daniel reads this blog at work, so if things don't get done around the house, he will know exactly why!  And I don't need him second guessing finally getting us internet!! I'm off to clean..