Sundry Stuff

So, remember my rant the other day about working more and ohmystars, whatshouldIdo?? Well, I applied for the 12-hour position and we'll see what happens. I talked to another friend/co-worker who agreed that I should apply even though the job posting said it was only open to current department employees. So I did. After I calmed down and let it all marinate for awhile, that position is the one that would work out the best. My biggest problem with working more is working more late nights. This position would be the same number of days, just more hours per day. I casually mentioned the job to my sister who said she would be willing to watch Zoë for me, and also my BFF Brookie said she could watch her if necessary. It'd only be one day one week, and two days the next, for about 4 hours per day, so not a huge commitment. And if they were to share the task, that'd make it easier on them both. So we'll see what happens if anything. I can tell you one thing though. When/if my current manager gets wind of this, she's going to have an apoplectic fit.

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Hubby is staring to perk up, which makes me think there was something going on since he suddenly started to feel better after two days of antibiotics. He made it through half a day of work yesterday before begging off and coming home. Thank goodness he has an understanding boss! :)

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Yesterday afternoon I headed out to the house and tackled some more painting. I got the second coat on Sam's walls, Zoë's room taped off and two coats on the bottom half and one coat on the top. They look SO cute. Neither of the kids have seen their rooms painted so I hope they like them. I think Zoë will be thrilled and squeal in delight when she sees her's, and Sam will probably be indifferent and all I'll get is a shrug of his little shoulders and an unenthusiastic "Yah, I like it." But he's a boy so I can't really expect him to turn cartwheels over having colorful walls.

Either today or this weekend, Josh and my dad will be getting all the light fixtures and ceiling fans installed so that'll be one more piece of the puzzle complete.

Oh! I almost forgot! I have more pictures to show you:

Here's the kids' bathroom room. You can see my dining room wall through the doorway.

This is the hall closet door, which is what all the interior doors will look like. I love them!

This is Sam's room. The stripe is still taped off but once I peel that off there will be a white stripe inbetween the orange and blue. Colorful, huh?

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Today is Sam's Harvest Party at school, so Sissy and I are going to that after lunch. Then we'll see what the weather is doing before deciding on our evening's plans. If it's not raining, we'll do a little trick-or-treating in Grandma & Grandpa's neighborhood. If it's raining, we'll have to look for something indoors or undercover, like the mall or downtown. Cuz there's no way my six-year old is going to miss out on FREE CANDY.

Happy Pumpkin Friday!

Interrupted

Life hasgone kind of haywire lately. The Hubby has been sick for two weeks now with some kind of funky bug that started out as a vicious sore throat, then morphed into a nasty chest & head cold that's turned him into a hacking, coughing, snotty phlegm monster who is an absolute joy to sleep next to, let me tell ya. For it's third (and hopefully final) act, this bug decided to attack his stomach & intestines and I'll spare you the details on THAT. You're welcome. (From other reports, it seems the stomach bug may have been a party favor from the wedding he attended last weekend since other guests have reported similar afflictions.)

The poor guy has been miserable, soldiering on when not absolutely on death's doorstep, but he's had enough. He went back to the doctor this morning, and thankfully she decided to put him on some antibiotics, even though she didn't really think it was anything other than a virus. Hopefully they'll kick in and he'll perk up in the next day or two. I know he's itching to get out to the house and keep working. I've got lots more painting to do, plus we have all our electrical fixtures and ceiling fans now that he wants to put up. He got most of the can lights put up and the electrical plugs and switches in so we have actual light now! So exciting to see the place lit up.

Hopefully we'll be past this interruption soon and can get back to work. He's been off work, which means I've had to take time off to take care of the kids, plus work on the house has stalled. I know he's tired of feeling like a big pile of poo and I'm ready to have my happy, healthy hubby back.

Color My World

Ok, ya wanna see some pictures of the house with painted walls?

Since I'm a pleaser, here ya go.

Great Room/Kitchen/Dining Room Before:

After:

It's funny because the color on these walls is called Tuscan Beige (Tammy, I had to have it after I saw the name...). (The walls on the side of the fireplace aren't painted because there will be built-in cabinets/shelves there, in case you were wondering.)

This is looking at the dining room before I painted the accent wall and also the best representation of the color. Are you ready to see the accent wall?

Ta-Da! Whaddya think?

It took three coats to get it dark enough, and even the camera doesn't show how dark it truly is. It's a really deep midnight blue and my plan is to hang a big black & white print in the center of the wall. On the very far left, you can see the tile on the floor. It looks darker in the house than I originally thought/wanted, so that's where I'm a bit nervous. The grout will be a bit lighter so hopefully that will lighten it up a bit. Yes/No??

I have more pictures to share but it's time for me to go to work.

Quick Update

So, the painting is coming along nicely. I've made huge progress, considering I've done 93% of it on my own. But I have lots of touch-ups, probable 2nd coats and still a couple rooms to do. Progress won't be as quick this week as I head back to work on Monday & Tuesday. But it's looking good. Although I have to confess, I'm starting to worry that all my choices (tile, cabinets, carpet, paint) are going to look like a houseful of vomit once they're all in place. I tried to make sure nothing clashed horribly and took my various samples with me whenever choosing, but somehow I fear that it's just going to look awful when it's all actually in place. I've already had to revise one carpet color because when I took the sample in the house, it looked YELLOW. I do not want yellow carpet in my house. Fortunately the carpet hasn't been ordered yet so I can change it but everything else is ordered. Yikes.

And speaking of vomit, today was a waste of a day. We were supposed to go south to a friend's wedding but instead I spent the day in bed with a migraine and occasionally stumbling to the bathroom to barf. Hubby loaded up the kids and went without me, which was a blessing AND a curse: a blessing because the house was quiet and I was left to suffer in peace, a curse because I had no one to fetch me crackers and cold cloths and pain pills and whenever I worked up the gumption to do it myself, I ended up scurrying back to the bathroom to further explore the contents of my stomach. It was a day of bummers. I was bummed to have missed the wedding and see "The Gang", obviously it sucked being in agony all day, plus I got the cutest black pants and sweater to wear to the wedding and I didn't get to wear them. I was looking forward to playing dress up and wearing grown-up clothes. Oh well. Another time.

Tomorrow will be spent playing catch-up before heading back to work. My cupboards and fridge are frightfully bare, the laundry is about to avalanche, the checkbook needs balancing, bills need to be paid and the house needs tidying up. All this fun before heading to work at 3pm.

I love my life but sometimes I wish is wouldn't come at me so relentlessly, ya know?

Crazy Gato

There's very little in the media that makes me laugh out loud, but these silly cartoons crack me up! Probably because I'm a cat lover & owner employee and can totally relate.






In our house, this is called "The Dinner Dance".

Cookie Monster

Me: "Zoë, how do they taste?"

Zoë: "Mmm. These are..

...QUITE good."

Rainbow Bright

The Big Red House is about to undergo another transformation. This time it'll be at the hands of yours truly. Tomorrow, I commence with the painting of the interior. Today I have yet another date with my latest boyfriend, Home Depot, to get all my paint. I spent several hours there last week picking out all the colors, and let me tell ya, my house is going to look like a crayon box. The colors have nothing in common except for, well, that they're all colors. I have no sense of style and barely know what I like, neither of which contribute to the inviting and peaceful haven I am failing trying to create.

After being blinded by the enthusiastic exterior color, you'll stumble inside only to be assaulted by a palette of colors that God never intended to be together. Ok, so the great room/kitchen/dining room isn't TOO shocking but, boy howdy, wait 'til you see the bedrooms!

It should have been an indication to me to maybe tone it down after the following comments were made:

Paint salesperson: "How about this pretty cream color for the bathroom?"
Me: "That just looks like 'no color' to me."
Paint salesperson: "Somehow I figured you'd say that based on your other choices."

Cabinet salesperson, upon seeing me holding my paint chip samples: "You like color, don't you?"

Now, I will tell you that after taking my paint chips into the house and seeing them in the natural light, I am changing the shade of a couple colors but not the actual color. Nope, those have been set for a long time. I just need to find a shade that isn't quite so mind-numbingly bright. I don't want my kids to have to wear sunglasses in their own bedrooms. I'm nice like that.

Anyway, that's my plan for the next couple days. I may or may not post some updates to give you a sneak peek at what I'm doing. Depends on how the paint fumes affect me.