Drapery Saga Ended

Here are a pictures of the drapes we finally decided on. I love them! They make a world of difference.


Edited to add - The walls are a light sage green, which is what the original owner had. The walls looked great with the original owner's decor, but they aren't really growing on me now that we've been in the house for 5 months. I am not particularly crazy about them, although Jason likes them. In his words, he likes 'earthy tones'. I'm not really 'happy' with them, but they will work until I can one day convince Jason to allow me, well, actually, it will be when I can convince him to repaint them. They probably won't get to repainted until we re-do the kitchen, which won't be for awhile.

My attempt at something Martha Stewart-ish

Let me preface this by saying, I am not a crafty person at all. In fact as I was doing this, Tristen says, 'How often do you do this crafty type of stuff?' I said, 'Um, how often do you SEE me doing this type of crafty stuff?' He replied, 'Not very often.' Point made. LOL!

Anyways, here is my work of art that took me a total of probably 30 minutes to do.

Our uneventful weekend...

Well, my last uneventful weekend for awhile is coming to a close. I just woke up from a 2 hour nap, and I probably won't be getting another one of those for at least a month! We didn't do much this weekend. We prepared for Ike on Friday night. We moved all of our patio furniture, grill and other outdoor stuff into the garage. I had mentally decided I wasn't getting out of the house on Saturday b/c of Ike. Yeah, big.fat.mistake. Ike was absolutely nothing but a measly rain storm for us. I don't even think we got more than 1/2" of rain. We do have friends in Houston who rode out the storm. If power isn't restored by Tuesday in my good friend Kori's neighborhood, she is going to come see me here in Dallas. Her parents' house just has some missing shingles, downed fence and trees, but no MAJOR damage. Our thoughts go out to all those who experienced the full strength verison Ike and who are now picking up the pieces from the jerk.

Today, we did the normal routine. Got up, went and ate breakfast, grocery store and then shopped for the house. We now have outdoor landscape lighting which looks great! I failed to get any pictures of my handyman, aka Jason, installing the lighting. He amazes me every day with his skills. We bought a new rug and runner for the living room, and a new lamp for the office.

Our next 3 weekends are pretty hectic. Next weekend Colby has a baseball tournament and it is Jason's birthday. The following weekend is the JDRF walk, Colby's team building activities for baseball, and a big family party at our house (right now...we are expecting 30 people...holy crap!). We are celebrating my mom turning 60, my youngest brother is graduating from the Dallas Fire Academy, and Jason's birthday. The weekend after that, Colby has another baseball tournament and we have a joint bachelor/bachelorette party to go to.

Another cute gift idea....

This time, I bought a gift for me, but I'm sure I will be buying more in the near future as the holidays approach. The girl who did my flowers for my wedding has started something else besides her floral business. She has started Artsy Fartsy Designs. I picked up my 'H' last night. I purchased the 24" size which is not shown on her website, but is available. I love it! I haven't found the perfect place for it yet, but in due time, I will.

Cute Gift Idea

I stumbled upon these pens - Sugar Pie Pens - on a website I frequent. They were too cute and so I ordered one for a girlfriend, as a gift. I should've bought me one as everyone steals my pens from my desk and perhpas this one would be a little bit harder to walk away with, but I didn't. Below is a crappy picture of it in the box....getting ready to be mailed out. If you go to their website, they have lots of pictures of their pens. I showed it to Jason and he was like, 'WTH is that?' Such a guy! LOL!



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My 2 helpers in the kitchen....

The boys are always asking if they can help me cook dinner. My answer is usually, "No." Colby asked if he could help and I told him yes, and of course Tristen wanted to help too. We were cooking spaghetti, so it was relatively easy and not too complicated for them to help. They enjoyed helping cook and they even 'thanked' themselves for a good meal. (They always say,'Thanks Meena and Dad, dinner was good.' So, tonight they made sure they thanked themselves.')

Colby acting like a goof ball and Tristen actually cooking.

It is hard for this child to look normal in a picture. We always have to make funny faces.

Colby, stirring the noodles. (Yes, he was corrected...he should've been holding the pan.)

Tristen decided to become the photographer.

See what I mean about the silly faces.

Random pictures...

Well, we think we figured out the office curtains. The pillows were just some pillows I had in our room, not being used. I will replace them with something else. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know!! I think eventually we will replace the bench with a trunk or chest. This will work for now.

Bookcase in the office. I love the letter words!

My fall decorations are slowly coming out.