Hi!

For those of you who actually take the time to check my blog every now & then...I'm back! Hopefully for good:) It's been crazy. So much has happened, which means that I should have a lot to post about. After my family (& myself) was nursed back to health, we plunged right into "Spring cleaning". We washed walls, baseboards, window sills & painted. I got a burst of energy after getting better from whatever it was that I had, so I was going crazy getting things done. By the time that week was over, my body gave out again. I think I pushed it too hard after being so sick. I just couldn't finish. Does anyone else ever have times like that?? Sometimes I want so badly to get certain things done, but no matter how hard I try, I just can't. Like my body rebels against my mind:) Then all of a sudden, I go crazy & get it all done in one day. I'm weird:) But anyway, this week (hopefully) I'm tackling the blinds & carpets that I didn't get done. I figure since we are having the weather we should have had during the Spring, I can get away with still finishing cleaning that should have been done then as well, right?!

Our big project that we did was painting. Our entire great room was off-white with beige doors & I was getting really tired of it. So we "spiced it up" a bit! For Mother's Day, James sent me off to Rod Works & wherever else I wanted to go to get some new decorations. We hadn't changed much since we moved in 6 years ago & it needed updated...especially with the new colors. So off I went. Our house looks completely different. It's amazing what painting & a bit of new decor will do! We moved in after the people who were going to buy it decided to buy somewhere else. But it had already been done to their specifications. I just left it how it was. Now I feel like it's more "me"! See what you all think...

The kids got right in & helped...they had fun & it made them feel pretty "grown-up"


Trey got about as much paint on himself as he did the wall:)


Doorway...exciting, huh:)


My new brown wall!!


Kitchen...


Another kitchen pic:)


My new drapes...I HATED my blinds that were there before.


I was so worried about this color...but I absolutely love it!!


View of the entire great room...


Next, I'll get caught up with the things the kids have been up to. I've got a lot of reading to do as well. I've missed knowing what's going on in everyone else's lives...I can't wait to get caught up:)