Well, since I missed out on the first few week's of Kelly's challenge, I'm going to use the weekend to catch up. I'm skipping the guest room because we don't have one, I'll offer up the kitchen later with a caveat, but today I'm sharing the living room. In our house all of the rooms {with the exception of the kitchen and bathroom} are exactly the same size. Our bedrooms, play room, living room, dining room AND laundry. It is similar to a Craftsman four-square only it's a six. When you walk in our front door you walk directly into the living room with our dining room being in the very center of the house. Above is a picture looking from our dining room to the front door. You'll see our "entertainment center" on the left and the majority of our seating on the right. And you'll notice ...
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Coming for dinner?
I decided to play along with Kelly's party this week and show off my dining room. We live in an 86 year old rock cottage, which we love. The day we brought our daughter home we grew out of this house, despite it's three bedrooms, because in 1923 they didn't think to build closets. Our house has no hallways or wasted space, but where it is overflowing with character and spacious rooms, it is definitely lacking in storage space. To combat that problem, all of our rooms do some "double duty" and we have to have lots of interesting ways to display and store things. Above is the entrance to our dining room from the living room. There is a large arch between the two rooms and we treat them as one. You can see one of the original light fixtures that I love hanging in the room. We shortened ...
What I Made
Guess what I did tonight? I went to Hancock and bought 12 yards of nubby muslin. I made the little table cloth right the first time, but the big one was too small and I had to rip it all apart and start over. That's why it is 11:20 and I'm not asleep yet. In between all of that, I made dinner, watched American Idol with Ella, )side note -- she was ECSTATIC when Jason Mraz came out singing I'm Yours -- she kept saying "Mom, that's my new song!" So cute!) and took the dog out about sixteen-hundred times. I really wanted to read some more of my book tonight, but it isn't looking good. Instead I think I'll read the back of my eyelids and think about praying for SD tomorrow. Don't tell him, okay? ...
See?
Just in case you didn't believe me when I said I didn't have anything to say. Here's a look into an average evening in the princess household. I brought home Chipotle, her favorite meal We had a picnic Beemer tried to share So Ella took the pico for herself She stole my spot on the couch and thought it was really funny We finally watched Survivor... YEAH JT! (Ella took this one) Read a few stories Got a sweet surprise And took up our usual spot on the couch where Ella hoards her favorite belongings ...
Back by popular demand
Well, sort of. I've gotten asked a couple of times this weekend where I've been and why I haven't been blogging. The honest answer is sometimes there just isn't anything to say. Add to that the fact that I hadn't folded laundry in about ten days, I had an itch to spend a little money and we were having my parents and Kamin & Cory over for dinner and you can pretty much forget about it. I've been looking for matching rugs for my living room and dining room for months, but I've really focused on that for the last 6-8 weeks. I cannot spend upwards of $1000 on a single rug, since I need two. My living and dining rooms open to one another and act like one large room. I had a rug that I liked in the living room, but was having a hard time finding something coordinate. I've been looking at ...
Alexander
UPDATED 8:17 PM (see bottom of post) and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Remember that story? Well, today... that could have been me. Let me just whip out the numbered list and you can see what I mean. 1. I parked at a meter today because I thought it might rain. 2. It didn't rain, so the meter maids were out in full force. 3. After thinking I wouldn't have to walk a block to my car, I didn't want to. 4. I paid the meter twice this morning. 5. The third time, I decided to move my car. 6. It wouldn't crank. 7. I ran inside to call CAPS for a free jump-off. 8. I got a parking ticket. Thirty bucks. Crap. 9. They jumped me off and I left work early. 10. I called Josh to tell him and he was in the process of receiving a speeding ...
Sporadic
That is the word that describes the internet service at my house right now. We just attempted to watch 24 on-line and while that normally would decrease the amount of time it takes to watch, since the commercials are omitted, it actually increased that time exponentially. Ugh. Moving on... The Shred is still killing me. I have to admit, however, that it is at least mildly entertaining if for no other reason than it gets all four of us {dog included} in one room and we look so ridiculous that we can't help but laugh at ourselves. Josh is using my hand weights, so I have to use water bottles. I know, I'm weak. Ella wants to join in the fun so last night she used her sandals and tonight she used ink pens. I wish that's what I was using. If I'm not skinny before too long I'm going to want ...
Ready to go
In case there was any question, bunnies are in tow. ...