Mess

Home improvement is messy. And disorienting. It throws me every time to walk into this room and not find a mirror under the light fixture.

Bathroom redo #2

Next up was painting the walls. The ceilings in here are vaulted which makes it difficult to paint. (This side pictured is the "shorter" side). We painted this room a robin's egg type blue when I was pregnant with William. I think. At the time, our room was a deep green/blue color. Before we painted the bathroom, it was a builders grade paint the same color as the ceiling. Now it is the same color as the lighter color stripe in our bedroom. Makes everything much more cohesive.

Bathroom redo #1

First up: paint the vanity. Sand, wipe, degloss, wipe, prime, prime, paint, paint.

Note: there was a miscommunication and the cabinets should have been emptied. Now they aren't and that will be a project for another day: project clean out the dust from the cabinets.

Another note: the cabinets were originally a medium wood grain that I never loved. The cabinets I did love were a 3step upgrade when we were building our house (which translates to about $3000). In hindsight, I don't think I would still love those cabinets either. We and sanding these down and paint the face boards, the lip and the doors a white color. Time consuming, but inexpensive.

Christmas craftiness

I didn't get a picture, but I made a whole fleet of ornaments for my nieces and nephews again this year. In total I ended up making 17 of these soft name initial ornaments. Pictured here are the 5 I made for our family. With all the little hands, it is good to have soft things at the bottom of the tree.

Next is a Pinterest project that I actually completed. It sat on our fireplace and I was happy every time I looked at it.

We dipped the kids' hands in green paint to make the tree. William has the bottom 3 rows, Amelia the next 3 rows and Gemma has the top 3 hand prints. Then we used fingerprints to make the bulbs in a variety of colors. It still needs a star at the top, but maybe next year that will happen.

12/29

John and I have had an argument recently.

I'm not sure how we got on the topic, but I suspect that at thanksgiving he overheard me telling someone that this year will be our 11th wedding anniversary.

John believes I am wrong. This is a dangerous position to be in.

Therefore, he has spent the last month or so trying to carefully and logically explain how LAST year was 11 years. This year is 12.

It cannot be. If it is true, I have been cheated out of a year somewhere.

Anyhow, we made arrangements to go out for dinner at the local pub to celebrate the big day. Without children. We had adult beverages and shared a salad with spicy dressing. I took a super dark picture to commemorate the event. Doesn't it look delicious?

So, here's to you John! Happy anniversary until we celebrate our 12 (me) / 13th (you) anniversary of marriage together.

The gift

Several days ago, William came running up and said, " mom! I made you a present and I forgot to give it to you!"

And then he presented me with this.



Do you know what it is?








It is a diamond bracelet of course.

Gemma's new word

Is "no"


It is maddening and totally puddle inducingly cute.

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