Saturday, July 19, 2008

I'm Still Here...Wherever HERE happens to be...

I haven't posted in a while, but there really hasn't been too much going on. Well, nothing new anyway! I have been traveling a lot for work. I am actually traveling more than I am at home. It is a bit rough and I miss my boys so much! Thank goodness for Monica, my pet care provider who stays at my house and watches my boys whenever I am away! THANK YOU MONICA!
I will actually soon have a roommate - or sort of two. Rebekah and Bryan will move in August 1st - they are both in the Army, but Bryan is starting medical school in Houston this fall. They are an amazing couple and the new situation is going to work out great for us both. WELCOME HOME REBEKAH AND BRYAN :)
Besides that - the one week I was home recently I decided to be semi-productive. I have this long long list of things that I want to do to our house or certain things that I want for the house - I can't imagine how long the list would be if we owned the house.....
One thing on the list was to paint the kitchen and breakfast area. The kitchen was painted a light green on one small wall and then about 3 or 4 feet of another wall behind the refrigerator - I'll never understand why the previous tenants or owners painted that bit. The breakfast area was a bright and happy yellow - but not quite what I wanted. So I went with "jovial orange." Devon and I had gone to Wal-Mart before he left and I picked up the first orange I saw - loved it.....of course as I got closer to the time of painting I wasn't sure, but stuck with my first impression. I painted! I painted some of the odd walls back to white to clean up the look a bit...here's the before and after!
Before:

After:


Do you like the color???
I guess I'll just do one thing on my list each time I am home. As long as I do at least one things will start looking pretty good! :)
Oh yeah - that is a new dining room table too! I just bought the table settings and I love having fresh flowers when I get home - Devon used to greet me with them almost every time he'd pick me up from the airport, but now I pick some up when I grocery shop. Either way works, but I bet you can guess which way I prefer getting the flowers. :)

My Boys!