We are in the process of renovating our kitchen. No new cabinets (too expensive), but we stripped some really ugly wallpaper off the walls. Of course, when the wallpaper came off it took half the old paint with it. So instead of just being able to paint, we had to patch and sand the walls first. That took most of last weekend. Did I mention we have been working on this project off and on all since June?
Anyway, today it was finally time to buy paint. I must have looked at over a 100 paint swatches and idea books the past week. Apparently, it is now the style to choose coordinating paint colors for adjoining walls. Like it isn't hard enough to pick one color, now you have to pick two or three that all go together, and they have to still look like they go with your kitchen countertop, cabinets, and the trim. In my old house, every wall was painted off white, so painting walls colors is a big step for me. While I can help anyone decorate their homes, I am terrible in choosing things for my own.
Scott, being a typical male, was no help. His selections were all either way too dark or just plain ugly. So, I took the plunge, grabbed three paint swatches that looked good in one of the idea books, and marched to the counter where they mixed up my colors.
I guess we will just have to wait and see how it goes. If we ever actually get the paint up on the walls, I'll post the pictures!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Half-way Shopping
I spent the day doing what I call half-shopping. I spent half my time shopping, and half my time keeping track of my husband and 2-year-old son. It's not very productive to say the least. We drove over an hour into the suburbs to shop at IKEA. If you've never been to IKEA, it's three levels of everything you could possibly need for your home. Style is modern, prices are cheap. As far as I'm concerned, it's pretty close to heaven.
I don't get to go there very often, so I'm not happy unless I get to walk through every inch of the store and fill my cart with cool new things. To my husband this is torture. He likes IKEA, but he wants to speed shop. Have the list of things you need ready, run through the store and throw it in the cart, get in the shortest check-out line possible, and be back on he road home in less than an hour. Jack complicates things by wanting to run around and jump on all the beds and play with all the toys in the kid section. Makes it hard for me to shop and makes my husband want to leave even sooner.
Well to make a long story short, I did end up buying most of what I went after, but would have like to spend more time looking. We stopped at the outlet mall on the way home. More half-shopping at Children's Place. Lots of bargains, but I was just pulling shirts and shorts off the rack (next year's sizes) and shoving them into the shopping bag. I spent around $25 can came home with a full bag, but I'll have to dig them out later to see what I bought.
Followed up Children's Place with about 10 minutes at Lane Bryant to buy a couple shirts for myself (it's end of summer, and I feel like I wear the same clothes over and over again). I hate having to shop at Lane Bryant, but ever since I've had Jack I haven't been able to lose any weight. I'm tipping the scales at around 215 these days. I wasn't exactly light before the pregnancy, but I was well under 200 lbs. I didn't even gain a lot weight during the pregnancy. I kept the weight gain around 30 lbs even with gestational diabetes. It was after I stopped breast feeding that the big gain started. It was like I blinked and all the weight I lost having Jack was back and then some. Arghh!
Oh, and I almost forgot, we stopped at Trader Joe's to buy a few things we can't get at the grocery stores here in town. I love that store -- wish we had one closer!
My day of shopping ended around 3:30 pm. It wasn't exactly leisurely, but I guess it will have to tide me over for a while. I'll be lucky if Scott lets me step foot in another store this weekend!
I don't get to go there very often, so I'm not happy unless I get to walk through every inch of the store and fill my cart with cool new things. To my husband this is torture. He likes IKEA, but he wants to speed shop. Have the list of things you need ready, run through the store and throw it in the cart, get in the shortest check-out line possible, and be back on he road home in less than an hour. Jack complicates things by wanting to run around and jump on all the beds and play with all the toys in the kid section. Makes it hard for me to shop and makes my husband want to leave even sooner.
Well to make a long story short, I did end up buying most of what I went after, but would have like to spend more time looking. We stopped at the outlet mall on the way home. More half-shopping at Children's Place. Lots of bargains, but I was just pulling shirts and shorts off the rack (next year's sizes) and shoving them into the shopping bag. I spent around $25 can came home with a full bag, but I'll have to dig them out later to see what I bought.
Followed up Children's Place with about 10 minutes at Lane Bryant to buy a couple shirts for myself (it's end of summer, and I feel like I wear the same clothes over and over again). I hate having to shop at Lane Bryant, but ever since I've had Jack I haven't been able to lose any weight. I'm tipping the scales at around 215 these days. I wasn't exactly light before the pregnancy, but I was well under 200 lbs. I didn't even gain a lot weight during the pregnancy. I kept the weight gain around 30 lbs even with gestational diabetes. It was after I stopped breast feeding that the big gain started. It was like I blinked and all the weight I lost having Jack was back and then some. Arghh!
Oh, and I almost forgot, we stopped at Trader Joe's to buy a few things we can't get at the grocery stores here in town. I love that store -- wish we had one closer!
My day of shopping ended around 3:30 pm. It wasn't exactly leisurely, but I guess it will have to tide me over for a while. I'll be lucky if Scott lets me step foot in another store this weekend!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Something new...
Thought I would try something new and start my own blog. Don't really think many people will read it. Just feeling the need to express myself in a different way. Guess I'm getting old, because I'm starting to feel like life is passing me by. I haven't kept up with all the new website software and social networking sites. I've been busy the past three years getting married, having a baby, etc. My house is a mess, my life is disorganized -- and I've lost touch with most of my friends. Lately I've been feeling lost -- I'm not Sara anymore; I'm just Jack's mom.
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