One and a half rooms down...

Only eleven and a half to go (?I think?), along with a hallway or two. So painting has begun!! How exciting!! I love the way the dining room turned out, though I'm not sure what I want to do with the stepped ceiling...some people put a wallpaper border around the stepped part, some people stencil, some do it a different color...I was contemplating putting a quote around one step and then stencilling or wallpapering the other step. Not sure. The quote would be complicated (though I would order one from http://www.wallwords.com/ ). Cal's room (2 walls done) is an awesome blue, too. Kaycey was extremely mad that her room wasn't started...well I haven't even picked out the colors for the girl's room yet. And I was thinking about putting a chair rail up and doing one color above it and one color below it. I know it seems like I am putting way too much thought into this, but it will be way too hard to paint after the floors and white woodwork are in. It's so easy now because you don't have to be all that careful (even the windows are covered, so no need to worry about those). I think I decided on a yellow for the mudroom...maybe a green for the laundry room?? I don't know about those two rooms yet.

DINING ROOM--Herbal Green CAL'S ROOM---Indigo Batik

In the pictures of the house that I take from the road, I feel like the windows are way too small for the house. But when I see the house, and take up close pictures they really aren't. It seems more proportional when I'm not taking a far away photo.

So I bartend tonight, I hope it's busy. It hasn't been busy in a while. In June it will inevitably pick up, when everyone is riding their motorcycles regularly, and people are just out because it's nice out, and festivals and such are going on, too. Yes, it will get incredibly busy, so busy we might need 2 bartenders on, even on a Wednesday. But that's okay. And, Mike is starting to take off Thurs/Fri now to work on the house all day and night, so he'll probably take the kids to school tomorrow so I don't have to get up so early. That'll be nice!! And the mom who lives nearby the new house offered to watch Maddie for the day in case I want to sleep, or paint. I think I might take her up on the offer and paint!

I could really use a weekend scrapbooking getaway. I haven't bought scrapbooking stuff for so long...I am just dying to go nuts on stuff, though I've been so good at restraining myself, since I know I haven't been scrapbooking very much. Though at this point I would love any vacation!! Mike and I are talking about going somewhere this summer once we are settled into the new house. Just got to decide where....preferably somewhere relaxing, quiet, and doesn't require a whole lot of anything but sitting in a chair by some water, perhaps. We'll see...for now I have to keep making the big tips so I can keep buying stuff for the house, and save for a small vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!