Idle Hands are the Devil's Playground

Okay so after my big ol' grumpy post everybody called me to make sure I wasn't slowly going crazy. That truly wasn't my intention, but thanks for checkin on my sanity every body!

To cure my 'blahs' I decided to paint the whole house. Okay well not the whole house. I painted the main areas that we live in. I have wanted to paint them for a long, long time but its so hard to disrupt the regularity of life. I painted the family room, the kitchen, the eat-in area and the hallway. Here's a quick before and after of the family room. I'm still busy putting back together the kitchen area.

I know it doesn't look all that different in the photos but it actually is a huge change. It went from a nasty yellowish beige color to a nice, crisp, clean, light reflecting color called "light raffia". The previous owner used flat paint - Why? You cant really clean flat paint and it deadens any light that comes in. I like to use eggshell. Not too shiny, easily cleanable and reflects a little light. It was a major pain in the butt and I'm glad that it's done for the most part. I'm hiring someone to come paint the stairwell. I'm a good painter and all but I know when to call someone in. Then I will just have a few rooms left to paint and then the whole house will have been repainted!

Of course I had to wait until I knew I would have enough time to do all this painting and I was a little ahead of my work schedule so I dove right in with the painting. I hadn't gotten a quilt in in a long time so I figured I could do it. So I made a giant mess with all this painting jazz. Its like every quilter in the bi-state area knew that I had made a mess of my house and wasn't quilting because I got 10 phone calls and emails in the past 2 days. How do they know? So now I'm putting the house back together so when people come over to drop quilts off, my house doesn't look like a bomb exploded in it. I should know better than to try and do my own stuff.

So remember how I told you I had kept myself busy with some sewing/quilting projects in a previous post? Well here they are. I wanted Skyler to get them before I posted them here so she could be surprised! I made some super cute onesie add-ons (who doesn't love ruffle bottom babies??!!!) some pants (a basic pant and the reversible pants from Anna Maria Horner's Handmade Beginnings - love this book), a fabric book, a quilt (made from Little Apples by Aneela Hoey Charm Packs), and a diaper changing pack! I only used a pattern for the reversible pants! It was so fun! Maybe someday I will have a little girl to sew for - wouldnt that be dreamy?


Im glad that Skyler got the package. She is going into the hospital tonight to start her induction. Apparently we just like to cook our babies a little longer than anyone else. I like to think of it as providing such a good place to be in that they dont wanna leave! Good luck Mom, Dad, and Ada. Your whole world is gonna change!

So this is like the best photo ever I couldnt not share it.

My mom took this photo of Aubry meeting her husband at the airport. Im so proud of both of them. I cried when I saw this photo.

We gave Ditto a bath the other night. He was pretty stAAAAAAnky. Hes easy to bathe and LOVES to be blowdried and brushed. This dog is a wacko.

So there it is. Grumps cured (for now at least ;)). I guess I gotta go work now . . .