Room update.

Over the weekend the hubby and I went looking for things for MY ROOM. It's really a guest room......because we get so many guests lol. But I'm also going to use it for.....well for whatever I want. Because its MY ROOM. 

I knew that with the color of the room being so BLUE I wanted to lighten it up with some white accents. 

So we picked up a white desk at Target for $39 and a small end table that matches for $12. I LIKE THE SOUND OF THOSE NUMBERS.

I also bought some curtains at Boscov's. I have to say I'm pretty happy with the choices at Boscov's and the prices. I just wanted plain white curtains. $9 a panel. 

Sorry it's hard to get a good picture of the windows, what with them being windows and letting light in.

You can see a chair in the photo with the desk but that was a surprise from my hubby. 

I didn't have a chair when I left for work yesterday and when I came home 6 hours later.....I DID. 

The chair was his mother's old sewing chair. It was dark brown wood with a red pleather looking seat. From the before picture he took (which I don't have to share on this post) you could tell she used it. I never saw the chair prior to its make over. Hubby picked it up from his brothers house bought some white spray paint to paint it. AND picked out the seat fabric and reupholstered the seat. Which he informed me "looks much easier on tv.' all while I was at work Sunday afternoon.

And it looks like to came with the desk. I love it. It h a little drawer that pulls out from under the seat to keep sewing supplies in. I don't sew but I can keep something in there. 

I we an awesome silver metal mirror at Home Goods.....but it the glass was broke. Boo. 

Joys of home ownership

Now that I'm not longer busy making shower decorations I decide I should paint the guest room.

The hubby says "If you want to paint at least paint a room that we use.'

And while I think he has a point, WE can't decide on colors for the kitchen and living room. PLUS we still don't know what's going on with the dumb wall that separates the two living rooms. Look I know me and nothing about this girl 

Screams  I NEED A FORMAL LIVING ROOM. Nope nothing. My miss manners training stopped with Yes sir and no Sir. This girl was seen spitting over the railing at her wedding in her bridal gown and veil. Sometimes you just can't help it. So a formal living space is wasted on us. Hello, we decorate with Legos. Wasted on us. So once we figure out if and when the wall will be brought down THEN we will revisit paint choices for the "rooms we use". That should be a nightmare. Hubby is color blind but sure has a hell of a lot to say about color. 

Hubby told me I could DO WHATEVER I WANTED with the guest room. So I'm thinking craft area/ guest room/ reading place for ME. 

Ooooohhhhooooo my own room what to do what to do. 

1. Start reading home DYI blogs. CHECK

2. Form some ideas. 

3. Buy some paint. I opted for a blue. It's called Slumber by Valspar. 

So today on my day off I sweated and sweated and sweated. But I have two coats on the walls and it looks good. Maybe should have gone a shade lighter. But I wanted some COLOR so I'm happy with it. 

Started out like this.

Yes the old owners painted it yellow and light purple (2yellow walls and 2 purple walls). Cute. For them. Not really my choice but they had a little girl so I'm sure she loved it. 

Now I taped off everything. HOPEFULLY it'll be worth all the hard work. But I'm sure the blue paint is seeming onto my trim as I type this. I had to take a break after each wall just to wipe the sweat out of my eyes. Once the first coat was on I took a lunch break and watched Days of our Lives because.......that's what I do on my day off. Here's how one coat looked.

Then it was back to more painting. After the second coat I thought I might be close to passing out. But here's how it looks now 

It's blue. A lot of BLUE. But I like it. And I did it all my self. Hubby helped tape and fix a few holes. But the painting......that was all ME. And I'm betting he's pretty surprised I ACTUALLY did it. 

Next steps

1. New curtains. Nice crisp white curtains will do the trick. And I think I might hang some artwork and pictures. And I need a cool end table and lamp. My mom tried to give me an old wood desk and now I'm thinking it would look pretty good in that space. But we'll see. I'll post more when it happens. 

Now I need a shower and a nice cold drink.........with rum.

He loves me....he loves me not.

The Prompts:

1.) A lesson you learned.

2.) The first concert you ever attended.

3.) Write a post inspired by the word: brave.
4.) 10 Things Will and Kate will need to survive baby’s first year.
5.) First crush.

My first crush...... JOEY DANTRO in kindergarten. I mean really who wouldn't fall madly in love with the little Italian boy who could color in the lines. We were going to get married. I just knew it. Of course at the age I probably would have married anyone who shared their crayons and juice box. ( I wasn't to pick in those days.....or even well into my 20's but those are stories for another day). Joey DANTRO was the cutest boy in class....all the girls thought so. And I was a looker. I was an itty bitty skinny blond with two long pigtails and those really cute jumpers that were popular in the late 80's. I was a real catch. And Joey knew it. WE went steady till second grade. And then. Things really fell apart in Mrs.Jacobs  2nd grade class when I kissed Dennis Marsh on the playground. Joey didn't like that. NOT AT ALL. And our love affair ended. Joey and I went our separate ways.....as much as you can when you have assigned seating. You know who was happiest about our "break-up"? The other girls. They had been circling Joey for years (since kindergarten) like starving sharks just waiting for him to be available or to tire of my awesomeness. And they started biting like crazy. His heart throb status sky rocketed and I faded into the shadows. On Joey Dantro my first crush.

Who was your first crush. 

Busy weekend

My wonderful best friend is getting married in roughly 52days and 6 hours. Not that we are counting. 

When I got married she, along with my mom, threw me a lovely shower. Lots of homemade decorations and thought went into my shower. SO it's only far that I, along with her mother, threw her a very lovely shower over the weekend. 

Now it's important to note that the BFF lives in Denver, Co and I live here in our hometown of York, Pa. It's just a short 4 hour plane ride. It was a bit of a whirlwind weekend. She flew in at 1 am on Saturday morning and flew out at 4pm on Sunday. WHIRLWIND. 

 While it would have been great to spend more time with her the shower turned out wonderfully and I think she had an awesome time..... I think. 

I made the tissue paper garlands it was SUPER EASY. And they looked cute. We had planned to do the shower outside where they would have popped against the white porch. But it was raining.

My FAVORITE Thing was this picture board I made. I cut out brides from a bridal magazine and then found pictures of the bride that I blew up and replaced the faces with hers. And a few of the groom.

more decorations

The soon to be bride and I

Everyone brought a pair of underwear and she had to figure out who brought which and pin it to the person. It was fun and comical.

Her sister made some AWESOME COOKIES she also made some shaped like dresses and decorated super cute.

 Fun touch

We also played KISS THE GROOM. THink pin the tail on the donkey only with misses. For a fun touch I made everyone wear a 'Taylor kissy face" to block their vision. Made for funny photos.

We were all over the place. A big thanks to the bride and groom for sending me pictures of themselves without knowing what it was being used for. 

Ready to party!!!

L.O.L

I love minions. I waited FOREVER for Despicable Me 2. FOREVER!! 

I loved The first one and the second one was also great.

My wonderful husband bought me two minions at Toys r Us. And me being an awesome person/grown up....I took them to work. Below is what I did with them. 

Stuart and Kevin make their first appearance

Day 2 they are already busy running up the company long distance

Scanning each other!

Fighting Thor! 

They are still adjusting to the new work environment.