There's No Place Like Home

I love being home! Everything is still in disarray, but at least it's home. I have that "just moved in" feeling. Everything is everywhere, but I'm so happy.

I stocked the pantry with groceries this morning and cleaned/organized the kitchen. Now I am sitting in my living room with the fireplace going.

I had planned to start painting today. The painter left several walls for me to do, but I don't have enough paint to finish. We decided to wait and buy more paint this weekend and I will be able to begin and finish in a couple of days next week.

I had also wanted to work on some furniture pieces, but I haven't gotten my spray gun yet. They will have to wait. More on that later.

Hope you're having a great Monday!

News

Good news:

We are home!

The kids have been playing (mostly) happily all afternoon.

It's snowing!

The paint colors look great. I LOVE the color in my bedroom. The one I thought was mint. No, it's not mint and it's gorg.

I am sitting on my couch in my living room with my husband watching the SuperBowl on my tv.


The not-so good news:

The house is kinda dusty. They did have a house cleaner come, and I'm sure she did a great job, but I think maybe there's still dust in the the air that's settling. Everything kinda smells and feels dusty. Not to mention the downstairs, which the housecleaner didn't touch, has a nice, thick layer of dust on every surface. Yuck.

All of my furniture and decor is out of place. Every little thing that was laying anywhere is now laying somewhere else. The furniture is all up against the walls. There are piles of stuff everywhere. I do think it's giving me a fresh perspective, though, and maybe the placement of things will end up better.

We are sick. B and I both woke up in the middle of the night last night (still at the hotel) and weren't feeling well. It's a stomach-yuckiness mixed with headache. Double yuck.

Well, back to *watching* the SuperBowl. Who's playing again?

Random

I am so happy it's Friday.

I have 2 little sickies today, but at least it's Friday.

I hope C has a good day at school.

I wonder if we should get lunch and eat here, since we have sickies.

We (hopefully) only have 2 more sleeps until home!

I think my bedroom green might be mint. yikes.

I am going to paint to my heart's content on Monday.

I think I might get some fun snackies for SuperBowl night, even though it will only be us. BUT we will be home.

It's the weekend. In hotel terms, that means eating out, Friday night pay-per-view and lots of swimming.

My life is really great.

* you must think I'm crazy because of my mood swings. just keepin' it real, people. *

I'm So Over It

I wanna go home.

Maybe if I cry about it,

Maybe if I click my heels three times,

I can go home.

Or maybe I'll just keep being patient and counting my blessings, which are many...

But I still wanna go home.

Surprise!!

We flew to Yakima, WA this weekend to surprise my in-laws, Ken and Sharon, for their retirement ceremony.

A little back story, in a short recap, we weren't sure if we were going to be able to go. We had some scheduling and financial issues to deal with. Brad was working for a way to go and once he figured out a way for him and his brother Brent to go, he asked if I could find a way to go with him. We had four different things that needed to fall in line...things with the house, kids and plane tickets. They all came through in one day and it was off we went!

We kept everything under wraps, with my mom who had the little kids, a friend of ours who had the older 3, our BIL who was driving us from the airport and my SIL who was preparing her house for us. It was quite the conspiracy!

We surprised them that night by knocking on the door. Sharon screamed and they were both very excited. They also seemed very surprised (even though they insist that they knew we were coming)!

We spent the next day celebrating them. The church held two different services, one in the morning and one in the evening, honoring them. It was fun and emotional. It was great to see all these people who have been influenced by their time in ministry. What an amazing testimony to God's faithfulness.

It was a short trip. We were headed back home on Monday (and I was very excited to see my kiddos!). I am so glad it worked out for me to go. I love that I got to share in such a special weekend. I am looking forward to this next chapter for them and getting to see what God will do!

What I'm Dreaming Of

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Sweet Surprise

We found out last week that the workers at our house needed the color codes for the paint on our walls. They are tearing out the ceiling and needed to fix the places where the walls meet the ceiling.



I have been planning to do some more repainting, so I thought "this is my chance. I won't have to do any of the ceiling trim!" I decided to pick the new colors, in hopes that the crew wouldn't notice the fact that it wasn't exactly our current colors. *wink, wink*



Today, Brad told them of our plans. They said they normally paint THE WHOLE WALL anyway, so it didn't matter. What was that? I may get the rooms painted. for me. with insurance money. I still don't know for sure how much they're going to do, but hey, it's more help than I was planning to get 4 weeks ago.



If all goes according to the *current* plan, we are looking at at least another week in the hotel. So, I will just have to endure the maid service, pool, full breakfast and eating out for another week before I get to go home to my freshly painted walls. I know, feel bad for me.



Here are the colors I chose:



for our bedroom



for our living room and kitchen



What do you think?