Designer's Challenge

With a new house to decorate on the horizon, I am very excited yet anxious: "What color?" "How much will that cost?" "Do I get this one or that one?" "I can't decide on bedding." "Do I wait for it to go on sale, or just get it?" "Would I rather have wood or paint it?" "I wonder if I can Scotch-Guard the whole room?" etc., etc., etc...
I really do enjoy decorating and I think I do a good job. I'm happy with how our current house turned out, although after 4 years, I'm ready for some change. So, I've been surfing the net for some ideas for the new house. I've even found some lovely decorating blogs lately. I added a few to my "Links" list, if you're interested. These ladies have amazing taste and have inspired me with some of their photos. So in case any of them are checking me out I wanted to have a little more than just stories of 3-year olds and rants about my husband!
Here is a pic of our hall bath. It's nothing fabulous, but I did it 2 1/2 years ago and lo-and-behold the aqua/brown combo is quite trendy now. Here is my kitchen hutch. I love a red "country" kitchen and antiques. Again, noting expensive or fancy, but I really like how I have this set up.

I took a pic of my mantle, but it looked so dirty in the photo that I decided to leave that one out! I'll clean it up and take some pics later of my fall decorations. They won't be nearly as cute or hand-made this this girl, but that's OK. I'm no Martha Stewart. Hell, I'm not even Peggy Bundy some days...

Ghost Town - Part II

We went to the mountains this weekend and back to Ghost Town. You may recall we went back in July. Because everything still wasn't up and running, they gave everyone a free pass to come back...so we came back! We stayed at the mountain house Friday night and got up Saturday and headed to Maggie Valley. The weather was gorgeous and the lines weren't as long as they were this summer. Savannah and my niece Grace had a great time - until the "shoot out." Savannah didn't like the noise. But they did get their picture taken with one of the "outlaws."

Here we all are in front of the mountain house. Daddy is 95% done remodeling this place. It's quite amazing considering he did almost all the work himself.

Somehow, the girls thought it was really funny to waddle like ducks, except these ducks don't say, "quack, quack." Look closely and you'll see they say, "crack, crack." They should be saying "No" to crack, crack.

Stay tuned for a house update this week...

What Are You Going to Be for Halloween?

I really like Halloween. Candy+ costumes + excuse for a party= a good time! My friend H finds it a little revolting to go door-to-door and ask for crap treats. Although we don't actually have a party to go to this year, I thought about dressing up in this little number. Couldn't you see Steve and I in that?!
In the past we have had some great costumes. He's been the Jolly Green Giant, Peter Pan, nerd, Mark Anthony and I believe there was a Tarzan one time.
I have been Wendy (to go with Peter and Tinkerbell), Cleopatra and a rad 80's girl. But this is my all-time favorite:

I think I was Wonder Woman for 5 years or so. And I concocted the outfit myself! In fact, I put all the costumes together with a few store-bought pieces because I'm cool like that. My freshman year of college, I came up with costumes for 5 of us just out of stuff we had in the dorm.

Savannah will be a ladybug this year. A perfectly cute costume for a 3-year old and besides, I got the wings for just $3.50! So, what' everyone else going to be?

You won't even have to kiss Richard Dawson

Did you ever watch that cheesy show from the seventies, "Match Game?" It had all the perfect elements of a game show:

• B-list celebrities
• groove-a-licious orange shag carpet set
• cheesy/creepy host
• music that sounds like the soundtrack to a porno

You know, it was a classic! Well, let's play that game. Here's our sentence: My husband Steve is so freakin' lazy (How lazy is he) he won't even put trash in the trash can. He just lays it on the kitchen_________.

Your turn! Fill in the blank and let's see if we match. Or better yet, make me feel better by telling me how lazy your husband is. Seriously, he drives me nuts sometimes! Clothes, socks, candy wrappers, receipts, water bottles, last week's dry cleaning...all over the damn house! It's a good thing we're building a big house so we'll have plenty of space for him to spread out all his shit!

Desperate Housewives: Bloggeville

I wanted to wait a bit to share this with you so there would be most than 1 post (chapter). My friend French has started "Desperate Housewives of Bloggeville" and guess what? I am one of the vicious and delicious characters: Leigh Lexington.
This is so fun! You have to check it out and let her know what you think. And you don't even need a DVR!