painting and stuff

I suppose I should point out that the controversy I was alluding to in my other post was not something that had to do with our community. I enjoy reading the mommy blogs....I AM still a mommy....and there was a lot of drama there. I should have made myself a little clearer on that. The drama has long since past. I guess I just wrote it to let off some steam and to let everyone know why I hadn't been blogging. I got burnt out on the whole thing. I was tired of the crap and since I was already feeling down, blogging just made it seem worse. I am happy to report that I am feeling much better. I'm not sure when I'll quit allowing blogging drama to upset me so much...but maybe someday I will learn. In any case, I am sorry if you thought for a minute I was talking to any of YOU! And by you, I mean, all of you that commented or lurked. Soooooo.........

*brisk clap clap*

Moving on....

Thanksgiving will be a quiet affair around grace*land. There will just be the four of us, with the possibility of a boyfriend (not mine..LOL) joining us. We shall begin getting out the christmas decorations and watch movies and watch lots and lots of football. Football is not my favorite, but it's just not Thanksgiving without it droning on in the background.

We are super excited about decorating for christmas this year. Our new house has plenty of yard for decorating. Our old house was small and no room. We have stuff that we haven't been able to use because we haven't had room. It will be wonderful!

In other decorating news, I finally got motivated enough to start painting. My bedroom is pretty much finished, but we did just buy some crown moulding to put around the top. BUT, it looks marvelous and if I ever remember to take a picture during the day (why the heck is it getting dark at 4:30?) I'll post some before and afters. I am quite proud of it. It's the first time we've lived in a house where we could have walls any color. NO more white walls! Unfortunately, the people that lived here before us adored the colors peach and aqua.

Um, yeah. The living room, kitchen combo is aqua from head to toe! The ceilings are tall and it's a whole lotta aqua going on in there. Did I mention the carpet matches? It's a lot like living in a fish tank. I feel like swimming in there. As a matter of fact, now that I just typed that, I realized it's like the color of the inside of a pool. Thank goodness there is a huge brick fireplace that breaks up the color. I can't wait to start painting it, but the room is HUGE and daunting and I'm considering waiting until after the holidays to make that kind of mess. I'm thinking a nice soft yellowy gold....something like that. I think it will look nice with the carpet and since my sofa is a milk chocolate brown, I think it will be pretty. I will NOT be painting the ceiling that color. That is just TOO much of one color. Had the previous owners NOT painted the ceiling that color, it would probably be fine...

The rest of the house is peach....lots and lots of peach. Floor to ceiling peach. UG! But it's better than white! And now my room is blue with white trim and white ceiling....so at least I don't have to look at the peach anymore.

Seriously, have I bored you enough with all the paint talk? I think I bored myself.

So, I'll just wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. (in case I don't post again this week)

For those of you on the other side of the pond....have a really Happy Thursday!