When Inspiration Strikes...

I was looking at a Crate & Barrel book this Friday night and saw a room on one of the pages that I really liked. Then I realized that I had a can of paint downstairs the exact same color. (Paint meant for another project, not yet started) I've been sick of my current living room look for awhile now, I just did not know what to do with it or if I even wanted to spend the time & money doing anything with it. But the moment hit, so I decided at 11:30 PM Friday night that I would start painting my living room. And I did. I finished yesterday. I love it.

Now I am off shopping for accent pieces. After all, I need accent pieces. I only had the paint on hand.

The walls are a chocolate brown. But I think there is a hint of purple in there (I am not too fond of that). Previously the room was a faux paint of tan, ivory & sage green. I am over the sage green. I have orange in the kitchen, I may accent the living room in orange too to bring it all together. Have not decided yet, or maybe just not inspired yet.

Update

First of all, my poison ivy is getting worse. I will spare you all the nasty pictures. But that spot on my leg is 10 times worse right now & it looks good compared to a couple of days ago. It has also spread to the top of my let, all over my other leg and on my arm. And my leg is swollen up. It has been miserable to say the least. I am on the verge of going to see a doctor about it & I never go to the doctor. I will see how it does this week and decide from there.

I went to Chicago this weekend. Pretty relaxing and fun. Went to Michigan Avenue. It was ok. I got down there pretty late on Saturday and apparently all the stores close at 6 PM. I was pretty bummed about that. I saw You, Me & Dupree. It was funny. I would not say one of my favorite movies. But funny enough. Saturday night I stayed downtown and went to Navy Pier to watch the fireworks. They were pretty good. It was crazy crowded there.

I ate sushi again this past weekend. I do not really eat sushi. I have had it 3 times previously and all within the last 6 months. We went to one of my favorite places to eat in the city called Shine Morida. I ate so much sushi (which was not a lot) that I thought I was going to be sick. The final straw was the last Maki Roll (some spicy tuna/shrimp thing) that was so huge I could hardly close my mouth & I was already pretty full that I really did not think that I was going to make it. So here is to eating sushi until you explode!

First Time for Everything

So far this summer, I have had a couple of funky skin things going on. Every year I get the typical bug bites and bothersome chigger bites. But this year is a first. I believe that I have gotten poison ivy. I have never had poison ivy. But as BJ said, there's a first time for everything.

Since I have never had poison ivy, I do not typically pay too close of attention for the plant. And then I have never really known what it would look like on my skin. I had these bumps that I thought was some kind of rash. It itched, so I scratched it... Then it got a nasty and spread. I still had no clue what was going on with my skin, until today when I showed BJ and Gma. They informed me that it was poison ivy & to quit scratching it. WHICH I had already planned to do since I had been yelled already about it by someone else.

So, here is a picture of my pretty leg. That is just one spot. It is all around the other side of my shin too!! And I still do not even know what that funky stuff on my other ankle was that I had last week.

New Ride

This is my new ride. It is a 2004 Toyota Highlander. It is really nice. It has 45,000 miles, a third row, power windows, cd, air, cruise and it is 4 wheel drive. Are you sold yet? Other than that it is pretty basic.

Salesman beware, I think I did a pretty good job negotiating, if I do say so myself. Thanks to some advice from an ex-car salesman. I first saw this one last Wednesday. I said that I would buy that day for one price. They said no & I said ok, I like the car but do not want to pay that much for it. So I bought it Monday for $600 less than I said on Wednesday. I guess patience does pay off. But I hated negotiating and playing that game. Glad it is all done. Have you ever had to negotiate for a car, if so how do you think that you did?

Week In Review

What a super crazy week. It all started last Friday night...

I went to see Fire, the Hawaii experience or something like that. It was a show by the Polynesian Cultural Center. Went with some family. Then went to grandma's to meet up with Terra, Mike, Matt & Krista. We hit the town, did some sight seeing, visited & headed to bed around 3 am.

Sat we were all up bright and early around 8. I drug Matt out for a walk, then the girls & I went for pedicures, we went to lunch, went to Uncle Phil's house to meet up with Ted & Emily, did reunion business, played Dominos with Aunt Ev, went to dinner and then headed to the lake for fireworks and a night swim. Headed to bed earlier, around 2 am.

Sunday went to church and then back to the lake for the afternoon. Rode the jet ski and did the diet coke experiment. If I could figure out how to put a video on here, I would show our mini fountain. Then I headed back to Oklahoma City with Matt's group. Stayed there until Wed.

Wednesday I came home, worked, car shopped and went to see the boys' last baseball games.

Friday I headed to St. Louis to work. Worked and spent the weekend with my cousin Ted & Emily. Crazy busy weekend!!!

Here are some pics, for more check out Krista's blog ... http://www.happyredhead.blogspot.com/

Fear of Pickles is Ruining My Life

This is from ifilm (link on blog) from the Maury Povich Show. Pretty weird stuff. I love pickles!

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2748349