Saturday, August 23, 2008
...a little whimsy-decor
When I was little, my mom had one of those Russian dolls on our livingroom bookshelves, and I would spend hours taking it apart, cuddling the tiny weenie baby inside in my palm, and then layering them back together. ..HOURS of entertainment. Anyhoo, I plan on making long drapery panels out the fabric for the forementioned light light light pink guest/sewing room. I can barely contain myself!!!!!!!!! (On a side note - was anyone aware of that fact that Ikea now sells fabric? NO CLUE.)
By the way, there were some really cool pillowcases available as well...I held off purchasing (for now). For ex: They have a guitar on one pillow, with the elect. cord flowing off of one case onto the other, hooking into an amp.
Tootles for now happy shoppers,
Kat
Friday, August 22, 2008
Chicken Little's Custom-Made Pad
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Here's to wonderful friends!
*Maybe I am biased, but Pj IS STILL so handsome, even covered in coal dust and plaster.*
*Check out the bird's eye view of the lathe/plaster pile out of the demo-ed bedroom. Take a guess at how much poundage this represents,Just take a guess! (Answer below.)*
*Brad, Russ & the Peej discussing the new closet layout... *
*Nick and Gary inspecting their work thus far.*
*Check out the cool attic dormers...What were dormers originally for?..Ventilation?*
P-dub & I were in charge of installing baseboards in the nursery. Check out Patterson rocking the nail gun below! We didn't have such luck with the caulk gun (besides our constant cracking up over the SNL/HGTV skit about "caulk", we exploded the caulk container. Who knew a "caulk gun" was such a sophisticated tool.
*The boys cleaning up after a hard day's work. Eric totally hooked us up with his painting skillz on the back of the house (sorry, I don't have a pic to show off his hard work.)*
*No more bags of plaster! It took two trips to the dump and two big trucks to haul all of the rubbish away. If you took a guess at the poundage...look at the next pic for your answer...*
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!! 2 TONS for ONE midsized bedroom!!
The day was very productive, we have a room totally wired for electricity, installation installed, drywall hung on the entire ceiling and almost all of the walls, a couple of windows prepped for reglazing, a back outside house wall primed and ready for paint, and our new baby's nursery has all of its trim ready for a second coat of paint. PLUS - Brit and Alison came over with yummy goodies, pizza, soda, beer, watermelon, cookies...and the most refreshing drink I have ever had, Lime-Aid infused with fresh mint! Plus, Anya sent over some great baby items we will definitely put to use in the near future. Thank you again to everyone who organized & helped out yesterday! (Gary, Alison & Maisy, Nick, Brit & Ian, Russ, Anya, Anastasia & Virginia, Brad & Patterson and Eric.) It definitely gave us the boost in our baby preparations. What a mushy heart-warming moment!!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
...a little something warm and fuzzy...
There Goes My Dreamy Petal Pink Room!
So I guess, there goes my dreamy petal pink room...Maybe, Matt & Marie will allow me to choose their nursery wall colors. I have a feeling they will be having a little girl. At least I hope for my sister, Tracey's sake. I think she needs her estrogen fix (with three little boys running around her house, I am sure it would be nice to purchase something with tiny flowers on it once in a while!)
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Family Secret Recipe...
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Did You Miss Us?
(Notice my eyebrows - they looked awesome that day for some reason.)
We tried several times to get a photo of the "pregnant" reading on the test, but it never came out...but you get the point. Other than Pj's initial "intense" moment concerning having a baby in our death trap of a house - when he tried to sell it from right under my nose, we are over-the-top excited!! So far we have been blessed with a wonderful pregnancy. (Pj has moved past the freak-out stage, thankfully). I was exhausted the first 3 months and my boobs felt like punching bags, but other than that I wouldn't even know I was preggers! (Actually, I was a little weepy at work, which led my co-worker, Carrie a.k.a "Veronica Mars" to sniff out the trail very early on, probably before I even knew it myself. She has amazing super-senses and sometimes I actually believe she might be the Private Investigator version of a superhero....I am dead serious, a breathing lie-detector.) So, here are a few of our ultrasounds from our first two Dr. appts. Fyi* We have nicknamed him/her "Chicken Little" in honor of Pj's minor "episode" mentioned earlier...
*13 Wks, 1 Day*
Here are the 3D shots! He looks a bit like Skeletor, but one must not forget, Skeletor was an extremely powerful wizard. I expect no less from our Chicken Little. It was pretty amazing, he was already playing with/swatting his umbilical cord and punching the air! I don't think he liked the ultrasound, I read somewhere that babies hear the ultrasound as a high pitch ringing. Dr. Yang mentioned that they do indeed hear it, but it is not proven that it is bothersome...ummm, someone should tell baby Chicken that.)
Well, I will leave you with these last images. These pics of our home were taken in 1915 (our home would have been about 16 yrs old.) A nice woman came knocking on our door last summer, and said that she had purchased the images at an antique store many moons ago. She made the connection after attending the auction sale here at the house after Mrs. Wilson (previous owner) had passed. She was kind enough to bring me the pics, and I was so overwhelmed with excitement, that I rudely forgot to get her name and number! Unfortunately, I was never able to send her a proper "thank you" gift. Anyhoo, Enjoy!
If you look closely to the right of the front stairs, you can see a climbing rose bush. We actually discovered that survivor after hacking down an overgrown bush when we first moved in! The maple tree to the left is still there, but the one to the right is long gone. I only wish I could tell what color the house was originally painted!
Monday, April 21, 2008
hang with me folks...
Anyhoo, take note, Home Depot does not sell this in their stores, so you have to order it online. To avoid shipping charges, I recommend going to your nearest store. They can "special order" it, you just have to go pick it up....so WORTH avoiding the INSANE shipping charges associated with 50 or more lbs of ceramic boxes!
We decided to use this tile for a "rug" effect. We paired the micro tile with some 12x24 grey marble tile we also purchased super-dooper cheap at a local tile warehouse here in K-town. So far I am very pleased with our creativity...
(for some reason you can see the tile marks...it doesn't look like that in person)
(Check out our new mack-daddy tub, THAT I did not get a deal on, unfortunately)
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Coffee Break...
Scout tried to go for mine, good thing I have quick reflexes...
Dad, where's the cake, you said there would be cake, I don't see the cake...
um, seriously...where is my cccAAAAAKKKKKKEEEEEEEE???
Yom, yom, yom ,yom, yom, yom. I think Ian loved his cake.
The James family biggest, Anastastia
The James family craziest, Russ
Catching up with Alison, Gary & baby Maizie. She is getting so big!