That's how today has turned out. Actually, I didn't accomplish any of the things I had intened to accomplish--but I did accomplish something that I didn't even know would be a possibility. :-)
We had breakfast and devotions today, as usual. The kids went out to play for a little while, so I headed to the garage in hopes of getting it straightened up a little bit. I had barely gotten started when I heard a truck out at the drive. I stepped outside and saw the UPS man drop a package over the gate. My wallpaper!!! I went and got it, intending to open it up and make sure it was the right stuff, then get right back to the garage job. Well... when I saw the wallpaper all else came to a screeching halt and I had to start right to work! This is the wallpaper I picked out to go in the kitchen to complement the freshly painted cabinets. The good news is: I LOVE IT! It is soooooo perfect. Exactly what I had envisioned--or maybe even better. The bad news is: I ran out. Oopsie. The repeat of the pattern is ever 20" or something like that, meaning that there is a lot of waste. You have lots of scraps from having to line the design up perfectly to the previous strip. In the end, I discovered that this paper is very forgiving and even if things aren't matched up it's hard to tell. :-) I matched everything perfectly in all of the places that matter, and then used all of the scrap pieces and patched them together above the cabinets (way up high--you'll never know) and behind the refrigerator. I'll have to order one more roll to finish things off, but that's okay. I can't go any farther until James re-builds the wall behind the sink for me anyway.
Sooooo... do you wanna see what it looks like so far??? Is everybody ready? Okay, all together now...
Ooooooooohhhh! Aaaaaaaahhhh!
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Happy, happy, happy! It makes me sooooo happy to see this house slowly transforming from a plain (and often gross) place with nothing but some potential into a home. My home! ~sigh~ Life is grand. :-)
Due to my unexpected remodeling project today the kids were pretty much on their own. They played outside most of the day. I looked out once to see Katie and Joe dressed in all their cowboy garb... and Sam with no shirt on, just a vest, and a pair of chaps on his head. He was an Indian, of course, with a very creative head dress. Ha!
I let the kid-o's have a pizza party tonight while I kept working in the kitchen. I cooked three Totino's and I only had one piece! Those oinkers ate almost an entire pizza each!!! Crazy. I let them watch Looney Tunes on the wall in by bedroom, then we had devotions and I put them to bed.
I finished cleaning up the kitchen and started some laundry, and now here I am blogging away and watching a movie--on the wall in my room, of course. What a great day! And James will be soooooo happy to see the wallpaper when he gets home. I KNOW he didn't expect this. I didn't expect it either! Hopefully I'll still be able to get a few more things done before he gets home. It helps to stay as busy as possible--that way we don't get so lonely. :-)
G'night!
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