June 4th, 2008
Inspired by your positive comments, I came home after work yesterday and my feet were already aching, but I wanted to get the leaves on the mural so that Jeff could paint the monkey and we could finish up tonight!Here’s the mural with the leaves on, only the monkey left to do now..
Funny how different [...]
read more...June 3rd, 2008
When you obsess over the little things like whether or not there should be a monkey in your unborn child’s nursery, life has a way of shaking you up and making you see reality.
This is what happened Saturday morning when I woke up to some bleeding which spiraled into a whole preterm labor scare that [...]
May 30th, 2008
Wow, so yesterday’s post clearly stirred the pot more than I expected. Re reading it does seem like I am totally neurotic and unappreciative.. which I suppose I am to some extent. I just over analyze everything to the point of stagnation, which is the subject of endless frustration for Jeff who is the complete [...]
read more...May 29th, 2008
Or procrastinating on the nursery tree mural project.
This past weekend I decided that the tree on the wall behind the glider is too much for such a small space.. where we really need it is on the wall behind the crib. All this does is make the project more difficult because instead of a [...]
May 22nd, 2008
We got this letter in the mail from HSBC:
Dear Ariana & Jeff,
Subject: Home Equity Line of Credit Account
We periodically review Home Equity accounts. As part of that process, an Automated Valuation Model (AVM) showed a mterial decline in your property value since your account was opened. Under the terms of your Line Agreement, we are [...]
May 21st, 2008
Because he puts together cribs when I ask him to, even though he’s exhausted after a long day at work.. and he only gets a little mad when I hover over him telling him he’s doing it wrong:
Because he unexpectedly comes home from a trip to home depot with a baby swing, and installs it [...]
read more...May 20th, 2008
Sadly, there are not many. I was so busy putting food out etc I barely got to sit down, let alone snap any pictures, but here are a few:
(As predicted, no one ventured down to the pergola except when the meal was served preferring instead to crowd around our tiny new ikea outdoor set!)
The pergola, [...]
read more...May 16th, 2008
Note the new lamp too!
I like the trunk of #2 and the leaves of #1. Figures!
Thanks to you all, I’ve found several companies that do custom decals (I want more control over the color than the premade ones provide)
Reuseable Vinyl Decals from Wallhogs.com
Regular Vinyl Wall Decals from Customvinyl.com (they even have some examples [...]
May 15th, 2008
After yesterday’s incoherent blather I decided that rather than post the millions of combinations of bedside tables and curtains that I mocked up in photoshop I will post just the one I think I have decided on and all of it’s elements:
First, I believe that what I reacted to so strongly about the ikea Hemnes [...]
read more...May 14th, 2008
I appologize for the project hopping, I realize that I have way too many projects going on at the moment for anyone (including me) to keep straight.
Don’t hate me because I ramble.. I think its “pregnancy brain” or that’s what I’m going to attribute it to anyway.
I’ll start with:
The Nursery and Ikea Woe #1
So after [...]
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