Monday our yard was hydro seeded! We may have grass someday but, why do I get the distinct feeling that we will be purchasing a lot of grass seed in the near future?
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, I read a book - Sleeping with the Enemy, yes from the movie. They were VERY different and I liked the movie better. I'm getting back into reading again and, I have been reading some strange things. Like Janette Oke's Love Comes Softly series and Tim Allen's Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man - it's kinda dumb but, I was very curious about his prison time and how he got started in comedy - plus I think he's not bad to look at either. I have a stack of books in my den to read, like Dedication (a Christmas gift from my friend Ember that I'm saving for a time when I can sit with a fresh cup of coffee and a warm blanket), The Lovely Bones, and Let Me Call You Sweetheart. I have to read those so I can start reading my new obsession, Harlan Coben - who BTW is totally out of the norm for my reading style and I really, really, really want to start reading his books!
Thursday night, Jacob and I went to the library to check out Certain Girls the sequel to Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner - who is my FAVORITE! - Thanks Ember! I have this on a 14 day checkout and I have sooo much to do in the next 2 weeks! Anther book I picked up is The Shell Seekers, my mother-in-law and I were talking about the movie that was on last week, and she said she really enjoyed the book, it was one of her favorites, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
Then, Angie the carpet lady came over to measure our upstairs hallway and 2 bedrooms for new carpet. Thankfully, I agreed to have her come to remeasure - saved us another $400! Except, neither of us wrote down the color for the carpet and I have to go back Saturday morning and pick my colors again. I'm actually a little happy about that as I want to do a darker now.
Later, after Jacob went to bed, Jeremy and I did the first coat of paint in Jacob's new bedroom until after midnight. I have to get this room painted so they can carpet! Anyway - here's part of it with one coat. I'll probably start the second coat tonight. I still have to order the border but I can't decide on vintage signs or hot rod trucks (feel free to let me know what you think). I'm leaning toward hot rod trucks as the colors in vintage signs are great - they're a little trendier than what I'd like to be.
We have to move all of the furniture from this room, the hall, and my guest room into our bedroom and Jacob's bedroom so they can do the carpet. I have to repaint the trim on the landing where I yanked of the 1/4 round last night, so they can carpet that too!I have a secret project going on too and we'll talk about that more next week! Shh!
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ReplyDeleteLove the color you painted Jacob's room!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I like both of these borders, the truck border looks more like a little boys room to me.
Can't wait to see it finished.
Gail, I am LOVING your posts lately. You are too cool. :) It was awesome to hear about all of your recent reads/potential reads! Also, the color of Jacob's new room is great. I thought I'd like the vintage signs border better, but I really like the trucks one, too! Looks like it's got the winning vote so far. I've seen your two most recent posts already as I write this, so I'm going to comment here on them as well...your Mother's Day flowers are beautiful! I hope that you have a wonderful Mom's Day, and I look forward to hearing about the visit with JJ's birth parents and Nevaeh.
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