I got half of my drapes done and hung last night. I had to do a little trickery because I mismeasured (of course!) and had to piece a bit together. Looks good though so I'm very happy! I got about half of the second one done, just need to hem and attach to existing drapes, then hang. May try to finish up today - then I need to make tiebacks and I will be 100% done in the family room!
Once we're done there, we are going to paint and lay hardwoods in my office. Any ideas on fun office colors or themes? We have tons of golf knicknacks, and also a lot of beachy crap. I want the real dark hardwood in here, and we have white trim and white french doors in here. The rest of the downstairs is beige, deep red, and apple green, so I want to blend it in a bit. First I thought red, but I don't know what to do with it. Then I thought maybe just a sand color and go with the beachy crap. I'm torn.....
Well, I ripped down the lop sided ones the lady who owned the house before us had. I'm kinda enjoying just the blinds for now. I guess it is a statement at this point.
As for your house. I don't know the size of the room, but red would make it smaller. My dining room is Sienna, but it honestly looks more red - but not bright apple. The space is big, so it handles it well, but I bet the room would look bigger another color maybe. What about going with the "beachy crap"
and doing the walls a sand color. There are so many ways you could accent that - red, brown, blue, green ~ so you could change it up a bit.
Since it is YOUR office and you are there all day - I say try to make it something you enjoy. Something to brighten your mood - you know? Imagine how you would feel with your walls the color (wasn't it downstairs that Jeff picked out the yuck color?) you didn't like. I say don't limit yourself to tons of golf stuff/beach stuff. You could do it the way you want to get to at some point and shop yardsales/thrift to get pieces "vintage" that tie into you exact idea.
I bet I'm of no help!
Hiya all,
Cammie- last time I remember a snow day home from school over here was in 1972!!!!!! I was eight! I remember wishing and wishing for more - but no luck!
As for the TV debate - we are wondering whether to ditch our Sky (satellite tv service) - the kids have become addicted to Spongebob - as you say OK but empty - and EVEN worse - - - Drake and Josh and iCarly!!!!! what cr*p (not a word i often use but my it does describe them well!!!) So they are banned in our house for now. My youngest has a bit of a crush on Drake and has accused me tearfully of being mean and that she will just die if she never ever sees it (him) again - SHE IS 6!! So it is definitely staying banned for now.
Total screen time is getting silly in our house though - Nintendo DS and Wii, computer and TV - even stuff like tamagotchi and pixel chicks are being used all the time it seems. So we now have a rule - you read for half an hour or practice piano, or do homework, or just play together for a while to earn an hours screen time. This weeks piano lesson went SOOOOOO well!!
they had practised SOOO much
Anyhow, got to feed the masses...
Tessa
That is a great idea about earning time.
I'm fed up with my kids trying to run over me. I need to get something in place. Today I'm toying with a chore chart idea... earning TV or Wii time maybe,
Another idea is the punishment :evil: side of things - doing 4 cards, and once those 4 cards are pulled, you get nothing the rest of the day.
I don't know, but I've go to get these kids in check. It is really nuts the way they thing they can tell me "HEY, stop that".
And for my latest need for group support....
My four year old is constantly sticking his hands in his pants.
I keep telling him to stop and he is aware because I walk into the room, and boom they are out in a jumpy fashion. HE IS FOUR! Right now it is just a grabbing issue - but I don't need to see this!
Suggestions on how to handle it?
It's driving Jeff and I insane! The mouth, the eye rolls, the arguing. She is suddenly smarter than we are! AARRGGHH!
I can't wait for Summer
Lotramin twice a day is what they told me. Soak in the bathtub with Baking Soda will help too. Avoid wipes if you can. Just try to put water in a cup and pour it or use a spray bottle and gently pat with a soft cloth or viva paper towels work well. Can you tell I've had to deal with this a lot? 
Now to just work on the other half. 
