Daddy's home!

This has been the fanfare Ben receives when he comes home...

Alice hides.

She says, "Shhhhh!"

Peeks.

Hides, again.

The excitement begins!

She takes off, wanting to be chased.

It's pretty much my favorite thing.

Colortopia

Have you heard about Colortopia?

Several design bloggers paired up with Glidden paint.

It's awesome!
You can click on the advice link and ask decorating questions.

You can even upload a picture.

Neato!

Here's my question:

Isn't that great?

Now, do I take the advice and go with a shade of teal for the wall color?

I'm afraid of the bathroom looking too dark and dungeony. 

(Spell check doesn't think "dungeony" is a word.)

I'd love your advice!

February Challenge, week 3

I bet you can hardly contain yourself!

Here we go.

The coop, again-

It's finished and the hens moved in yesterday!

The basement closet

aka, where I quickly threw things when people were coming over-

And lastly, the master closet-

I picked up this stainless steel-looking contact paper from a garage sale last summer.

I finally had a good use for it. :)

I walk through IKEA's closet section and drool.

One day, one day...

Until then, this will have to do!

Ta-da!

Love.

Alice went to a party yesterday.

I thought I'd try to take pictures of her in her festive outfit.

I even tried bribery.

"Smile"

Double fisting the water cups.

Alice's valentine=

She insisted on wearing the tutu ALL day.

Sheesh!

Taking her picture was SO much easier before she was mobile!

Happy Valentine's Day, friends!

February Challenge, week 2

The whole "don't spend money" rule has been the most difficult aspect of my little challenge.

Here's what I worked on this past week:

Cleaning/organizing the garage

Looks pretty much the same, right?

I hate that.

It took much more effort than it looks.

Hey, but look!

I made a .gif!

That's kind of fun.

Basement bathroom

I will never understand why anyone would put carpet in a bathroom.

Nasty.

I took out the old carpet and pad,

removed a bajillion tack strips,

cleaned the floor,

and then painted it.

We'll one day put something else down,

but until then, it's not carpeted!

Want another .gif?

You're in luck!

That bathroom still needs a lot of work,

but it's moving in the right direction!

Lastly, the coop.

I painted the roof.

I think I'm going to bite the bullet and buy the paint to do the rest of it.

I'm such a crazy rule breaker.

More on the coop later.

Not much to share at this point except that we have a chicken coop in our backyard.