Is it just me that is constantly wondering where the times goes? I mean, time seems to just fly by in just the blink of an eye. Last time I was here, I was getting for Christmas. Now, it's spring and I'm getting ready for Easter. Speaking of Christmas, we had a wonderful Christmas season. I am always so grateful that I am able to spend the holidays with my family in Tucson. Sweetheart is such a good sport about the constant travel to Tucson during the holidays. There is a LOT of travel during October, November and December and I am so grateful that he's so supportive during what could easily be a very stressful time. Dividing holidays between his family that lives in Phoenix and my family that lives in Tucson can get complicated. But we always manage to iron out kinks and make it work.
This is a picture that I took the first day of the season that I was able to wear boots because I was so excited! I wait all year long for boot season. In Arizona, boot season starts late and ends early. It's a very short window and one must take full advantage of it. It was some time around Thanksgiving that the weather was cool enough to wear boots -- see the pilgrim figurines on the table? Yep, late November. And do you notice that it wasn't tights with boots weather. Tights and boots weather has an even smaller window than just boots. It just doesn't get that cold here. It's such a shame too because I've got some cute boots with tights outfits. I'm just saying.......
Anyway, my post today isn't about my boots but about my new project. I finally got Sweetheart to co-sign on the living room makeover. For the last year or so I have wanted to repaint the living room, kitchen and dining room. It' really all one big room so if I paint one, I must paint the rest.
After we took the tree down in January, I did my annual deep clean. I moved all the furniture to the middle of the room and vacuumed, cleaned walls, blinds and windows. I love cleaning just about as much as I love boots. True story.
The look on Sweetheart's face never gets old when he walks in to find the living room in a jumbled mess:
I took down all the drapes too so that I could have them dry cleaned:
When I was done, everything looked so clean and fresh. If it could only stay that way forever....
My house remains in this state as of today. I plan on buying new drapes so I didn't hang the old ones back up. I also plan on new pillows for the couch so I didn't put those back out either. All the pictures and decorations are still in boxes. I won't put anything out until the paint is on the walls:
On and see that unit sitting by the back door? I took it from the bedroom and I plan to have it house the extra DVD's that are sitting on the media center. I am going to paint it because I simply loathe that knotty pine color. You should have seen the look on Sweetheart's face when I asked him to move it out into the living room for me. He's all "did you say the living room????".
I am currently trying to find the right shade of grey for the walls. I want a pale grey with navy accents. It's a bit intimidating but fun at the same time. We've had the dark color on the wall for the past eight years. It's time for a new, lighter color. It's time for a makeover.
TTFN~
Yolanda
