my boy...

Hard at work on the kitchen cabinet doors.

more painting...

I admit I'm not a beige person. I love color but since we want to sell this house soonish, I figured I would need to get rid of my bright colors. So since I don't want to paint later, I'm painting now (even though we probably won't sell until next Spring).

Color is Rice Grain by Sherwin Williams.

Hallway:


See how the yellow paint doesn't looks so hot anymore.


Dining room is the same color even though it doesn't look like it. I think I will add the stenciled wall back in. It needs something.


Now I need to get the living room painted. It will be Rice Grain as well but I think I will reduce the darkness by 50%. The living room doesn't get as much light.

painting again...

Rice Grain by Sherwin Williams.



Cutting in is the worst.




Of course now the yellow door looks bad so I'm going to paint it black.

fun...

Because normal chess is so yesterday...

pictures...

When on a walk the other day, I asked Ava to take a picture of me. I'm afraid that when I die no one will remember what I looked like since there are very few pictures of me. I HATE having my picture taken, am not the least bit photogenic and the pictures never turn out.

However since I happened to have my hair brushed and some makeup on, I went for it.

PS: Please ignore my freckles. Thank you.


Umm...


Looks like I'm trying to have a staring contest with the camera. Blank, vacant expression.


Err....my mad face?

There were a few of me talking and some with my eyes closed. So finally I stuck my sunglasses on and called it good. :)

art...

I've taken a break from working on the house since painting most of the kitchen backsplash. I have zero motivation to do anything toward fixing the house up and am having second thoughts about selling and moving. I LOVE this house and the location but it would be nicer to be closer to most of our friends and our church. We'll see.

I did buy some art for the house though. Some simply stunning stuff. (like my alliteration?). My goal is to devote a whole wall toward original artwork from people I know.

So I bought this from Cup of Grace Studio.


And I have a few more picked out that I would love to purchase. Kerri is very talented and the painting is even better in real life.

Then I bought this from her son Forrest. The colors are so bright and vibrant in real life. He has a frog painting up on etsy now that I love!


If you get a moment, click over to their shops. I'll be adding a dahlia drawing to my collection soon and I'll be sure to show you.

skiing...

This was me on Saturday at the top of Vista Ridge and before I attempted to ski down it the first time. It was a "green" run (which is the easiest) but I was still a little nervous and put on a brave smile for the camera.

However I was smiling even bigger when I got to the end. It was soooo much fun!

This was the second time I've been skiing in a months time and by far the best. The first time was just getting used to skiing again (after a 15 year break) and trying to get my confidence up. I'm still not very good but gained a little more confidence.

In fact I was feeling really good until Brian and Chris decided to go a different route which included jumps. What???? I took two jumps (I had no choice and couldn't avoid them) but didn't get any air as I attempted to go over them as slow as possible. They were mildly fun and *maybe* next time I would go a little faster.

I did learn to carve and after much encouragement to take the hill faster before turning I did it and then skiing became even more fun. I think next time I will tackle some steeper hills.

The weather was wonderful and the snow was better then we expected. In fact most of the time I was way too hot and kept taking away layers. Aw the joys of spring skiing.

The ski season is pretty much done now but I can't wait until November to start again.