Busyness of Life

Let's see if I can catch everyone up. I purchased a new car in May. A little Honda Civic. It feels great not having to worry about break downs or how I'm going to pay for repairs since this car has warranty. It's funny the things that you worry about as a single parent and money always seems to be one of them right along with "Am I screwing up my child?". I always tease Erynn that I can just see her in her 20's laying on the psychologist's couch saying, "It all started when my mom....". She laughs and tells me she knows I'm doing the best I can.

We still have Daisy. Daisy is still such a joy in our lives. She is spending the days outside in our back yard. She has a dog crate that she hides in under the breezeway or she hides under the lawn mower. She is still just as sweet and gentle as she can be. I'm wondering if this will change. I can't keep her fastened up - it just seems so inhumane. I tell Erynn that there is a big chance she will get ran over but I figure in the wild she has just as big of a chance of that happening too. In the evening she comes inside and puts herself in puppy's dog crate for the night. We let her wonder around the house some when we are home. She love's puppy's bed in the living room and playing with the dog toys. So far she hasn't climbed any furniture yet.

I have been painting again!LOL. Here are pictures of my kitchen and living room that I have been busy painting the last two weeks. I am so glad to have them done. I was starting to get worried about how dark the paint was but it really makes the house seem warm and inviting. I actually spent time in my living room which I never do. I still am in "awe" over it. I can't believe it's my house.

Erynn and I picked out paint for the scrapbook room. Two shades of pink but this will not happen until Christmas break. I was going to do a chair rail but Dad and I were talking about it and we decided to do stripes. He got so excited and wanted to start measuring walls and figuring it out. I had to remind him I wasn't going to do it tell Christmas break!LOL Evidently he's always wanted to do stripes. The scrapbook room will be the last room that needs to be painted decorated other than pictures to put on the walls in my bedroom and the canvas Erynn and I want to do for the living room.


This is one of the chalkboards that I sprayed onto my door in the kitchen. I have two doors (one for the laundry room and one for the pantry)and I decided to make chalkboards on them. I bought the chef stamp from Stampin up and used staz on white ink to stamp him on the spray on chalkboard. Then I painted him in with acrylic paints and stamped "Menu" on one and "list" on the other one. I have wood trim that I need to primer and paint the same color as my trim work. I'll liquid nail that up with some hot glue to hold it in place until it dries since the doors are hollow wood doors. ***Hint*** If you use this spray on chalkboard be sure to tape - I mean tape all the papers around the place you are going to spray it at. Tape, tape and tape. The overspray has a way to sneak in everywhere. The first door I did I ended up having to sand around the chalkboard and repaint the door! YUCK! The second one was fine since I taped, taped, and double taped paper around where I was going to spray.