I am posting!! This is going to be some old stuff for those of you that follow me on FB but I am going to let you know what I have been up to the past few months.
Looking back I can't believe how much I have NOT posted. Pintrest has been a big part of the last few months of that. I spend most of my free time cruising around looking for projects to start or mostly projects to TALK about starting. If you have not signed up for a Pintrest account DON'T! I am telling you before you know it a month will go by and you will have only pinned a thousand things as you let your own house go. lol
I will touch on this as it has consumed much of my time and I value being transparent. My motto is if you don't share it then others won't see God working as much in your life. Back in October, I believe, Victoria was diagnosed with a mood disorder (otherwise unspecified) After talking with her counselor and pediatrician we began looking for some more specialized help. She began seeing a psychiatrist as she was having visual and audible hallucinations. As I stated "mood disorder" was the diagnosis but we all know what mood disorder hallucinations come with. The doc said that she believes it is trauma related and that she has probably had these things going on for longer than we have heard about. The hallucinations vary from spiders bugs crawling on her walls in her room but the most disturbing one is a "blue man" as she calls him that is basically a floating blue head that threatens her and gives her commands. At first we thought that it might be fears of having a room in the basement but when she stated that she has seen this blue man at her grandma's and at school it seemed to not be childhood fears. It was pretty uneasy around here for quite some time but things have leveled out as we have found something that has appeared to have gotten rid of all of these listed above. That has calmed down other than the aggression but we are working on that and it is getting better. My blog has always been a therapy of sorts for me but those were some dark times that caused me to withdraw into myself and my faith and I wasn't as open about it. Sorry for the absence. She is doing well and hasn't had any visions or voices that I have been made aware of. She is trying really hard to make better choices in life and we are constantly working on our relationship.
On a more uplifting note to my absence I have been working on the house. The kitchen was a huge project that is almost complete. First let's remind ourselves of what the kitchen looked like when Vicki lived here shall we??
UGH CHICKENS! I don't know if you can zoom in on that fan either. There was about 2 inches of dust and grease on that booger and it was a project in itself to clean. Now onto what it looks like to date...
The wallpaper that was floor to ceiling is removed and after finding that the border was 3 separate layers with paint over layer one and under layer two and three I gave up. I hated to admitting defeat but the effort was tearing up the wall and removing the texture along with the paper so we opted to just cover it with a thin piece of wood and painted it the same color of the wall. Worked like a charm.
I just need to get my shelf hung back up over the big window and get it filled with fun things to accessorize with my flying pig. (There is a story behind that. It isn't blog worthy though.) I am not completely sold on the style of the curtain above the sink. First I made one panel and tied it up with two ribbons. Didn't fit the retro style that I so loved from the print. I then made two panels and it was way too heavy for the window. I moved one over to the door in the mudroom/pantry and added a casing in the bottom of the panel and just looped it up with a spring rod. Not my favorite but I don't have much material left over and don't know if I am going to make a window treatment for the huge window just yet. So I will stick with it until I decide on that.
I painted the mudroom a nice buttery yellow and need to get a step ladder and supervision to finish the area around the ceiling.
My one night project was Addison's room. Mom took the kids for a night and I went into beast mode in Addison's room. I painted, disassembled her toddler bed, assembled her twin bed, got a mattress, painted/decorated a nightstand, made two wall hangings, and passed out all within about a 18 hour period. It turned out so nice though. Again let's remember what it looked like before we moved in.
And now check out the little girl room! I picked out a very very pale lavender color named Guardian Angel. I felt it was appropriate since this was Papaw's room. I still want to paint the closet door white and the trim but will save it for another day.
These are God's promises that the kids go over in Large Group. Addison got a real kick out of this. I used the decals I found at Target that matched her bedding. I found a tube with 3 huge sheet of them for $3.14! I made two wall hangings and used the rest for the nightstand that is coming up.
The almighty piggy bank. Addison has been making a quarter a load of laundry that she helps me switch out. She is saving up for a bike this summer. She really wants one that she can set her baby doll in the carrier seat.
Another one of the pics made for next to nothing.
This is my favorite thing in the room. Not because of the birds around the edge but because it holds my little budding artist's self portrait.
The bedding as Anthony is reading to sissy.
James and I worked on the bathroom as well. Again the grandma decor....
I am not a fan of this color and my hubby said "It is up and it is staying!" If you look at the color you can only imagine what this bathroom is nicknamed in my head. It is a little too appropriate for the "setting". Ugh what to do with it. Suggestions? I though maybe pops of bright colors would help but I am not feeling that either. Well crap!
Well as you can see we have been busy around here. I will try to be more of a blogger in the days to come. I miss keeping up with my friends blogs as well. Thanks for the nudge. ;0)
