Adventures in Decorating - week 8

Jim and I went camping this weekend. The only decorating thing that went on is that Jim's mom's painting came back from framing...

Here is the before shot:



And here is the after:



The goal here was to make the painting larger by adding a wider frame and mat. Also, to update the frame to give it a more contemporary look. I think we accomplished both!

We also added UV glass to keep the painting from fading and to keep it clean from dust build up.
I think it looks GREAT!

Adventures in Decorating - week 7.5

There is paint going up on the walls this week. So far, Jim has the large accent wall painted. It's a whole lot BRIGHTER!

Here is our dusty blue from before:



And here is the color we have now (from a slightly different angle):



I'll post some more before and after photos when it's done. I like it so far :oD

Adventures in Decorating - week 7

Nothing went on during the week in the decorating department. Jim was gone camping, and it felt good to take a bit of a break. This past weekend Jim took the rail down. I've wanted this down for a long time!





I'm surprised how open the living room feels now! With the rail down, Jim is ready to paint!

Oh, and speaking of paint: My family thinks that I'm so crazy for find this interesting...



Can you see that the post has two colors of paint added to it? A darker one on the bottom called "Thatched Roof" and a lighter one on the top called "Antique Lace"? The "Antique Lace" is very hard to see on the wall because it's so close to the current wall color. Notice the hall wall that's about 4 feet back from the post... what color does that swatch of paint look like? If you said the darker "Thatched Roof," you would be wrong. The color on the hall wall is the lighter "Antique Lace"! The "Thatched Roof" color in the hall is way too dark. So our walls will be two colors of Beige.

That's all for now! I'll post pics when the walls are painted :oD

August 3rd, 2014

Happy Anniversary to the man I married 29 years ago!

O boy Dango!

It's ondo time!!! And with it comes dango!



YUM!



And a lot of other YUMMY goodness!



Chris's sushi is a work of art, haha!



The whole family is out for FUN!



There is HULA... You see the prettiest dancer up there? That's my mom :oD



TAIKO...



But BEST of all the ONDO... All ready to DANCE!





Gotch-yer bling on...





The girls are so pretty...


Ondo, ondo, ondo!!!





I'm ending this post with a few more fun pics:

Adventures in Decorating - week 6

The cleaning and organizing continues... The craft stuff that was in the dining room has been moved:



It looks so much bigger without the stuff in there (and neater too):



So where is all the crafty goodness? Hidden behind the love seat:



I got a sturdy little bookcase from Target. It's much stronger and better made than the Ikea cabinets that the TV is sitting one. That's a good thing because those steal dies, punches, paper and paint are not light.

It's still close to the dining room table where I work. This is what it looks like from the dining room:



And here it is all tucked in behind the love seat... no peeking, no mess ;oD



Other than that the only other house stuff that's gone on is to take Jim's mom's painting in for reframing. I hope it ends up looking good. I am truely clueless when it comes to frames.

That's it for now... I think there is going to be some paint going on next week, YAY!!!

Glory Glory Man United

I took the day off and Jim, Cheryl and I headed to the Rose Bowl to see Galaxy play Manchester United. Chris couldn't come because he had class... poor Chris...



Jim is a BIG Manchester United fan.



We got there early and had time to walk through the Fan Fest:



We had some good seats right behind the ManU bench.



Here are the starting 11...



There were some BIG names there!



GAME TIME!



Things didn't go well for the Galaxy...



And then things got worse...



And worse...



And even WORSE!



That's okay though because we were here to see Manchester United, along with 89,0000+ other people:



And when those 89,000 people all left the stadium at the same time, YIKES! Traffic was ridiculous! We finally got home just before midnight. Then it was up at 6am for work... I kept it low key today ;o)

Have a great day tomorrow, everyone! It's FRIDAY!!!

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to my niece and nephew!



Buddy was there too:



Showing off some new tricks:



Where's Jena?



Jena couldn't come... she had a friend over to play :oD



Jammer stayed with us for a few days. What a sweetie she is!