Just call me "Martha Freakin' Stewart"

Okay, let me explain the title. I have spent the last couple of days being a domestic diva. Cooking and decorating have been high on the agenda. Those that know me (espcially my MWL group) know I do not like to cook. I can and I am pretty good, it is just not one of my favorite things. We eat out alot and are pros at heating microwave meals and having pizza delivered. For some reason I have had a cooking bug and have cooked dinner the last two nights. I know this may not seem like much but since I usually cook only once a month or so, two days in a row is highly unusual. As a matter of fact when I told Paul dinner was ready tonight his response was "Who are you and what have you done with my wife?"

In addition to cooking, Paul and I spent yesterday re-doing our bedroom. We bought a new bedding set a couple of months ago but have not put it on the bed because I wanted to paint and change things up a bit. You will be happy to know we know have "an adult bedroom".

The old: Several years ago on a trip to Disney World I fell in love with a duvet cover that was in the home decor shop. It is a deep purple (my signature color) with sunflowers on it and little pictures of the pooh characters. I know, not very adult, but most people that came in our room did not even notice the characters unless I pointed them out. I was just too cute to pass up. The main decor of the room wound up being a sunflower theme using the deep purple and hunter green accents.


I took a picture of the pillow case before I packed the bedding away last night so you could see it!

The new: When we were in Branson in June I found a quilt and sham set that I decided I wanted to use in our room. We also wanted to paint one of the walls. When we built our house 4 years ago all of the walls (except the bathrooms) were the same beige color with white trim. Since that time I have redone every room except the living room and our bedroom. I love color on the walls!! So yesterday Paul and I spent the day painting a wall in our room, deep cleaning, and rearranging stuff. Here is the finished product:

Look!! Our bedroom actually looks grown-up!! We are still a work-in-progress on the hanging pictures on the other walls but you get the idea.

Cooking and decorating have pretty much filled our weekend. Today, I continued to work on scrapbooking projects. I am still working on my goal of having everything caught up before Avery comes home and I am making pretty good progress.

Tomorrow it is back to work and same old, same old.


I wanted to share a couple of pictures with you:

This picture was taken last weekend when we came home from Galveston. Sandra (Paul's mom)had come to our house to bring Rowdy home and while she was here a storm started moving in. Paul has always been fascinated with storms and loves to watch all the action. I had stepped out of the room for a moment and when I came back in the living room this is what I saw:


Like mother....Like son......Like dog?? Sandra, Paul, and Rowdy all staring out the window watching the storm. Sandra will probably want to kill me for putting this picture up but I thought it was too cute to pass. Love ya Sandra!!

This next picture is for Christie (The Adoption of Keira Joy) she wanted us all to make a photo that we could show our daughters in the future that we waited and dreamed of them long before they came home. I know mine is dated the 11th and I actually took it that day, but could not get it to load until today.


I know Avery, your mama looks pretty scary but she is really a fun girl!!

And last but certainly not least this is the shirt I was wearing in the previous picture. I just love this shirt and think it fits my personality perfectly....



Hope everyone had a great weekend and has an even better week!!