Snot, Snot, and a Little Construction

Oh September, glad we survived you! A wicked virus invaded our house and refused to go away. We all had a cold for weeks until it turned into double ear infections for Mark and Paige, a sinus infection for Mark, croup for Paige, and a secondary infection complete with mouth sores for me. It was a lot of fun. Paige and I are feeling much better, but poor Mark is still struggling and we hope he gets feeling better soon.  This particular day, Paige was fighting a 104 degree fever. It stuck around for two days. The following week, she had the flu. We were pretty grateful for the washing machine.

After we finally felt like we could leave the house, Paige and I went right to work making some important decisions. Paint----how I loathe picking out paint. I have the perfect scheme in my head, but trying to translate that is becoming a challenge. I have seriously agonized over paint for months, pinning, googling, researching, being super forward and inviting myself over to look at other people's paint, and hitting up the home show. The home show didn't help at all, unless you are looking for beige, there was plenty of beige. Paige and I finally hit up Sherwin Williams and few other stores and bought about a dozen sample pints. The sheetrock guys gave me some scraps and away we went. My mom came out to help and set up Paige with her own little paint project.

Grandma is so smart! Paige took her rock painting pretty seriously and left the really messy stuff alone. I really liked a lot of my choices, but narrowed it down pretty quickly.

The top color will go in Mark's office where there isn't much natural light. The darker shade will go in the entry, main room, kids' rooms, hallway, and bathroom. It will be set off with a bunch of white trim, built-ins, and bead board. I like the dramatic look of dark paint contrasted with white. They are the same color, just different percentages. The blues are different and have caused me anxiety. I want the perfect gray/blue. I have seen one of these shades in two different homes and love it, the other may have a little more gray in it, but I am afraid to commit to it since I haven't seen it in person.

Yes----they really are different! I am being teased for agonizing over colors that are very close. I probably can't go wrong either way, right!?! Feel free to weigh in on your favorite. I still don't know what I will do. I do feel pretty confident about what I want for my kitchen and bathroom floors.....

 

This is also my cabinet color, minus the bead board. I want a simple, more shaker style look. I know, I am crazy and won't be doing real hardwoods or tile. Honestly, I have had them both and hated them. Someday when I live alone and have a maid, I will have them again. I love this vinyl for so many reasons. It looks really good, is essentially indestructible, and easy to clean. 

 

The sheetrock has since been taped and textured, but here are some shots of actual walls in the home. The sheetrock guys were awesome and super fast. I am getting so anxious to see things move along. We have officially been in our disgusting rental for a year. I have once again channeled my inner Laura Ingalls to heat our home. I hate the fire building and want a real furnace again!

A little out of focus on this last one, I take all these on my old school phone.

 

 

I wish this picture was better and you could actually see Paige. She is sleeping in the tractor buddy seat. Lately she hates nap time and it is a daily fight to get her to take one. She still really needs a nap and if she doesn't get one is crazy tired in the evening. Mark has been doing a lot of the excavation work and is really good about letting Paige go along. She loves the tractor which makes Mark very happy. Before too long, she was fast asleep sitting straight up. So funny! I am hoping the nap hating is a phase. After an hour fight, she will usually succumb, but I would rather not have to fight her to do it.

 

General Conference was last weekend and it was wonderful. I LOVE conference weekend! I need it so desperately. I was worried I wouldn't be able to watch it much with Paige around, but she played pretty good and really loved the choir. She was enthralled and clapped when they finished. I can't wait to read my favorite talks, there were so many good ones. I needed the pick me up and re-commitment to better myself and repent for all my short comings. I love the Brethren!

 

 

Last but not least, I can't help myself and must post Paige's Halloween costume. I saw this initially on Pinterest and found a gal who could make it for me. I wanted Paige to be a scarecrow last year, but couldn't find one that was girly. I saw this and gasped. I can't wait to see Paige in it. Paige doesn't want to keep the hat on, and I am plotting ways to make her. It is so darn cute! The girl that made this is amazing and is doing a bunch of cute costumes this month.

 

Pretty stinkin' cute!