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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Laundry room touch up

While cleaning my much ignored but used laundry room (which is also a mudroom/breezeway from the garage to the house), I looked around and thought, it really needs….well a lot. lol

But, until we can gut it, if figured that it could use just a little tlc and some color. I had been using some shower curtains as curtains in the living room, but had taken them down and replaced them with some black out panels because of the heat. Soooo, what better place to use them than in the laundry room! ( the window is small, so the other panel I used in the kitchen, love it!)

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Since I REALLY like blue, grey, brown (dark wood tone) and white, I decided I also needed some artwork to go with it.

I already had a fantastic piece I’d made above the dryer, but I wanted something that was white.

I saw this a while back on Pinterest, and decided to make my own version

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So I came up with this:

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I wanted something big, but didn’t have the right size wood, and beings it was sooooo hot today, I didn’t feel like cutting any down. So, I thought I would use a big piece of cloth and hang it with clothes pins off my clothes line! Fitting place in a laundry room, don’t you think?

That added to a shelf I put up in the other corner has really improved the space. (putting away the winter coats and boots kinda helped too, but we won’t go there, lol)

Then I had a FAMILY sign that I apparently left the L out of….

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Um, hum.

Sooo, I re-painted it and am quite pleased with the out come Smile AND I spelled it right this time….trust me, I made sure, lol.

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It’s a little hard to tell from the picture, but the letters are grey and the background is a “white”wash of a pale slate blue. (disregard the awful textured walls, eventually those will go and a wonderful smooth surface with grace the hallway. Along with another wall color., lol)

Next up will be to put up some shelves in the boys room for all of their treasures and to hopefully give them a desk area.

Have a blog and never post…opps!

 

It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I’ve posted on here! I’m sorry to those of you who actually read it.

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Life certainly has a way of changing plans and making this …. interesting.

Since I’ve last posted, we’ve been knee deep in summer fun. Not to mention a short, but intense bought of morning sickness that almost killed my whole garden, lol. Not to mention the guys were a bit at a loss without the girl around to keep things in check.

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The first week of July we had a wonderful visit with my brother and to-be-sister-in-law in Kansas City. We were quite busy there, visiting Legoland, Sea Life, going to a Royals game, and a really cool Pirate exhibit by National Geographic…plus a bunch of other stuff.

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When we got back, it was life as usual again. I have been attending the chickens, and trying to tame the amazon that was a garden. But recently the heat kicked in and we are trying to do as little as possible.

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Tuesday of this week I had my first doctor appointment for the new baby. It went great and am so glad to have this new dr. After the normal list of questions, he asked if we (the boys were along) wanted to hear the baby, of course, yes! Then he decided we should really just look at it! With an inhouse ultrasound machine, we literally walked to another room and there our new baby was, on the screen!

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This isn’t my first time seeing my unborn child on screen, I had ultrasounds with both boys. But when he felt my belly, and put the baby instantly on screen, it was magic. There it was! And from what he saw, it was doing great! (and just one! lol) From measurements we figured I’m right at 16 weeks, just like we thought. And….he was pretty certain it was a GIRL!

Wow.

We had an idea it could be, but for the dr. to be so certain….wow.

Like a friend of mine pointed out….I’m going to have to change the name of this blog! lol

But seriously, we have a lot to prepare for before next year arrives.

Of course, being a woman…who is pregnant, I’m thinking of names and nursery colors, and how I’m going to handle a newborn/homeschooling/and life in general Smile

But, the Lord provides and I have faith. So I know that Joe and I aren’t doing this alone and that gives me courage.