At War in my Own Home

It's been going on now for a couple years, ever since 06 when we moved in. Everywhere I look there are memories of childhood and my grandparents and they are fighting to stay relevant. As we move in more and more and buy furniture, paint, etc my childhood and my grandparents past vanishes. I don't want it to go, but at the same time I can't stand looking at carpeting that is almost as old as I am or watch the rodademdrum slowly die (I think it gave up the ghost when grandma moved to Royal Oaks).
I hate going slowly, but then I also hate wasting money. So my current goal is to do the things that have been festering and bothering me for awhile. On Thursday I'm going to go with my mom to have the chairs that were my grandparents reupholstered to match the sofas and reading chair that are already in the living room. It was one of the first items I had on my to-do list and besides removing the carpeting in there, it will finish the living room, well almost. There are two major items still in the living room that hinder it, and perpetually keep the space in the 1950's. The first is the mirror that's in there.

It's... well, unique. Straight out of 1945 and gold.

The second is a picture that I always liked growing up and exactly a year ago today and the last time I saw her, my grandma gave it back to me to put up where it hung for almost 50 years. The sentimental part of me can't imaging removing either piece. However, the pragmatic part really wants to let them go to make way for more stylish things. It's the merging of the old and past that I really want to see happen.

An Etsy babyshower

For almost two years I've been addicted to etsy.com and the amazing amount of one of a kind items and the personal touches that artist and crafters make. I myself upped the level of obsession 14 months ago by becoming a seller as well as a buyer and it has really let my creative side take over.
So today there was a baby shower at work and of course I went to etsy to help me out. I wanted to get my friend Bevin some unique items and a couple of laughs and succeeded on both counts. First she opened these little guys, which no one had ever heard of, but everyone enjoyed when she told them what they were. But then she opened this and tears were streaming down most of the people in the room. Several have requested photos of the baby wearing the onesie.
So as more and more events where gifts are needed, I go to etsy. I am positive that what I find at etsy will be more unique and special than almost anything commercially made.
So there is my two paragraph ad for my favorite site.

So the weekend will be here in 45 minutes. I don't know what our plans are. I know we had some but now I can't remember them. It's a little sad. Tomorrow I hope to go to a carpet shop or two to get quotes on installation of carpeting for the den and possibly two bedrooms. I'm still not sure what I want to do in the livingroom. I may ask my cousin Peggy to help me out with picking colors and deciding what to do.
I also want to start working on getting the front yard taken care of. I NEED trees planted. I can't stand the yard now and hate pulling up everyday to just see grass and no personality whatsoever.
So that's enough babble for now. I know people say this all the time, but I can't beleive how quickly this year is going. It seems faster and faster and as much as I'd like to put the brakes on things I just as much can't wait for October to arrive so we can spend our 4th anniversay at The Del.

First Day

So I've spent most of today in my new seat at work. It's quiet. Very quiet. Minus when Kevin had a meeting the rest of the day I could have been in a library. QUIET.
So, most of my crap is over here and I'm trying to get used to the glare from the windows behind me.
It's a nice big space and there's lots of room for me, too much actually. The title I guess merits the space.
What is nice is that no one can see what I'm working on. I haven't played with any sensitive files yet, but just the benefit of being secure that no one is able to come from behind and see my bank accounts, or what my shop on etsy is doing, or anything else like that. I can see people coming an casually close up whatever tabs I feel like. Ah, the freedom.
So... we started spending some inheritance. Not much, cause once it's gone, it's gone. I did buy a sofa this weekend. Can't wait. I also had a dream where I was putting in new kitchen flooring. I had spent most of the dream trying to decide what would be more prudent, starting from one side and going forward, or starting in the middle and having Dan and our handyman work on one side while I tackled the other. Weird that I was so intense on this. However, I really can't wait to get started on making over the kitchen and hope to start very soon. I think it will take a weekend to get the new floor in, then another weekend to do the counters and paint the cabinets and then one last weekend to paint.
I also need to start researching different trees to see if Jacarandas have male and female trees and see what the males do that differ from the females.
Well that's about it. I will take pics soon of my new area - hopefully tomorrow.