Monday, May 17, 2010

Project(s) of the day: restoration

Of house- unpack, laundry, put away clothes, find temporary home for 752 items given to me by my mom.

Of appearance- wish I could say this included exercise for me, but I chose sleep today. No regrets there. Both the boys got much-needed haircuts. I saw Kate's son and looked at mine and told him he could expect to look like the boy in the picture before the day was over. (Positive peer-pressure.)

Of pantry- menu planning, although the fridge will be empty until tomorrow.

Of photos- off the camera and in their semi-permanent home on the computer. Maybe one day I'll put a picture in an album. (I'm not even aiming for great things: just one picture would be progress!)

Here are a few from our beach day...
The pitfalls of ordering a season ahead...capri swim trunks. Although it could also just be the fact that this boy is all torso and has no legs.

He was content to sit on the beach


And of course...there's been a lot of gathering of my favorite things and pouring over paint swatches. I'm hoping to restore our 1960 brick ranch to a place of light and peacefulness (vs. a den of dark wood paneling).

3 comments:

Lauren Bretz said...

*big smile at your little clips*

kate o. said...

thank you for complimenting my hair cutting skills. i like to aim for every other one being decent ;)

he's about to go under the scissors for another one soon.

Audra said...

I hadn't found your blog before and now I am going through and updating myself on your new home - in reverse! It all looks beautiful and so fun, especially the "gathering of the favorite things" and poring over paint swatches. I prefer the painting after it all is finished, but the choosing of paint (and upholstering fabrics!) is probably the most fun part of the moving process. I hope you have a good day today! Enjoy!