Doors do come off!

I know I should post a picture of the door completely removed from one of my dear daughters' rooms. However, I thought I should blog this as a way to let off steam. Let me start by saying that I have totally enjoyed spending time with my girls this summer. I am learning so much about them that I just didn't know about. My oldest Nanna is incredibly mouthy and her lil sis, Rara, is a drama queen. I don't even remember what the catalyst was but Nanna in a storm of furry entered her room and proceeded to slam her door. *DEEP BREATH* I had just told my two precious gems that they were not allowed to slam doors during a tug of war match they were having earlier in the day with my door. I calmly opened Nanna's door and called for my husband to bring me a screw driver so I could take down the door. Nanna was shocked! How could I do such a thing. I mean she stood there with her hand on her hip and with such feiry anger in her eyes ranted "I'M JUST SO ANGRY! THAT'S WHY I SLAMMED THE DOOR." Which I calmly responded. "That my dear is why I am taking the door away. Who knows what kind of damage you could do in such a rage to the door or someone's fingers." My husband then appeared with a hammer in his hand he giggled and said, "here honey...you can demolish the door." (Eyebrow raised....thought bubble over my head) "Are you SERIOUS?" I gave him a stern but firm look and asked him to get me a screw driver. Nanna is very confused at this point and by this time her sister has come to check out all the hubbub. I amaze myself by taking down the door and now there is an open doorway to my precious darling's room. When asked how she likes not having a door, she responded with the following. "It's great mom. I mean people can just walk in...they don't need to actually open the door. Also look at how big my room looks now." She gave me a very cute grin and went on with her activities. *SIGH* I suppose it is true that her room does look bigger but little does she know without a door on her room I can see it every time I pass by. This will only increase the amount of times I call her to clean her room. I get a feeling there will be another sassy session by the end of the week based on this knowledge. I better start cleaning the garage so I can start moving her precious posessions out. I may not have won the battle today but I will win the war.

Imagine the possibilities

Imagine the possibilities
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I can't stop with the projects. I think everyone was concerned that I wouldn't take a break from school. I just traded in one passion for another. With the tragedy of Micheal Jackson being so much a part of the media for the last week, I have watched his facial transformation from the time he was young until his final onstage rehearsal. In the past I would say that I could not understand how someone would become so obsessive over something, especially their looks. However, I think obsessions can take many forms. Right now my obsession is my house. I am having so much fun changing things around but it comes at a price. My need to bring something to completion is almost hilarious bordering on severe mental impairment. Today is a perfect example. I honestly thought I could sand four chairs and a table and have everything put together by nightfall. It is two hours from nightfall and I am so glad I scaled the task back. I love the color of the chairs but I am glad I didn't go with my first inclination to paint the table red. Looking at my Imagine expression, I have fallen inlove with the creme paper in the back. Therefore, I think I am going to try a creme color for the table. I think it will be more work as I will need to strip the old paint off but I think it's going to look fabulous! I also think I am going to find a lighter table cloth. If you click on this photo it will take you to my photo stream and you can see the pictures of the chairs! ENJOY!

I Love the USA!

I Love the USA!
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Where else can you enjoy garage sales, thrift stores and dollar stores? Might I add that Target has a dollar spot. All these things are close to my heart. I know I often fall into the consumerism trap but I feel that it is balanced by my love of other people's junk errr treasures. So today I was inspired by Shannon's Blog at: http://thedavisfamilynwa.blogspot.com/
She took silver trays and painted them with chalk board paint. So I sat on the idea for a week or so and finally decided to take a trip to goodwill. Each silver tray was 1.99! So here's too America! Land that I love!