Thoughts on a Sunday....

5/2/2010

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So far this morning, we've eaten breakfast, had some coffee, watched some cartoons and Cade's moved on to the basement to play with his trains.  In other words, we're taking some time to relax!  When I relax, I usually get bored which usually leads me to pick up the computer, which then leads to random Internet surfing and that leads to me getting ideas and getting antsy to get things done.  Goodbye relaxation! :)

This morning, I was going over our Baby Bucket List, looking for small, simple things that we could do today.  I decided to go from there to our Wishpot account and check to make sure Brynlee's list is up-to-date.  It looks good right now (more random Internet surfing will lead to more items added!) but I got to thinking about how to get the word out that we even have that list!  We (most likely) won't have a baby shower...at least not the whole shebang...and we only have a few things that we really need.  So here's "the word" to anyone wondering what to get us...go to our Wishpot account!!  Make sure you click "reserve gift" so we don't get duplicates!  Also, gift cards would be AMAZING!!!

Thank you all in advance!  We can't wait to have Brynlee here and shower her with all her girly stuff :)
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Operation Decoration!

4/25/2010

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This weekend we got lots of things moved from the infamous "To Do List" to the lengthening "DONE!" list! In about 2 1/2 days, we painted Brynlee's room, painted Cade's room, got Cade a bed frame and put the crib up in Brynlee's room.  Cory also got the doors we'll need to finish the basement; not on the to-do list persay, but still a step to FINISHING the basement! 

And speaking of our basement, my sister moved out of her apartment this weekend but can't move into her new place until August.  So that leaves her living in our basement for the summer!  This obviously will put a damper on getting the basement "play" friendly, but maybe we'll have to focus our energy on everything else :)

Anyway, back to the kids' rooms.....Brynlee's colors are dark pink and light green.  We'll put a white chair rail around her room.  In Cade's room, you need sunglasses!  I got my inspiration from his bedding:
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We used bright blue, bright orange and bright green.  The green is brighter than I anticipated, but it works for his room!  Under the blue, we're going to hang a white shelf and trim and under the orange stripe we're hanging white trim.  Hard to explain, but we'll have pictures when it's done :)

Here are both rooms painted and ready for their trim and wall decorations!!!
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Baby Bucket List Frenzy!

3/27/2010

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As I mentioned on our new page, "Baby Bucket List," I am a list maker.  I always strive to be organized, but do fall short most of the time :)  Hey, it's a lot of work to stay organized...almost as much work to REorganize, so what's the difference, right?  HAHA!

Anyway, after creating a list of things to do before Brynlee is born, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.  I want those things done, NOW!!!  That's where I believe lists really help, whereas Cory criticizes that in the time it took me to create that page and write the list, I could have gotten something done.  Whatever! 

My point is, I created the list on Friday and on Saturday, I talked Cory into (forced him into, actually) getting our upstairs closets under control.  Don't get me wrong, they were still completely functional and pretty well organized, but there were A LOT of clothes, shoes, purses we (I) don't wear anymore and needed to get rid of.  We'd gradually been taking some things from our closet and dresser and bagging them up for "garage sale."  This wasn't going fast enough to suit me, so we got that DONE today!!  No more extra stuff in our closet, and we gained a little floor space, some extra hangers and an ENTIRE shelf!!  Also, our dresser has one whole drawer completely EMPTY!  YAY!! 

We also went through the closet in Cade's room.  The way it's built, we can't use it for clothes so his clothes are actually in what will be Brynlee's room.  This is another project on our list!  Anyway, we weeded out some of the things in the storage closet (old bedding, random stuffed animals and baby toys that we won't use for Brynlee, Cade's old humidifier, etc.)  Mostly, the only stuff we have in there now is extra blankets and sheets, gift bags, tissue paper and wrapping paper and some memorabilia things.  Hopefully we'll get his closet ready for his clothes after we're done with the stairs!

So, all in all, we've "gotten rid of" a lot of junk and freed up some space!  (And when I say, "gotten rid of," I mean, it's moved from our closets to garbage bags that now sit in our living room, waiting to be moved to the basement, where they will wait to be sold at a garage sale! hahaha)  On the surface, all of this may not seem like it relates to having a new baby, but it does feel good to have these certain things under control before she releases all sorts of chaos on our lives!
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