Bless Your Heart

Junkie

So we all know I’m addicted to Ikea right? And so is my husband. You’ll all know the full extent of our sickness when we unveil a little secret tomorrow.

In other Ikea news, I’m going back to shop there President’s Day weekend. Pam has graciously found and posted an article that will prepare me for my next trip.

It’s a good thing I’m going back to Ikea. Just yesterday as I’m in the bathroom getting ready for work I hear Jon yell “Shannon- when you go to Ikea, can you get another plastic colander?” The blue plastic colander with handle is one of Jon’s favorite Ikea purchases. No idea why. We have at least 3 other colanders at home. 2 of which are stainless steel. But I guess because this one’s blue, and was only $1.99 or something like that, it’s so much better and his favorite. So, why would we need another one? I go downstairs and see the haze just as the noxious odors hit me. I look at my frazzled husband as he stands next to the back door peering out at the deck. He turns to me and says “I turned on the wrong burner.” I look out onto our icy, snowy deck (Thank the Lord or he’d have burned the house down) and see this:

Iced In!

Couldn’t get out of the neighborhood yesterday to go to work because of all the snow and ice. Keep in mind, it’s the south, so yes 2 inches does mean all the snow and ice.

I did a good bit of slipping and sliding trying to take Ike out. Then my mom came over and promptly got stuck. It took us a good 2 hours, some kitty litter, cardboard, and 1 ruined rug, to get her unstuck. Thank goodness for helpful neighbors and a strong husband. While the boys worked on getting mom unstuck we used some cardboard to sled down the neighbors driveway, cross the street, and into my yard. It was fun until I was impaled by the shrubbery, ripping my shirt and scratching me pretty good just under the boob. Nice. Pictures can be found here.

D.I.Finally

You know how sometimes you can start a project but it never looks quite right then finally, bam, there it is- finished!? That’s the story with our bedroom. We painted the walls a pale lavender ice. Then I painted a harlequin pattern on the focal wall in a darker shade. That was in September and although it looked pretty cool, I wasn’t as happy with it as I would have liked. So I thought about it for a while then realized I just needed to soften it up a bit. I bought a blue-ish, purply sheer glaze and a silver metallic sheer glaze. I put the darker glaze on first then the silver went on sparingly. Click here for a close up. Jon installed those cute little bedside lights from Ikea and now I just have to paint a mirror to go over the bed and we’ll be all set!

So not dank and dusty

We’d been planning on hanging our big mirror over the fireplace light we had at the last house. So Jon gets out the stud finder and can’t find a stud! Dang these newly constructed homes! The mirror weighs a good 100 lbs or so, so it went on a wall with studs, lots of em. But we still had this blank space over the fireplace to fill. My mom suggested a tapestry. All Jon and I could think of is some big dank, dusty, wall rug like in a castle. No thank you. But then my mom took me to Pier 1 and we found the perfect tapestry. And since it weighs next to nothing the no stud issue was no longer a problem! Jon hung it up over the fireplace and placed these two sconces I bought from Party Lite on either side. ! The beaded candle rings are also from Party Lite and both those and the sconces were purchased right after we moved in. We got lucky because it’s a perfect match!

I’m in the party!

In today’s mail I found the prettiest stationary with the sweetest note inside. Lisa has asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding next January! I’m so excited and honored. Plus I get to wear my kicky silver bridesmaid shoes again! I can’t wait- what a fun, beautiful wedding that will be!

Southern Culture

My vacation request was approved today so it’s official- Rachel and Brian (and hopefully Lisa and Greg) will be coming to visit for their spring break. I can’t wait to immerse them in some serious southern culture!

Jon and I saw this commercial for the funniest thing we’ve seen in a while. The product itself isn’t so funny, it’s just the title and the oh so serious way the announcer was promoting it. Picture a beautiful sunset…lovely music in the background. But not just any music! No- it’s the most relaxing classical album in the world…ever! That’s the title of this cd! We were laughing so hard! We thought it was one of those parody commercials, but they are seriously naming this cd…the most relaxing classical album in the world…ever!

You put the lime in the Coke?

Just got in from babysitting for Davis. Jay (Davey’s dad and friend of ours) always says he’ll be home by midnight, but it doesn’t always work out that way. Thankfully there’s diet Coke to keep me awake on the drive home. Specifically, Diet Vanilla Coke, and my new favorite: Diet Coke with Lime. It pays to be married to someone in the grocery industry- first dibs on all the new stuff! ;) If you haven’t tried it, you need to- the lime’s much better than the lemon version!

We’ve been busy painting, hanging things on walls, getting our dining room table delivered- the wrong one, the right one comes the 23rd, I’m still not talking very well, and we’re working on a project I can’t talk about until the beginning of Feb. (I’m not pregnant unfortunately, but it’s still a neat secret), and I promise pictures are coming. I’m also working on my own domain (since I’m using too much blogger space) at http://www.heyshanny.com. I’ll post when it’s up and running!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Last night we hosted a birthday dinner at our house. Our first meal in the dining room. I made lasagne and Sara brought chocolate cake and it was a lot of fun.