ceiling is painted..,

i painted the bathroom ceiling yesterday... but i don't think ill be finishing up the walls today~
i fainted at work last night and i think i have food poisoning! ugh. i went over to tell my boss i thought something was wrong and then i woke up on the floor a few minutes later. then i spent the rest of the night in the bathroom. see, i came full circle. started the day and ended the day in the same special room. i think im ok- just think i ate something bad at work. the good news is my customers all saw me pass out- so im hoping for sympathy tips when i pick up my money later this week~ lol.

(y)awnings

to follow up with a previous post... Pauly took down the hazardous metal awnings over the doorways! and i only nagged twice. :) the tiny holes they left behind are still more aesthetically appealing than the rusted, delapidated awnings previously there!

when one door opens...

When we moved into the house, the previous owners informed us that the front door was broken and would not open from the outside. They also did not have a key to the dead bolt. Sounds fishy already. Once we moved in, I realized that the front door would in fact open from the inside and the dead bolt also wouldn't latch. Therefore, the door was always unlocked and could be opened from the inside if you pulled hard and jostled it just right.
Naively, I never tried to open it from the outside- just locked the storm door and we never used the front door. Sunday, the auto car starter locked my keys in the car and I was locked out of the house... until I decided to try to enter the front. Low and behold, the front door opens from the outside with no hesitation! The storm door was not even locked! Although it saved me from being locked out, I was horrified. I've been religiously locking the side door, even when I'm home, only to have the front door open the entire time. I also felt a little stupid for not investigating the so-called broken door.
When I told Pauly, he got mad and said he didn't have a $1,000 for a new door. I tried not to laugh and wondered what a $1,000 door might look like, and told him I could probably fix it myself in the morning.
So out with the old, bulging screws... and in with a variety of flat phillips head screws until ones fit juuust right- and the door was fixed. For free! I'm pretty excited that we do not need a new door or dead bolt. The dead bolt slides in now that there aren't mismatched, misalligned bubble head screws in the way!

guest room curtains

Thankfully, I talked to Pauly's mom before I started the curtains for the guest room. I had planned on using old sheets to make drapes, and wasn't exactly looking forward to trying to cut the sheets to the right size.
These valances were still hanging in his old room at his parents' house, so I hung them up here! The bedding is the bedding from his old room, so it all matches and saved me hours of time!

Sewing Success!

Here are the curtains I made- the first ones I've ever made by myself! I bought placemats on clearance at Target for 75 cents each and some beaded ribbon at the dollar store. Believe it or not, the thread was the most expensive part! I sewed three placemats together and then sewed the loop at the top for the curtain rod. Then I sewed the beaded trim along the bottom... take a look! :)

Snow Pug

Our first snow flurried were last Saturday night. Rocky took one look at flakes falling from the sky and ran back in the house. However, the next morning when the yard was a blanket of snow, he remembered how much he loved it! He eats it, rolls in it, chases it, and pretends it's chasing him. Just look at the smile on his little face (I'm kidding... he always looks miserable.)

Here he is enjoying the freshly fallen snow!

new posts coming soon...

more coming very soon... ive been caught up in lots and lots of studying! some fun items TBA