Joplin Relief Prints

These amazing prints are by Tobe of Because It’s Awesome and her friends.  I’m so inspired by the creativity and generosity of these girls.  All proceeds raised from the sale of the prints go to the Red Cross to benefit the town of Joplin.  You can read more about it, and purchase your own prints at Because It’s Awesome. 

And if you haven’t been reading Tobe’s blog already, you should!  Because it’s awesome.  Ha! 

Monday Inspiration

From the pages of the latest Style at Home:

I love the white furniture with the black piping, and the Navy and orange color scheme is super fun for summer.

What a week…

MONDAY:
It was a day off in Canada.  I did this: 

Yay!  After too many coats of magnetic primer to count (well, actually, I did count them… I’ll elaborate on that process in another post) I finally was able to paint on the chalk board.  Hello dramatic black wall!!!  Can’t wait to get to the cupboards now!
TUESDAY:
My boys FLOODED the kitchen so badly that it leaked through the basement ceiling, and soaked the basement carpet.  That’s not the worst part… it also damaged the hardwood floor in the kitchen.

It was one of my “Mom of the Year” moments.  I left the two of them happily doing dishes (yes, it’s a favourite activity at our house) and went upstairs to check email.  5 minutes later I was dashing down the stairs to the sound of buckets (well, mixing bowls) full of water swooshing onto the floor, accompanied by shrieks of glee from the two boys.  The water was deep enough for them to slide around in a get completely drenched during the clean up process.  ANYWAYS… the only good thing to come of it was that it forced me to move my oven, and it desperately needed to be cleaned back there anyways. 
WEDNESDAY:
Mini breakdown over the last Oprah episode. 
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I had a major ugly cry.  (I should have known I would be emotional over it based on how much I cried over the last episode of Golden Girls years ago.)  Anyways… I’ve watched Oprah for as long as I can remember, and I’m going to miss her.  Check out The Oprah Gratitude Project.  It’s cool.
THURSDAY
My birthday.  Had a great day.  Went out for lunch, had cupcakes at Mom & Dad’s house, and received two surprisingly dirty hilarious cards!  Good stuff. 
FRIDAY
Well, that’s today.  So far so good…
Just got confirmation that our lien was fully discharged!  Hooray!
Plus, I just got this in the mail:

Happy weekend everyone!

Finally…

…look what is sticking to my wall and not sliding lamely all the way to the bottom!

Family Room Update and Some Random Stuff

1.  The walls are white!  The trim is white!  The railing is black!  Yay!  I ended up choosing Benjamin Moore’s Moonlight White OC-125, and I love it!  Here’s a sneek peek of the family room… before and not-quite-after:

Obviously, there is still quite a bit of work to be done in the decorating department, but can you believe how much bigger and brighter the room looks?
2.  The chalk-board wall in my kitchen is frustrating the crap out of me.  I thought it would be awesome to use the magnetic primer (so that I could get the kid-art off my fridge), and I saw Nate use it and it worked really well on his show.  But… I’m on my 9th coat, and it’s still not strong enough to hold up a photo.  Nards.  After reading the directions, I realized that I’m spreading it too thin… but I really want a smooth finish because of the chalk-board wall… so hopefully after another 8 coats, it’ll be good to go.  I’ll keep you posted. 
3.  If any of you thought my ‘vagina-wall’ post this week was too much… then don’t read this post over at The Man Repeller.  But if you want to laugh out loud, then definitely go there.  I love that girl… funny funny stuff.
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4.  I totally have a crush on Adam Levine thanks to the show “The Voice.”
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5.  Lastly… I want to be cool enough to go to Blogfest in NY.  Just sayin.  Maybe next year. 
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Wallpaper Obsession File

OK… I NEED a place to put this in my home!  Isn’t it fabulous???

this is my second choice…

Both are from Kimberly Lewis Home.   

Guest Post: It’s All in the Details

I’m excited to be guest posting today over at Roco Rennie! 

Rachael has been running an awesome series called “It’s All in the Details”, and I’m so flattered to be included in the group of bloggers contributing!  There have been some great posts, so if you haven’t been following, you better go catch up!  Hop over to see the five details in my home that put a smile on my face.