An obsession

I have an announcement to make... I have an obsession with tablecloths.

It all began over a year ago when I attended an amish auction with my soon-to-be in-laws. A very large amish family were moving to Wisconsin and were auctioning off everything in their home. Apparently, when the amish move they sell everything they own and start fresh once they move.

AMAZING.

Anyway, here we were perusing the yard of this amish home when I set my sights on a beautiful amish-made round table. I drewled over it, petted it and never left its side.

I should also mention that I've never been to an auction before. So when the auctioneer made his way to the table my heart began to race, my palms began to sweat and my father-in-law jumped in to make my bid. 

Thanks to his help I then became the proud owner of my round table.

Due to this I feel that I must dress it for every season, and this Christmas what did I get? Tablecloths. I love them. I can't have enough of them.

My best friend gave me a tablecloth AND matching napkins. I love her.

Thank you for helping me feed my addiction.

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Our starter child

After getting married, many people like to ask Chris and I when we're going to have children. The answer is, we have one already, his name is Spud.

Spud is like our starter child. I figure if we can remember to feed, bathe and walk our little guy, well, we might make it as parents. So far, so good. 

When we first got him I used to get little panic attacks such as: "Am I really going to be able to take care of a dog?" and "What if I forget to feed him?" 

A little over a year later here he is, spoiled beyond belief. I still think we'll keep him an only child, for now.

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A Christmas Eve birthday

After work on Christmas Eve, my hubby and I drove to my parent's house for the biggest little birthday. My nephew, Nathan, turned one-years-old on Chrismas Day and to keep the birthday celebrations seperate we decided to throw him a party on Christmas Eve.

I can't believe how quickly this year went. It feels like just yesterday that Chris and I sat impatiently in a waiting room waiting for Nathan's arrival.

Now here we are wearing birthday hats at Christmas! He's just non-stop fun.

I have to say he wasn't too sure about the whole present and cake thing but I betcha next year he'll be digging into the gifts with frosting on his face.

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Four wheel drive, ha.

Three days until Christmas and I have a job that prevents me from staying at home with my husband, who gets quite a few days off for the holiday.  Of course a winter storm blew in over the weekend and then the wind blew all of our snow into our driveway. 

As I ran around the house doing my normal routine of running late and rushing, my husband sat on the couch and looked out toward our driveway. In the words of a man who knows, "You're going to get stuck," he said.

"No, I'm not!" I said... "I have four wheel drive!"

He kind of giggled and gave me a kiss goodbye.

Five minutes later I gave him a call. I didn't get far, and I had to admit, he was right.

Thankfully, my husband loves me and shoveled me out. 

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A future project

I have a project for 2009, something that is going to revolutionalize my little home. I want to put french doors into a bedroom from a long boring hallway. 

When you walk into the house you can either go right, into the living room or you can go straight through a strange little hallway into the dining room. The hallway is between the stairway down into the basement or a small bedroom.

This is what the hallway looked like when we first looked at the house. Isn't it fantastic? They pulled the carpet up hoping it would help the house look better. How bad was the carpet then? yuck. Straight through is the dining room and kitchen. (Where they should have pulled the carpet up.) I would love to put french doors in that wall on the left. Yes, if you're wondering I did take the mirrored tiles off of the wall on the right. It wasn't easy, but I did it.

I think the mirrored tiles were the old homeowner's way of opening up the space. I would like to do something a little more radical. That's going to have to be a 2009 project though.

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Snowy Sundays

While my dear sweet husband is engrossed in football and big puffy white snowflakes are swirling around the house like we're in our own personal snowglobe, I'm in heaven.

I love days where I can just hang around the house and do the things that I've really wanted to do. Yesterday's project was a blackboard in the kitchen.

Thanks to my ever-so-crafty mom, I've discovered blackboard paint. Yes, paint that you can use anywhere and it becomes a blackboard. What will they think of next? Magnetic paint? Too late! I saw that too while I was picking up my blackboard paint. 

So while my husband was soaking in as much football as he could, I was painting a section of a wall black. Normally I think he would have hovered or tried to help but this time he just shouted a few words of encouragement from the living room. Or maybe he was talking to the football players. Either way, I got my blackboard painted. I hung a frame up around it and I had my new creative outlet. I can't wait to draw on it and leave little messages. Unfortunately the can said I have to wait three days... I think I might wait until Tuesday. That's as long as I can give them.

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