What... I... Did... On... My... Summer.....

Vacation Hiatus!! Okay, true confessions...

We had a Dinner Party here last Thursday night. And because I tend to be "right on top of things at all times"...Not!...my whole Universe has to come to a screeching halt if I'm expecting out-of-town company or a "Social" of any kind at my home. I used to say, "When will I ever learn?", but I'm waaaaay too old for that now, so instead, I just go with the flow. Which entails shutting down the Universe (as much as is humanly possible) and digging in at tackling procrastinated projects, painting walls, cleaning carpets, washing slipcovers, etc., etc., etc.
So here are the fruits of my labor:

I finally finished painting the "Mustard" on our two family room walls.

Ottoman BEFORE:
Ottoman AFTER:

I love the way the Barn Red and Mustard look next to each other.

Here's the "entertainment" we provided for the evening. J/K... But I did get a kick out of these cuties entertaining themselves with the new toy I recently bought for the grand-kiddies.

More fun times!

Em and C.

Cutie-pa-tooties, Sara and Will.

Somehow, I didn't get everyone photographed that night. It was an afterthought at the last minute.

Because Mr. S. was using the little kids' TV to watch his movie that night (old pic above), little Miss C decided to watch 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' in the living room on our portable DVD player. Hi cute little Miss C. : )

Little sister spent her time playing with the doll houses. That smile is SO contagious!!!! : )

My own two little princesses had to stay home with their Daddy that night because of the stomach flu. : ( We missed them SO much!! Thanks (P) family for visiting us while some of you were in town from Washington. We loved our time together!!!!

Next Post: Because I couldn't truly stop the Universe during my "break", I still attended two birthday parties, made and sent out a Wedding gift, and made a 'Special Order' item for my Shop. I'll share those things with you in a couple of days---ML : )

Inspired by all of you out there!

I have been so inspired by all you creative women out there in (creative blogland)! It seems like you're always painting and that most of your inside walls, are indeed, painted. Well, while at Lowes the other day, there were these two quarts sitting on the "oops" table for $1.00 each. They were the mustard you see here in the photo. You can see where I stopped at the red curtains. I've been planning on painting this family room mustard for some time now, so when I had to opportunity to try it out for $2.00, I took it. Result...very dramatic I think. Here, I showed how the mustard looked butted up against the kitchen nook. That's the only place I have that Ralph Lauren red. The rest of the kitchen is wallpapered in a cream color with tiny navy blue stars all over. ( a future post) But I like the barn red and mustard together. I can't get over how beautiful the barn star looks against mustard.

I took this photo so you could see how blah the walls look, white. Thanks for all the inspiration! One guess what's going to happen to that old armoire that used to hold our TV in the last home...yep, you guessed it...the same thing I've seen all the rest of you creative gurus do...Paint it BLACK. Thanks for the inspiration again! : ) I'll post an "after" photo one of these days.

Sara's room is coming along. Shouldn't be too much longer. : )