Moments of Insanity

I thought I would NEVER want another fixer upper.....

I think this house is speaking to me. It was built in 1973. It doesn't appear that they changed anything,..at least not for the better.

It's got over 2000 sq ft with a finished basement to equal 3700 sq ft.

Mark thinks I'm nuts. Here is the kicker... I think with some serious TLC we could have the space we need for cheap. It's in a great neighborhood with the house around the corner selling for 150,000 dollars MORE than this (149,000 versus 299,000 for other house)

It's ugly all the way around but never far from my mind.....because I'm insane.

I Have a Collection

I started buying olive pitchers when we lived in our old house.

 Everytime I saw one I snatched it up.

I've only got 6, but they are still some of my favorite things. All different and still the same.

Weekend Off

Sydney went to stay went to stay with my mom and dad this weekend.

We have the weekend off from Parenting.

I miss Syd but this is going to be a great stress free weekend.

Right after they left with her I went out to do some Christmas/ Birthday shopping.

Killer (KILLER) cramps brought me home early.....bummer.

Took some naproxen and settled in on the couch (kind of in the fetal position) waiting for my pain (I'm a wimp) to subside.

I was teary eyed from the pain. It usually not this bad. Flipping through the channels when the remote goes dead....

on that crazy SIT AND BE FIT SHOW.

Even though 2 minutes earlier I would have said I couldn't move, I could not lay and watch that show.

Had to search out some new batteries.

Much better now.

By the Way. The roads suck here in the Kalamazoo area. SUCK.

That's for sure!

ok not really. I like all of my visitors. Especially UPS.

Morale is Low

I am not in the holiday spirit. Not even a little. Not even at all.

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS.....so far

This is my list for Mark but felt like publishing it for the world to see.

1. Lens adaptor and wide angle conversion lens for my current camera

2. emergency car glass breaker

3. jumper cables

4. Fossil Brand Wristlet (zappos.com sku#7616507)

5. mixing bowl with spout (martha stewart at macy's or crate and barrel)

6. Linear Holiday Card Holder (pottery barn)

7. Milk Glass/ Hobnail pieces for my new collection.

8. Easton Star Quilt Garnet Hill

9. Johanna Quilt Garnet Hill

10. paint sprayer

11. bigger oval crock pot....maybe programmable

12. Shakira's New CD

13. Cannon Rebel

14. Naomi Quilted EURO Sham (2) PBteen (because I'm a teen at heart)

15. 1 year subscription to PEOPLE magazine.

16. Knitting Supplies and how to knit book or DVD

17.Pottery Barn KIDS Snowman EURO sham (2) (I've got a Euro sham thing going on)

18. Pottery Barn Kids Snowman Quilt (full/queen)

19. MichiganPharmacist.org Law Package (because I'm a pharmacy Geek and need a brush up)

On the Bright Side

This was in the mail today. I love CB2. That makes me a little less glum....but I can't really buy anything.

curve candleholder 79.95

Dane Table Lamp 99.95

Piazza sofa $1299

Okay so I'm back to being sad again.

It's a Blah Kinda Day

I'm in a funk today. It's rainy and cold. I have things I should do but nothing I want to do. The dog is barking at everything and puked in the dining room..... again. Sydney needs a nap and I need a Prozac (or a night out). Tomorrow will be better. I hope.

A View from my Front Door.

Come to my house on most days and this is what you'll find. Honestly the rest of the house is usually clean but not the room that gives the first impression. How frustrating....

Sydney is Sick

Love this Color Combo.

I got called at work to pick up my sick child from daycare today. Temp 102. I'm currently wondering if I'm a sucky mom or if this illness just had a short onset time. She was a happy little lady when I dropped her off this A.M. I'm a pharmacist and my pharmacy was busy today too..... thank goodness there were two pharmacists on duty...now one. I wish him good luck and my poor technicians too.

Anyway that picture has nothing to do with this topic except that I love the black and white bedding with the yellow and felt like posting it
Sydney is laying on her crib mattress on the floor of the rec room watching Little Bear and I don't find that show very intellectually (did I spell that right) stimulating so here I am.

Guess I'll go take down the Halloween Decor.

You Want Some Free Paint??????

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You have to register TODAY though (10-11-09). Also once you register you will have to print out a form to send in with a label off an old paint can of another brand. Not really a big deal I promise... took me 5 minutes total.

By the way I picked Deeepest Aqua........

I Likey my Coffee

I like Coffee. I also like my coffee cup from Cafe Press.

Thoughts for the Day

The house is on its fifth month on the market and today is a good day. I'm feeling like if we don't sell I'm not going to let that get me down. Yesterday I drew up a plan for an addition and I'm hoping that if we don't sell I can make that addition happen for us. This addition calls for 540 sq ft. to be added to the back of our house and it would bring in a big open kitchen, dining and living room area with pantry and a half bath. How great would that be?

If we do sell I'm reconsidering a house up in Plainwell that I kind of wrote off as not for us. It is close to 5000 sq ft of finished area which seems like way (way) to much but the price is right and the house is awesome. It has a great kitchen and master bedroom with 2 (yes I said 2) large walk in closets. I the negative is really the enormous size of the house, it's more north than I would prefer, and it requires some updates. But really updates are fun and with this house those updates aren't immediately necessary.I would be able to have a craft room and also there is a great guest room with attached bath. I'm high on the thought of this house all a sudden....

The other thing we've got going on is that we are considering trading in the Mazda 3 for some sort of AWD SUV. Winter's here suck and I don't want to ice skate back and forth to work . We've got Mark's Truck almost paid off so we could move the money from that payment to the new car payment. The 2 cars I've got on my mind are the Toyota Venza and Chevy Traverse. Venza is maybe a little smaller than I would like but the Traverse is about $10000 more than I want to spend. Decisions....Decisions....

First Pic on the new Camera.

Sydney's napping so this is the first thing I took a pic of on my new camera. I know you're super duper excited. ME TOO!!!!!

Got this cute little sign at a craft fair in my home town a few years ago. I think its painted on a panel of an old door. I put it right next to the door to my garage so I can think about that when I'm cranky and on my way out to work...

New Camera!!!

I finally got a new camera today. The old one got wet and I thought it was broke. Then I thought it miraculously fixed itself. We finally realized that it had a short or something and was sucking up batteries in about 10 minutes. Bummer. New camera seems cooler though so I'm excited! It's a slight upgrade from our plain ol' cybershot and better zoom. I'm so camera illiterate though that I don't know much else about it.

We went to the park afterwards and I was wishing the new cam was up and running because today was the first time we've got Sydney in the swing and she loved it. In the past she SCREAMED like a banshee so that was a great new change. She also went up the stairs and down the slide all by herself a dozen or more times.

So far a great day today!!!

What are they selling at Goodwill these days???

Can I get you anything?

I noticed this on my way home from Daycare today. Had to stop for a pic.

Some words from Anne of Green Gables

"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?"

Random Thoughts

Our house has been on the market for 3 months now. No luck yet. The house we were hoping to buy just dropped in price another 10 grand. Man I wish we could make it happen.... time for positive thinking.

My House:

The House I would Like to Buy:

This house that we would like to buy is open floor plan, bigger, and in a nice neighborhood. Our house now is very nice with a lot of land and 3 pole barns but not really what we want anymore.

And on to Weight loss.....

My weight watchering didn't go quite as well this week (fell off the wagon at Island fest and a friend's party) Still lost 1.4 pounds so no complaints. Was expecting a gain actually.

That's all for now,

Kelly

P.S. Mark turned on my camera Sunday and .... it worked. I'm geeked.

The Camper Broke My Camera!!!

We had a great weekend camping by Lake Michigan..... except.... the camper broke my camera. I'm so pissed. Actually I'm the idiot that left it by the sink and somehow water flooded the area (not sure how I got so wild washing the dishes). The camera is dead.... RIP. Knowing my husband and ...well.. myself, the next camera will be new and improved... and more expensive. I'll keep you posted. Now if I can get the pictures that were on there off I'll be thrilled.