I really don’t like Mondays lately. Mondays never used to bother me until about a year ago. Maybe it’s because of getting older or something. I feel pretty blah this morning and it seems like my body does not want to get up so early to start doing the things I have to do today. I feel like just getting back into bed and going back to sleep, but then I no doubt wouldn’t because the lazy guilt’s would kick in, and I’d not be able to sleep anyway. Time to start the week.
Great bedding
I have an over sized bed for the guest room, so I let my fingers do the shopping on the internet for bedding sets. We don’t have any stores around here or at least close to my home, that carry the bigger bedding, and believe me that I was getting rather discouraged going from store to store to try and find what I was looking for in the stores we do have.
With a antique bed the size I have, it’s rather hard to find bigger bedding sets that are the look and style that I wanted. After about five hours of shopping, I decided to go online. I’ve sort of become a fan of online shopping lately. This site I found even was much less expensive than the bedding I had looked at in the stores I went to, and I was really thrilled to find what I was looking for to use on the bed in the guest room.
Once I hung the wall paper yesterday after having the new carpet installed, I did find the perfect bedding sets for not only the guest room, but also my own bed since I saved a lot of money. All I need to do now is paint the trim, put up the bed and arrange furniture. I’ll add the accents and I do believe I’m going to be happy with the results!
Wall paper decisions
We have this great place in town that sells wallpaper and carpet. I sort of went a bit overboard and spent more money than I maybe should have, but (shrug) I want this room to be comfortable and inviting. It’s not going to be girly, since I have lots of guy friends also, but it will be sort of a mix. At least that is my plan, so I bought wall paper that would be neutral. It’s still nice though and I’ll figure out the boarder once I go shopping for paint and bedding and such. I have a antique dresser and bed, plus some other things out of storage, so now I’m working with those also. I’m so happy when I do these kind of projects. 🙂 Good thing is, I do believe even though I spent more money than planned, I still saved a lot due to the specials that the store had!
A new bedroom
I’ve decided to change my spare room into a guest room and I’m rather excited about shopping for the wall paper, paint and all of the items to make it cozy and guest worthy. I have a lot of things to pack up and put in the attic, since I sort of used that room as a storage space. It doesn’t bother me though, lots of things can be donated to various places, and then what I want to keep can be stored. I love to do home decorating and home improvement, so this project will be fun. Redecorating is great!
A dog bathing mistake
I had this “brilliant idea” to give my dog a bath in the kitchen sink, because bending over the bathtub hurts my back. Wrong idea, and not at all brilliant. I made three mental notes and they are as follows:
#1. I didn’t realize how much a small cocker spaniel weighs until after I got him in the sink and he is going on a diet.
#2. Though he fit well in the sink, he doesn’t like it one bit and escapes by leaping out half way through the shampooing and will always no doubt do this.
#3. (This is important) Always latch the dog door before trying to give him a bath again and never ever forget that he will head right for the tilled over garden.
A great day
If doing absolutely nothing except reading, catching up on movies I’ve missed and eating what ever I wanted constitutes me being considered lazy, as one of my co workers made mention of…well so be it. I consider it having one great day!! 🙂
Rain rain go away
I can not believe that it has been raining and so dreary here for nearly a week. We only had one nice day last weekend, and that was on Sunday. It was like a beautiful “Indian Summer” day. I enjoyed it and took the dog out for a walk after he kept bringing me his leash. He hardly ever does that, but apparently he wanted to go outside and enjoy the weather also.
Fall Equinox
Summer is officially over now and it’s sad to me. It seems like this summer and the awesome warm weather came and went so quickly. I dread having to start layering clothes, digging out my winter things and heavy socks, boots and cold weather gear. I always think the very first snow flakes to come down looks pretty, but after that first time, I want to then pack up and go someplace very warm.
Rolling fog
Wow! I woke up early this morning and since it’s now staying darker longer it was semi dark still outside. When I opened the door to let my dog outside, the fog was so thick that I couldn’t see the house across the street from me. To top it off, even though it wasn’t the slightest bit windy out there, the fog was actually rolling around and swirling. It looked like something out of a scary movie. I ran to get my camera to video it it, only to discover that the darn batteries were dead. It’s light out now, but still really foggy. I saw on the news that most the schools are delayed around here…as well they should be. I’m not even going to drive in this.
Patio furniture
I keep looking at my patio and I’ve decided that I want a whole new ambiance for it and it’s use. That means new patio furniture. My sister suggested looking at Adirondac chairs as a beginning and then go on from there. I’ve seen a few of my friends chairs of that brand, including a pair of really nice looking and comfortable rocking chairs and fell in love with them. I’ve always had a great infinity for rocking chairs and comfortable chairs to relax in. I think rocking makes for peace once in awhile when things seem too stressful.
While I was looking for chairs, I was totally amazed at the other items from this company. For instance the picnic tables. I found one that I would love to have. The smaller size of it, would be totally perfect for my patio. Plus it doesn’t really look like the usual picnic table one normally sees. It’s actually quite classy and also very durable. Perfect for a small party of guests. So far the wheels in my mind are remodeling my patio so that I’ll be totally ready to do it by the time Spring is here.
I figured while I’m “mentally” getting myself a new patio, I’d also look at park benches to see if there was one that also would round out the look I want for my patio. Sure enough…there was a patio bench with cushions and even a pillow that looked great! So, with my little nest egg I save for just this kind of project, I might just take my sister’s recommendation into mind.