FINALLY!

Our living room is finally painted! Can I please tell everyone how excited I am! Tim and I got started Saturday afternoon about the time of the Georgia game and we finished around the 3rd quarter of the Tennessee/ Alabama game. We now have 2 whole rooms down and 8 more to go. I was actually "lucky" to paint because my husband is a perfectionist! He is an excellent painter and has a hard time letting anyone else help out (which I can understand). He very nervously handed me the roller and gave me about a good 10 minute lesson on how much paint to get on the roller, how to put it on the wall and then how to blend. I will say this was the very first time I have ever painted an entire room without 1 single drop of paint on my clothes, hair or even the floor! I was taught well! I'll post the pictures of the room later on this evening.

Random Things

Mandy Thrasher has now "blog tagged" me! I am next in line to share 5 random things about me:

1) I will be more than happy to share a few pet peeves: People who DO NOT silence their phones in church! Seriously, can you not go an hour and a half without talking to someone? Also, people at the bank who wait until they get to the teller to fill out their information.
2) I love to read cookbooks! I read them cover to cover just like a book.

3) I might be the only person over the age of 5 that still loves colored sprinkles! I can't eat vanilla ice cream without them!

4) I lived in a 1 bedroom apartment with 2 great danes for 4 years. After living in a home with them I have no idea how I ever did that!

5) I still do not know how to properly apply eye shadow! I try about 3-4 times a year whenever a party/ event calls for it....but it really never looks right!


Now I tag Jennifer Anderson and my sister Heather!

Dining Room Makeover

The top photo shows our dining room a few days after we moved in, the middle photo is a picture of our curtain fabric and the last picture shows our new lighting and painted walls! We've had a busy couple of weekends that have included painting, re-wiring, and FINALLY unpacking all of our china! It's slowly coming together and I'm hoping to have my curtains done in the next week. It feels so nice to have one room almost finished!

On a side note, I went to a ladies brunch this afternoon at the church we've been attending. It was so nice to have an afternon of fellowship and to meet new people. There was such a wonderfully diverse group of ladies there this afternoon and it felt like I was at home!

Home Improvements

This is the living room looking in from the dining room. The girls aren't loving the fact that they now have to sit on the floor. It's a daily battle that Tim and I are determined to win!

This is our master bedroom! I seriously can't tell you how many colors are truly on the walls in this room. There are 2 more colors to the right of the bed and looking at the wall across from the bed (both are NOT pictured!) As many of you know decorating's not really my thing. My mom came to the rescue and helped me out tremendously! The next step is paint, paint, paint!

I'll post pictures of the dining room when it's finished! My Aunt Margaret took me to a hole in the wall fabric store last weekend to help me pick out fabric for the dining room. We have recovered the chairs and picked out the paint colors---just need to put it all together!

Welcome to the family

Hi everybody, my name is Lilly. I was born in East Point, GA and have recently made a big move to North Carolina. The sweet lady who cared for me promised she'd be taking me to a place where I could live inside and have lots of fun! I'm pretty sure that she forgot to tell me about the 2 GIANT dogs that I would have to share my new home with, but that's just fine. They look kinda funny to me and sometimes they make really weird noises. I've learned that since I'm a great deal smaller I can move a whole lot faster! And what makes me laugh the most is that I can go from underneath the couch, sneak up the stairs and make it back into my room before the dogs know that I'm gone! Boy this is going to be an adventure---stay tuned, cause my mama said I might get to blog again soon.