Good morning, friends! My mind is in about 10,000 different places this morning and I needed an outlet to put all of my thoughts on ‘paper.’ {Lucky for you!} While this will be a totally random post, there are a lot of ideas here and things that you can look forward to seeing on my blog in the next few weeks.
Our income tax is on its way. It should be here on the 5th of February. {Yeah, it’s early!! We filed with Turbo-tax and voila! A 2-weeks MAX wait time to get your refund. Love it.} I have finally nagged, pleaded and begged talked my sweet husband into letting me get some furniture for the bedroom [yes. We have ZERO furniture…] and we are buying a used but nice couch from some friends from church. What does all of this mean? MAKEOVER. I moved and rearranged living room furniture yesterday and I can’t wait to get the new stuff in here to see what it looks like. {Don’t worry. There will be a LOT of before and after photos for you to peruse over.}
When I started moving things yesterday, I realized that I am in need of some serious new wall decor in my house. I mean, the entire house. Most of what we have I threw together very quickly when we first moved to Florida 2 years ago to give our crappy apartment an “at home” feel. The new place we moved into last year is so much nicer and I am in need of some nicer art. But I don’t want to spend the money on the expensive stuff. So…….I have a big future planned for myself and the Mod-Podge. I have found several insanely cute and crafty things that I want to make for our house that won’t cost much. Just the cost of the supplies and the time. Which is something that I have plenty of. I will be taking down a lot of the photos in our living room and replacing them with the new stuff and I can’t wait to show you what all I’ve got in mind. {*Don’t worry….I’ll document all of it and include some tutorials for those interested*}
Which brings me to my next point-I am a mere days away from getting a new camera. Something I have been dreaming about for several months now. This will be my first Digital SLR camera and I’m a bit terrified. I’m a fast learner, so its not that big of a deal. But I’m pretty sure I will be purchasing this:
I’m not ashamed. LOL I know absolutely NOTHING about photography. Really, I have no clue. I can edit photos all day long on the computer, but I know nothing about lighting and angles and all of that fun stuff. But I will learn. Especially now that I have a child of my own and really can’t afford to pay someone to follow him around all the time to take pictures of him when he’s being cute. And, fortunately for all of you you will get to follow along as I learn. {And look at lots and LOTS of random pictures.} I’ve always wanted to be able to take really awesome photos, so this is one of my big projects for the upcoming year. I’m debating between a Nikon and a Canon and have no idea which one to get. My mom has a Canon Rebel and it always took great photos, but a friend at church has a Nikon and her work is AMAZING. {Those of you who do photography, please provide your much needed input in the comment section. Pretty please!}
I am going to work on my Family Rules Canvas this weekend. I haven’t made the trip to the Craft Store yet to even purchase the items to get started. But I will. On Friday. Payday. Using my 50% off coupon that came in the Sunday Paper. Plus, Joanne’s has their canvas’ on sale this week 50% too. Hubby is going to help me come up with some family rules this week. We’ve looked a some online and I have a handful that I really like, it’s just a matter of picking the rest and getting it done. Little man’s newfound sleep patterns should make that fairly simple. He’s been sleeping past 8:00 every morning-usually till atleast 8:30 and then hitting the sack again about 10:00 for 2 or 3 hours. I think he’s getting ready to hit a growth spurt because he’s eating non-stop and sleeping. And I’ve read lots of books that say that kids tend to sleep a little more when they are growing. Or it could just be because when he’s awake, he runs. Non Stop.
He’s also found a new love for football. I guess us Crimson Tide folks just start them young. He acutally took a nap with his football yesterday. I couldn’t get him to put it down to go get in the bed. He tried to drag it to the shower yesterday too, and when I wouldn’t let him he pitched a God awful fit. Two nights ago, I put him to bed about 8:00ish and he woke up at 9:30 and wanted to play. Football. It’s nuts. He’s so cute though. It makes him happy and I guess that’s all that matters. I already had in my mind that when we moved again I was going to decorate his room in Footballs & Baseballs, so I guess that will work out perfectly. Considering his sudden love for it.
Oh well. I birthed a boy and boy he shall be. OH. Remember the Giveaway I promised all of you I would do when I hit 100 followers? Yeah, I haven’t forgotten about that. I know what I want to giveaway, I just haven’t gotten it together yet. I’m really excited about it and I’m pretty sure you all will be too. Payday is Friday and I’m going to try to get it all together then. That way I can introduce it to ya’ll on Monday and run the giveaway for about a week. So excited!
Ok. I guess that is all for now. I woke up with a nasty little sinus headache and a sore throat this morning. So I will be lounging on the couch most of the day. I rearranged furniture and cleaned up my house yesterday, so I think I’m entitled to do nothing if I want to. Plus, I’ll have to clean again anyway when we bring in the new furniture this weekend, so why over exert myself? Hope you all have a great Hump Day!
Courtney Kirkland is a Southeast Alabama Writer & Designer. Since 2011,, Courtney has passionately provided beautiful, intentional design to small businesses & bloggers and encouraged thousands to walk in a rich faith in any situation.
