First Football Sunday

Okay so I already told you we were huge football fans. We are Tampa Bay Buccaneer fans. Every Sunday we get dressed in our red and black buccaneers apparel with excitement and vigor...If you saw the game today you would probably ask why? I am not a fair weather fan I have no problem losing if we played our hardest but that didn't happen today. We beat ourselves, looked sloppy, not to mention there were a few major miscalled plays against us... UUUUGGGGHHHH Oh well it is only week one there are lots more to make up for today... Go Bucs...

Friday Part 2

I forgot to mention the Redskins game... Sorry Mom, Dad, Mike, Ray, and all the skins fans for your loss. We didn't get to see the game as our electricity went out at 6:45 and didn't come back on until after 1:00 AM. We are huge football fans and we were so sad, not to mention hot and bored when the electricity went out. Anyway, don't worry after all New York did just win the Super Bowl... so there is no shame in your game...

The Big Reveal

So, I am really excited to reveal my new room. I apologize in advance for all the pictures. One there may be some repeats I tried deleting them and just couldn't and two I didn't want to leave any thing out...

If you recall the beautiful sweet precious Baby Layla Nursery before pictureTo the grown up sophisticated Stephany room. I really liked the green so I kept it and darkened the molding to an antique white instead of bright white. I wallpapered the top in a french country pattern. Replaced the ceiling fan/light.
I kept the chair from the nursery It is so comfortable, I just need to get an ottoman so that I can sit and read in here. I also kept the lamp but I painted the flowers brighter shades of pink. My mom always called me her Joy so I saw this and had to put this in here.I bought this table at the thrift store it was a plain oak table. You cant see well it but I painted it antique white, crackled it, beat it up, made a skirt out of this gorgeous fabric I got on eBay. I am in love with it... You can click on picture to see closer look of table.

Some of my buttons and such...

This is the reason I had to have the carpet replaced. Well I am the real reason but this is what I was painting. Why I didn't paint it in the garage is still a mystery to me, not to mention Tim


I love this mini chandelier (another eBay find from Murfreesboro ironically)... You cant see all the details but it is gorgeous...
Just thought I would share a frame Tim bought me... I love my babies...
This was such a cathartic process to go through, I had mixed emotions throughout each day and still continue to. It was so hard to paper over the pink, yet as I saw each black flower come to life I would get excited to see the new possibilities. I kept the closet pink until yesterday. I hadn't planed on it after all I love pink. but every time I opened the door I saw Layla and the past not the here and now. I am just trying every day to concentrate on what I do have in my life. I am blessed even without a child of my own... I say that only half meaning it... Oh what is wrong with me...

Anyway, here is my new craft/office/me room... This is where I will be every time I write to you or post my blogs. I hope you like it.

Nice Weekend

We had a nice Labor Day weekend. My parents came up and we just spent the time hanging out in or by the pool. Eating and chilling... I just got the call saying they were almost home. Thanks for coming we really hope you enjoyed your weekend. My step-mom works for the USPS so she only has so many days off so I really appreciate that they took the time to come here. I don't consider her a step mom, she is just my mom. I didn't want to confuse any of you after the recent post dedicated to my other mom who passed away last year. No, she did not come back to life...

Anyway, my room is finished. Well, I should say almost finished I still have to paint the wall and baseboard where I spilled the paint. We had the carpeting replaced last Friday, its nice but what we had was practically brand new. I will post pictures soon...
Its funny, I am still territorial about the room. I keep the door shut, I don't know if it is from myself or others. Tim came in the other night for the big reveal... I tend to be a little dramatic tee hee hee... Anyway, he said wow, it is so weird, there isn't a trace of her in here. I know, I said, the only thing left is her name sign in the closet. I don't know what to do with it... If you know of anyone who wants to name their precious angel Layla Grace you just let me know...

Great Weekend...

We really had a crazy, fun, whirlwind of a weekend...

Friday we had the carpet replaced. While they were doing that I cooked, cleaned, and finished decorating for our niece Carley's 11th Birthday party. Then we went out to dinner with Tim's brother Ray, wife Row and our "niece" Little Leigha. Leigha was up visiting for the week and was leaving on Saturday so we wanted to get together with her one more time. I love you Little Leigha, hopefully you will be close to home soon.

Saturday woke up and finished the last minute stuff. Vacuumed the pool, vacuumed the house, set up the food and we were good to go. Had a good time just hanging out with the family. I love Carley so much. She is one special girl, she so appreciates everything that is done for her. Always asks if I need here help. Thanks me from the heart, and just likes to be with us. I think I mentioned at Christmas that she spends the night with us and we take her shopping every year for her birthday and Christmas. We just make it a day all about her. We will be doing that in a couple of weeks. We will be busy the next couple of weekends so, it will have to wait boo hoo, cant wait...

Then Sunday we met Tim's parents for lunch over at Harris's finally celebrating dad's Birthday. It was so nice and relaxing right on the water watching the boats/yachts come in. Eating my favorite foods. (seafood) Great conversation, good food, it doesn't get any better. Oh, did I mention the ice cream... tee hee hee... Then we leave to find an accident over the bridge. For those of you who don't know I am not real fond of crossing the Bay Bridge. I have gotten so much braver through the years. At one point I had to be laying in the back seat in order to get over it, then it was no talking, and now I pretty much grin and bear it. That being said I was not too pleased crawling over the bridge for about an hour... Did I mention a tractor trailer went over the side a week ago... Dad, you were worth the trip... I love you.

Today, my plan is to relax. I had planned on spending the day out in the pool but unfortunately its gray outside. So, instead, it may be a day of watching movies, napping, or reading. I am not making any plans just going with what ever I feel...

Love to Paint

Isn't this such a beautiful pattern...

Not so pretty when its all over your carpet and wall...

UUUUGGGGHHHH!!!

So, as you can see I dropped and spilled this beautiful black paint all over my new craft room floor, wall, baseboards, and the hallway too... Could have done without that!!! I was almost finished the room. I am only waiting on some fabric to make a skirt for my desk then it was on to the big reveal... Now I have to paint the walls baseboards. I have the carpet people coming on Thursday so hopefully next week will be the big reveal but I don't know about that either because our dance card is full full full... This weekend on Saturday is our niece Carley's birthday party. We have it here every year so this week I will be busy getting everything together. I will be shopping and prepping food Friday then we have a dinner to go to that night. Saturday is the party then Sunday we are meeting Mom and Dad for lunch. I am going to sleep well Sunday night...

One of those weeks

It has been one of those weeks... First off let me start by saying if you are pregnant, just had a baby, just adopted a baby, or anything remotely close I want to say do not feel guilty... I am beyond excited for you and your blessings... That being said, this week sucked. I am guessing it is because I have so many people that are or have had a baby recently. Tim was on the phone with our niece Julia and just said bye baby and I then started bawling. Just the way he said it was so cute and I thought, I am never going to hear him talk to our baby like that. I'm never going to be a mom. Why Lord, Why? I know I am on a journey and there will be painful times and I will get thorough them but some days I wish I could just sit down with God and have a nice chat. I might point out some flaws in his plans and He might point out some of my flaws but then again I am betting He would probably make things allot clearer then they are... I feel allot better but I definitely had some pity parties for myself. Luckily they ended quickly as I smile at all the blessings I have been given.



So today I did something crazy... I cut off my hair. I have had long hair for close to 20 years. I cut it off once or twice in that time only to grow it out. Today, I went in to get my highlights done and a trim and then out of the blue I just decided I wanted/needed a change told Kristy to cut it, she was so excited, she said do you want me to cut some so you cant change your mind? I said go for it, so she did... I love it.... I think it looks great. I called Tim and told him I cut my hair. He didn't believe me because I have said it a million times. He got home still not believing me and was shocked. Thankfully, he loved it too.... I will post a picture soon...