It is a Bit Much...

One of the perks of having a separate office from your husband is that you can paint your retreat/workspace whatever color tickles your imagination. I wanted orange so I painted my office orange...vintage orange to be exact. It is loud and a bit obtrusive. I am trying to adapt to the new color but I am afraid that I bit off more than I can chew. How to fix the design faux pas without losing the orange? Maybe a block pattern with various reds and oranges? Stripes? Lots of artwork? Hmmmm...off to comb through design catalogues for inspiration.

Happy Mother's Day

Clay, Mom, Meredith and Martha


Karen and Mom
WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Before and After...The Kitchen Edition

We're slowly putting our house together room by room. Mom and Bandit were up earlier this week to help finish painting the downstairs and I finally feel comfortable enough to post evidence of our efforts.


Before


After
Of course we still have work to do on the room, starting with replacing that wretched builder's grade light fixture over the kitchen table...yuck!


View from our kitchen door leading to the backyard. The lush green backdrop is what made us fall in love with the house. Off to do more work!

A Sign of the Times...

This morning while eating a bowl of Rice Krispies (Karen) and Honey Bunches of Oats w/ Strawberries (Clay) we checked our online bank account, a common practice because of our massive spending spree as of late. Well, some heathen stole our checking account number from a piece of mail that was never delivered, made a duplicate card and purchased $200 worth of gas in Bronx, New York yesterday evening. Our bank is taking care of everything but we're lucky that we check our account on a daily basis or this scum would have continued to purchase gas with our money. We're huge fans of online banking because it gives us the opportunity to keep an eye on our hard earned money regardless of place or time. Check your statements to make sure the same thing has not happened to you, apparently it is becoming more common as the gas prices continue to rise.

Officially North Carolina Residents...

Clay passed his written (computerized?) driving test with flying colors, answering all questions correctly. I barely passed the test, with four wrong answers. Apparently I don't believe in giving pedestrians the right of way; I have no idea what a leaky exhaust does to a vehicle and I am unable to make sane decisions involving emergency lights, a slippery road and fog. But, I can correctly identify a railroad crossing sign and I know what to do when I encounter a blinking red light so it is all good.