I think the girls (as my dad calls Grace and Lucky) are depressed that he's gone. Grace has hardly left her bed since my dad left, and Lucky has been very clingy with me. She has to be on my lap 100% of the time that I'm sitting at the computer, lounging on the couch, etc. When I make her get off, she howls like she's in physical pain. I feel like ( Read more... )

As much as cleaning Lucky's vomit EVERY DAY sucks, and as much as all the vet bills (only to hear, "We have no idea what's wrong with her!") suck...I am glad she is ours and not someone else's. There are too many people out there who "love" animals when everything is going well and they're healthy, but who would abandon them to die (or put them to ( Read more... )

I think Bam is slowly becoming a cat person. The other night, he referred to himself as Daddy. I said to Grace, "Come here Gracie Lou, come see Mommy." He said, "Daddy is going to bed ( Read more... )

It's sad that the thing I like BEST about renovating the kitchen is that I will know for a fact, without a doubt, that every single nook and cranny in my kitchen is as clean as a whistle. Every corner, every baseboard, EVERYTHING ( Read more... )

Bam and I went shopping for paint today for the kitchen. We had decided that we were going to do the walls a light creamish color, and the cabinets a shade of tan ( Read more... )

OMG. The mess of renovating is driving me nuts. You know how it's pointless to clean certain things until you're done, because they just keep getting dirty again?

Yeah.

I keep cleaning them.

I'm going to post a few pictures of the kitchen in its current state. I wish I would have taken BEFORE pictures of my mom's apple theme - it was insane. The woman didn't mess around when she was doing a theme. There was apple decor EVERYWHERE ( Read more... )

Do any of you have any ideas for a new theme for my kitchen? I've searched LJ relentlessly for home decor communities and couldn't really find any ( Read more... )

Need to change my name soon. What a hassle. I know I have to change it on the following:

Social Security card
Driver's license
Credit cards
Bank

Am I forgetting anything?

Don't feel obligated to read this, guys. It's very long...I just wanted to write it for my own memories ( Read more... )