Throwing out the couch!!!!!1

Call me crazy!!! Yes,I am a little!!!!! I threw out our only couch yesterday!!!!! It was cute but I have visions of a leather sofa.I saw one at Restoration Hardware and you know what that means.....it is very expensive!!!!!!! For now our living room will be our"yoga room".It should motivate my husband and myself back into the practice of yoga.WE had a yoga business 5 years ago in Chicago and since moving to Wi. almost 3 years ago we have almost stopped practicing.Our life has been all about hair and doing things for other people.This should bring us back to ourselves and our inner journey of peace. OM,Peace,Amen

Big Birthday!!!!

This weekend we celebrated my oldest son's 18th birthday.It is hard to believe that he is already that age!!!!! It is even harder to believe he is the age I was when I was pregnant with him.Now I understand why everyone stared at me back then!!!!! I looked alot younger than my age. The party was small and intimate.We had it mostly outside and the weather was perfect.I bought a new wrought iron victorian settee and small table with chairs to put outside (I have been wanting it for at least 2 years).The outside patio area is starting to come along.I have been looking for a wrought iron gate to put in that side of the house to make it more private.As soon as hubby sets up his software for my computer I can start putting pictures again!!!!!!!

Back on track!!!!

I have a section on the side of our house that was peeling and very obvious.Every time I pulled up to the house I cringed!!!!! I started scraping the loose paint off to prep it to paint.That was so much work.I had my teenage daughter help and then a friend and neighbor asked if she could help.We scraped in 90 degree weather (not a great idea) but I really just wanted to finish some job I started.I probably could of scraped more but with the weather I thought it was good enough. I primed it with kilz2 and oh my god what a difference!!!!! I can pull up to the house and smile!!!!!

Still Unmotivated

I haven't been up to much, as far as the house goes.All I do is clean ,clean,and clean!!!! I have started having dreams my clients will show up early or on a different day than was scheduled(both have happened)So nothing else has been accomplished.The bathroom was forgotten about.Phase 2 was putting in the tile floor.Hopefully hubby will
want to start it.This weekend we had a guest over so we showed my husband's brother around our little city.The best part of living here is how close we are to Lake Michigan.

COUNTING DOWN THE HOURS

My pick up for the wood stove was supposed to be tomorrow but it is now going to be Sunday morning.Hopefully my husband won't be to unhappy ,as that is his day to sleep in.I have been feeling so tired lately and also feel unmotivated to finish my projects.I still have to finish painting one cabinet in the kitchen so I am hoping having the wood stove will help to motivate me!!!!!!!! Right now my life seems to be cleaning the house and cleaning the house and driving the kids.I feel drained and it doesn't help that it seems like 50 degrees outside. On the bright side, I bought more flowers and these two flower pots that I had my eye on for a while.It really helps the outside of our house visually.My husband received a new camera for Father's Day so I will post pictures soon.

Another wood burning stove

I am so happy!!! I have been looking for a wood burning stove for our kitchen for at least 6 months.I mostly have looked on ebay and craigslist.I have bid and emailed so many times and I never got the stove.Well today I finally got one!!!!! I paid for it and now it is ours!!!I have to find a way to pick it up.I am thinking I will ask my neighbor.When we purchased our first stove I wanted it for the kitchen since that is our coldest room in the house.But when we went to pay for it we realized how big the stove was(over 700 lbs) and decided it should go in a central location.Today when we went to look at the stove the only thing on our mind was "how much does this weigh?"
It is definitely smaller than our other stove. I am thinking we will make a platform of bricks for it to stand on .Here is a picture from craigslist.

Let there be light!!!!!

Today was a very beautiful day here in Kenosha.I finally bought flowers for my window boxes and for the front of the house.After gardening and cleaning we decided to go to the beach.It felt so wonderful and peaceful to just lay out on an old vintage tablecloth watching the kids play in the sand.Once we were toasted from the sun we went home.I felt very energized when we got home.I decided to take a hammer and screwdriver
and start opening up our basement window that was boarded shut.Last year we kept seeing bees go behind a small crack in the board so I was a little scared that a swarm of bees was going to attack me.I chipped away for about an hour but finally I did it!!!!!! My husband will be impressed.It was so great to see natural light in my basement.All the windows were boarded up and some have some weird siding over them,So far this is the second window to see the 'light' .I can't believe someone wouldn't want natural light in their basement and keep it creepy dark.Well, we are trying to make our basement more livable so this is a great improvement.