Prettying up my blog...

If you were here earlier you might have noticed a different background every few seconds... I'm trying out a bunch of different backgrounds to see which I like the best... I've been at it for an hour now... background after background... and I have to get a header bar and I found some other pretty things to put on the blog as well... the hunt continues for a background...

ps. its my Friday today... whoot!

Bedspreads and Birds eggs...

Here are two photos of the yellow chenille bedspread... so buttery and good...  I also have a few snaps of the eggs in jars...

I think I'm going to throw these up on my flickr... I have to check My Sewing Room's website to see if they're open on Friday so that I can go and check for some toile fabrics... I'm going to get a couple fat quarters of a couple different ones, if they have a few different ones... that way I don't buy a whole pile of fabric that looks crap with the couch... I'm going to bring the quarters home to see how they look with the couch first... and some greys for the piping and roll pillows...

I'm not sure what I'll be able to accomplish when I get home this evening... maybe make some homemade cheesy burgers with green onion, rosemary and mushroom in them... Mmm...  I'll be sure to get some photos of those...  If you didn't see what I made for supper last night check out the post below this one... Shrimp Coconut Curry soup... Mmm...

Yum...

Here is a shot of the Shrimp Coconut Curry Soup that I just made for supper...  so delish... next time I'm going to double everything to make a larger pot... we ate just about all of it, just the two of us, with a tiny bit left over for Chris's lunch tomorrow...  

We got the paint all picked up for the front room on the way home today... I was going to get a primer and then a paint but the lady at Home Depot said that the Behr paint with built in primer was good... if its not I'm going to have a canary!  But I'll have lots and can do a few coats if need be... there really is just one large and one small wall... the other two walls have the big open archway through and the big front window... really it should go pretty quick!  And I have sand paper and sanding blocks to sand down my $5 find, and I should have enough wall paint to give that a couple coats as well!  So excited... I think I'm going to run outside and see how easily the table is going to sand...

Hey...

Just wanted to say if you're popping by and reading the blog, feel free to leave a comment... say hello even!  Where are you located?  How did you find this blog?

ps... fishy photo from up above... took this snap in Kensington about two years ago.

Oh Monday...

I have snaps on my slr... will download them this evening... there just isn't enough time in a two day weekend... especially if one of those nights is a house party in your house!  Well patio party would be a much better description... its so nice to finally have a complete back yard!

I'm starting to find the crap quality of some of my iphones photos rather charming... okay... focus... starting at the beginning of the weekend what did I get accomplished... not nearly as much as I wanted!  but this weekend coming may very will be a four day weekend for me... fingers cross that works out... I should know in about an hour...

Yesterday we headed down to Longview to check out Pam's sweet sweet shop called Wow And Then... Check out her blog...  Pam had saved the sweetest table for me, knowing that I was headed her way to check out her treasures - it goes PERFECT with my two wing chairs - the same legs (as the chair's front legs)... AND ITS CREAM!! so I can just save the blue table from a white wash and put it down in the basement in the shabby chic bedroom down there (once we build the basement that is!)  Oooo so many plans for the basement... anyway... too much typing and not enough pictures... here are two iphone snaps of the new table... and beautiful lavender from Wow And Then...

You even get a little sneeky peak of the wing chairs as they are now... Eeep!  They're not nice at all... yet!  Didn't get the paint for the front living room Saturday evening... we fell asleep late in the afternoon and then woke up in time to make supper and get to the movie theatre to see Get Him To The Greek... funny movie!  Picking up the paint tonight... taping off the room Wednesday night and getting at it Thursday...

This is starting to get irritatingly lengthy... so I'm leaving you with a snap of last nights $30 mac and cheese - soo much cheese - emmenthal, swiss, sharp cheddar and parmesan...

Mmm...

A very successful day indeed... went to a vintage garden sale this morning... and after only spending $18, yes $18 I came away with the above blue chenille bedspread, a little table and a nice chunky picture frame... Before and after pictures to come of the other two items once I get them all done up... I also got a pair of matching wing chairs from kijiji for $60! To be recovered as soon as I find the right toile...

Off to take a look at the front garden to see how much bigger I am going to make it... later we're running out to get the paint for the front room... Canada day holiday is on Thursday of this coming week so that'll be a good day to paint the front room I think... Perhaps tomorrow morning I can get it all primed...

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So much I want to work on right now...

I'm so unbelievably stoked that its Friday... oh yeah, the picture up above is from the Vintage Chicks sale too... every time I look through my photos I find another that I really like...  AAHHH... I'm picking up two matching wingback chairs tomorrow morning, and then I have to find the toile that I want to cover them, and I need to get the primer and paint for the front room, get that large picture for Jada printed this weekend to frame up, tighten up the cootie catcher, make the front garden larger... there is soo much that I want to work on this weekend, right now actually... but the work day begins... 

Testing the BlogPress app...

A shot of picture frames from the Vintage Chicks sale... I just got the BlogPress app for my phone and wanted to take it for a spin! Let's see how it goes!

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