There are days when I really want to give up blogging.
Then there are days like today, when I get my comment fix and 78 individual hits. These days make me happy. But they are rare.
Not that it really matters right now, but I’ve been having this little internal argument with myself. Regarding the floors in the house we don’t have yet.
You see, I currently have ceramic tile in most of my house. I have a very serious love/hate relationship with my tile. It’s fairly easy to clean (especially when you have cats that have stomach issues), but, if a tile breaks, it has to be replaced. Plus it’s cold and hard (although, I can remedy these issues by wearing socks). So, the cons outweigh the pros and we will not be putting any ceramic tile in our next house (in fact, if we were planning on being here longer, I would probably rip out the tile and replace it).
The bedrooms in our house are carpet. Nasty, pet stained (not even our pets), fraying carpet. And I hate the carpet even more than I hate the tile. It just grosses me out. I think it’s the nurse in me that says carpet is unsanitary! Yes, I’m germaphobic and if I can’t scrub it clean or throw it in the wash, I don’t want it around, especially not with kids and pets. Therefore, carpet is also out (along with most area rugs, which also gross me out).
So, I’ve been having this internal debate in my head about our future floors.
My dad is my go-to guy for flooring questions. He’s been in the flooring business for 5 or 6 years now. I know more than I ever wanted to know about hardwood floors.
Anyway, back to the debate. I know I want hardwood in the majority of the house. But what about places like the kitchen and bathrooms where hardwood is not appropriate? Part of the reason I dislike my tile in my kitchen now is that I dropped something and ended up with a broken tile in the middle of the kitchen floor. I’m going to have to figure out how to pull up that one tile and replace it. This does not entertain me at all. I really, really don’t want to put tile in the kitchen, just for this reason.
Then, this post on The Lettered Cottage goes up today. I love The Lettered Cottage. First of all, they are located about an hour and a half from here. And, it’s nice to see design that doesn’t come out of a huge city. They live in Alabama and their house is so stinking cute! It really makes me feel like I can do it too.
Anyway, back to the post. When I saw these pictures of the kitchen in this house, I died. 
Gah! Are those not gorgeous?! Mind made up, split brick it is!
I randomly clicked a link somewhere (probably from either Twitter or Google Reader..but anyway) and landed on Modcloth.com. The dress I landed on wasn’t exactly for me, but this one is.
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I need this dress people! So cute with a great pair of heels, yeah?
I found this one too, but I want to try to make it myself.
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Right? To form a habit? That’s what people keep telling me anyway.
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This week I made a major change in our lives, and our schedules. I started a new job in which I have normal people hours. Like, 8:30 to 5, Monday through Friday. This is going to be a large adjustment for me and for my family.
You see, I was working 6:45am to 7:15pm. Granted, it was only 3 days a week, but 12 hour shifts are hard on everyone involved. No set schedule, no routine = an extremely unhappy husband and 5 year old. Anyway, I’m babbling and getting off topic.
So, remember that whole Saggy to Sexy thing? I still suck at it. I mean, the eating right part is mostly there. But that whole exercise thing kills me. I just hate going. Once I get there, I’m good. And as long as I’m entertained, I’ll actually stay on and work up a good sweat.
Off topic again. So, I decided that since I was starting new habits and routines and such, it would be the perfect time to create a habit of going to the gym! And, when I told my daughter about it, she was so excited. She wants to go every day with me. And today, when I tried to bail, she pitched a fit, and I went. So, I’ve been two days in a row! That’s more than I’ve gone to the gym in 6 months! Thanks for holding me accountable, Kinsley!!
I still haven’t conquered my fear of the weight lifting machines, but thanks to Mrs. Lab’s posts about diet and excercise over on WeddingBee, I think they might intimidate me a little less, maybe….
So, y’all know I’m trying desperately to get my house organized, right? Right.
I have this mess of recipes, stuffed into a plastic 4×6 card file. Some of them are neatly hand written on 4×6 cards. However, most of them are computer print outs hastily folded into quarters and stuffed unceremoniously into the box. The box is starting to overflow. The recipes are starting to take over my entire kitchen. And, Matt wanted a way to know that I’d made something and we’d really liked it, as opposed to trying to remember what it was I cooked three weeks ago that he really liked and wants again.
I thought about it for a few days, and then got distracted by our annual New Year’s Beach trip. My mom brought along my grandmother’s recipe file. It is a spiral bound index card book. My mom treated it like it was made of diamonds and gold. I don’t blame her. My grandmother was a fantastic cook, this little book is our only way of passing down Grandma’s recipes.
I was inspired to create something that maybe my kids would cherish that much when I’m gone.
Isn’t it cute!?! My husband thinks my hedgehog is kinda silly, since it has nothing whatsoever to do with food, but I think it’s cute and I don’t care. I borrowed the hedgehog from Pimpstitch and was meant to be a embroidery pattern. Anywho…
I also thought I should make it double sided, so, here’s the back.
I intend to write the recipes we like out, laminate them, and use book rings to hold them all together.
So, you likey? I thought you might.
Merry (albeit Late) Christmas!
I, for one, am extremely thankful that the Holidays are over and I can settle down into the New Year.
2009 was a wild a crazy ride. We got married, spent 10 days lounging at the beach, my baby started Kindergarten, and I got offered (but didn’t start) a new job.
2010 is already looking to be similarly fun filled. And by fun filled, I mean extremely busy. I start a new job in two weeks, there’s a wedding in Vermont to attend (and design the invitations for), and we are embarking on updating our little starter home so that we can move into something bigger and better.
I decided not to make resolutions this year. Instead, I’m making goals. (I’ll be blogging about them one at a time, in an effort not to bore my few but extremely appreciated readers!)
We just got home from our annual family beach trip to the Florida Gulf Coast with my mom and her siblings. We’re well rested, but a little antisocial, due to being in a house with 9 other people (the eldest 82, the youngest 5) for the last 4 days.
For tonight, we’re going to pull down the Christmas decorations and relax with a movie. Tomorrow, we’ll embark on our goals!
Finally, with most of the formal pictures out of the way, it was time for Mr. CC and I to get a little time for photos of just the two of us.
On the staircase again.
In the room that we would spend our wedding night in.
And in the living area.
And then, it was time to go back to the church and hide.
All photos by Kristian Ogden Photography unless stated otherwise.
Missed something?
- The girls got ready.
- I got my hair did.
- It took a village to do my makeup.
- I got into my dress.
- We had our first look.
- We took pictures with our parents.
- We took pictures with our maids and men.
