paint

It's amazing what a coat of paint will do.

Our new house is old. About 72. There are beautiful 40's details like a cove ceiling and molding around doors and windows. Unfortunately, the previous resident painted everything, molding and all, bright pastels. Now, when we talked to the very sweet and helpful colorist at Benjamin Moore, she said that pastels were actually period appropriate. However, I do not think bright pepto bismol pink and metalic wallpaper was what she was thinking of. Seriously, the colors were headache inducing.

With the help of some amazing friends and family, we now have relaxing taupe walls in the bedroom, grey in the living/dining room, green and white in the girls room and beige in the kitchen. All with bright white molding for contrast. It looks awesome if I do say so myself.

I fall more and more in love with my house every day. I am so excited to move in and make it ours.

A year is a long time

Wow. It's been almost a whole year. See how I suck...

So - Lena is in Kindergarten and loves it. No surprise there. She has been learning scientific facts such as, did you know worms have 100 hearts? No? Well then you should go to kindergarten. (to paraphrase my tiny know-it-all)

Pilar is in pre-school 3 days a week and also very happy about it. Her BFF Riley is there too, which may be why she loves it so much. According to her, she does not learn anything. She is three years old. Sheesh. (also paraphrased)

Jason is still teaching all over the Pacific Northwest. Still fun. Still wish it were full-time.

I am still crocheting and selling on etsy as well as at Milagros and Spielwerk. Otherwise we have all been busy with our latest news: drumroll please:

We finally bought a house. Yay! It's small, but a good size for us and in a great school district. We are the smallest house in fancy pants land, which is generally a good place to start. We're painting it this weekend and pictures will follow - though I don't know when. If you want to follow recent doings, facebook is the best place to go. I'm usually on at least once a day. Otherwise, I'll try to remember I have a blog. :)