Our New Home

First, I have to say that I'm so sorry for dumping that last post on you but I just can't take it away because I'll lose all of your sweet messages. Thank you all for those understanding and encouraging words -- they just mean so much to me.

I'm going to try to be more positive, today. Okay, this is our home (I took these a couple of months ago, when were having the home inspection done.) The white paint looks to be only one coat and is chipping -- so we don't have to feel too bad about painting it! The door and shutters are wine, but my husband calls it purple. I do too, now, 'cause it really is heavy on the purple side of wine. Hubby is gonna make new wood shutters and the door he want's to re-place. We'll have to play that one by ear..... or by checkbook!

Okay, now I've got to tell you a secret...... I know that I'm a Southern Belle (Ha!) and all but I cannot stand Crepe Myrtles!!!! Hubby and I just really, REallY, REALLY don't like them so a friend of his might come by and dig them up this fall. Otherwise.......bzzzzzzz....This is a shot from the top of our driveway looking down at the highway.This is hubby's shop!!!! Yay for hubby!!!!The pool is in pretty bad shape, the deck is in worse shape. So it's gonna go as soon as we get a chance.

This is the living room with their furniture, etc. See why I called this house, "the perfect house"?

Because even with it's flaws, it's still beautiful, to me. The previous owners tastes in home decor is very nice, traditional, and formal -- beautiful, but not us. I was really "afraid" of this house (I still am, truthfully) I'm letting the house "tell" me how to decorate instead of the other way around. We're fighting (me & the house) and I've never had so much trouble decorating before.

This was their daughter's room. Isn't that cute how she decorated with her favorite team?Now this picture I took the morning after we moved in. Still her decor, but our junk.Now, I remember when this wallpaper was in style so I can still see the beauty in it, but again, it's not me....... so..... see that tear?It became this........and then this......... but I finally had to run to Wal-mart to get...............this. Don't even worry yourself with trying to strip wallpaper without this stuff! It's great!Isn't that right babies? They jumped in to help and ended up finishing the job! It's been a team effort, here. I'm telling ya! Sidenote: They said that they will N-E-V-E-R have wallpaper in their homes!Another thing that had to go was the popcorn ceilings! I got so tired of vacuuming those ceilings in our last home!It is a MESS scraping it down, so don't forget the dust masks! It's not hard at all, just dusty, tiring, and we've got scars on some of our knuckles (where they scraped the ceilings -- eewww!)

Our oldest daughter celebrated her 19th birthday just a couple of weeks after we moved in! Happy Birthday our little 10lb3oz bundle! She was the biggest baby in the nursery and we were "famous" for a while!!! She's now been with me half of my life -- wow!Look at her eyeing that pink box! She's wondering ..... as our baby girl and son are sassing her... when I said something about being sweet, I get this "Who me?" look.he wants to say something back to them but is trying to hold her tongue! It didn't last long, BTW! ;)She wanted a Blueberry Cobbler instead of a cake, this year.Without internet, I went through all of my cookbooks 3 times looking for a good recipe. The closest I could find was for a Cherry Cobbler so I tweaked it but it felt like such a "cheat" because I used the canned blueberry pie filling. There weren't any fresh or frozen blueberries in our Brookshires. She said she liked it, though, so that's all that really matters....I guess.... but I still feel guilty.She requested a breakfast buffet for her birthday dinner. I had her make up the menu and her daddy fried the bacon, me the eggs and I chopped lots and LOTS of fruit! I forgot to take pictures, though!

Look at everybody pretending to be sweet!!!! No, I'm just kidding -- I know I'm blessed!But for now, I'm off to our little library. I've got to hurry and get back before hubby gets home so we can run to Lowe's. Got to get wood for the bookshelves hubs is going to build!!!!!!

Thank y'all for coming to visit! I hope y'all liked the pictures? I've taken lots more, but I just can't keep you here aaaalllllllllllllll day! Am I too late for that?

Many Blessings, Julie