Eclipse And Another Project Coming

On the day of the eclipse I was driving to an eye doctor appointment during our 98% coverage. My appointment was at 3:30 and we hit peak coverage at about 3:18. Who would have thought when I booked the appointment that it would be at that particular time! 

Anyway, had my eyes dilated and all is well this year!  

This is how we looked at the eclipse. 

My son sent a picture of him holding a strainer like that so we did it too! We did not have glasses so I thought this was a pretty neat way to look at it.  It was at about 50% coverage by then.

What was also kind of neat was the shadows. 

This was the shadow inside the front door of the pine tree in front of the house. 

I ordered new carpeting yesterday and it should be delivered and installed in about 2-3 weeks. 

I'm really excited but the thought of everything we have to pack away and move is overwhelming! Everything has to be taken off of all the surfaces and put somewhere. I have a bunch of totes to use, and we'll just stack them up in the kitchen and both of the bathrooms. Plus, we have two beds to take apart and store the mattresses somewhere! PLUS we are having them carpet the closets too so we have to empty them all out! Gah! It's keeping me up at night!

I can't wait for it to be done and over! Then I can enjoy beautiful new carpeting. The one we have now is so old and beat down I don't even want to vacuum it anymore!  You can tell that from the above picture. 

That's all going on in my world right now. 

I work today then I am off for the next 4 days! Yay!

See you the next time and thanks for stopping by! 

How It's Going and Random Stuff

After being overwhelmed for months about this painting job we got down to it an got the whole thing painted in 2 1/2 days. 

It feels so good to finally have that part done. 

The first thing we did was to take the ugly curtains down and promptly throw them in the garbage! Then we filled in all the holes from the rods. 

Here's a random picture of Max and Levi where you can see the ugly curtains behind them. 

They were on the living room, dining area and family room windows.  Goodbye! 

Rich taking down shelves and filling in holes. 

Coco is wondering what Dad's doing! 

Here's a picture of the contrast between the old and new colors. Big difference! 

With the lighter paint color and the curtains gone the whole house is so much brighter!  I do eventually plan on putting some kind of valance on the windows but that is a future project. 

Next is new carpeting. I know, a lot of people don't like carpeting, but I actually do like the way it looks and feels on the floor. Plus, it's a little more budget friendly than having wood or laminate floors put in. I would also have to buy several large rugs, too. 

Anyway, I'm thinking a dark grey would look good. Chris will be in town later this month so I'm hoping to schedule the job for then and he can help us with all the moving stuff around we'll have to do. 

In other news, Levi drew me another picture. This one is a cupcake with a heart on top. 

In case you can't read it it says his name and, "I am 5 years old and I am amazing!" No lack of confidence in that guy! 

Caught this beautiful sunset on my way home from work a few days ago. 

I went to an estate sale on Saturday. I didn't get a picture of the house, but these two tables were outside. 

They were priced at $70 each with 25% off. I was tempted to buy just one because you know I love mirrored furniture but I really have nowhere to put it so I passed. 

This is what I did buy. 

A knockoff Prada wallet, a 2 cup glass Pyrex measuring cup and a pair of silver hoop earrings. Total spent: $13.50 I'm so excited that Estate Sale season is starting again!  You know I'll be posting a lot of those! 

That's it for me for now. See you the next time and thanks for stopping by!