Raise Da ROOOOOOOOF!

That was big when I was in high school. How old were you when that was the in thing to do to show excitement?  I was the one who always looked stupid and uncoordinated doing it, and then tried to pretend that I was doing it badly on purpose.  Did you know you could raise the roof badly?  Now you do.  I also managed to ruin the Macarena.  These scars from my youth still haunt me.

Last Spring, the storms that ravaged most of the country hit our neighborhood, too.  I actually don't know of any homes in our 'hood that didn't need their roofs replaced, and we were no exception, except that we didn't get on the schedule until too late and had to wait for this Spring to have it done.

 July 2010

We plan on painting the shutters black this summer, so a darker roof seemed in order.

July 2010 - look at my teensy Jack with the feeding tube!

On Wednesday, the workers showed up at 7:30 and the roof caved in.  Okay, it didn't really, but it sounded like it was about to as they stomped around and started to demo the old roof.  We left right after breakfast to preserve our sanity, and didn't go back home until 6:00.  You can't know how amazing it was to come home to a completely finished roof, in ONE DAY!  It was like they had never been here except for the totally different, wildly changed color on our roof.

TAA DAAAAAA!!!

What?  You don't see it?  Well, it is darker, I promise!  And though it doesn't look much different, it is very nice to know we have a snug new roof over our heads.  Just in time for this year's Spring storms....

Yummy in Yellow

I found this table on the side of the road last Fall, and thought that it would make a great side table for a reading nook in our room.  Unfortunately, it was too cold to paint it until now.

I started out by sanding off the rough edges and any sheen.

Next came a couple of light coats of primer,

Then I painted it a nice yellow, which looks great against the gray of our bedroom.

See the bird I wrote about a couple of weeks ago?  Same color.  Obviously.  Because it is on the same piece of cardboard.  With the same paint.

Once it was dry, I put the table in our room next to the chair. 

That chair is going as soon as I can get the new chair upholstered.  I hope that's before the baby comes....  I debated antiquing the table, but I truly love the brightness of the yellow.

It's sitting near the entry to the room, and truthfully, I just put things on it for the pictures.  I'm waiting to actually decorate it until the kiddos get used to it.  Right now it's a source of fascination, and tips a bit more easily than would be comfortable with a vase of flowers or a heavy candle or books on it.

I do love a pretty pedestal table.