Well, you know what they say about week six of the One Room Challenge: It's usually over by now. Thankfully, there is a week seven.
After an eventful long weekend in NYC, I arrived home Monday morning and went directly to work on the plywood floor in the breakfast nook. Andy took the day off work, so we…
I am back from NYC and an exciting marathon weekend. Typically, I do not post about running on this blog, but I hope you'll allow me a brief departure from my norm and indulge me with this marathon scrapbook. Also, please excuse the sub-par photos. Using my phone, I snapped most of them hurriedly moving…
I have dreaded this week a little lot. When I was considering whether or not to participate in the One Room Challenge this round, week five loomed with complications. Ever optimistic, I thought, I've got this. I'll figure it out when I get there.
Along with a patronizing head pat, Week 5 answered,
You keep telling yourself that.…
I promise not to make this entire post about paint colors, but ugh! The breakfast nook is only 10'X4.5'. Why is it taking so long to paint? How is it that I have worked every spare moment of the past three weeks, and I have so little to show for it? These are questions for…
If the six weeks of the One Room Challenge was a complete lifetime, birth to death, week three would be the angsty teen years. This week, I questioned everything about our project. Is it too much for six weeks? Will I finish? When will I find the right color of paint? Everyone is looking at…
This week's crisis of faith is brought to you by an on-line paint visualizer. Monday, was all about progress progress progress. I felt fantastic. After a full day of work, I finished priming the walls.
I thought to myself; This project is going to be a piece of cake. And the universe smiled, patted me on the…