SoOoOoO Close!!!

I am currently sitting in my sister's dorm room.
She is at work.
Im eating almonds and watching desperate housewives (the reality one.)

In about and hour and a half brittany will get off work and we will make our way to Campus Center (cafeteria... this makes me more and more excited about Thanksgiving... the food here... not so good.)
After dinner we will make our way to Aunt Gayle's house (auntie).
She lives about 15 minutes away.
There we will meet mom, dad and brad.
And then we will all be together again... (ahhhhhhhhh)
AFter spending the evening with Auntie, Uncle Steve, Mandy, Penny and Celia, my siblings and i will retreat to the basement where we camp out on couches and sleeping bags, put a movie on the big screen and stay up way too late laughing (at probably Brad).
Then we will wake up.
And drive for what seems like forever.
approximately 10 hours? Thats a guess.
I may cry. (i tend to get emotional on long car rides)

But then....
After driving forever..
and with much anticipation.
we will be THERE.
Grandma's house.
This is quite possibly my most favorite place in this world.
I simply cannot wait to pull up their long driveway and see the big white house :)

It's going to be awesome.

Grandma and Grandpa... here i come :)

Done-zo.

The bedroom make-over is COMPLETE... well, there is one thing left.

But I'm just calling it COMPLETE!

halle-stinkin-lujah :)

It really wasnt that bad and it's been done for about a week now.

But I like it.

A LOT.

Way more than before.

Should I keep typing (talking) about it?

Or just show you?

ok... ladies and gentlemen....

BEFORE:

plain. boring. unnnnn organized...

and.......................................................

AFTER:

Clean, Sharp, New paint, Cozy, simple...

TA-DA.

I loooo-hoooove it.

I've been in my room almost non-stop.

It may not look Drastic to ya'll.

But its so much better than before. Feels like me.

I have my "wall of favorite people". :)

This is probably my favorite part...

see if you can find your picture :) ha.

I only have to put the fabric "pads" on my headboard and then I'm officially done.

(thankyou SUE for giving me your headboard!)

I got an old wooden headboard from a friend and after some sanding and painting it LOOKS FAB.

I have TONS more to blog about.

Family pictures.

my new favorite kitchen facial. you heard me.

I'll blog about all that lata.

But for today I wanted to show you my new "pad".

:)

Feel free to come over whenever.

you are invited.

im having a nervous breakdown!

As I type these words my eye is twitching and my hands are shaking.

If there is a breakdown point in bedroom renovations then I have hit it...

I may cry.

It started so well (considering I did the work alone)....

.... can i take a second to say i cant wait for a husband one day that will take over painting, putting storage units together... and doing all the things i hate doing?! ....

back to my breakdown.

I finished painting, hanging most things on the wall....

its loooking............ good.

One awesome thing is this: I got a FREE bedframe...

** thankyou Dave Bedell... you ROCK! **

but as I was about to finish hanging a few things.

(you will see pictures soon)

I heard a crash.

.... coming from my closet.

I cried.

I knew what this meant.

This meant my biggest fear has come true.

that SHE is right.

ugh.... I hate it whens "she" is right.

you know who "she" is, right??

mother.

my mother.

her scolding me for buying dress after dress...

cute top after cute top.

i didnt have one in that color... or that fabric.

(are the excuses working with you?)

uuuuugggghhhh.

she. was. right.

once again I ugh.

So, i was forced to take all my clothes out of my closet...

as I picked up each precious piece (that had been thrown so carelessly onto the floor)

I began to notice something.

I have a lot of clothes.

possibly... just possibly... TOO many (however, im not ready to say for sure)

i have 35 dresses...... i know... stop yelling at me

35 dresses that fit...

not 15 dresses that fit and then the ones i hope will fit one day.

nope.... thirty five dresses that fit.

and over 50 dress tops... dont hate me.

What i want to do is buy a really nice wooden closet organizer that can handle my... "things".

but i just spent 50 dollars on a bedroom make over.

once again...

im crying.

Grand Totaly thus far = $0.00

So I finished my brainstorming last night on Project "bedroom makeover" and couldnt help myself but get straight to work.. so i made this:

Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 are as follows:

stage 1:

2:

and some painting:

Things are slowly coming together, i've got the vision in my head, now just getting my room to match the vision :) Tomorrow = shopping for the few things i need, getting new bed frame. making head board. (im most excited about this!)

Friday = painting!!!!

WOO HOO!!!! :)

i have a Dream...

I have a Dream.......

of a place thats my own :)

A place full of my favorite things...

this includes:

music, children, warm colors, comfortable bed.

So i have decided to re-do my room.

re-decorate. change everything.

a little transformation for the soul, if you will.

however, a certain issue comes to mind when i think of such a task.

$$$$$$

I have none of this.

So. I have set a goal.

I am going to redecorate my room- from top to bottom for the amount of...

(drum roll please)

50 dollars.

Things I need to change:

paint, bed, picture frames, some kind of storage unit.

i know what your thinking.....

"impossible"..... but.....

i think I can do it.

I'm going to dig deep into every crafty part of my being and make this happen.

Brain storming starts tonight. project starts tomorrow.

BEFORE :