...and the Mama paints.

And this Mama reeeeaaaaaallllllly does not enjoy painting! So I should say that I am awfully glad that we ended up using white paint, and that it went fairly quickly. Putting the finishing touches on the bookcases (the one we bought discounted and the one N built) has been my evening(s) project for the past week. I'm awfully glad it's done, now!

I spent this morning figuring out the arrangement of Little I's room. I couldn't quite get 'into' having all dark wood furniture on one side of the room and then the 2 white bookcases on the other. In addition to that struggle, ALL of the furniture was not fitting exactly as I had thought it would.

So I did a little bit of rearranging, and (if I may say so myself) it looks quite good!!

I also decided to FINALLY take Little I's pictures around town to get some quotes on framing. I went to the first place and the guy was very helpful. But the quote that he came up with was going to be $80 - per picture - and y'all know that I have 8 or 10 pictures that I want to hang in Little I's room!! (I think the size of these pictures was part of the cost) A lower quote was $50 (also per picture) and that is the moment that I decided that Little I is not going to care if the pictures in his room were custom-framed. Because, frankly, they're just not going to be.

Maybe some day, but not this day...we've got way too many financial commitments right now, to spend $500 - 800 for wall hangings.

So I hopped right back to the framing section of my favorite hobby/craft store and found some plain black 12 x 12 frames. There's not a mat around the pictures...but you can't argue with a $6.99 frame - that is $3.50 this week because of a sale. I got all the pictures in their frames (framed the lot for about $38) and while they obviously didn't turn out the way I had originally intended...I still think they look really good!

Alright - enough rambling for the evening...I have pictures of Little I's room, but I am going to save them, at least till tomorrow. I don't want to give it all to you in one day! I've gotta save things to write about...things to bring you back another day! :) For now, you get pictures of me painting that infamous bookcase.

I guess Nathan thought that if I took pictures of him, it would only be fair to catch me in action, too. So here you go:

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Yes! I AM a messy painter - I admit it!!