Good morning all! Jordan and I spent most of yesterday with my MIL and 16 month old nephew. Let me just say, that after yesterday I am so glad that I only have one child! It’s probably a combination of these two together, but it’s always WWIII when they’re around each other too long! Jordan is, as the only grandchild for three years, very attached to her Nana. Logan is becoming that way. In fact when my SIL comes to get him he starts crying because he doesn’t want leave. Jordan has been doing that for years! It’s a shame, but I usually have to bribe my own child to come home! I’m not really sure why – she doesn’t get away with anything more there than she does at home. She definitely doesn’t really have any more toys there than at home! Anyway, yesterday was just a pretty rough day – for both me and my MIL!!

Try going shopping with them! I have been eyeballing the couch for about a month now, and yesterday we went to Rooms to Go to take a closer look. The furniture we have now is only about 7 years old, and it’s really good furniture. Jordan and the dogs have but this stuff through Hell, and it’s starting to show! Plus, I just want to change the look of the room. In case you haven’t noticed, we are not afraid of color around our house. The great room and master bedroom are a sage/olive green. The master bath is a dusty shade of purple. The kitchen is red. Jordan’s room is an unusual shade of pink. Not to mention the orange craft room! The spare bedroom is just a boring tan! So anyway – as you can tell, we like color – LOL!

Here’s what I picked out.

It actually looks a little more red in person. Since our kitchen is red, and it’s right off the great room, I though this would help tie them together. It’s supposed to made of this micro fiber material that is perfect for kids and pets because the weave it so tight, it doesn’t let stains penetrate. Plus, I paid to have it treated with a stain guard. Hey, I don’t even have to start paying for it until 2008!! My major concern is not stain, it’s pet hair! We have two Jack Russels, and that’s a lof of white dog hair!

Check out this oil painting I found. I think it will go pefectly with the colors and funky look I want in the great room. I found it at Garden Ridge, and it’s an pretty big picture – about 4 feet x 3 feet. Jordan and I are going to go and look at curtains and area rugs here shortly.

So, the couch is supposed to be delivered tomrrow so we’ll be doing some rearranging today. I’m putting our old couch in Jordan’s playroom so we have something that we can both sit on! Right now I only have one chair for me and then a mini recliner chair for her. I have no idea what to do with the two massive chair and a halfs we have. I think I can get one of them in our spare bedroom, but I think one of them is going to have to go!

Guess what, my blog won the Blog of the Month award over at The Scrap Habit! Yeh!!

OK, so now that I have blabbered on and on about my decor…. Here’s today’s freebie. This is a sampler of my It’s All About the Elements collection. I mean, you can never have enough elements, can you? LOL!

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