{ Life Lately }

The past week has been too-busy-to-blog-but-in-a-good-way. I've been engrossed with little projects, sweet little this-is-my-life-right-now projects that are quite time-consuming till they're done, but not much in the grand scheme of things. My spare moments lately have been filled with planning a bridal shower for a friend who doesn't like traditional bridal showers, so it's morphed into a girls' afternoon wine-tasting in the city. In the process, I've come across lots of great little date spots, some of them quite inexpensive {score!}. I'm trying to think of a way I can share these potential-date-spot gems with the Mr.; perhaps a new page on my blog? A new sidebar category?


I'm also deciding on a paint color for the kitchen. Finally!! It's been over a year since I decided to paint the kitchen, but after our massive living room/dining room/bedroom/bathroom project over Memorial Day weekend last year sort, the Mr. and I were burned out. For, like, months. And then Painting Season ended {unless I wanted to {a} get intoxicated on paint fumes, or {b} freeze to death while painting with windows open}, kitchen still colorless. But I'm close to choosing a color! Really close! {If I keep being positive and using exclamation points, maybe even I will start to believe me!} In June I'll be hosting a joint baby shower for two of my coworkers, which has me dreaming of re-painting the living and dining rooms as well. I loved the Easter green for about a week. Mike detested it from the start. I admit that it was a bad decision for our main living space. In a kids' bedroom? Terrific! The majority of our living space? Not so much. I'd love to find a great color and have it all re-painted by the baby shower, but I know that's probably not a realistic timeframe.

Here is our current home...

 but imagine cheery Easter green everywhere!

...and here are a few inspiring snapshots from blogland:

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isn't this dining room just dreamy?