Monday, March 14, 2011

Where To Begin??

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I will be 6 months pregnant in one week! How did that happen already??? I feel like I should be doing something to get ready for this, but I don't even know where to start. There are so many things that have to happen for me to even really get started. First, we have to get the wall in Ellie's room fixed because someone (Eric Bethea) used double sided carpet tape to put up the letters for Mac's name and proceeded to rip off the sheet rock when taking them down. So before I can repaint (yes, I'm repainting) I have to have that fixed. I also have to finish cleaning out the closets in Ellie and Mac's rooms. This is a project that I started on back in January and have made little to no progress on. Ellie's room is a complete and total disaster at this point. All the baby stuff (cradle, swing, jumper, etc) has just been thrown in there. You can't even walk through the room and I find it VERY frustrating. And let's not forget the 10 boxes of Mac's baby clothes that I have no where to put so they are sitting out in the media room. I am really hoping that one of my pregnant friends has a boy so I can lend some clothes out! And the list goes on from there. The major obstacle I have run into with all of this is that my husband is a borderline hoarder! Then again, he thinks I'm completey wasteful so as you can imagine, we have butted heads a few times about all of this. Our attic is completely full, our closets are busting open, and every bed has storage containers crammed underneath. Some stuff just has to go. There's no way around it. Goodwill here I come! Basically, all of this clutter is just driving me crazy. It bothers me to the point that I wake up at night thinking about it...gotta get this stuff done.
But I have seen a small bit of light at the end of the tunnel...I got the fabric for Ellie's bedding! Like I said, it's not going to be a traditional girlie room, but I really like it and feel like with the right pictures/decor it will be very classy and elegant. The fabric on the left is for the sheets and the fabric on the right is for the bed skirt and a pillow or 2:
I am repainting the room a toupe"ish" color and will accent with browns and yellows...and maybe throw in a little green depending on what I find.

I'm glad to at least have that out of the way!
I really do need to get motivated. The plan for this evening is to finish at least one of the closets upstairs, but we'll see how that goes!

2 comments:

Jennifer said...

Ooh, I really like it! Can't believe she will be here so SOON!

Laurel said...

Hey Alana! I started a new blog :)

<3 Laurel