Overload

Once upon a time there was a girl. Girl decided she'd like to redo her house. There were obstacles besides the usual one--budget. The holidays were approaching, but more importantly, a daughter was coming! To add to the insanity, she started a blog to document the process.

Guess what? Everything has come to a head. All at once! Rooms are in disarray, unable to be finished due to holiday obligations (parties, gift buying, parties, gift wrapping, parties, putting up decorations, parties, taking down decorations, PARTIES).

We received word our daughter is ready to travel (more gift buying, airline tickets, finding a place to stay, figuring out sight seeing stops, finishing her room -- done!, buying clothes -- couldn't do much of this earlier, not knowing what size she'd be or exactly how old she'd be when she arrived, buying food and diapers).

And then to top it all off, the blog experienced technical difficulties.

I don't know how much time I'll have to blog in the next few days. But I'm here! I'm hurrying and scurrying around dealing with the craziness and best possible scenario. A busy house, happy children, a new baby coming, and lots of great projects I'm really excited about.

Truly happy holidays!

With Apologies to the Simpsons...

It's my birthday today! 36.

Lisa it's your birthday! Happy birthday Lisa!

Off to celebrate with family.

I stink

I have to apologize. If we saw each other yesterday and you smelled something, um, funky, that was me.

Wait, wait, wait. It wasn't me. It was my shoe.

Let's just call a spade a spade, shall we?



Excuse me while I hang my head in shame.

The funny thing is I kept smelling it and looking at the bottom of my shoe... which is squeaky clean.



And so I just went about my day... picking up Zack from school and running a bunch of errands. All the while asking the boys if they were "tooting". With poop. On my shoe.

The end.

A Real Introduction

Hi there. It's me, Lisa.

(This is me in our front entry.)

Do I look like you expected?

I'm a DIY fanatic--both because of budget and the satisfaction of a job completed with my own two hands. I've always loved decorating and I love old stuff. Flea markets. Antique malls. Fiesta ware. Old jewelry. When I was about 12 years old my little neighbor and I would ride our bikes to... an antique mall. Who does that?

Me.

I know. I have been sick a very long time.

I don't think I have a style. I like sleek modern stuff. I like old stuff. I like traditional in-between stuff too. I've been told just go with what you love and it will somehow all work. I hope that's true, because that's what sort of happens around here!

Life outside decorating includes my hubby, Mr. Room By Room (Mr. RBR I'll call him). We're both 35 years old. We met on a blind date 9 years ago. We've been married for 6 years.

We have two rambunctious boys, Zack (age 4) and Clayton (age 2). We're also in the process of adopting a daughter, Delaney, (6 months).

The day my son arrived (the younger son arrived first. I know, it's confusing) I embarked on an interesting journey--stay at home parenthood! Something I didn't think I'd ever do.

Before parenthood I was a graphic designer. Most recently I designed menus for different restaurants all over the country. I still do the occasional freelance job if it plops in my lap. Usually wedding invitations or magazine ads.

But now most of my time is spent trying to scrub marker off various surfaces of my house. Including the children.

Have I mentioned I rue the day markers were invented? Rue. The day.

Life is never dull around here. Stick around and enjoy the ride.