Life with the Hinds'

Thank you everyone for the opinions on my decorating dilemma! I decided to do chocolate brown in the dining and living room and a light green color (sort of like the blog background) in the hallway and stairs. I started painting the brown today while the girls are napping. I LOVE IT!!! It is going to be SO MUCH BETTER than the Tiffany's box blue. I am probably going to keep all my black frames. We'll see how it all comes together. All the trim in our house is white, but we will see. I also found curtains at Lowe's...they are a perfect match to the red furniture and have a pretty paisleyish print in brown! So next paycheck, I am all over that! I think it will use the Tiffany Box blue and do something fun in Peyton's room. Maybe put some blocks of color on one wall or something. We'll see what happens! We went to Mom and Dad's last night for dinner with Stacey. I made her a cake and Peyton and Kalee helped decorate it with sprinkles and sugar things. ...

Five names you go by: 1. Shelly 2. Momma 3. Spaz 4. Mommy 5. Shell Three things you are wearing right now: 1. Yoga Pants 2. Tennis Shoes 3. Tank top Two things you want very badly at the moment: 1. A clean, finished house 2. A full night of sleep Three people who will probably fill this out: 1. Katie 2. Stacey 3. Kate Two things you did last night: 1. Ate birthday cake 2. Played Wii Two things you ate today: 1. WW Banana Nut Muffin Yummy 2. Potato Salad Two people you last talked to on the phone: 1. Mom 2. Katie Two things you are going to do tomorrow: 1. Paint 2. Rearrange Kalee's room Two longest car rides: 1. Stillwater, OK to Las Vegas to Grand Canyon 2. Illinois to Hilton Head Two of your favorite beverages: 1. Water 2. Diet Pepsi

I need some opinions. I am scrapping my color choice. Apparently what looked so good in theory, sucks in real life. I don't want to live inside a Tiffany box. So what is the overall opinion on chocolate brown and black. Basically all the picture frames I have in the living room are black. Do we think it is acceptable to have black frames on chocolate walls? Or do I need to paint all my frames white? I went to the doctor this morning for my throat. I guess I have some sort of bronchial thing. He said my lungs sound bad...whatever that means. So I got meds. The only good thing is that I got a $10 Target gift card out of the whole deal because I had a new prescription and a coupon! Peyton had a play date with Maddie across the street. I took her over and Peyton turned to me and said, "You can leave now." So I left and she played. They had a good time. They gave each other makeovers...Peyton came home with Purple eye shadow and lots of sparkles!

Well, we went to the store to get rollers for the paint. I finished the hallway and am not too sure I like the color now. I thought I was getting a greenish color, actually a lot like the color of my blog background. Turns out it looks more like a Tiffany box. It actually looks like Peyton's room only a shade lighter. Crap. CRAP! If only there were time to run to Lowe's, buy another color and get it painted before Matt came home from work in the morning. Especially since he didn't like the color when I picked it anyway. We'll see how I feel about it in the morning with sunlight and it being completely dried. It is a pretty color, obviously I like it if I painted Peyton's room like it, but it's definitely not what I was wanting. I am also afraid it won't go too well with my red furniture. Sigh...

We have had a busy day today. It is so nice out!! We got a message from Matt at the firehouse that he forgot it was Ash Wednesday, so he needed to change his menu. Could I go to the store and get him some fish?? So we went to the store and got stuff for a firehouse fish fry. Then Peyton took us to the self check out and scanned everything and bagged it. This is one of her favorite things to do. And since we only had a few items and we were in no hurry, it was the perfect day for her to do it! That girl is so savvy when it comes to anything electronic, I tell you what!! Then we went to the firehouse and dropped off all 3 bags...5 items, 3 bags...that's what happens when Peyton bags for you. One bag for each kind of item! Matt's new station is right next to the park, so we went and ran and played at the playground. Kalee was extremely excited! She got to slide. For the last month or so, every time we would pass a playground in the van, she would yell "SLIDE!!!...

Another funny thing happened today with Peyton...she says the best things! We were in Aldi grocery shopping. Now I enjoy Aldi...you can't beat the prices and I have really been trying to cut down on out grocery bill, but I also always feel slightly white trash every time I go in there. anyway, so this didn't help. They have an alcohol area. Peyton walks by and starts saying, "This is the stuff we buy for Daddy!" Keep in mind she is NOT using her inside voice! "Daddy LOVES beer!! He always likes to drink it!" The even funnier thing was that she was standing next to the wine coolers, pointing to them and being so sure that this is what Daddy drinks! Let me assure you that Matt is not a wine cooler drinker. NOT AT ALL!!

I don't enjoy how when you add pictures, it messes up all your text and formatting. Does anyone know how to make it look right when you post publish your post? I get it to look good when I am typing it, then it all screws up when it's published. Suggestions??