Notice that Kelly did indeed have a window treatment in her room at one time! But sadly, that blind and valance went missing the same day as my good can opener, my blue Sharpie and all my freshly-knit kelp tube socks. I still think it was the butler, but he’s too long-gone to Mexico to ever know for sure.
Anyway… back to the above fuzzy photo!
Chance, the poochie at Jim’s feet, was our firstborn — a puppy Jim surprised me with in 1992. And the poochie in Jim’s arms is Chance’s firstborn, Peach. Beloved Chancie died from complications of an attack by either a coyote or large dog when Kelly was 2. But Peach is still with us! She’s 12 now, and sweet as ever. Still very active. And still excellent at puking on carpet instead of tile.
Directly below, flash forward to January 1st, 2010… Not so tidy of a corner.
But… January 5th saw things looking better in the olde clearing-out-and-making-over-Kelly’s-room plan!
And yesterday saw the room as below (‘cept I’m not happy with the lighting in the first photo, boo hoo.) Oh well….. I’ll survive.
But this one is nice, I think!
So there you have it! The current state of Kelly’s closet corner, as we embark upon ousting the decor I so lovingly prepared during my pregnancy to usher in the new Club Penguin era. Are you excited!?!?!?
Can I get a whoopity-whoo, or two ?!?!
Have you ever wall papered a room? Or decorated one?
Have you ever had a can opener go missing, even if just a manual one? Quite frankly — I like manual can openers, have used them exclusively for years. They are best overall, don’t you think? Or do you?
Well, by golly — let’s do up a poll and find out just what Jannie Funster readers think!
And don’t forget to come back and see how your can opener life experience compares with your peers, as more and more votes pour in. 🙂
So, its “wacky” January 6th, right — R.A.O.K.A. first Wednesday of the month? Sami? Lance?? Everybody??? 🙂 IS THIS THING ON?!?!? 🙂
Who needs snow, when you’ve got a wacky dad?! Two summers ago he zipped the olde moto-ski out of its garage to give the kids a surprise spin around the barnyard. That’s my neice Alyssa (10) in front. And Kelly’s sandwiched between her and Dad — that’s her white-sneakered leg.
Typical Canadian Maritimes’ summer recreation, I tell ya, fokes! 🙂 As you can see, I come by this wackiness more than honestly.
Isn’t my dad cute?! He was 70 in that picture. I’m so glad to have a healthy, active dad who loves life so much.
And how’s YOUR wacky today??? Done anything wacky lately?
🙂
EDIT Below… (Copied from Zeenat of Positive Provocations.) Zeenat — hope you don’t mind?? It’s my first foray into this R.A.O.K.A. and I’m learning as I go. 🙂
“Your face looks the same and your hair was darker, but no offense, Mom — you were really fat in that picture.”
“I was 8 months pregnant with you.”
“Oh.”
As I was saying last post, Kelly’s room is undergoing a complete overhaul. Bye-bye sweet teddy bear wall paper, boo hoo.
Hello Club Penguin ?? 🙂 Whoo-hoo!!
I can’t remember which I found first — the wall paper or the “Kelly” peg-shelf, but they matched and that was good enough for me. The peg-shelf (is that what you’d call it?) has not been moved since I hung it up back in the summer of ’01! (A Lilian Vernon purchase, I think.)
Here’s how that corner looked yesterday…
And below — brace yourself — here’s how that window wall looked a few days ago… (Dear Lord.)
But…. here’s how it looks this morning! Ahhhhhh — Progress!
So tell me (ladies — obviously,) did you get chubby all over during your pregnancies too — even your legs?!
Has your kid’s (or your) bedroom ever gotten that wild (second to last photo, obviously) ?? 😉 But Vered, Blogger For Hire is exempt from this question, because I KNOW her kids’ rooms would NEVER EVER look like that. Right, dear Vered?? 🙂
Have you ever shopped Lilian Vernon??
Have you ever been to Spain? I never have, but I really really really like the music!
Part 1… Two days ago I posted (wow has it really been 2 days already?? Seems like last year!) about my doll trunk stenciling.
Today I present The Bed.
This first part could also be called, “I Painted And Stenciled A Doll Bed And Drank A Little Wine, Tho Not Necessarily In That Order And Not Necessarily At The Same Time, But I May Well Have A Glass Of Wine Later On Today — Probably In The Bathtub, As Soon As I Post This.
PART 2…
And today is New Year’s Day!
2010 — whee-haw! Bla,bla,bla.
I was born in 1964. What year were YOU born in?
Anyway… as to the new year…
A wonderful blogging friend sent me a desk calendar for Christmas, wow — even after her first mail to me was rejected! (I’d forgotten to tell you guys I’d let my P.O.box go.) Thank you very much, Dot! It’s beautiful and I’ll enjoy it every day over the next 12 months and no doubt will be sharing pages of it here.
I wish my photography did justice to how pretty the card is, with sparkles. The matching little envelope sticker is such a sweet touch too.
BEAUTIFUL!!
“Just like a white winged dove, sings a song, song that she’s singing.” — Stevie Nicks.
And….. I swear I did not know about today’s calendar quote (below) when I took the above doll bed / wine pics much earlier today. Wow, talk about cool!!
And finally, or Part Three — below is a picture of Kelly’s bedroom as it looks now. When I was 6 months pregnant with her I painted and wall papered what you see below — teddy bears in hammocks and general teddy bear cavortation, if the latter is even a real word.
But now… I am embarking on redecorating her room, the teddy bears having run their course! (I planned on starting the redo last May — but why rush into these things??) 🙂
Kelly has mentioned a Club Penguin theme for the decorating, but I think that will date too fast or she’ll tire of it, so I suggested maybe flowers or butterflies. What do you think? Any ideas?
I apologize for the fuzzy picture of the bedrooom corner but I’m too lazy to get up, take another one, and do the whole uploading / resizing / USB switching thing [from my iPhone]. I’ll post some clear pics of that wall paper one day, and the complete bedroom befores and afters — of course!
All in due time, Grasshopper. All in due time.
(Oh, I painted that old dresser too, about the same era I was decorating her nursery — June 2001.)
And… one more picture to ’round this all out.
Wait! One more — of our dining room, a couple hours ago too.
