I ♥ My Kitchen

The house is really starting to come together. I had to give it another standing ovation this week as the cabinets and appliances began to go in. It is starting to look like a home. Here is another sneak peek :)

BEFORE:




AFTER...BUT STILL IN PROGRESS:





This week Jaime and I also got the laminate laid in the family room. It is dusty, but it still looks great! I learned it is never too smart to clean a construction zone too good! And Brooklyn put together the IKEA bookshelves and entertainment center all by herself. You go girl!

"Color My World"

Anyone who knows me knows I live in rainbow houses. The house I am leaving at one time had "plum" walls, yellow walls, etc. My new house is no different.

I love color. It just makes me happy. Living four hours away from my new house and trying to design it, one often wonders how it will all go together. This week I had the chance to go down and take in all the work that is being done on it. Here is another sneek peek!

The kitchen is the most perfect shade of green. I absolutely love it. The tile is in and it looks so good!



The family room is this amazing brick color. It has just the right touch of coral. It just makes my heart sing :)



The halls and some of the other rooms are this yummy chocolate malt shade. Delicious.....



What I love most about these paint colors is they are all muted just a tad and blend together beautifully. I couldn't help myself...everytime I walked into one of the painted rooms I would clap and clap and clap. A big standing ovation to this wonderful house that is beginning to show its potential. Maybe I can follow its example!

I'm Moving On....

I have never been a Rascal Flatts fan. I think all their songs sound too much alike. But I went down to my new house this past week to see how all the remodeling work was coming along.

As I was driving back late last night, I was stuck on the I-15 literally not moving. For 45 minutes we sat...they were installing a new overpass. This song was on a cd one of my friends had made for me and I played it over and over and over. It pretty much sums up how I am feeling. I didn't choose the life I have now, but it is mine. It was time to leave the history behind and create something new for myself.

So why do I waste my time blogging about a group I don't even like? I just wanted to remind myself why I am moving to a town I had never been to before...a town where I don't know a soul...a town that is on the edge of nothingness...well actually it is on the edge of Zion's National Park! I just found a house I could afford...but that beautiful scenery is a very nice benefit!



Here are the words that struck me so deeply sitting in traffic with thousands of other cars waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Kind of ironic that it is called "Moving On" when my car was going nowhere!

"I'm Moving On"

I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons
Finally content with a past I regret
I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness
For once I'm at peace with myself
I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long
I'm movin' on

I've lived in this place and I know all the faces
Each one is different but they're always the same
They mean me no harm but it's time that I face it
They'll never allow me to change
But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on

At last I can see life has been patiently waiting for me
And I know there's no guarantees, but I'm not alone
There comes a time in everyone's life
When all you can see are the years passing by
And I have made up my mind that those days are gone

I sold what I could and packed what I couldn't
Stopped to fill up on my way out of town
I've loved like I should but lived like I shouldn't
I had to lose everything to find out
Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on




And so I go.............