Yes, I know I promised house pictures. And no, I have not delivered. Yet.
Truth be told, I am (surprise!!!) a bit of a perfectionist (gasp!) and IF I showed you pictures of the house right now, they would look something like this. Use your imagination now. Picture an empty room but for a few drywall-dusty footprints, outlets hanging out of walls, holes in ceilings, and piles upon piles of dusty dirty grit. That would be our “office.” Now, picture this. Imagination again, please. A room, halfway painted, with the most hideous light fixtures you have ever seen in your life. They emit pink light. PINK! And the ceiling of this room is still mauve. Perhaps to enhance the pinkish lights? Because I haven’t gotten my act together on that one yet. Off to one side, you will see a mattress and box spring on the floor. Because our antique bed does not fit in this once-attic remodel job. On the opposite side, you will see an entire wall full of junk. You know, guitars, records, drawers with notecards saying “THANKS A BUNCH!” and old mix CD’s from college spewing out onto the lovely beige carpet. All these things used to be in aforementioned office. Which now has no closet and absolutely no storage.
Why not show us the living room, you ask? Well, maybe I will. But it will take some re-arranging, as some things had to be moved downstairs to accommodate the work upstairs. And our dining room is also in an uproar. It makes me sad. But we are saving, and scheming, and plotting and planning, and one day it will be fabulous. This weekend, I PROMISE I will take pictures of the playroom (which still has no rug), Milo’s room (done?), and Oliver’s room and you will get your fix. Everything else, well, maybe you can find some tidbits of style and charm in the background of pictures focusing on the wee ones. Oh, and did I mention that Milo, Oliver, and I are all sick?
So for now, you will be forced to endure the typical stuff. Pictures of stuff I will use to lure you to St. Louis for a little visit one day.
Botanical Gardens, July
Milo’s Biscuit (his CALF muscle, please. Get your mind out of the gutter)
Displeasure 101. Art Festival.
Oohhh! House! House!
Oh yeah. And Milo and Oliver are reaching all the typical milestones. You know, preschool, new teeth, first steps, first words (Uh-oh, night-night, milk- all barely distinguishable and utterly amazing), and first sleep through the night (7:30 to 6:30. BAM!). Milo is now terrified of witches and thinks he sees them everywhere. Oliver carries around a fake giant plastic spoon with eyes on it and freaks the heck out if anyone tries to “borrow” it for a while.
I apologize for my lack of creativity and funny stories. As soon as my head stops pounding I’ll get right on it. Peace out.
What you aren’t done setting up the house yet. I thought for sure you would have this wrapped up in less than a month. Just kidding, it is no joke to move across country with two kids to take on an old house. Breath, take your time, and hopefully you will have plenty of years in St Louis to enjoy. Plus, it can’t be that bad if you have already held 2-3 parties there.
p.s. The splash pad and tree house look like so much fun, that could be enough to get us out there.
Yawn. Saint Louis, been there, done that. What ARE those blobby thingys in the water? And why oh why does Milo have more guts than me in that crazy scary rope bridge?!? And just for him, I’ll be a witch for Halloween. Just kidding on that one. Sorry he’s scared of them this time of year…
How about 1 picture, pretty please, of the hideous light fixtures. Curiosity is piqued to new heights.
Great shots once again of those happy boys.
Oh, and feel better! xoxox
C’MON woman! Perfectionist pershemckshionist. . .get those house pics up! We’re tired of your excuses. . .two kids, new house, sick. . .yadda yadda yadda. Feel better! (I THOUGHT you sounded under the weather the other day.) LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!
These pics are so awesome, as usual (wondering what camera you guys have…) So sorry to hear all 3 of you are under the weather.. let me know if you want some of my favorite natural remedies (although I don’t think the kids would be into the garlic, which is my #1, maybe for you though..) The botanical gardens there look so gorgeous and I love the one of the 4 of you (special attention to Milo’s expression). I hope Halloween doesn’t bring the witch fear to an unmanageable level… and then Oliver and the spoon?! they/you crack me up!
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