Moving up in my little blue world

okay so not really UP, more like out? i guess. been a long time coming but we took on a GIANT task of switching rooms around in here, and children too. well i still have the same kids, but they reside in different places. ;) chris and i now officially have a NO KID ZONE room to ourselves. a grown up room. ' the adult room' as we refer to it. i like to keep the door shut and the cats out even. it's my new sanctuary and i protect it as such. after all, it's been years since i've known this feeling and even then, it was very short lived as one or another little fetus eventually changed the adult room back into a baby inhabited domain. where there are babies, at least my babies, there is no sleep for momma. i have lived 15 months (longer if you count the pregnancy, oh and elsha before that who slept worse, and well i could keep tracking backward) of not one single, complete, good nights rest. and if you ask me, i think i've done pretty darn well considering.

so ..in short. we took over the girl's room. the girl's took over our room. rye moved in with his big brother to make one testosterone filled boy's room.. that has already begun to sound like it is occupied by primates. ;)

this big switch entailed much painting by yours truly. a building project by chris which entailed building on a second closet beside the one i would take. mucho work by the both of us (just like moving!) and we are *almost* done. a little tweaking here and there.. more organizing ideas.. more decorating.. more time .. and more money and we will be THERE.

i have to say i am enjoying this home improvement thing. if we had all the money in the world it would be SO MUCH FUN, although with great exhaustion. so very rewarding to change something that does not work and bugs you to no end, into something you love, makes you feel good to see and be around and say hey, i did that.. i made that better and it now it makes ME feel better! what a difference i feel by changing things around here that i hate, and make me loathe this home on a daily basis. space? we cannot change, unless we fall into money and can afford a small addition or two. but i've come to the realization what i can afford to change.. even little by little, is what i want to focus on, and what makes me happy. having said that i have great plans and ideas for this place, should we be here long enough for them to make any sense to complete.

next up! the boy's room will be repainted in a new boy color. after that, i will choose a new color to repaint all the other rooms of the house that i repainted just 3 short years ago while VERY pregnant with El. it's time for a change, not to mention they are beat to heck and in great need of some tlc. my next goal is to get a dining room table so that we all can eat together, sit together, and talk together. where jude can do his homework and we can help him with it.. which will be SOON seeing as he will start Kindergarten this year!!!! only problem is my dream table is not in my current budget, and Craigslist isn't coming through for me. i will press on in my search!

i wish i had taken pics of the rooms before the changes.. but since i didn't i will get around to posting after pics after they're completed to my satisfaction.. wait, that might not be a good idea, then the pics may never come. ;)

also, my beautiful, god love 'em children, lost the memory card to my camera so i am unable to use it. i only have my phone! and those pics are well, crappy. i'll do my best to get pics as well as a new memory card soon. camera withdrawwwwwwwwwwwwwl!!