i can't seem to stick to one color

    Recently I decided I've become bored with my living room.  This is typical of me.  When I was younger and lived at home, I moved my furniture around every few months.  Out of nowhere I'd become bored with the location of my bed and decide to de-clutter, throw away junk, and move my bed and dressers.

Now my living room is a little bit different.  Living in a townhouse, the space isn't very big and we have a large sectional in this room, so rearranging furniture is.... well somewhat impossible.  So when I get bored, I change colors!  We've lived in this house for three years now and we've now had three different color themes for our living room.  Now before you go on let me warn you that I AM NO DESIGNER.  Don't get me wrong- I try.  I'm an avid HGTV watcher...but unfortunately I have no knack for actually putting things together, especially accessories (so if you ever want to help, you input is more than welcome)!

We started with this....

Red was the theme.  I bought the mirror from Pier 1 and red pillows to match. Please disregard the big flower thing in the back, that was decoration for Thanksgiving.  And the red pillow with the eyes- that was not part of the design theme :-)

A year or so later, I got tired of red.  And I wanted cool colors to match our blue walls.  So I bought a new mirror and moved the old one to another room in the house.  Looking through all my old pictures, I realize I have NONE of our living room at that stage... so to give you an idea of what it looked like...

The new mirror came from Pier 1 too.  It sits horizontally above our (faux) fireplace.  Our new theme became Bluish/Turquoise and Cream.

 Here's a picture of our serious(ly handsome) little man sitting in our wicker chair, with the pillow that was my inspiration for that theme...

Unfortunately, Bluish/Turquoise didn't last long.  I've changed my mind again and something made me want yellow.  So, our new theme is Yellow/Gray.  So far, I've only replaced the pillows and added the yellow throw and yellow candles on the fireplace.  Here's how it looks so far....

I think I want to replace the curtains too.  I also decided that there are too many random pictures on my surfaces and it's looking too crowded, so I have a few projects in mind for my spring break.  My goals are primarily for the living room and kitchen...  I want to
1. make a picture frame collage behind the couch on the wall
2. and we plan to put up a backsplash in the kitchen- which will be a major project because Brandon and I are in no way interior designers or contractors.  So wish us luck.  I'll post pictures if we actually get to it!

when the night has come and the land is dark

     Where you go, I’ll go and where you stay, I’ll stay comes from one of my favorite stories in the Bible.  If you don’t know the story behind it, let me tell you…

     A long time ago there was a woman named Naomi.  She was married to Elimelek and they had two sons named Mahlon and Kilion.  The lived in Bethlehem, Judah but went to live in the country of Moab after a famine struck the land.  Unfortunately, Elimelek died, so Naomi was left alone with her sons.  They each married Moabite women.  These ladies were named Orpah (not Oprah) and Ruth.

     After ten..ish years, Naomi’s sons Mahlon and Kilion also died.  At this point she was left with only her daughters-in-law.  Around this time, Naomi heard that God had aided the people of Judah by giving them food.  She planned to return to Judah with her daughters-in-law.

     As they set off to go, Naomi said to her daughters-in-law 

“Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home.  May the LORD show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me.  May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”

     Hearing this, they cried and reassured Naomi that they would go with her.  But, Naomi said “Return home, my daughters.  Why would you come with me?  Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands?”

 

     The girls cried again.  Orpah kissed Naomi and said goodbye.  But Ruth didn’t.  Naomi urged Ruth again to go.  Ruth turned to Naomi and said...

“Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you.  Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay.  Your people will be my people and your God my God.  Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried.  May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”

At that Ruth and Naomi walked on to Bethlehem.

As the story continues, Ruth goes on to marry again.  She marries a man named Boaz and has a son.  Her son is Obed.  Obed becomes the father of Jesse and Jesse becomes the father of David.

This leads me to the About Me section of my blog.  As I said, I want the kind of faith and loyalty that Ruth had.  She refused to turn her back on Naomi, which ultimately lead to her becoming the great-grandmother of King David.

She didn't do what was easy.

She wasn’t afraid to do what she felt in her heart was right. 

 

She didn’t allow the pursuit of her own happiness to get in the way of what God called on her for.

   

She put someone else before herself.  

I hope to be that strong.

thanks for a good four years

I finally have to say goodbye to my.favorite.sunglasses.ever!

Rest In Peace Ralph Lauren Gold Aviators circa 2008

Thank you for the good times.

Us in Tulum,Mexico- 2008

Us in Cabo San Lucas- 2009

Us in D.C. - 2010

Us in New York City - 2011

Our last picture together.  Fall 2011 - Fed Ex Stadium

I guess it's time to invest in a new pair of sunglasses.  I can't seem to look beyond aviators, so I'm sure this summer you'll see me in something similar to my tried and true.  All suggestions are welcome!