Bedroom Makeover

Sometime last year, I told Jeremy that I would like to get a new comforter for the bedroom. The one we currently had, was given to us by his grandma and made for a queen bed - ours is a king. It never properly fit. Also, our room walls were blue and I was really getting tired of the blue walls. We took our gift cards we got for Christmas 2009 and months later went to Kohls and found a new bedding set. A little bit later, we went to Lowe's and picked out paint samples. Months and months went by and the new bedding just sat in our bedroom along with the 4 paint samples we picked out. Fast forward to earlier in January. I told Jeremy that I would like to get our bedroom cleaned out and re-organized and painted and have our new bedding put up. He was going to be on vacation from the 29th until the 4th of February. I made the executive decision that we would plan to re-do our bedroom that weekend he was off. Earlier that week I painted samples on the wall and didn't like any of them (neither did Jeremy). One day during lunch, I made the trip to Home Depot and found 3 more paint samples (neutral, but light colors) and came home and painted them on the wall. I liked all 3 of them as did Jeremy, so he chose the darker of the 3 colors (just to make sure it would cover the blue in the least amount of coats). Saturday after we ate a late breakfast, we got to cleaning the room and it took us many hours. The bed, dresser and the big armoire got moved to the center of the room. Anything else that could be moved out, was moved out. After we were done with that, we went to home depot and bought the primer and 2 gallons of paint and then went to hang out with some friends.
The next morning, Jeremy taped off everything while I made breakfast. We then started priming and let it dry and then painted. It only took us 1 gallon of the paint to cover the walls. Oh, we also had the primer tinted. (which I highly recommend for big projects like that)
Here are some before and after pictures of our bedroom.

The final 3 paint samples, as well as a few samples for Logan's room (none of which we are using)

Main wall that our bed is on

Another view of the room

And another view

Primer and paint in the works

Skittles is supervising - I think the paint is done (end of Sunday)

Main wall in bedroom that our bed is on

Room is organized and new bedding is on!!!

Nice and clean!

Jeremy's dresser

I am so happy with the final outcome. Jeremy was kind of shocked that I picked such a generic color of paint, but I am really happy with it. I am glad the blue is gone, our room has been blue since we moved into our house (6 years ago). The other thing I like about this color is we can change out the bedding every few years (if we choose) and not have to worry about finding something to match the paint. We can now pick something different and continue to accent with other colors. I think I am going to get brown or red curtains for the window to help add a splash of color. Also, I have a wall saying that will go on the wall in about 3 weeks (the instructions said to wait about 3 weeks before applying to freshly painted walls) I also plan on adding some pictures to make the room a little more homey!
What do you think of the new room?!?

I did it!

Last Thursday, I braved the icy roads and headed to take my NCLEX exam. My test time was 8am and got there almost on time. 3 1/2 hours and approx 160 questions later - my test shut off. I walked out of the testing center, got in my car and bawled my eyes out! I was so nervous and relieved. I went in with the expectation that I would get 265 questions and it would take me quite a few hours. The waiting game was the hardest part - they said test results are available about 48 hours after you take the test. Saturday morning, I woke up and was prepared to pay the $8 to the pearsonvue testing center to view my exam results. Before I did that, I check the board of nursing website to see if I had a valid RN license - and I DID! I screamed out to Jeremy that I passed and started crying. WHY? No clue, but I was just relived. I am so happy that I don't have to go through that process again and am really happy that now I can focus on getting the house in order and ready for Logan. I called my mom and other family members and they were really happy for me. No one knew when I was scheduled to take the exam, and I'm glad I did it that way. I felt a lot less pressure and was very calm and at ease when I took my test. I'm just so happy I passed and am officially an RN!

The animals think they are humans!!

My sweet animals think they are humans. Sasha loves to lay on the couch, we noticed her lying in the above position and thought it was funny. This morning, I was getting ready to leave and saw Skittles laying on the bed, in my spot, almost like a human.
I love my animals!!

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I must be crazy

Recently, one of my friends started couponing. Well, i got interested and now I do it too. I have subscribed to the Sunday paper, and I cut out coupons when I get them. There is also a reall cool site I follow called: www.couponcloset.net The lady in charge of the site posts deals for the week. She does Homeland, CVS, and Walgreens. She will post the sales and what coupons to use with each purchase amd tells you what the final price will be. So far I get away from the store really cheap. I've been saving my reciepts to really see how much I am saving.

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Christmas Day

This year, Jeremy and I had a nice Christmas. I woke up about 6:30ish and got some water and laid back down, the dogs woke up shortly after and Jeremy put them outside. A little bit later, he got up because he couldn't sleep. He went into the living room and watched TV, which ended up being too loud for me to sleep. I finally got up and made up a good breakfast of English muffins, sausage, ham, eggs and pancakes. All was good.
After breakfast, we opened presents.

Gifts from The Masons'

Jeremy's Gifts

Logan's gifts

My gifts

 We let the dogs open their presents first, we knew it would keep them occupied.

Sophie enjoying her bone

 Then we decided to open present from the Masons'. This was one of them....

Skittles checking out her new toy

Skittles wanted to watch up open the rest of our presents

She likes to be in the middle of it all!

 Once we finished with all those gifts, we decided to open Logan's gift. This was Jeremy's gift to her - it said Baby's 1st Christmas. It's a cute onesie that says "Bundle of Joy" in it. Soooo cute!

Ornament for Logan

Her ornaments on the tree. I got her the "L"

 Jeremy opened her next gift, which was from me...a set of 5 onesies, including the one he is holding up. She is going to be daddy's girl!

Daddy's girl

 The last present was from Jeremy to Logan and it was.....OU hat and matching socks. This child will be an OU fan and now she can be decked up on OU stuff.

We opened our presents to each other, and of course, skittles had to be in the middle of it all. I wonder what she will think next year when we have Logan around.

After we were done, skittles decided to lay on one of the boxes of stuff, it just so happened to be Logan's clothes.

Time for a cat nap!

We had a great day. My presents included a body pillow (which I had been begging for), a heating blanket for our bed, a couple pandora charms, and a new phone! So happy with all my gifts.
Jeremy got some new clothes, cologne and a nice picture frame.
After opening presents, I watched my family open their presents via Skype. It was so much fun. They got lots of cool stuff and really liked their presents. It's like I got to actually spend Christmas with them. We also followed our yearly tradition and went to a movie. We saw "Little Fockers" it was cute! Jeremy and I made dinner together - steak, baked potato and rolls and salad! Yummy!
Now we are just relaxing and watching Christmas movies and enjoying the rest of our day!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas too!

Scared to death!

So I was supposed to re-take my test on December 3rd, and after all my sickness and drama with the kidney stone, I decided to re-schedule it for December 22nd. Well today, I rescheduled it again for a date in January! I signed up for a Hurst review and I sure hope I pass it. I am SCARED TO DEATH of failing this crazy test again. I don't want to have to deal with it. This stupid test has been on my mind for the last week, and it's finally getting to me! I've been emotional the last few days, and it seems that everything is making me cry. I'm sure it's a combination of that and the hormones from the baby.
Now that I have changed the date, yet again, and have signed up for a full content review, I can finally have some peace of mind and some structure when it comes to studying.

Skittles

Skittles is such a precious cat. I got her as a Christmas gift my first year in OK from Jeremy. She loves her momma (me :-D) and cuddles with my every chance she gets. Usually she comes to the door to greet me when I get home, but recently she hasn't been doing that. So I've discovered what she is doing....

Notice the bump?

Can you guess??

There she is

Mom, what are you doing?

I love skittles

 She apparently likes to hide underneath the blanket, she has done this almost every day for the past 2 weeks. It is the cutest thing!