Mellow Yellow

I'm going to be doing a little re-do of our living room sometime soon.  As part of that big change, I'm going to be painting the room (and the hallway) yellow.

Right now I'm in the process of choosing the best one.  And I know that the color may vary depending on your screen and whatnot, but I'm looking for a little feedback.

Here they are in the daytime.

And here they are at night.

I've got one in mind, but I want to know what you think.  So, which yellow is the best?

Christmas around the House

Here's what Christmas is looking like around our house.  (a.k.a., "Get ready to see way more pictures than you want to.")

Oh, and I left some stuff out because I posted about it last year here and here.

 Homemade wreaths.  More wire hangers!

 Treat bags ready to go to school.

 Cute dogs running in circles around cute husbands wearing man slippers.

Frank Sinatra ornament that plays our wedding first dance song, "Fly Me to the Moon."

More marshmallow making.  I'm obsessed.

Not my best Christmas tree work, but I was too lazy to go to the store to get more lights

 after almost half of the strands were suddenly broken.

What's Christmas looking like in your neck of the woods? 

Home Again

And. . .we're home.

After eight days and 1600 miles and four different destinations and 13 meals out (ick! and cha-ching!), we're back.  We're back to our king-sized bed (though, I must say that the beds we slept on this trip were quite comfy) and our chairs and our TV and, of course, our dog child.  If we hadn't been so damned tired after our 11-hour drive home yesterday, we might have taped Mitch's welcome home jumping dance.  But, alas, we were exhausted, and it was too dark to take good video.  Let's just say that sometimes I think I should go away for a few days just so that I can see how excited Mitch is to have me return home.  (Granted, that means that I'd have to spend a few days without Mitch, which sends me into dog withdrawal.)

And today I had a lot to do.  I had to take Mitch to the vet to get part II of his dog flu shot (by the way, MY flu shot was free and his was $60), then I had to clean the mold from our hallways (insane heat + insane humidity + attic opening in hallway + bathroom opening to same hallway = hotbed for mold--the property manager will be here tomorrow to do something about it).  Then I vacuumed and ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich because I didn't ever want to eat another meal in a restaurant--at least for a week.  And then we went and saw Dinner for Schmucks.  And then we went to Target.  And then we went to Publix.  And then we came home and unloaded groceries (and by "we" I mean "Matt" because I conned him into doing it by himself).  And then I ran to Target to exchange one of my purchases from the hour before.   And then Cassie showed up for dinner and it was all good, because there were turkey tacos and boxed wine and conversation and wonderfulness.

I love being home.

More tomorrow.

xoxo