Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Decorating Woes

Maybe I have a color scheme for my kitchen. It is a kind of taupe, a sage green, a lighter green and a very pale green--or off white with a green cast for the ceiling. I hope it works. Now I can worry about floor tiles. We went to a tile place and looked at everything, wrote down some we sort of liked, but the guy said we had too many and would get confused. We decided on four, which we took home. I think we will return them this weekend and get some more. Now I may paint the family room too. My inspiration has been watching HGTV instead of the news when I am on the elliptical at the gym. I also realized that there are only 3 more weeks of the semester. It goes by so fast.

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Why can't I make up my mind?

It's paint again. Today I bought two more samples of paint, added to the three I bought on Thursday. I must have 20 little jars of paint in my basement. One of my Friends came over on Tuesday to help me with the colors, and she said that the colors I was considering were too light, and I should think about something more colorful. She suggested looking at some green paint, which would harmonize with one of the colors I was leaning toward. So, now I have four samples of green paint, two painted on the wall and two more to go. This is driving me crazy. I did order some blinds, actually pleated shades, for my kitchen. That was easy, since I was limited by the style that would work, and only had 5 colors to chose from. They should be here in about 6 weeks, since they are made to order.
One bright spot--I e filed my federal taxes yesterday for the first time. I have been e filing my state taxes for several years successfully, so I hope that my federal filing will go just as smoothly.