christmas 2006

Here's my house, Christmas day 2006. I have now become a Real Adult. No more kiddie table and trying not to laugh through the prayer while my sister makes faces at me, no more sneaking into Grandma's kitchen to the third drawer down where she kept her Fudge Stripe cookies, and no more dressing up in a static-y flannel nightgown that matches my sisters' and standing on the steps for a "cute picture." Nope. I have had my first Big Family Gathering at my house, and it went quite well for a first go. I even cooked a ham for the first time. We had a blast, I held my baby cousin till I was covered in sweet drool, A was positively busting out of his skin with excitement and overloaded with toys from Nana and Pop-Pop, and I think we got enough sweets from people to keep my dentist busy for years (and to continue my gym membership for the indefinite future).

We finished painting the room just in time, and I spent several days ripping plastic off, vacuuming paint bits, polishing neglected furniture and wondering if the colours would tone themselves down a bit as they cured. After the first coat of paint, I was panicky. It was like, ORANGE!!!! BLUE!!!! PAINTY!!!! but after the third coat and some touch-ups, I sighed with relief. It's still drying, and I need to prepare my smurf collection shelves for display and clean the smurf paintings I had up on the walls, but I really like it. It's pretty bright, and the blue is a bit more saturated than the color I chose, but I don't care anymore. It goes so well with the living room carpet, and the first floor of the house finally looks like it's mine, and not some old lady with a taste for powder-pink-country-cupboards. Now for the kitchen...and bathroom...and stairwell...sigh.doesn't it look positively civilized? Wait till the smurfs go up...heh heh. Some classy digs!
you'll never see the floor this clean again. I guar-on-tee.