Guess who I saw at the mall today...

Laundry Room Re-Do

My laundry room was not a disaster but I wanted it to have a face lift. There was a time when I would have paid someone to do it but I am poor (alas, poor, poor me) and I also wanted to see what I could do myself and I have to say, I love it.  I had been been planning this for spring break for several months and so I started on Sunday.  I had finally decided on a color called High Noon.  I do have to resist humming "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" when I think of it!!   It dried a little darker...

Valspar High Noon

So first I painted:                      

 

Then I added knobs and light switches and a picture and  the cross stitch I found a a garage sale several years ago and the key car that is the only thing my mom EVER bought at a craft show and it is perfect.  Maybe not perfect in everyone's world but perfect for me. 

      

On another "yep, I'm proud of me moment," I also got touch up paint at Home Depot for the rest of the house and it's all done too!!   

Good spring break!!

Never Before

Today I had my haircut but a person in a leopard skin dress named Laila and I was a little suspicious that all was not as it seemed.  She was really tall, with long dark hair and big hands.  She talked about her boyfriend.  She was very sweet and she gave me a pretty good haircut.  And her license said her name was
Isaac.

Out of touch and seriously time for a change

On March 1st, some spending cuts went into effect for our country and instead of real change, what it seems to me they did was cut some things just enough to pee a line in the snow that says "see what happens when you question us?".  They cut some Head Start money and some Meals on Wheels money and some unemployment benefits.  Today they are telling marines to "save every bullet, every drop of gas" to scare the American public more into believing since we want them accountable, they'll show us.  We are not safe anymore.  See what we've done?

I preach about this every few months....it's time to clean house.  It's time for some real changes in the way our government spends.  I can't say I know too much about government spending guidelines but I see it every day in our school.  We can't buy whatever from Sam's because they are not on an approved vendor list.  The approved vendor's price is 2 times what Sam's is but ...blah, blah, blah.  It's time for people to be responsible for finding the best price, not sucking up to whichever approved vendor that has lined their pockets.

I think the fact that they all think we are stupid is what really annoys me.