Baby room April 30, 2006
Posted by fmmh in : Baby , 1 comment so farI assembled the crib and dresser and created the walls’ border. . . YIPPIE!!! Stringing beads for a window decoration is consuming my time now. Babyboy is going to have a beautiful room. Oh yeah, don’t stare at the kitty’s eyes!
April 26th!!!
Okay, some progress has been made. But, it took me a month to remove and unpack some boxes. The baby still doesn’t have his crib setup. Tick tock . . . .
Why do the kitty cats insist on running in his room any time I open the door? “Out kitty cats!”
March 28th!!!
When will the boxes be unpacked??? . . . crib???
Decorating, Entertaining, and Stressing April 2, 2006
Posted by fmmh in : Ramblings , 1 comment so farWe had our first visitors (we never invite people over because I’m a scaredy cat (iNFp w/PTSD) at our new place. I’m still stressed out (can’t sleep, can’t eat). A few weeks ago, I invited a group of dear friends over, so that, I could force (1) my husband and I to get things rolling with our new place and (2) myself to be more social. I’m striving to change my ways of hiding from the world, to be a good mom and example to my baby boy. Yesterday, the group of friends stopped by for a get together. The day before, you should of seen me and my husband try to get our place prepared and stuff unpacked in time. The baby kept me so busy! My husband trickled our stuff over from our old place to the new place, slooowly, over a course of a week!? My friends complimented our place and decor. It made me feel really good since I never, ever received any compliments on my decorating ability. Usually, I suck! One of the ladies loved my curtains! (I couldn’t find any cheap, cute curtains that fit the window dimensions. So, I created my own by buying a set of sheer panels and a sheer shade at Bed Bath & Beyond. Wa-la!) Before I convinced my husband that we had to move, my counselor always told me about how important my home environment be decorated in cheerful colors. We had a black and plum purple color scheme and icky, grey, stained carpets! I thought a lot about what my counselor said about the environment. I looked at the exterior of our place, and I felt it was a prison, old painted grey bricks. I looked around and realized I was scared of our neighbors. How would I ever stroll my baby outside? We had to move! So, we moved. Things look safe here. The area is not so populated for a place near The Metro (subway/train). Well, my counselor was right! I feel so much better living somewhere not so drab. We still have the black decor, furniture. But, the carpet is beige and doors and appliances are white, which all brighten up the place. The windows look out to a park! (The old dreary place faced another old icky building, an icky view.) “Alls I needs to do is” (Chris Rock made me say that) get outside and stroll my baby boy. My excuse is, not until I get the baby room finished. It’s not even started. See my last blog entry.
