No more wallpaper!!!

For months now I have wanted to peel off the wallpaper in our kitchen. It was a very dark paper and made the kitchen much darker. I had started the project by peeling just a bit off at a time a couple months ago but then things came up and it went to the back burner. So I decided tonight was the night I was going to peel it off. I plan to repaint the kitchen once I figure out what I want to do. I want to really redo the entire kitchen: new counter tops, new or refinished cabinets, new flooring...you get the picture. Those things will eventually happen just slowly. If you have ideas please share. By the way the first few pictures are the after pictures because I messed up when I uploaded them.


Ignore the clutter please my counters are normally clear of clutter but since I was taking the wallpaper off things got moved.

Another view.


And this is the BEFORE...as you can see the paper is dark and I am sure you understand it makes the kitchen darker. I don't really enjoy wallpaper anyway so I was happy to get it off.
Well I didn't have time to take other pictures today so these are my 365 pictures for today!

Feb. 2 and 3

The first picture was taken tonight while I was searching for scholarships to apply for....I wasn't as successful as I had hoped. I will keep searching though! The other two pictures are of Henry "helping" me bake cookies last night. He loves to get in the cupboard and take out all of my pots and pans. Well back to the scholarship search!

365 Challenge: Jan 31 and Feb 1

Well the first two pictures are from Sunday and the last two are from today. I know the last one isn't good quality but I just love it anyway. We went down to Bass Pro Shop this morning and then hit the gym this afternoon. I am cleaning the house tonight...which is when I took my picture today.

365 Challenge: Jan. 30, 2010

So we spent the afternoon at the park today. This was Henry's first trip to a park and he sure had a lot of fun. Sean and one of his friends tossed the football around while Henry and I played with Henry's new ball. He really enjoyed watching his Dad play with the football but even more so enjoyed watching all the kids play, ride bikes etc. We spent an hour or so at the park and only left because it was starting to get chilly as the sun started to drop behind the mountains. I took a lot of pictures and can't pick my favorites so I am going to share a bunch with you. Since I posted a Throwback picture of myself earlier I am just posting Henry's pictures tonight.

Throwback Saturday

I have decided to create a "special-themed day" for my blog...feel free to follow suit if you want. Saturday's will be a throw back picture....something from at least a year or so ago. I think this will be fun to take a look at the changes over the years. So today since I don't have many old pictures on this computer I will be sharing a picture from Sean's BMT graduation. I promise to get some older ones up in the coming weeks. If you decide to join me for Throwback Saturdays let me know!

365 Challenge: Jan. 29, 2010

I have the beginnings of a cold so today has been kind of a lazy day around here except tonight I am doing my weekly babysitting of my friends kiddos.

365 Challenge: Jan. 28, 2010