Kitchen Completed....Finally.

WOW! It has been quite a long time since I've wrote about the house. I think I ended up saying how I was gonna makeover my kitchen. Well, it is completed finally..with the exception of some final touchups here and there. I didn't end up doing the blue/aqua combo...I painted the walls that color, eww...I ended up not liking it after Bart mentioned something to me about having it being a horrible color. At first I was gung-ho about doing chocolate brown on the backsplash...the cupboards bright white...and the walls sort of the aqua/blue color. Well, the final colors as you can see are nothing like it, with the exception of the chocolate brown and bright white ! :)

My first area of the kitchen was removing the wallpaper on the walls. It was a country red check with bird houses, it bugged me from the moment we moved into the house. So bye-bye wallpaper it went with the help with my steamer...which are the absolute greatest things ever ! :) It is a Wagner...(from Lowes), case you ever wanna check one out:) Next, after wiping down the after effects of the wallpaper glue and residue, I primed all over the kitchen cupboards and woodwork with an oil based primer called Kilz. After completing all of the primer I rolled an oil based paint on the actual cupboards...it was a Valspar brand that I got on clearance for two bucks ! :) After completing the priming and the two coats on the cupboards. I worked on doing the glossy white around the cupboards and trim areas. I also used an oil based gloss on the trim and the outer cupboard areas...For this I used the brand Krylon. Next was the easy part painting the chocolate brown on the backsplash and walls. This went rather quickly since I again used the Valspar paint in Satin...covered nicely just in one coat...but still went over in two to be safe.

This took a lot of time this room since I had so much going on in our family's lives with Neela's doc appointments...and kids attending school. I lost interest in this room rather quickly since it was coat after coat after coat...and so on! :P But I am very a happy with the after looks on the kitchen now. We are going to rip down that light/fan above the kitchen table just as soon as we go and pick out a nice modern one. Also, my fridge that is in the kitchen is almost like it was built for Barbie...way, w a y too small for the Waddell family. I am longing for a giant stainless steel one in the next summer months. :) Oh yea, and possibly putting in a dishwasher,well...eventually. And as far as a new sink...we are gonna put a large, deep one in soon, I hope ! :) WOW! lots on that wish list I'd say huh? Well, next room up is the boys room...which I have a dark grayish/navy with of course bright white trim. There is just something about bright white trim color...makes everything look astonishingly clean !

Happy Mother's Day!

What it means to be a mother?



Full Name: What you call your child when your angry at his/her actions.

Sterilize: What you do to your baby's pacifier by boiling it, and when your a busy mom of more than one kiddo...or if its your second, third or fourth child...Your own saliva works just as well.

Losing it: Something ya mumble under your breath when all hell breaks lose...and your kids look at ya like, "yea, she is...I don't know what her problem is?" :P

Whodunit? None of the kids that live in my house? :)

We'll See? Something you say until you actually get a moment to comprehend what your child wants. My kids always say, "Mom, that means... NO!"

Hot wheels: Why do they have to hurt the bottoms of your feet so much...and why to they always have to be your sleeping companions.

Did you clean your room? "Yupp!"...as you look under the bed it looks like a thrift shop gone wild!" And when ya open the closet door up it looks as if there is a daycare in there with all the toys built up.

Landry done: Lasts approx 3 to 5 minutes 'til someone pukes, poops, or spills.

Thunderstorms: "Can I sleep on your floor?"

Wet pants: Why does this happen when the one time you don't have a spare pair in the vehicle?

Dirty faces: Always when ya have to leave somewhere...and you have to go and unlock the house door to retrieve a wash cloth of some sort.

Calls to 911: Kids insist on the cat calling it frequently. Also because the dispatcher is mom's cousin...(what a hoot!)

Spills: Why does it always have to be cherry koolaid?

Clean house: Something that never happens unless family or guests come to visit.

Band-aids: A box lasts approx 1 day at even tho nobody has a cut or scape.

Candy at checkouts: WORST IDEA EVER!

Casseroles: Something that is dirt cheap to make, and makes a truckload to feed an army !

Nail polish: Who painted their nails? "Not me" as the nail beds are being covered up.

Barbies: Who knew 3 year old boys would play with them more than any of my girls did...:)

Why does the first day of school have to be so heart wrenching?

Macaroni and Cheese: Kids gourmet meal, so they think.

Sick Child: Something you wish you could take alway from your child and put it in our bodies.

Why do boys pee any place? And why does it always have to be when some elderly lady sees them? :)

Stares: "Evil eyes" from women at the grocery store...its almost like they forgot what it was like to have kids. Have kids really changed?

"I Love You"...something that your child says to you, and makes everything chaotic/crazy become not so bad.

Shower: 30 seconds to 1 min for most busy moms, if any.

Unselfish devotion: A mom to her children, and wife to her spouse.



~The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always be forgiven.

~For the hand the rocks the cradle, is the hand that rules the world.

~No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - "Life"

~A mother's love is fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.

~There is love, my own dear mother bends with love's true instinct back to thee.


Wishing all you mothers a very Happy Mother's Day ! And to my own mother...your work, effort and dedication...Your vivacious personality got me to where I am today" Love always, Doobe