Beautification

I have had some upsets in the last few weeks. First, I found out that my graduation date was not going to be May as I previously hoped. No, I'm going to be a December baby in birthday and graduation. The next disappointment was the false hope of moving into a "real" house. A real house with room in the kitchen to cook, and more than two rooms total. We, really just I, was psyched up about moving and being able to paint the walls. I crunched numbers. Never fun. I saw that our current paychecks would not facilitate a bigger rent bill, but I still hoped and prayed it would work out. Things looked up. The house was just within our grasp and then silly girl decided not to move. I'm not mad at her, it's really not her fault. I just let my heart get excited before I really gave it to the Lord.

So here we are. Still living in student housing; still sharing two walls with neighbors, and still with only about two feet for me to move in the kitchen. But I'm happy now. The Lord is good, really.

So, I started this beautification of my house. Ever since we moved in, the house has looked "just moved into." We still have boxes stashed in closets, and pictures leaning against the wall instead of hanging there. So the last few days I've been beautifying it. First, I decided I wanted more color in the house. So I had to find a way to get around not being able to paint the walls. So I decided to use those canvases left over from my years of attempted "artsyness," and paint them bright, cheery colors to hang on the wall. I now have two canvases, one purple, one blue (of course), leaning against the wall on the landing (haha, I know, I know. Still leaning). I also have a tall skinny canvas I painted in an extremely artsy way. I taped a line down the middle and then across, and I painted the squares red and blue. The problem is that when I pulled off the tape, I realized I had all but painted the British flag on my canvas. Oh well, I like looking cultured.
Today, my project has been to pain an old mirror someone gave us that looks pretty wickery (that's a word), and so I painted the cream wicker a rusty orange color, and I will probably lean it against the wall in my bedroom.

Today, I also: cleaned my bathroom, cooked apple cinnamon chicken burritos (my own recipe), hung up tons of clean clothes, went to school, and now I am trying to stay out of Everett's way as he reads the play he's supposed to read before his class tonight. I can't wait until we're both out of school.

I'm motivated to learn how to cook, but I don't know how to do that without getting off of my diet. Well, the diet (and the semester) are coming to an end, so maybe I'll find time and calories in three weeks.