Paint.

What is so hard about picking out paint? There are thousands of tints to choose from. There are even these little color guides to help pick juuust the right shade. There are all sorts of tools and ideas out there... surely a person could have a hay-day picking out a brand new color for their abode.

Except for me. 

I was born with many talents. Interior decorating, cleaning and choosing colors to go on my walls semi-permanently are all things that I am completely challenged with. And when there are more options, it becomes harder and harder. Oh sure, what's the big deal? You buy a color you like and throw it up there. Voila. Done. Except the problem is, I find that when that one color I like is spread all across the wall (or in this case, the exterior of our house), it turns into a beast, staring me down as if challenging me. "Do you want a piece of me?? Do you?" I also do not want to redo it if I completely hate it. Thus, I choose with extra caution, consulting my better half time and time again. 

Don jokingly pointed out this crazy purple color. I looked at the swatch and then chuckled with the sight in my mind of my "front door" neighbors frantically running out of their house with their arms flailing, "STOP! Crystal! Did you know he's painting your house purple?!?!" Lord, spare us all. We would surely be THAT house in the neighborhood... When giving directions, the neighbors would now say, "Go until you see the purple house... yes, I said purple... and then take a right..."  I'm sure the traffic would line up in front of our house as if we had 10,000 twinkling Christmas lights set to music in the middle of July. Anyway, I digress. 

But I might as well have chosen purple with the amount of time and energy it is taking me to pick even the simplest of colors. Do we want to stick with yellow but punch it up a bit? Then I think it'll look good two-tone... dark on the bottom and light on the top. or vice versa. or maybe we should stick to one color.  *sigh*  But ANYTHING but neutral (which is sounding better all the time b/c you  just can't go wrong with it.) It's exhausting... for me.

Please let it be done soon! (and let me be happy with it!) 

Crystal Mc

School is Here!

 Well, another summer has come and gone! We now have a 2nd grader, a pre-K-er and a toddler. Some of the fun-filled activities we've done this summer include going to water parks, swimming, the Children's Museum, LOTS of sprinkler action, the zoo, testing out Mentos and Diet Coke geysers, a dance recital and lots of play dates. With the 100-degree + heat every day for a month solid, it was hard to get outside and "play" without water being involved!

We even managed to squeeze in a trip to Colorado! This is our first vacation since our honeymoon.... NINE years ago. It was such a fun time, and seeing the Zahller clan is ALWAYS a fun time! When I find some pictures from that vacation, I'll post them.

Moira gets to ride a real school bus this year! She is SO exctied! She's waited 2 years to actually get to ride in one... because you know school just isn't school unless you are riding a bus! ;) (vans don't count, apparently.)  She had a great 1st day of school... and I think her teacher will be a great one for her this year!

Eating ice cream after school!

 

 

 

Moira and the bus

 So excited for her to be a 2nd grader! :) Declan walked around the house yesterday going "Momo??? MOooooooMooo! Where she go?" Me: "She went to school." D: "What? Moooo Mo?" Me: "She went byebye." D: "Whhhyy??" lol  Big adjustment for the little guy. Caden won't start school until the last week of August. Until then, fun times with my little guys before that one starts! :)