Paint or Not to Paint….

I know a post is long due so here ya go!

We have made a BIG decision in the Edge Household.  To paint or not to paint.

The big debate is that we have dark wood trim EVERYWHERE in our house.  Wainscotting, base trim, rafters, mantle, built-in bookcase and laundry hamper!  So do we….

A.  Keep all the wood trim and capitilize on its features?  looks nice but leaves the house feeling very dark.  Kinda keeps the house with a dated feel.

B. Paint the trim a lighter color and brighten the room? Looks clean and makes the whole room a brighter more modern feel.

Well with a ton of debate we went ahead and painted the living room and entry way a lighter color.  The actual color is labeled “Betsy’s Linens” it is a soft white and looks pretty good.  I had a tough time with the initial color because I was used to the dark brown.  But I think it will look good.  We will be doing some more painting this week with the goal of finishing the book case and doing all the trim in the rooms.  A tough task to complete in 4 days but it is doable.

Why 4 days?

My parents are coming in this weekend!  Whoop Whoop!  So we want to surprise them with a little something something.  I know it is a tedious little task (painting every wood thing in your house!) but it is a task that you just can’t do and forget.  Once you start you MUST complete the whole thing…..Just think look in your own house.  Imagine dark wood on one side of the hall and white on the other…..ODD!

So as that task goes on the next week we have some other projects set up for the summer.

1.  Continue with the weed control/grass growth.  We have a company who is REALLY blessing us with an amazing deal on come lawn care.  He did one treatment and the weeds are pretty much gone already!  Our grass will be back to its full potential in a couple of 6 weeks to 2 months!

2.  Build a cover for our bricks on our front entry way.  Right now our bricks are not looking to good so we decided to make a “bench/covering” to help the overall look of our curb appeal.  I will be working on plans in the next month or so.  Little at a time.

3.  Just keep adding to the flowers in the front and back yard.  We spend 75% of our evenings outside so we want to make sure it looks good for us and the girls to have fun playing outdoors!

Well thats all I got now.  Time to go home and do some more painting!

Weekend getaway

Okay I think this weekend I will actually be able to get away!  A couple months ago our family tried to go down to Ada and visit our best friends, well on the way down my wife was feeling queezy and it progressively got worse.  Well a short 3 hours in Ada later we turned around and headed back to Edmond……Blah….A waste of a trip for sure it felt like.  At least 3 hours with our friends is better than NONE!

This past friday I got another chance to go down to Ada and actually speak at his Church.  It was an absolute blast and evey time I go down there I miss them more and more.  As I was down there they all asked this series or questions….

“Hey Justin! Where’s Sheena at?  Where’s the girls?”  “There still in Edmond they couldn’t make it tonight.”  “Oh…..Okay…. How you doing?”

They LOVE my family!  But I ain’t bitter! 

Well this weekend I am going to get to go back down and spend a full friday night, All day Saturday and All day Sunday!

It is going to be a blast and I look forward to the good times!

Bailee’s turning 2!

Yep my little little girl is turning 2!  That is so tough to say!  Yeah everyone I talk to they all say “man they grow up fast!”  I can already vouch for that fact, thats for sure!

I look forward to our little girls growing up and to see what God has planned for there life!  and for Sheena and I to be apart of it….so cool.

Well Happy Birthday big girl!

And yep. I made the invitations.  I do have a little creativeness, just a touch though.

Bailee’s sandwich pouch..

Nothing profound….just cute as a button!

Let me set the stage.  Bailee is sitting eating her sandwich with her cool bib.  IT has a little pouch on the bottom that actually catches food in case it falls out of her fork or grasp.  Now no food falls to the ground.  Very cool creation.

Bailee was eating her Sunbutter and jelly sandwich.  (Sunbutter is….Sunflower seeds made into a “peanut butter” paste. Dang peanut allergy!) Well she was just sitting there doing her thing and then she decided to stand up and eat her sandwich…see nothing profound.  As she stood up we asked if she was done.  Nope.  She replied.  As we tell her to sit back down she kept on saying “no, no, no.”

She then took her sandwich and did something funny with it.  Putting it in her pouch like a kangaroo!  Enjoy the pics!  (in the words of my pops)  “Your toooooo cute!” or “Your tooooooo sweet!” Fill in which ever you like.

Christmas came early….

I did it….I made a big purchase without Sheena’s knowledge!  This is like the only time i could have done this!  I probably got a once in every 5 year chance to do this.

What happened?  What did I do? What purchase did I make?

I got 3 things….

A New Samsung Flat Panel TV

A New Onkyo Home Theater System

and Digital HD Cable

Did she slap me? sock me? kiss me? jump in my arms? leave me?

She stood there in shock and said “Oh my!”  I think was in shock because I made the purchase without telling her more than anything.  She was pretty cool about it overall.  She will fall in love with it tomorrow probably.  Why tomorrow?  She is off tomorrow and she will have time to enjoy/play/pause/record with it all tomorrow.  We actually got to pause a show last night!  What a huge deal for us!  With 2 girls, distractions are just as common as Oklahoma Weather changing (fyi it was 70 yesterday, today 20 with windchill and possible snow).

I was tired of having the digital converter box….everytime someone walked by the tv it cut out, scattered, and went black.  Frustrating to say the least.  So now that we have cable i think I will love it more than ever!  I am tired of scheduling around certain tv shows.  There are times when a select few of the shows come on right when the girls go to bed, or when someone calls that i need and want to talk to.  Now we can pause/record and not miss a thing!  Fun stuff!

As a side note to the bonus to Cox cable….When the guy was out he activated and boosted all of our cable outlets to where we can have our Internet hooked up in any room!  In the past our signal was weak and could only put the modem in our bedroom.  So that was a big blessing to do that for us for free!

Another bonus….On the Onkyo receiver there is an output to where you can set up a second set of speakers somewhere in the house and use the reciever to play tv/dvd/TUNER to where ever….. the point?  We can now run speakers outside in the backyard and have music while we garden/grill/socialize/swim/play/mow whatever we want!  Sweet beans!

Good stuff….As you can see Christmas came early this year!

I cried…

Well as I just recently this past year aquired the family muscle car, I have had alot of focus on working on it with my girls, may they only may be wiping off the tires or cleaning the interior it doesn’t matter…..what matters is they are spending time with there daddy and feel like they are contributing!  Which they are!  But just recently all my ladies, my parents and I were all outside playing around and I saw Brooklyn trying to get under her cozy crusier.  She said, “My head won’t fit!”  I looked down and saw that she was trying to put her head under her car to do something.  After some adjustment and helping her out….We jacked up her own muscle car and let her change the oil and work on her engine……….After seeing these pictures you can maybe see why I cried.

I apologize…

I apologize for not posting in such a long time!  Do I still have readers?  Probably not.

Lots has happened in the last month in the House Full of Ladies or so.

• My brother is coming in from Tennessee in 10 days
• I got to go to Chickasha for Thanksgiving…fun times
• Bailee bumped her head on fireplace and got a cut/booboo
• Our new Christmas tree is up!  tons better than our 6′ old one.
• OU is 2 games away from a National Championship Stage game.
• I got to go to the OU/Texas Tech game!  Tons of funny stories from that experience (thanks again Kevin)
• The girls now have custom curtains for their room!  Thanks Amazing Aunt Becky & Miraculous Mom
• I am about to buy some Horsepower parts for the Cutlass.  Can’t do any painting during the cold months so I had a small shift in plans.
• We may be getting Cable before Christmas!  Food, HGTV, ESPN, Speed, TLC, DVR…Good times!
• Girls have been coughing and sniffing for a month….70 degrees one day and 28 the other.  Hello Oklahoma. Thanks
• I think thats it for now.

I hope to not let you down like this again!

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Ready for Digital?

I just want to make sure you all are set up for the Digital switch over.  (Thanx Danny for the clip)

watch it!…

These are the words of my wifes eyes…..

Here’s the back story…

I was watching tv a couple days ago while the girls are playing in the living room and I saw something that caught my attention and called out “What the HECK!”

no more than a couple seconds the following happened…..

Brooklyn:  *looking at me with a face of curiousity* “what the HECK, what the HECK”

Bailee: *looking at Brooklyn with full intent to continue copying her* “Heck, Heck, Heck”

Brooklyn: *looks at sissy laughing* “Heck, Heck, Heck”

Bailee & Brooklyn: *laughing in a sis kinda way as they scamper out the room into there bedroom chanting* “Heck, Heck, Heck, Heck”

What have I done?  I have taught my daughters the words of this world.   Oops.

The thing about it is I wish you could have seen my wifes eyes……yikes.

It’s my world in a House Full of Ladies……I’m going to my man cave…..The Garage.