Thrifty Decorating is HARD!!!!

Ok, so Big Daddy and I had our own little spray paint party yesterday! Although, he didn't seem half as excited about it as I was. I mean, are you kidding!?! I know what you're thinking spray painting and pregnant is a NO NO. That's why I lounged in a chair many feet away from the garage while Big Daddy most likely killed a few brain cells spray painting away in the garage. I know he's the greatest, Thanks Babe. I'd have to say, I wasn't as pleased with the Chalkboard spray paint as I thought I'd be. Of course it didn't help that I failed to read the directions and with my excitement uncontainable went ahead and scratched it with the chalk I was using. =0) I intended on writing new phrases on it for the holidays but I think I've ruined it. Curses... and I've decided that although Flat Black spray paint looks great on a metal rooster it does not look great on a frame or say, shelves. Is it supposed to have black soot on it when you're done? Ugh, so those items will be getting a once over with either glossy black or a glossy coat of clear. So my (our) first attempt at thrifty home decor didn't turn out as great as I planned. But hey, we're learning right?!?

(Pay no attention to our messy garage or to the decorated Xmas tree in the background. I was extremely lazy last Christmas. This was in the nursery until about two months ago. When my 5'2 mother decided to carry it through the house and out into the garage. Gotta love mom... muah!)

(See that chair on the far right. That would have been my spot. It seems kinda pointless but I could at least scream to Big Daddy ever once in a while to make sure he wasn't passed out from the fumes.)

We did do a tad bit of rearranging with the wall decor in the house too. I've decided I officially hate hanging things on the wall. I managed to knock two screws and those plastic screw anchor things into the wall. Yes, I said INTO the wall. Like I made a whole the size of the tip of my finger and they fell down into the wall. Big Daddy came in to find me almost in tears from frustration, trying to hold a 10 pound mirror up to the wall and a huge hole that I was desperately trying to hide before he saw it. Not so good. Of course his first question was, "Where's the level?" And of course my answer, "I don't know." It wasn't like I would have used it if I would have anyway, he should know by now I do everything the hard way! Uh, Duh! So he takes over and still with all his measuring the left corner is still lower than the right. So I wrapped tape around the nail to make it bigger and Wa'la... it's beautiful. Now I need opinions on my table top decor. I don't have much for decorations and tried to use what we had in the house. We tried painting one of the gold charger plates and well... that didn't turn out so well. So I was thinking about adding a big "J" for our last name to this one but is the gold just too much? Any suggestions? (Oh yeah, and please excuse the finger prints all over the mirror.)

Anyway... again not so good decorating weekend. We are doing a porch face lift. Add some plants, chairs and I'm going to tackle painting our U-G-L-Y brass light fixtures. So pics of that to come. Oh, and we may get the nursery fixed one of these days. Being that I'm already 5 months I guess we better get on the ball.

Our sonogram is Friday, I'm super excited. I feel confident it's a boy but Big Daddy seems to think we're going to get a surprise pink announcement. We'll see. Although I've been saying "He" for months now I hope if it is a girl I didn't give her a complex! =0)

Ok, and I'm being brave and posting a picture of me looking not so pretty. But I told you about my weekend so you can see why! I LITERALLY (this was not staged) had a craving for a pickle last night. So I go to the kitchen to fix dinner and have a pickle. And when I opened the freezer to get out the Turkey for dinner I saw the Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream (YUM!) and so then I wanted that. But I still wanted my pickle. So yes, I did it. I figure why not, I had pickles and Ice Cream. I almost thought my mind was playing tricks on me and then realized had I not REALLY wanted this I would most certainly throw up at the thought of it. And to my surprise, it wasn't bad. Sweet and Salty is never a bad combo!

PS. I've added some photos to my previous posts.