It's Done!!!

This is officially now the biggest thing I've ever crocheted !!!  It's been keeping Jo warm for several nights now.  It is heavy!  I did the last few rows on cold nights and it was so nice to be almost completely under it as I crocheted!
It looks great in her room -- all white walls & furniture with POPS of color!  I took some photos last week while her room was clean.  It's really very artistically decorated right now.  LOTS of art supplies handy:
Old mirror I found at a thrift store for $1.00.  Her desk is white, but covered with brown kraft paper so she can doodle.
Monster in a bottle, thrift store jewelry box she painted, and her own clay sculpture on top:
This is one of Great's bowls that I brought back in my carry on luggage:
Very unique ring holder, in front of painting we bought from a street artist in SF on our 20th anniversary.
And... I've already started my next big project.  This one is for Lauren.  It's probably a throw instead of a full blanket.

I Couldn't Take It Anymore!!!

We've lived in our townhouse for about 2 1/2 years now.  (That's hard to believe -- time is flying!)  The previous owners did a lot before they left including installing all new appliances.  About the only thing in the house they hadn't updated was the vent hood over the stove.  I think this hood must be the original from the 70s!  It was almond & brown.  For the last few months every time I've cleaned it pieces of paint have come off with the grease & dust.  Yuck!  It looked really bad & I decided I couldn't take it anymore.  

Today was my day off & my big project was to paint the vent hood.  I should have taken a before picture.  I remembered about halfway through scraping off the paint.

I checked online & several diy websites said spray paint was the best.  The salesman at Home Depot said the same thing so I tried it... even after my bad spray paint experience when we painted the door with chalkboard paint!  This paint didn't fly around as bad as the chalkboard paint.
Here's the finished project.  I used a hammered black spray paint.  I love it!!!  It actually looks clean now.
I also got rid of a humongous microwave in the corner.  K-Mart had a smaller one on sale this week and it blends in much better and gives us more counter space.
I think our next project will be the countertops.  I'll pay someone to do that, though.  Jordann & Glenn saw a modern kitchen in a magazine with yellow cabinet doors.  We may try that, too.

The Fall Fairy

It's a lot cooler today so Jordi decorated for fall.

I love this candle I found at T.J. Maxx.  It has fake candy corn floating in the melted wax and smells DELICIOUS!!!
Had to take a photo of the candy bowl FAST... these won't last long.  I love the pumpkins!