Soliciting and Stripping

Feeling a little ornery today, hence my post title.

Hahaha.

I'll be pulling head room mom duty and soliciting donations for Teacher Appreciation Week all day tomorrow - WooHoo - yah, right.

Saturday, I'll be stripping the painted-over wallpaper in our bedroom that the previous owners left to us. I'm hoping to have enough time left over for priming the Dining Room walls for paint. I'm going a shiny, gray/silver trying to stay neutral without browns. I'm tired of browns but I'm scared of bold colors--at least on my walls. I'm REALLY picky about shades of colors and I don't totally trust the color swatches at the stores. I can see the colors I want in my head but it doesn't always translate correctly in reality. So, I go color with my furniture, curtains, etc. I'm thinking the gray/silver will make my burgundy curtains and chairs pop. Pics will follow if all goes well.

Sunday...still up in the air. Hubby will be in Dallas and even though we started teaching S.S. again last week, I'm thinking I'll be at home helping Number 3 make final preparations for her Alabama History Notebook. It's been a nightmare project because she is so overwhelmed with schoolwork every single night so on the weekends she just wants to be a 10-year old little girl and...PLAY. I'm obliged to let her b/c she's a smart cookie and I'm a firm believer in playtime making those little neurons in the brain electrify.

Okay, and admitedly, I'm a firm believer that Moms need kids to go outside and play so they can finish projects...

Or take TV veggin'-out breaks with a big, tall glass of cherry coke on ice with extra grenadine. Mmmm. Hey, anyone for Black Bean Brownies? It's the recipe I'm trying out tonight and I'll let you know how good they taste. They're made with Agave Nectar so diabetics can eat them...and they're flourless, yay!

All this said, I'm signing out for the week but only after I post another Spring Break Chronicle late tonight.

Monday, ya'll!