Decorating and other thoughts

I am all about decorating and updating my bedroom lately. I can't seem to find any art work to hang on the walls that screams out to me "This is it!" so I have decided to make my own. I am going to get some colored paper and take a couple pictures of the different designs on my comforter then I am going to print the pictures and use the colored paper to make a collage to frame and hang up. It will be cheap, match exactly and be original! Once I paint the walls and can hang some stuff up it will be my own little relaxing getaway. I want to walk in my bedroom and feel calm and happy. Right now I walk in and immediately want to leave. I hate the blue walls and holes and finger prints all over it. It doesn't feel like "my" room, it's just a place where I sleep at this point. A bedroom should be your oasis at the end of a long day where you want to lay around and spend all day on a lazy day, just to read or relax. I hope to find some free time soon to do the painting so that I will be able to put up the wall art and get my vision going! I am on a mission to find some beautiful vinyl wall decorations at the moment. I really want a chandelier to hang on the wall and a vinyl headboard piece. It will be cheaper than buying a real headboard, look great and it is easy to remove or replace if I decide I want to switch up the theme. Also, my mom is re-upholstering the seat to my vanity and I can't wait to bring that in and put it in my room. It is pretty and it will be extra storage for the stuff I just have laying around. I have also decided to go through my closet and all my drawers and all the stuff I brought over in bins when I moved and I am going to throw away or sell as much stuff as I can. My second goal in the decorating is to de-clutter and get rid of all the stuff that I have that I don't use or look at that is just taking up space. I should have a show called "The Anti-Hoarder". I have been totally motivated to unload and simplify my life. I have so much crap and honestly, who needs all that stuff? I can't stand to see cluttered and covered spaces and people who have stuff just to have it and it takes over the whole place. I want clean and fresh and simple.

The Fabulous Beekman Boys

I highly suggest that everyone watch The Fabulous Beekman Boys on Planet Green. It is about a gay couple, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, who bought a farm in the country with goats, chickens and a llama. They grow their own vegetables and make soap and cheese from the goat's milk. The show is about how Brent has left his career as a doctor to stay at the farm while Josh stays in the city until the farm can sustain itself and both of them. The stories of their love and sacrifice to make their dream come true is so heartwarming and fun. I love that it is a show that doesn't have to rely on being trashy and vulgar and I can't wait to see each new episode to see what the boys will be up to next. My favorite part of the show was when they were splitting wood and Josh started talking about Mommy Dearest and Brent didn't know what he was talking about and Josh says "Are you gay?", I guess you kind of have to see it to understand how funny it is but just thinking about it makes me smile and giggle to myself. I have been doing a little background investigating and have discovered that Josh is a best-selling author and advertising executive who was a drag queen in the 90's (how cool is that?!). Brent is a doctor and worked with Martha Stewart on her Healthy Living magazine. While Josh stays in the city and works, Brent lives on the farm full time handling the soap and cheese sales and now opening a new store. I find this to be a fascinating show and I would highly recommend it anyone.

My Nephew

My nephew, Tyler, is four years old and anyone who says that the terrible two's are the worst has no idea when it comes to the ferocious four's. He is going through a phase these days where he likes to repeat everything you say in a sing song voice mocking you. Then when you tell him to stop, he tells you to stop it. Even though he is acting like a little turd there are some times that he is so sweet you almost can't stand it. Yesterday he told my brother to call me on their way home from the beach because I had to be at the house so he could show me stuff when they got home. He got a hermit crab at the beach and is very proud of it.

A couple months ago Tyler started using words that we have no idea where he even heard them. We took him to Walmart to get a Halloween costume and as we were walking in was hugging his mommy and told her that she smelled like a breast. I said, Tyler what does a breast smell like? And he tells me, Mommy. LOL.

When we took my brother, Brittany and Tyler out to eat for my brother and Brittany's birthdays we were in the car and he was telling me that he is a boy and he has a penis, that daddy has a penis and pawpaw has a penis and every boy has a penis. I told him that is true, boys have a penis. So then I decide to ask him what a girl has because he always comes up with some interesting answers, and he tells me that girls have a mustache and a butt. I said ok, then. I wasn't about to take that conversation any further!

Tyler stayed with me a few days a couple months back and I took him with me to the pharmacy to pick up some prescriptions for my Grandma. While we were in the pharmacy he asked me why Grandma needs medicine, is she sick? I said no, sometimes when people get old they just need to take medicine. Then as we were leaving he wanted me to buy him something and I told him I didn't have any money, and he tells me I just saw use that card to get Grandma's medicine so I know you have money on that card, haha! Who knew they even paid attention at that age! When he got home my mom asked him what he did that day and he said he went and got Grandma medicine to make her not old.