Projects . . .

Summer marches on, and as my due date approaches I seem to find more projects to work on. Oh dear . . .

First, though, my cute boys who happened to dress matching (not on purpose) one day.
We are a bit Star Wars obsessed right now, so here are the boys using "the force".

One project: picking and then finding ways to use 10 pounds of fresh blueberries. YUM! I froze as many as would fit in my freezer (not as many as I would like because it's full of strawberry and raspberry jam!). We also ate a LOT plain, with yogurt, in smoothies, in oatmeal, and made a few yummy little treats like this (for the recipe see my cooking blog!).

Then our HUGE project: repainting our bedroom. We have planned to do this for probably 2 months. I got the whole thing taped but didn't have the courage to start the project by myself. So I had to wait for Jake to have a free Saturday, which finally happened this last weekend. And what a Saturday it was. Jake didn't remind me to take a photo until we had the room primed with white primer. However, you can see what color it was under the primer: that's right, blue. A lovely powder blue color that we've lived with for 2 years!

The fabulous new color, not a lovely title, but a great color: Alpaca Brown. In one day, we did a coat of primer and 2 coats of paint. Jake was the roller man, I manned the brushes for the corners and around all the trim, doors, and windows. And let me just tell you--I don't recommend doing a project of this size when you are 35 weeks pregnant. I have rarely been so exhausted! But we LOVE the new room. I haven't posted pictures of the finished product because I'm still sanding and staining our dressers and looking for a new bedspread and curtains. Then hopefully I can post a picture of the whole beautiful makeover!!

Hope I get the rest of the projects done before this baby decides to come . . . !