Way back when

In the spirit of Valentines I thought I would post a photo of Gary and me when we were dating. When we were first falling in love. Well actually we were already engaged when we took this photo. I believe it was November 03. It hardly even looks like him anymore...hahaha. I myself have aged a bit and put on a few pounds and marriage and kids must have really stressed him out because he's aged quite a bit! Sorry babe... we don't mean to stress you out.

Redo

One of the things I love to do most is to redo something. I recovered my dining room chairs last year with some left over fabric my aunt had from the draperies she made me. The fabric is very sensitive so it was not really a good idea. We had a Family Christmas Party last year at my house and by the end of the night my chairs were ruined! I did not treat them with fabric protector so lets just say I learned my lesson. Its been bugging me ever since so I think it's time to redo them again. Yay... a project! This put me on my quest to find fabric. I love looking at fabric on line. I could do it for hours just like I could look at paper on line for hours too. I'm afraid that it will be hard to pick one because there are just so many options. Here are a few so far..... I was wondering if I should go a little more modern than usual because I can always change it later to something a little more classic. But I think I am drawn more to these types of fabric. Not sure what these would be classified as. Old Ladyish? Hahaha




This one reminds me of the pattern of my sofa, love seat and chair. It might be too much of the same.



I don't think I would actually use this fabric on the chairs but I loved the pattern and colors.



This one might be a little much. But I love black and cream together.

I'm no interior decorator or designer by any means so I'm not sure if there are rules to follow when picking a fabric for a certain room. I want it to look nice and not cheesy.

Other's Stupidity

I don't often or I'm not sure I have ever rambled about the moronic behavior that is Hannah's dad. I try hard not to bad mouth him and I guess I figured that one day he would stop his insanity and grow up. But he has not. And here I am once again having to pay for his stupidity. I try not to let Hannah know how much he annoys me but I'm really starting to wonder if he has mental issues. I'm also starting to wonder if she should even be around him. I mean I know letting a 9 year old glue fake nails on her fingernails with superglue isn't THAT big of a deal. But it's a big enough deal when she's freaking out because I told her she is not going out of the house with them on her fingernails and she can't get them off. DUH! You super glued them to your fingernails child! What were you thinking? Oh that's right you weren't and that's why that man you call your Father should have told you you could not buy them! And where did she put these on anyway? On the sidewalk? When I picked her up yesterday at South Park Meadows she and her dad were sitting on the outside wall of Target with her humongous back pack and about 5 bags. He himself was carrying a backpack and they looked like homeless people. It was a sad sight because he literally is a hop away from being a homeless man. In fact he can't even get Hannah on the weekends anymore because he no longer can afford electricity so his apartment is dark and cold so that's not really an environment that is conducive to raising children. Who can live like that? He has not had electricity since before Christmas! Is that weird or am I just over reacting? How can a 30 something year old single man who only supports himself ( he owes me probably $50,000 in unpaid child support ) not afford electricity? I mean who can live like that? That is just beyond my comprehension. He does not have a car so when he does see Hannah he takes the bus to her school and from there they catch a bus to South Park Meadows area and just walk around for a few hours and hang out. I know she terribly misses her dad and I'm sure he misses her but wuouldn't you think that the love you have for your child would motivate you to better yourself and your life. He has no license, no car, no electricity, no phone, he's about to get kicked out of his apartment. How much lower does he want to go? He does not care about my wishes for Hannah. He lets her see movies that are inappropriate for children and lets her listen to music that is inappropriate for children and he let's her do whatever she wants when she is with him. It's so dangerous. And I am helpless. There is nothing I can do. I will forever have to reap the consequences of my bad choices and not only that.... Hannah will. All I can do is pray that GOD has a handle on it and everything will be fine. In the meantime I hate that I'm STILL having to pay for his stupidity.