My sister is my best friend!

My sister is fantastic! I have to say that she is my best friend. Not only is she a lending ear, she also gives such great advice and makes me laugh! She also designed my blog!! This is why she most likely why she will delete this picture!! :) I love my sister

Where's my battery charger?!

I went to take some more pictures of the beautiful paint job Nick and I did on the house (we have now done the bathroom. Nick has also done his own artwork on the living room wall!!), but my camera battery died! I looked for a good fifteen minutes for the battery charger, but with no luck. I may know where it is right now, but I won't know until I get home at 6 PM. I do have one photo, though, that I took with my phone! It is, of course, of the kitties. I am so glad we got both of them. You can tell they really love each other. Every morning I wake up, I find them somehow cuddling. This is how I they were napping on my lap last night after dinner .. TOO CUTE!

As soon as I get my battery charged, I will post more pictures!!

Dangers of the TLC network

Watching the TLC channel on cable TV is one of the most dangerous networks to watch.. especially if you don't have a lot of artistic abilities, like me. I watched a show yesterday (not sure what it was called) in which they redecorated a room. This room went from a floral theme to a woods-y theme. Once Nick and I saw this idea, we knew that would work perfectly for our house. So we chugged on down to Home Depot to buy some paint. I originally wanted a khaki greenish color for our living room wall to match the brown leather couches, but after comparing about 100 paint samples (I did not know there was that many color variations of green!!), we decided on an espresso brown. We then trucked up the hill and started taping off the framing of the wall. Nick and I spent some quality time painting our living room and kitchen wall (just one wall in each room). It looks fantastic! Our house is a whole lot warmer looking now, which will be great for the winter time. The next step that we are doing tonight comes from the idea of the TLC show: Put a bright light behind a tree branch, then trace the shadow outline (of the branch)on the wall, then color in the stenciling with paint. When we complete this task, I will post another picture! I am so happy with our "remodeling", but I'm afraid to watch the TLC channel again in fear that I might want to decorate something else....... Nick has already expressed his drive to paint our bedroom a dark cranberry color (which will look good with our new bed spread... Hooray for Overstock.com!)

New

So once again, I haven't posted in awhile. So I'll do a quick summary... I got a new hair cut and hair color! I love the dark colors! I personally like it when my hair is darker. This is right after the hair cut, but not a very good angle.
New Today: We got two new kitties!! We named them Dosia Bertoli and Chloe Filoli. They are the cutest kitties alive. They are only about 6 weeks old. So far, Dosia loves my computer. He has been all over it. He is the brother. He is such a mellow cat. He would prefer to sleep all day than to play around. Chloe is the sister. She is shorter haired but absolutely loves to cuddle. You can tell they are having separation anxiety from their mother, because they keep sucking on the fur rug... They were saved by a lady up here in the mountains. She rescues cats from the animal shelter before they get put to sleep. We got our kitties for free. I am sure they will be the highlight of our lives! Look how small they are. Although I have big feet, they still are really small. They depend on each other and don't stray too far away from one another. Now if only we could find what food they like.... fresh chicken does not seem to be what they like.

Harry Potter

I just heard the bad news... Harry Potter is not coming out until July of 2009... That is 8 months later than originally planned. The directors said it is due to the Writer's Strike.... many other movies that were in production around the time the writer's strike happened were greatly delayed. Harry Potter directors said by releasing Harry Potter next summer, it will help the movie industry. I think that's lame. I've been waiting over a year for the movie!!! Entertainment weekly said not many people are as excited for the movie because they already know what happens to Harry and Voldemort (since the 7th and final book has been read by all). I don't think that changes anything. I will never turn down the option of watching a Harry Potter movie.

Really behind

Hello all. I am about a month behind on postings. Here's a summary of the past month: It was really fun having Rachel and the kids in town. I'm so lucky to have my sister as one of my best friends, too. On July 19, my gma celebrated her birthday. We went to Chef Chu's for dinner. It was really fun.

Nick and I have been working Mon-Fri, but in our spare time, we do two different things. We either play the Wii together (Nick bought it for us for our 1 1/2 year anniversary) or else he paints while I do school work. I'm doing really well in school (I have a 3.95 GPA), but Nick does better with his paintings. The art show that Nick will sell his paintings at is only 2.5 weeks away! The stress is definitely on! I will post pictures later regarding that. I hope this post ties you over until I am able to blog again.

Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival

Nick has a buddy. Lexi-bug is glued to Nick when we are around. The art, food, atmosphere and company couldn't have been better.