Happy Aniversary to us!

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Wow! Time flies! Today is Dan's and my 5th wedding anniversary. We're celebrating by digging in the yard. How romantic! (And we're going out to dinner tonight.) I'm planting peony tulips in the front yard along the sidewalk and Dan is making some terraced beds off the "landing strip." If you have seen the driveway on the east side of our house, you would understand why we refer to it as the landing strip. See the illustrative photo above. We used it as a party pad/driveway during the luau this summer.

I've included a photo of how my tulips will look next spring - courtesy of the website where I bought the bulbs.

Photo Credit: Michigan Bulb Co.

The Tinkerbell Room TRANSFORMED

I'm sure everyone (when they move into a previously inhabited house) questions the decorating tastes and choices of the previous owners. Since we bought our house in April 2007 we've asked ourselves many times "What were they thinking?!" Our house has three bedrooms - one that was the "master" bedroom (two off white walls, two grey/green walls), one that was the "teenager's" bedroom (four dark purple walls and ceiling) and the little girl's bedroom (lavender walls, light green trim, blue sky ceiling with clouds and Tinkerbell wallpaper border and Tinkerbell stickers - hence our nickname for the room). See the before photos ABOVE.

Dan's mom was determined to transform the Tinkerbell room into something we would be interested in inhabiting as adults. Dan had done most of the real remodeling that had to be done - moving closets, etc. So Pat took on the patching, priming and painting. We chose pale blue with white trim. See the after photos BELOW.