A rug makes all the difference

A rug makes all the difference in the world when decorating. The main floor living room was starting to depress me just a little bit last week. My turquoise piece didn't work in that room, and it was looking like I was stuck with my old black and red deco - which would have been fine, but I was ready to change it up. UNTIL.......... Saturday we went to the Ashley Furniture outlet store. I found this rug for SO CHEAP! It looks gorgeous. The photo was taken with my cell phone, so it's not as bright as it is in person. (the blue-ish stripe is pretty turquoise) Those blue pillows on the sofa are really turquoise, not light blue. Anyway, now I can bring in some other color! And the burgandy stripes really tie in the dining room color around the corner as well! Those turquoise pillows can now stay - I'll replace the black pillows with a bright burgandy probably. We'll see what I find.

Wedding and Rangers!

Well, my brother is officially "hitched"! We had such a great time with family and friends! Here are several pictures from the wedding and reception Friday night.


All the sisters (cousins)! This pretty much sums up what it's like when we get together. Sorry for the pit shot - it was the best one of the 4 of us together dancing.

On Saturday night, the family all went to the Rangers game. My niece had a few friends and cousins come along for her birthday party. She was also on the jumbo-tron at the game. She's such a HUGE Ranger fan!!

One of my best friends on earth moved back to Texas last year after living in Nashville for something like 13 years... I always make sure to see her when I'm in Texas, so she came to the game with all of us. She has basically become part of my family this past year. So fun! Miss you, Lea!Jumbo-tron - Katie is 7 years old!!

Exciting times!

These are definitely exciting times! I'm trying to capture some moments in picture as I think about it. Geof painting the upstairs hallway - with that came some pretty difficult challenges. We had to borrow an extension ladder for those hard to reach places. It was quite scary because the ladder was extended really far and balancing on one of the stairs! The ladder was almost vertical I might add - I had to put my weight on it so it didn't float backwards with Geof on it. yikes!! Don't worry, moms, we were VERY careful!! And the paint looks FABULOUS!!! Next paint job will be the "Texas" guest bedroom (dark khaki) and the workout room (sage green). I took a few pics of Max around the house too..... he is adjusting and loving all the space.


Saturdays are pretty much dedicated to yardwork now days. Which by the way - has been SO FUN!!! I mowed the backyard this past Saturday and took a picture of my masterpiece with my cell phone. So far, I am loving this whole house thing!! Not a big fan of picking the weeds out of the flower beds, but all in time it'll get done... here is our backyard.

We're In!!

We are officially in the new house. Our first night there was Saturday night. The move went...well... it was interesting. A few things went bad, but over all it was a success. We hired painters to paint the dining room, kitchen, and living room. It all looks AMAZING. We still need to paint more eventually, so that is one project for the weekend. The other project is getting all the rest of our stuff out of the garage. Our garage is packed full of boxes and all sorts! Here is a list of our exciting adventures:

* FRIDAY NIGHT - Geof and our friend Steve worked hard to paint one of the guest rooms and bathrooms... after the 2nd coat (2nd gallon of paint) dried, it was slightly off color. Now he has to re-do the entire thing. Bless. Next time he'll take my advice and MIX both gallons of paint together first. :)

* SATURDAY - Movers damaged 2 of the most expensive pieces we have (bdr furniture), plus they dropped Geof's desk off the truck and broke it without repair. Scratched up the fridge and put holes in the wall at the townhouse. The bdr furniture was the last thing off the truck, and when I saw the damage.... I had to walk out of the house. It was all over for me at that point. Little did I know it was only beginning.

* Sunday morning Geof mows and weeds the yard. Looks AWESOME - but... He clips the wire to the air conditioner. No AC from Sunday until Tuesday. Nice. It was 90 degrees here by the way. (I tell myself, it could be worse). I do ponder sitting down with the bottle at this point though.

* Sunday Geof finds out his uncle passed away, so he is headed to Delaware first thing Tuesday, and now has to work all day Monday. Anyone see where I packed my flask?

* Tuesday comes around and the AC guy shows up to fix the air. He comes downstairs and says to me, "Um, did yall know you have black widow webs in your laundry room closet? I didn't see the spider though." AGGGGHHHH!!!! I mean, what did he expect me to say?? "Oh yeah! We knew that - that's our pet spider. We call him Spot. He's probably chillin out on my pillow case about now." Geez. I suddenly get flashbacks of 3rd grade science flim strips with deadly insects. Remember those?

So, one bad luck event after another, but really in the grand scheme of things - we are so excited and are REALLY looking forward to the weekend when we can continue to unpack and slowly continue to settle in. The Terminix guy comes tonight, the movers are going to have our furniture fixed (other than the desk), and we are SO thankful to be in a bigger house with a backyard for Max. He is LOVING it!! I'll try to post more pics eventually....

Geof gets back in town tonight and we have nothing much going on this weekend other than the Titans game Sunday (woohoo!). So, it's paint and unpacking time for the Vickers!!!!!!! Here's a pic of the dining room. My favorite room of the house. I can't wait to get a table and a chandelier. Some day. If you look close, you can see the gray color over the pantry door in the kitchen.....love it!

Need Help Deciding!

Okay all you creative interior design people, I need some help! I need to decide on a paint color for my kitchen and living room area in the new house. I bought a gorgeous piece to be the focus of the living room (probably above the mantle) - and I'd like to go from there. Found it in Canton. It is 4' x 4'. Huge and gorgeous!

Here are some pictures of the living room and kitchen area of the new house. These were taken when we first walked thru this house. The kitchen cabinets are not this cherry in person - more of a brown. We have a large tan sectional and I'd like to have turquoise accent pillows, etc.. I need to decide on a paint color asap. Let me know what you think!! Oh, and we'll also have dark hardwoods put in too. By the way, the turquoise piece barely fits over the mantle. I'm open for other suggestions too if you have them...

Help me decide on a paint color...please!!! :) I don't want to do the usual beige or light tan color. BORING.

1701 Hickory Bark Lane

Closing Date = August 27th.

No, this does NOT mean we are ready to have kids. Not ready for that yet people!! I'm not ready to be a suburban soccer mom just yet.

House Hunting and Ball Gowns

Friday night we went to the Carbolic Ball. It is basically a big formal charity event that the Nashville Bar Association puts on. We went with a few of Geof's friends and then met up with some others at the Parthanon (where the event was). It was a good time, and I got to dress up. I seriously felt like I was at prom - but with an open bar. :) Not the best quality pic, but it was the only picture I had without my hanger thingies hanging out of my dress. Ugh. Do you know what I'm talking about. Those long ribbons that you hang your halter dresses on the hangers with? Yep - all of the pictures I took (other than this one) had those long ribbons hanging out on the side. Why didn't anyone tell me? Geez.

Our Saturday was busy as well. We went with our realtor to look at a few houses. Found some good ones, but not quite exactly what we're looking for. We are getting closer though... We're going again tomorrow at noon to look at two more. I'll keep you posted if we really love something. I'm taking my camera too just in case. As for the townhouse, we're hoping to lease it at the end of the summer. Say a prayer! This poor dog needs a yard!