Ch-ch-ch-changes

Once upon a time, we moved into a little house.  It was not very nice, but it was a rental, so we couldn't do much to improve it.  So we decided to paint (with the landlord's blessing, of course)!  This is what we did to the living room (IGNORE THE MESS, PLEASE!):

 I spy Danny!

A peek into our embarrassingly messy bedroom...

So, I love the red paint.  Love.  It.  The brown...not so much.  It looked great next to the red on the paint swatch in Walmart, but it makes our living room/kitchen seem cave-like.  It's just so dark!  We decided to repaint it a cream color to brighten up the tiny room!  Here's what it looks like NOW!

 There's my puppy!  Also, a huge picture of us will go above the couch!

 Pretend that one picture frame isn't crooked...we're working on it.

 Watching Modern Family!  Also, a biggish picture of us will go under the music note thing.

The door got some new paint, too! :)

Basically, we love the transformation!  We still need to hang a few pictures and get some new curtains, but other than that, we're very happy!  The kitchen still needs to be painted, but it'll have to wait awhile...painting is apparently very strenuous exercise.  My muscles need a few days to recover from all the furniture moving!

Here's some eye candy for you.  Because I know you wanted some.  :)

 She somehow got paint on her nose...

 I almost captured her "baby rabbit" face!  She puts her ears back and makes big sad eyes.  Like a baby rabbit.

 Ellie obviously loves the new couch...she's on it constantly.

A peek at me during nap time!  Ellie thinks she's a cat.  Meow meow.

And now it's bed time!  I'm pretty sure my hubster is turning into a pumpkin...and he won't go to bed without me.  Dorkus!  Tomorrow is cleaning day, which will be SO MUCH FUN!  My sewing room needs some serious organization...although it's last on the list of things to do.  Hopefully we get to it!  Gute nacht!

...doubled in half!

Hello!  I decided that I need to start a blog.  It's obviously the cool thing to do.  I figure it'll be mostly about the crafty things I do, although I also want a record of my exciting life!  I'm absolutely terrible at keeping a journal or diary, so maybe I can make this work.  I have no idea who is going to read this...probably just me.  And maybe my husband, because he's the only person who even knows that I started a blog!

I have a funny dog named Ellie.  And a funny husband named Danny.  And my name is Erin.  We're a funny little family.  We also got a new couch, which is basically like a child to me.  We have a fish named Dart...he has defied the pet store gods by staying alive almost a year.  We forget to feed him a lot.  He ate the other fish we had (Wiggles).

I love to sing and sew.  I have a degree in singing (super useful!), and I mostly taught myself to sew.  In ninth grade I took a "clothing" class during the summer to take care of a credit of practical arts.  During that summer, I made a terrible blue dress, a mediocre 9-patch pillow, and I sewed through my finger.  It was fun times!

Again, I have no idea what this blog will end up being about.  Probably Ellie.  She's kind of the center of my life.

I love you, non-existent readers!  We're having a sleepover in the living room tonight so I can sleep on the new couch (weirdos).  Here's to having a sore back in the morning!