We unfortunately skipped out on the Ouachita Challenge this weekend, we just didn't feel up to it physically or mentally! We did, however, start on some Home Improvement that we've been putting off for a long long time. We started painting our bathroom and planning colors for some other rooms too.

(Note, the below is an edited exerpt of an e-mail I wrote my friend Mike, so Mike if you're reading this it will sound familliar - I just did such a good job of explaining our "home improvement ineptitude" that I thought I'd put it in this blog entry too).

Ted and I are the WORST home decorators ever! Actually, I don't know if we are good at it or not because we never even try! We moved into our house 2.5 years ago and have done NOTHING to it. We did no painting in the last house either. In fact, I moved in with Ted in 1996 and he had all this "starving student" type furniture, you know, mis-matched stuff from garage sales, etc. Now it is 6.5 years later and we still have the same stuff! It is so ridiculous. We live like bachelor roommates really, and the funniest thing is that we live like that in this nice house with pool and everything, in a nice suburb with all the families and their kids.

The bathroom we are currently painting was bright purple and some walls had white splotches, the sponge look or whatever. As soon as we moved in, we said "YUCK we've got to paint!" but never did. We are just so lazy. Anyway, after this it is going to be pale yellow, and we got a shower curtain and stuff that is navy sun-and-moon sort of pattern, so I think it will look really nice.

After that we have plans to tackle the ensuite, which is currently wallpapered with dark red/burgundy and off-white in a bold stripe pattern - it looks like a circus tent!