Painting and Trees

It's been a while since we've posted, sorry about that. Don't worry, you haven't missed much.

On the painting front, we've discovered the joys of 'test-quarts' -- basically instead of buying a quart for $10+, you can buy a quart of the color you want(just in flat) for $4. We bought three testers the other day. We have a vibrant rusty-red in the kitchen, which I adore and I can't wait to get more of. We've painted the upstairs foyer a tan/taupe, which we also love. We've decided on an orangish-gold for the downstairs foyer (bright and fun, yet not 'sun vomit'). However, the stairway is still causing us some frustration. We wanted to go a little lighter than the orange but the color's off. We'll try another shade lighter. Back to the paint store. Also thinking of a light 'warm' blue in the guest room and a 'warm' green in the office. I love that Tucson made me not afraid of color. It's so fun to have all of these great colors. It makes me excited to go from room-to-room because I'm curious for the next color.

We got our Christmas Tree on Sunday. We missed the deadline for the tree rental, so we picked up one down the street. Came from the girl's family farm in Molalla; they run a stand in the same place each winter. A 7-8 ft Doug Fir for $35 bucks. Crazy. We still haven't decorated it. It sits in a tree stand in the dining room without any lights or ornaments. I kind of like it actually, but it's also kind of weird to see it bare.

Sara Burke comes home this Saturday. Rob and Jana are coming for Christmas too, just don't know when. It's so great that people are coming in. We're excited to see everyone.

Going to my boss' christmas party tonight. Last work-related holiday party.

Oh and how great is this: they're installing a crane outside our building, so nobody's allowed to come to work on December 28th. Hooray! Got to love the forced paid time off.