Some New Things
I’m trying to get back in blogging gear, so here I am again already.
Flo found some photos of Christmas on the camera – I’d forgotten about them – so I posted them on our photo page. You can view them by clicking here.
And as for the new things, I got a new haircut. I’m trying to grow my hair really long. I haven’t had that in, oh, six years or so and to be fair, I haven’t had long hair without hundreds of little braids since I was 17. I thought it was time to give it another shot. But it’s still growing now so I’m in that awkward, in-between phase. Anyway before Christmas I got it cut so I would at least have a style again. These photos are now over a month old, but you get the general idea.
This one is direct from the salon:
Sorry about the toothbrush… women and their multitasking! And this next one is from the day after. Of course it always looks different when you style it yourself.
And the other new thing I’m even more excited about! Flo and I have this lovely long hallway in a U-shape and it’s been ugly white for over three years now. It felt institutional and as if it didn’t really belong to our actual house. We left it that way for so long because we could never decide on an alternative, but finally did decide a couple weeks ago and voilà! It’s done now! We had five photos from our various travels (Thailand, Italy, Austria, Brazil and Ireland) printed in poster size, bought frames for them and then painted blocks of the walls to hang them in. We chose a terra cotta color for the color blocks. It was hard choosing just five photos out of hundreds! So rather than bore you with details, I’ll just let you see. These are the first two you see when you come in the front door – Thailand and Italy.
Then you turn the corner and have Austria on your left,
and Brazil on your right.
And when you go around the corner again, you can view the Cliffs of Moher from Ireland.
And now the hallway doesn’t look ugly and empty anymore!
Januar 29th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
You should have been here to see my face while I wracked my brain to figure out which wall was which in that hallway of yours. Just when I thought I had it figured out, I confused myself again. But I got it now! The blocks of color behind the photos are different than what I expected, but I like em!
I see what you meant about the tree taking up the doorway space. Would have loved to see that coming over the railing of the patio
And how long are we talking about for hair style? I like this in-between look as well by the way.