Redecorating

One of my favorite things to do is to change the look of a room. In college, we had to bear with the cream walls or paneling and I hated that I couldn't buy some paint and change up the scenery. Much to my roommates dismay, I rearranged our furniture about once a month. Always looking for a slightly better look or arrangement, I found it therapeutic.

My husband is not really fond of my tendency to change things up. He likes routine and regularity and wants to be able to walk through the house in the dark without tripping over something new. Lucky for me, he doesn't care much for doing the work himself so he just leaves it when I change it. (hehe)

When we moved into our current house 2 years ago, my sweet grandpa who was about 68 at the time, helped me paint my kitchen. Once the paint was up, the paint wasn't what I expected it to be. I was planning on taking the paint back to the store to see if they could retint it a bit. Before I had the chance, my grandpa was taking down the painter's tape. As much as I love the look of a freshly painted room, I do not like taping. So, I left it the color it was.

We recently got some "new" (for us) furniture. It used to belong to my parent's. It is a tan sectional couch. Gone are the eggplant microfiber loveseat and couch. I was very excited to get rid of my purple walls. I needed a change. Now they are a lovely shade of green. I am thinking of creating my own paintings to add some colored artwork to the room instead of having only photos.

I think I'm also going to paint the back of my built in china cabinet. It's white on the outside, and the shelves are white but the back is a light colored wood. It doesn't match anything else because the wood that is on the rest of the walls had been restained previously by someone else to a much darker color. I think if I paint the back of the cabinet it will make the dishes "pop" more. Who knows.

My next project should be to go through my closet and room because our bedroom could easily be declared a natural disaster area by the President if he saw it. It's embarrassing. ;P

Til next time...when hopefully I can post some pictures, goodnight!

Quiet

To sin by silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men. - Abe Lincoln

Truth fears no question.

“To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.” Benjamin Franklin

For all the bad rep that being outspoken gets, I'm beginning to think that "silence" can be just as loud, screaming in it's own way a very specific opinion.

I get that I'm opinionated. I get that I probably could learn a thing or two or three about being quiet. I've not blogged in a while because it might just get me into trouble. LOL The thing is, the people that are silent or that give someone the silent treatment or that refuse to speak up for truth are not necessarily the "better" person or the better communicator. There must be middle ground between being outspoken and being unable to speak with someone about conflict.

I'm finding it pretty difficult to overcome some old stereotypes of how women are supposed to communicate and act. There are many times I don't feel very good at much. I'm terrible at organization when it comes to papers and records and bills.... I'm terrible at exercising patience. I'm not very good speaking to large groups or at anything musical.

I do, however, feel I am pretty good at critical thinking and thinking ahead. I like to really dissect and idea or concept and weigh options and scenarios. The problem I'm running into is, many times, people don't want their bubble burst. They don't want to have to fix what might cause a problem later and they don't like not being "right".

In the end, it's not even about being right. It's about preventing harm, hurt, or trouble. Makes sense to prevent it rather than have to fix it later. Not everyone agrees though.

Sighs.

If only I could find my place in this world.