Decisions Decisions

The house we have here in Virginia is nearly twice the size of the house we had in Texas. It's definately roomy and I don't have near enough to fill it up. Right now most of the lower level is pretty empty. I have a lot of ideas about what I might want to do with each of the rooms down here but I keep changing my mind from one thing to another. We need new floors down here but we're gonna have to wait on those for a while. I want to have new carpet put down in our bedroom and the little room off of our bedroom and then a wood laminate put down in the rest of the rooms down here. I'd really like to have wood floors down here but they're SO expensive. We had a wood laminate put down in our first house and I liked it. I didn't like taking care of it but it was pretty. You don't want to know what's on the floors down here now...uggghhhhh. I don't really want to go buy any furniture for down here until we finish painting and get the floors done. There isn't a thing I could pick out that would match what's down here now and I wouldn't want to anyway. It's just SO ugly! I'm really funny about things not matching...it drives me nuts. Now if I had an extra $10,000.00 laying around, I could make it look fabulous down here...lol. I love the upstairs and can't stand the downstairs. I think it'll look much better when we (Mike) finish painting. So long as the weather cooperates tomorrow I'm on a hunt for a few sets of new curtains and new bedding for our bed. It's supposed to get cold tomorrow and it's supposed to rain all day. I don't mind going out in the rain but I do mind getting on I-95 in it. I-95 is a very scary place to be....lol. I really should make my way to a grocery store too. It's looking kind of bare in there. My favorite place to grocery shop is about 20 minutes away. There is a Hell-Mart about 5 miles away but you'd have to drag me in kicking and screaming. You have no idea how much I dislike that store. There's one about 20 minutes away that's not near as bad. I love the Super Target here and prefer to shop there where it's not as busy and the people who work and shop there are semi friendly.

Yesterday was my best friend's birthday. I hope you had a fantastic day, pal! I'm bummed that I'm not there, but you know my heart is always with you. I stitched a piece for her for her birthday from Black Bird Designs. It's called Forget Me Not and is from their Tokens of Friendship book. I made it in to a flat fold for her. I really miss her....and the rest of my friends and family. Honestly though, that's really all I miss. I love the east coast...I just wish I could've brought everyone with me. The good news is I'm expecting lots of visitors. Bummer though that my mom won't be here for my birthday. Every year she pops over bright and early with a pretty store bought birthday cake. I don't ask for much for my birthday but I do want a cake. I don't think anyone should go without having a cake for their birthday. It doesn't matter if it's homemade or store bought but everyone needs a cake.