When it Rains, It Pours and Other Random Fluff

This is what it looks like outside today.

Can you see the rain?

It.is.pouring.

Nonstop pouring.

As a result of God's natural sprinkler system,

This is what the window over our sink looks like right now.

Everything had to be removed from the surrounding counters.

Because of this:

Which eventually became this:

and this:

and this...

Nice.

Just so happens that Ryan is home with me today

due to a sinus infection and bronchitis...poor hubby...so I was not forced

to conquer this beast on my own.

Awesome.

Soon it will be taken care of, and all my chachkis

can go back to their respective homes in the kitchen.

What a mess.

Moving on to the random fluff...

Our master bedroom, which we have done absolutely nothing to

since moving in almost 4 months ago,

has turned into my sweatshop as seen below:

Lovely.

Eventually there will be a king sized chocolate brown lush, tufted wing back headboard, beautiful bedding, bamboo shades and silk drapes...but for now it's a sweatshop.

But look what happens in the sweatshop:

A sneak peek for you, Alisha!

Lots o' work takes place in that room.

Lots.

I received a few emails asking about the chalkboard on my pantry.

Yes, this one right here:

You like?

You can have one too!

Step 1: Go to Home Depot, and buy chalkboard paint.

Step 2: Tape off  and sand the area you want to paint.

Step 3: Paint it with several thin coats...nope...I didn't even prime the door.

Step 3: Let the painted area dry, pull off the tape, and look at your masterpiece!

Step 4: Enjoy all the "Cool, Mom!" comments you will no doubt receive from your children and the loving smack on your behind accompanied by "Way to go, hot Mama" you will most definitely get from your hubby...at least that's how it went at my house.

I decided to hang the old chalkboard from the kitchen

at eye level for the boys to play with

right outside the door leading under the stairs

where all of the arts and crafts supplies, extra school supplies and games are kept:

The longer we're here in this home, the more we fall in love with it and want to buy it.

The only stipulation is that it has to make sense monetarily to build a pool in the backyard.

Closer to the end of our lease, we'll have some pool builders out to give us estimates, but in the mean time, we are beginning to look at other things we'd like to do assuming we purchase the abode.

One project on my list is the kitchen:

Please excuse the wreck.

This pic was taken today during our minor "ceiling cave-in incident".

I love our kitchen.

It's HUGE.

I love the double ovens, the ginormous island, the Viking cook top, the hood, the built ins.

With that said, I would love to paint/glaze the cabinets since we have

soooo much dark wood going on with the floors and all the built ins in the family room 

however, we would keep the island stained the way it is.

In addition, we would love to have a deep L-shaped bench built under the windows in the breakfast room with generous cushions, lots of pillows and drapes

matching the ones over the sink which I just made recently.

Your thoughts?

Happy hump day, friends!!