i can't stop

this week i'm not really in the mood to be working..

since we've started working on our future house (removing wallpaper, etc) it just makes me think about how soon we're going to move in and all the stuff we want to do.. or i want to do.

we picked paint colors which is always a process and already bought the paint for the two upstairs bedrooms and the formal living room. Upstairs we're doing one greenish and one turquoise bluish and the living room will be a pale yellow. Our master will be a light gray and we're still trying to decide on the family room/kitchen. After removing the wallpaper we had a dilemma with our formerly chosen color for the living room, which was kind of a warm tan. There is natural wood trim and chair rails which has posed a problem for that color choice. It'll just be too much brown going on. And i can't for the life of me figure out a color that will go well with natural wood trim. i did some serious research a bit ago to find even one image that has natural chair rails and came up with nothing.

alex is going to go to lowe's tonight to get some dull light greens which i think might work. plus that will go fine with our brown couches.. we'll have to wait and see!

i have a list of things to think about when it comes to moving and things we will need.. here's a taste:
-decor for the dining room.. it has a shelf up high that wraps around the whole room, so i need something to put up there
-pub table/stools for the eat-in kitchen part.. i think i've found what i want but we'll see if something better comes along
-how we're going to use the pantry. the pantry is currently in the laundry room and right outside the kitchen is a hall closet. we're thinking of turning that hall closet into the pantry and moving the closet back into the laundry room.. and removing a door that blocks off the kitchen from that hallway/half bath/laundry room because the laundry room already has a door to block noise.
-do we get light kits for the ceiling fans, new ceiling fans or just put lamps in the upstairs bedrooms? there's about a billion switches in the house so i don't want to add more. it's going to be tough to memorize as it is!!!
-i want to replace the wall mounted lights in the upstairs hallway.. and the chandelier in the foyer but i don't know if it's really worth it
-if we decide to put one of our couches in the living room, we'll need another chair for the family room.
and more..

i have a giant amazon wish list for all of the stuff i think about..

we have another showing today.. i believe it is a 2nd showing and this is the 2nd couple that's had a 2nd showing so we're hoping that one of them ends in an offer this week.

i'm kind of cranky because i started a diet again.. it's hard to get away from bread, okay?? :) but i'm currently having a cookie because i'm a cheater. but i won't let it slow me down. i'm going to be burning some serious calories in the next couple weeks with all the house work and painting and moving. also after we move in i'll have a neighborhood to walk/jog around!

alright alright.. back to work!