Got to start 'em when they're young

Many of the bigger NASCAR teams have developmental programs. They start working with the NASCAR drivers of the future at a young age.

Well, Matt and I have the same philosophy. We need to build NASCAR fans at a young age. So we started today with Mac and Cailyn. I think we've done a pretty good job so far. High fives all around!

Happy Valentine's Day from the both of us!

Final product

And here's how it came out...

We're pretty pleased with how it came out. We love the colors! You never know what it's going to look like until you get the color on the wall. A definite improvement from the floral wallpaper that was there when we moved in. We still have some touch up work to do, and the trim needs to get finished.

And yes, painting left me very sleepy!

New coat of paint

Just an update on what we're been up to this weekend. Yup, we've been sanding and painting the living room and dining room. But we did have enough time to take a minute and pose for this one -- Matt likes to call it Garwood Gothic.

Special thanks to Barry for coming over today to help us out. We got a lot more done today than we expected thank to him! By the end of the day, everything was sanded, the ceiling was painted, and there was primer on all the walls!

Sanding came first. Thanks to the magic of photography, I look like I'm sanding faster than I really was.

We did have to remind Matt that the paint goes on the wall and not on his face.

We're excited to get actual color on the wall tomorrow! We've had the paint colors selected for almost a year. Keep checking in on the blog for updates.

Coincidence?!? I think not!

New car turned 77.7 miles today. In the parking lot of Crate and Barrel. Where we were going to do our WEDDING REGISTRY! Coincidence?!? I think not.

(And oh yeah, it's pretty cold here too.)

Speaking of wedding registries, we are registered at Macy's and Crate and Barrel. But here's the cool thing -- if our registries are accessed through weddingchannel.com and purchases are made online, weddingchannel.com will make a donation to the National MS Society. Pretty cool!

New addition to the family

This is the new addition to the family! A 2006 Explorer. Picked it up at the dealer this morning. The color is mineral gray. It was a little sad to see the Honda go, but I'm very excited about my new vehicle! I keep wanting to call it a car, but I know that it's not a car. But I refuse to call it a truck. I guess I'll have to settle on SUV!

Unknown to me, Matt took this picture of me on his cellphone as I was pulling out of the dealer parking lot. This is pretty much how I drove home. See the white knuckles? Between the fact that it's a new vehicle and it's bigger than my old one, I was a little nervous.

But you'll be glad to see that I made it home safe and sound!

And when we went out later, I relaxed a little bit more.

Believe it or not, this is the top of the gear shifter. We were sitting at a stop light, and Matt saw our reflection. This was the result.

OK, I'm done with the pictures!