Prepping for Turkey day

I'm getting ready for our Thanksgiving feast. We are staying home this year. No travel for us as we will be traveling in December.

I am one of those, rare people... Who will not decorate for the next holiday until it is the next holiday. I proudly have all of my fall and Thanksgiving decorations up.

Now onto the food... I am a Food Network junkie... I get the magazines, record shows... You know obsessed. This was NOT always the case. I used to pick up the local grocery store Thanksgiving in a box for $50. But after a little Rachael Ray and Giada watching. I have confidence!

The table is set and the counter is ready for food! I will post what I made later :)

Productive weekend

I think it's every girls wish every weekend to get more things done around the house. I'm not sure why but it just gives a sense of so much accomplishment.

This weekend we arranged our family room! For the first time really since we moved into the house in 2003. We really used the family room as a free for all, laundry, just anything. But now, it is an actual family room!

Today, we worked on our basement. We have a nice big area for workout purposes! I am so excited to start my training tomorrow.

Ideas for the house?

Well, I love tearing out ideas for my house from magazine articles. I had a huge pile of ideas and I put them in a binder...

The binder was getting too big, so I needed a new thing to hold my precious ideas.

LOVE the colors!

Addictive Television

So, I am in Oklahoma City for work and have been reading all day. I turned on the TV for a short break, needless to say, HGTV has been on my TV for 4 hours! See http://www.hgtv.com/ for a complete listing of shows. My personal favorite today was "Designed to Sell." Even though I am not thinking of moving... the show really gives some good ideas.

All of these shows are addictive and truly inspirational! Here is a current pic of my family room. It used to be all cluttered and a mess! There will be some major changes to the room (the paint, paneling, and trim)... but I haven't found the right idea just yet! I am sure it will come to me when I see something similar to my family room.

Until then, I will keep searching on TV and magazines.

Here is the "before" photo ->

I have re-arranged everything! My sister will be so proud!! It took a couple of different steps. A trip or two to Target (www.target.com) and a free TV stand from IKEA (www.ikea.com) from our brother and sister in law! But all ends well!