HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!!!

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Well I have been so inspired by all the beautiful rooms that I have seen on other blogs that I have decided to make it my mission to turn my house into a home in 2011.  I guess that's my resolution SORTA.  I always look and say oh how nice but never take the plunge past paint, that my husband always wants to hire for, and now I am ready.  So as www.savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com is doing her best of 2010.  I will be doing my redo's of 2011.  So to start hereare two spaces I will start with since I think they should be pretty easy and build my self confidence in the process.

1.  My staircase

 I want to do a picture wall or something and I have been thinking about painting the rail.

The other side.  I also would love to take the carpet off the stairs but I'm nervous.

2. My boys room.  They are 7 and 5 and they love sharing a room.  I have started a nautical theme but need more.

 This is what you see as you enter the room.

 I have the boat prints above each bed along with their initials.

Blank wall that needs help.

What do you think?  All IDEAS and help are WELCOMED.

YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I am glad to say that I have two followers.  I know that's not many but to me it's a big deal.  I am so in awe of many other blogs and want to learn so much about blogging.  Now that I've said that I am happy to say that we had a white day after Christmas.  The snow began late Christmas night and was still going into the afternoon.  The kids were happy to get out there and play.  As for me it just put a damper on me hitting those after Christmas sales.  I know for some of you facing the sales in the snow is no big deal but with us not getting much snow here it just made me not want to leave the house.  Here are a couple of pictures of the snow.

 Little Miss KC enjoying the snow.

The neighbors snowman.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!

Blessings to all on this wonderful Christmas day 2010.   Today has been a good day.  Although I am missing my family in California I have also managed to have a great time with my husband's family.  The kids were up at 7am and daddy said wait 30 more minutes, of course that didn't happen.  Little Miss KC loved her 2 babies and stroller, a little too much for me since I keep hearing about the baby.  Here are a few pics of the Chinnis Christmas.

The tree before the kids came down.  You can barely even see the green decorations.

The 3 lil C's. I just love the PJ's.

LC with his favorite thing, Legos.

JC with his one request an Nintendo DSi.

Ms. KC and her baby!! Nuff said.

No Gift Christmas!!!!!!!!!!

Ok first can I tell you that my tree has not one gift under it.  This is not because we don't have any but because they are on lay away this year and today is the only day that I will be able to pick them up due to Mr. C's work schedule.  So is it necessary to say that we will wrapping gifts all night and tomorrow so that The Big Guy can make his appearance.  This is the first year we used lay away for Christmas and it was good doing it but I'm unsure if I'll do it again.  Especially since I don't remember everything I have.  Secondly I have the DIY and redo bug.  I have loved HGTV for years and became a realtor so I can look at houses.  But Mr. C could live in a all white wall house with no decor so I have never gone through with putting my abilities (or lack thereof) to work.  For 2011 I am making changes and I am going to begin decorating and making my builder grade house into a home.  I will post pics along the way and ask for help so come back and hopefully enjoy.

Countdown!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Well I got our family pictures back and I was pleased with them.  Now I just have to get those Christmas cards in the mail.  I can't believe Christmas is Saturday.  I am really not prepared.  There are no presents under the tree and the kids are now out of school.  Waiting to the last minute isn't a good idea!! I have to do all the necessary stuff after hubby gets home from work when I can go by myself.  I also would have loved to also have my home beautifully decorated.  Not only for Christmas but just in general.  I look at all the blogs and see all the beautiful homes and long to have my home look like those.  People always seem to find great deals at Home Goods and Goodwill and other thrift stores, but here in Columbia we have no Home Goods and I never seem to find the great deals that others do.  Enough of my sulking, I did say I would post some pictures so here they are.

 This is my little KC and she is now 2.  She loved the leaves.

 The love of my life MC.  Sometimes it's hard but I see us growing old together.

 I just love how my oldest JC is the only one looking at the camera.

 My intellectual 7 year old JC.  He always has a question and I love that he keeps us on our toes.

   My rambunctious little 5 year old LC.  He's all boy and although he wares me out at times I love it.

COLD COLD COLD

Ok so it has been freezing here all week.  We were scheduled to take our family pictures(which are outdoors) on Monday but had to cancel since I didn't want my children to freeze.  We rescheduled for tomorrow because it is suppose to be better weather.  I hope the weather is better so we can get these pics done.  We haven't had family pics done since my middle child was 1 month old and now he is 5, so yeah we have been slack.  If I get some great pictures I will definitely tell you who the photographer was and hopefully send some business her way.  Speaking of business I sure need to have some sent my way.  Being a realtor in Columbia, SC isn't the easiest thing right now.