A picture's worth a thousand words

Oh man, am I feeling the burn of not having a camera this morning.....

But since it's been days since I posted - I shall try to fulfill my blogging duties anyway by a quick run-down of status of our various projects around the house as of this moment:

• Garden: The garden has been reclaimed by native swamp in several areas following a few weeks of native daily rainfall. In areas which have yet to become bog - monster weeds have taken over because a) I haven't been out in the rain to weed b) due to extreme heat in between torrential downpours, our pine straw mulch has broken down completely in several areas and c) I haven't been out in the rain to mulch.
• Roof: I can't complain about the roof. I haven't seen it as much as I would like (see above regarding rain), but from what I have seen it looks stellar. We have noticed that in the middle of the blazing hot day it's hard to tell that we even made a color change... However, early mornings and sun-setting evenings reveal a darker, warmer housetop. I like it.
• Decor: I have recently done my duty as an American citizen by stimulating the economy through the purchase of various and sundry items to hang on the bare walls.
  
• Upstairs bath: Although no visible progress has been made on the bathroom - a few things have happened (and not happened) regarding the upstairs bath. For instance, we are now in possession of an adequate quantity of 18" x 18" ceramic tile (Mohawk Patagonia Charcoal) to finish the floor. We are now waiting for another attempt at having the second coat paint mixed at Lowe's - armed with new info from Valspar. We'll let you know how that turns out.
• William's bedroom: We have purchased and have in our possession new 5 1/4 inch baseboard for the room. (We decided to replace the standard 3" base that was originally there to bring the room more in line aesthetically with the rest of the house which sports 7 1/4 inch base - besides, boys kick stuff a lot and anything helps). This baseboard is now neatly stacked in the yet unfinished room waiting for a few coats of high gloss paint. Incidentally, we also purchased the high gloss paint. Also on its way from iCarpetiles.com: a couple hundred square feet of cool carpet tile (Style: Colure Color: Barktone) to finish the floor.
• George's bedroom: After arguing with George for a few months - we finally settled on wall colors for the room and I carried the paint chips around with me for a couple of weeks. I would have normally just had the paint mixed - but was feeling a little wary after Dave's last paint-mixing experience and didn't want to risk getting an employee written up for mixing my glaze in too dark a color or something. Soooo.. in the meantime, it appears I have lost said paint chips and can't remember the names of the colors for the life of me. Hopefully looking through the samples at the store will jog my memory. Hopefully.... Because we used those paint chips to select and purchase carpet tile from iCarpettiles.com for George's room as well (Style: Havoc Color: Moondust).
  

And that's where we are heading into this weekend. Something will get done within the next few days -- but your guess is as good as mine as far as what exactly that something will be.