Me at 31

I had a birthday... actually a pretty great birthday.  Jeremy was out of town (that wasn't the great part).  I also had to work, a lot of people felt bad about that, but my reply was "At least I get to spend the day with family!"  I am so blessed to work with the people I do and I truly do consider them my family.  Peggy and Sherry both made me birthday cakes... Peggy also made piggy cupcakes, and got donuts the day before.

After work, Dr. Bradbury felt bad that I would be going home by myself for my birthday, so he and Galima invited me over for dinner and had a sweet birthday party complete with minion party hats, flowers, and sparking trick candles.  Max said the prayer... it went something like this:

Max: Please bless that... Silence
Bradbury: Max, come on.
Max: whispers Dad, I can't remember her name
Bradbury: Jami
Max: Oh yeah, please bless that Jami will have a happy birthday.

Haha... so cute, made my day.  I cannot express what this kind gesture meant to me.  See why I consider these people my family?  Thank you so much Bradbury's!  I am looking forward to paying this kindness forward. :)

My life has for sure not played out the way I thought it would, but I have the best friends and family a girl could ask for.  I KNOW that Heavenly Father is aware of me and blessing me in the way that is best for me.  Here is me at 31:

Birthday Interview:

What is your name?  Jami Collette Wells... unless my Dad says it, then it sounds like he messed up cuz my name is Jami Collette Hurst!

How old are you? 31 and I'm okay with that :)

What is your favorite thing to do? Make cards-love all crafts, but cards are my favorite!  Here are a couple of my most recent:

What do you want to be when you grow up? A nurse practitioner... and a mom :)

What is your favorite food?  Ice Cream!

Who do you like to spend time with? Family and Friends.  All of them.

What do you do really well?  I think I do crafts really well.  Maintain relationships, I also think I maintain a positive attitude.

What makes you laugh?  Everything.  Even things that shouldn't-like when people get hurt... I don't know why that is so funny.

What is the best time of day?  I am a night owl.

What are you afraid of?  Letting people down, not living up to my potential.  And the dark.

Who is your best friend?  Jeremy

What do you like to do with your family?  Talk and play games.

What do you love to learn about?  The human body fascinates me.

Where do you like to go?  Home.  And Disneyland. :)

What is your favorite book? Masquerade by Sierra St. James, and A New Dawn by Jack Weyland... both adorable love stories!

If you had one wish, what would it be?  That I could be a mommy!

Guest Room Re-do

This is the first room in our new house that I have painted and made mine (yep... 2 years later!).  I am thrilled with how it turned out.  Take a look!

When we moved in, this room had an awesome (cough) powder blue accent wall, paint lines that make me want to cry (sadly, there are more in the house), and a sharpie-d on I love you sign that I didn't love.

Let the work begin:

First the walls.  Filled holes, 2 coats of primer over the blue and an antique-y white... at this point I am not sure I love it, but I still have great things in mind.  I wanted to do a chevron accent wall, so thought I needed a pretty mellow base color.  I think I made the right call!  I am SO IN LOVE with the chevron wall and I could not have done it without my mama.  Thanks Mom!  I figured out how many stripes I wanted and plotted my grid on paper-then moved to the wall with a chalk line.  Once the chalk was down (sorry no pics of any of this) used paint tape to make the chevron.  I really thought this step would be awful... not so.  I'd probably even do it again :) 

Are you impressed?  Me too!

Next a headboard I got off the local yard sale site for $10 (I didn't get a true "before" pic :( ).  The paneling was cracked, so I took it off and replaced it with beadboard.  Primed and then painted the whole thing teal and then used antiquing glaze.

The nightstand:

I found this at the D.I. several years ago, and this is it's second makeover (kind of a poor "before", but at least I have one!).  I painted the stand itself black and sanded the drawer down to bare wood, stained with a pecan stain and then added a teal arrow to the front to tie it into the rest of the room.  

And my favorite piece, the dresser.  My friend Sherry sent me this pic and asked me if I wanted this dresser for free.  Are you kidding me??? Let me think about it... uhhh... YES!!!  Have you ever seen better bones for a furniture re-do?

Love how it turned out!  Sherry's hubby wondered if it was too late to ask for the dresser back. Yes... yes it is.  I am emotionally attached.  

The details are beautiful no?  Antiquing glaze is a beautiful thing!

Here is everything all put together.  I'm sure I will add some to the walls in the next bit, but for now I am pleased with how it all came together and find it much more "me" than powder blue!

Thanks for looking!