Jessica Kelso

No job and yet I haven’t written in my blog for 4 whole days. No excuse for that, no excuse. It’s been a really nice week. I’ve managed to do a couple of little random things that were desperately needing to be accomplished. I cleaned out all the drawers and cabinets in our bathroom. THAT was a task, let me tell you. The mixture of hairspray, hair that falls out while I’m blow drying it, and bare minerals loose powder makeup. . . does a number to the bathroom. I found some cute fabric I had laying around and cut out little pieces to make a surface for the drawers. That way next time it’s ready for a good cleaning, I’ll just trash the cloth and get new ones. When Kevin got home for lunch, I wouldn’t even let him set his stuff down. . . before I was showing him, saying “look what I did today honey!”. I’m trying to do my part. I also took a couple of dresses I don’t wear anymore to consignment. It’s nice to not have those in the way anymore. I might even make some money off of them. Doing my part once again. Last night we went to Kevin’s work Christmas party at Abuelos. YUMMY. It was a good time and I ate one too many enchiladas.

When it comes to the job front, I don’t have much to report. I’m finding that there’s very little out there. I’m limited to what I want to do. I’m looking to continue working in a office setting, or go totally the opposite and be a nanny. I watched my nephew Aidan for 6 months when he was little and I absolutely loved it! I’d really enjoy being able to do something like that again. Especially with us wanting to have a baby soon, it would be nice to get a little more experience first!

I could always go back to doing hair. If only saying that didn’t make my insides cringe. Right now I’m enjoying being completely domesticated. Keeping the house spotless, making sure the dishes are done, having dinner ready before 7pm, finding plenty of time to exercise. I’m not going to lie, it’s been really nice!

As promised. . .

Before:

After:

The before picture is from the day we bought our house. It’s the best picture I could find of just the fireplace. The only times it has been pictured, are the times we have been sitting in front of it (trying to hide the ugly trim I imagine!). I know it’s not a “wow” difference to most, but it is huge to me. I’m still deciding what to do with those handles. Leave ‘em? Paint ‘em white to match the white mantle? Black to just blend in with the fireplace? Hmmm. Ohh, I’ve also been thinking about painting the whole fireplace white. The only thing stopping me is the thought of it turning out bad and not being able to get the red brick back. And I can see the drama unfolding already. . . Jessica paints fireplace brick white, Jessica hates it, Jessica has no back-up plan for this happening, so Jessica and Kevin have to dish out lots of money to get a whole new fireplace. Jessica is sad and then Kevin tells her she should have just left it alone because it was fine.

I guess I should listen to Kevin.