Muldoon Memos

I would take a ballet class. It was my favorite dance class in elementary school, and I love how my body feels when doing similar moves in workout classes. So strong, yet graceful.  Speaking of workout classes... I think one day (if I ever get to stay home), I'd like to become a Jazzercise or Zumba instructor. Jazzercise isn't nearly as fun, but the routines are also much simpler so it seems less intimidating. But I love Zumba much more-- it's SO fun!  I'd also volunteer with a pregnancy resource center like EPS or do something to give of my time and talents to pro-life organizations. I'd like to learn to embroider cute wall hangings... AND I'd do all of that while listening to a million books on tape. #dreaming

Our siding is not in good shape, somewhat due to us being new homeowners who didn't realize it needed to be painted the moment a spot appeared or else it would all rot, and somewhat due to it being in crappy condition when we bought it four years ago. Anyway, a lot of thousands of dollars later, and our house is going to become dark gray with white siding! I'm still deciding on a door color... do I go with black? a fun color like yellow? We also need a brand new deck because ours is rotten... another few thousand... Oh and we need two new windows... another $1500... So at this point, I figure we should just spend another $2500 and fix everything else in the house I dislike too! Scott isn't quite so sure, but I'm trying to convince him to let a painter do the rest of our tall interior walls in the living room, add a tiled backsplash to the kitchen and get new countertops, and get new carpet in the basement + painting the wainscoting gray.... Hahaha. Before and...