Art by Von Frankenstein

Ah, time has passed again and I haven't updated the blog. Where did the month of February go? We Von Frankenstein's have been pretty busy though. We've decided to change up the house. Switched two rooms around and transformed our main living room. We even made room for a dining area! So the search for a dining table on Craigslist have been a daily chore.

I posted some photos in my last blog entry from our day at the rodeo, but what I didn't post was what the kids and I came home to...

A HUGE mosquito YIKES!

Finished Mosquito project

Leaving daddy home alone to be bored out of his mind actually started our need for more than just rearranged furniture. Dave's bottled up artistic energy has finally exploded despite his busy schedule at work.









We decided that it was time to finish painting all the rooms of the house. Valentine's evening was romantically spent painting our kitchen gray to bring out our gray countertops and weird colored cabinets while drinking a bottle of red wine together. The kids came out to hang out but for the most part, they watched a movie and then fell asleep.

Kiyomi and Daddy painting Keanu's room 2008

I finally got around to painting Kiyomi's room pink (at her request). I figured it was unfair that Dave had painted Keanu's room really cool when Keanu was still in my belly, but yet Kiyomi's room was still white.

Once her room was painted, I found a really cute sleigh bed on Craigslist for her room. I wasn't happy with the color of the bed and it was in need of a new paint job anyway, so I spray painted the bed white. It looks super cute in her super pink room. Her room needs some more work but at least I got the painting and the bed taken care of for now.

Dave started his next project today. Of course it's something artistic. We have decided that our house should reflect our individuality and the personality of our household. We want our house to look nice, but it definitely should have our personality as well. What's wrong with painting something cool on the wall? It's not your house, so why should we care if you approve or not? We want our children to grow up knowing that you don't have to conform to society's standards. Obviously, we want them to be responsible, law abiding citizens, and positive contributors to the community... but that doesn't mean that they should be boring. We want them to think outside the box. Mom and dad have pink hair and tattoos. Doesn't mean we are bad people. Doesn't mean we are lazy. Doesn't mean we don't contribute to our community. Doesn't mean we do drugs. Doesn't mean we are on public assistance (nothing wrong with public assistance, not trying to spark any debate here- just saying our alternative look doesn't mean we are on it). It doesn't mean anything other than we have pink hair and tattoos. I know society tends to group certain people together, but we don't want our children to fall for false labels.

Photo by Inspire Me Photography: Check out her blog: Inspireme-photography

 Anyway, I didn't mean to get too deep into that for this particular post. I'll save that rant for another day. My point was just that we have chosen to provide the art for our home rather than buy some pretty picture at the store. When I say we, I really mean Dave. I like art, I like to get lost in doing something artistic, but I'm not actually good at it like Dave is. I MAY attempt to do something on Kiyomi's wall but for now, I'll let Dave work on his ideas. And I'm going to attempt to start a mini garden (again, another post for another day). The next two photos are not very good quality but I wanted to post the current art pieces up on our wall in our living room. It's late at night and the lighting isn't great and for convenience, I just snapped a quick pic with my phone to share.

Left over laminate flooring put to use

Living room wall painting 2008

And finally, a pic of the kids bored out of their minds on one of our many trips to Home Depot during this productive month of February.