Christa's Skillz

 My friend Christa recently discovered she's AWESOME with a camera.  She took photos of Noodle for our Holiday card the last 2 years.

If you're in Minnesota, hurry up and book her before you can't afford her anymore.  That's what I'm doing! 

She booked this really cool place in Hastings to take the photos this year.  Some guy has a passion for old buildings.  When he found out some were going to be destroyed, he bought them and moved them to his land and now he's built a city!!  It's super-cool!  Zuddy and I wandered the grounds while Christa snapped photos of my tweenager:

Check out Christa's website

Tweenie Bopper Bedrooms

I'm almost done with the painting the Noodle's room, girlfriends!  I just have one side of a door left and the walls!!  Woo HOO!


That darn Zuddy still has a lot to do before we can move her in there, though.  Zuddy?  Are you reading this?  I know you are, you unshaven man, you.  (Zuddy thinks he's growing a beard.  Zuddy's going to find himself and all of his stuff on the street if he doesn't shave soon.)


Here are the things on Zuddy's list:

• New baseboards for 2 of the walls.  We were planning on refinishing all the woodwork in our house, but when we tried to take the baseboards off, they split.
• Finish off the closet.  We are going to put 2 rows of hanging bars on the left side, and lots of shelving on the right side.  Because the Noodle is showing signs of being a shameless hoarder.
• Crown Molding (Moulding?)
• Spray paint the Jenny Lind bed Silver we have a full size bed frame that I bought, oh?....16 years ago.  We married and moved into this house almost 15 years ago.  And there it sits.  In the basement.
• Hang drapery hardware.
• Move white blinds in new bedroom.  We're just going to use the blinds that are in her current bedroom.

Here are the things on my list:

• Finish painting the door
• Clean up all the door hardware and put it back on the doors.
• Paint the walls
• Move the Noodle in to her room. We'll just move her current bed in there until we get her a new full size mattress.
• Buy a full size mattress.  I'm really hoping to find one that someone's trying to get rid of.
• Buy new bedding.  All white.
• Buy a new rug
• Buy a new light fixture. From IKEA. She wants this one:  

 Or this one:

• Get some drapery hardware.

 Wow.  That's kind of a long list, isn't it?


For your viewing pleasure, here are some great looking tweenie bopper bedrooms.  I think I got them all from Houzz: