If you hadn't noticed, I haven't blogged for a week. I've had kind of a sore throat, sinus, all around crappy feeling kind of a thing (not the technical name). I'm going to try hard to ignore it and see if it will go away.

I'm also trying to make a decision on my house. My sister-in-law, Susan & brother-in-law, Mike, came this weekend. Mike power washed the house & got it ready to be painted. Below are the colors I'm using. The darker green/brown color will be the house. The lighter beige will be trim around windows. The red will be the door and I was thinking the shutters but now I'm not so sure. Maybe I could even paint them red & sand them a little then stain to age. Anyone have any ideas?

I love all of these shutters. Mike is going to make them for me so they'll look like real shutters. Here's another idea -- just stained.

Can't wait to get the house painted but I'm just not sure what I want. Any help will be appreciated.