TESTING TESTING 1, 2, 3.

MY DAD WAS AN ELECTRICIAN. HE WAS ALSO A SOUNDMAN (IS THAT A THING?). I CAN HEAR HIS VOICE AS HE'S TESTING HIS MICS, "TESTING, TESTING, 1, 2, 3. *TAP TAP*." OVER AND OVER TESTING, TAP, TESTING TAP UNTIL IT WAS JUST RIGHT. MY DAD WAS A PERFECTIONIST WHEN IT CAME TO HIS CRAFT. I THINK I WAS BLESSED (AND CURSED) WITH THAT TRAIT I INHERITED FROM HIM.

I HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHERE I COLLECT HOBBIES. FULL DISCLOSURE: I'M A HOBBIE HOARDER. GASP. MY MIND AND SOUL ARE FIGURATIVELY OVERFLOWING WITH HOBBIES. SOME I'VE TRIED, SOME I'VE MASTERED, SOME ARE ON MY TO-DO LIST, ETC. AGAIN I SAY, IT'S A PROBLEM. WITH THAT SAID, I PLAN TO ADD TO THAT MESS. #TEAMOVERACHIEVERS

MY DAUGHTER, TUISELINA (AKA TUI, SELINA, LINA, THE GIRL), HAS BEEN WANTING TO PAINT HER ROOM. OVER A YEAR AGO WE BOUGHT SOME PAINT SAMPLES AND SLAPPED THEM ON HER WALLS. THEN WE LEFT THEM TO DRY...FOR A YEAR. I AM NOW CONFIDENT THE PAINT IS DRY AND WE'RE READY TO TACKLE THEM FOR REAL. BUT MY #TEAMOVERACHIEVERS HEART COULDN'T JUST SLAP ON SOME PAINT AND CALL IT A DAY. OH NO, WE'RE GOING FULL MONTY HERE. I'M TALKING FULL ON BEDROOM MAKEOVER.

SO, HERE'S THE PLAN. JOKES, I'M NOT THAT PUT TOGETHER GUYS. I DON'T HAVE A PLAN OTHER THAN:

1. WE'RE GIVING TUI'S ROOM A FULL MAKEOVER
2. WE'LL DOCUMENT THE ENTIRE PROCESS VIA BLOGGING AND MAYBE INSTAGRAM (OH, DID I MENTION I ALSO HOARD BLOGS?)
3. WE'VE PICKED A DESIGN THEME

THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL WE KNOW, FOR NOW. BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD START. WE HOPE YOU'LL FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON THIS JOURNEY BECAUSE WE'LL NEED AN OCCASIONAL WOOT-WOOT-YOU-GOT-THIS-YOU-DA-BOMB WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

OVER AND OUT.

PS I KNOW THIS POST IS LONG AND PICTURELESS BUT I PROMISE TO TAKE AND POST LOTS OF PICS AS WE GO ALONG.