Sue-thanks for the suggestion. I actually just found this pic this morning when trying to post the bedroom set. I also saw your post (in your link)this morning. I think the color is too bright (white base?) I have Benjamin Moore Hampshire Gray in my kitchen and love that it is a color, but grayed down. I don't want pure gray for MY bedroom because that is what I want for my son's room in 1-2 years. I did look at Revere Pewter as it looks like a lot of people love it...but it is very taupe in my room...DH doesn't like white/taupe/tan walls. I think a tan wold be very pretty, but will have to save that color as an accent, which is actually why I need something that doesn't read "GRAY" ... I don't think I would like gray and tan together! But blue and tan is very nice.... Now that the light is changing in my room this morning, I am thinking that the Sherwin Williams Monorail Silver may be my best bet. Although I am still undecided.

My first thought: No good deed goes unpunished. My DH used to be the nice guy that would drive over to BM's in the morning to pick up her OTHER daughter on HIS weeks when he was taking SD to school. BM lived right down the road from the school & he was driving 45 minutes... but he did it to be nice. After all, SD & her sister went to school together when they were with BM, so on his weeks, he would go get the sister so they could be dropped off together. One morning, he went to get SD's sister & was ambushed by BM & her mother. See, BM had borrowed DH's (rather expensive) video camera to supposedly tape something for the kids.. maybe a school thing. That morning, he was picking up her other daughter & kindly asked for his camera back because we were going on a trip & wanted to take it. Well, BM's mother started yelling at him.. how dare you just show up & demand we get it now... blah blah blah. My husband is NOT demanding, he asked. They caused such a scene, my DH couldn't believe it. He decided that he was no longer going to go out of his way to make BM's life easier when she is going to attack him. (and of course, he later found out that the camera did not work properly the next time he used it) I agree with silver, you sound like a saint... meeting half way on her time & being flexible to accommodate her schedule. The LEAST she can do is have the common courtesy to tell you of any changes & not use her child to deliver the message. I don't have any real good advice, other than stand up for yourself if you can. It sounds like everyone gets along reasonably well & if that's the case, I understand not wanting to rock the boat. But, you also can't be treated like a doormat that is always there for her to wipe her feet on when she feels like it. There has to be some reciprocity or you end up feeling resentful.

It has been the same here. Just overcast, not foggy or raining. Every morning, does not lift until later in the day. Very depressing. But in this climate it is helpful to the plants, because when there is full sun it is often too hot and dry for them.

I always second guess my paint choices! The house next door is white so I guess I was feeling like it's too similar but it will keep us from cooking too much in the summer at least. Maybe I can get a nice chair or bench for he porch area, to finish that space a bit more. The dead trampled Bermuda grass "lawn" certainly doesn't do curb appeal any favors and is next on the list to tackle (after rain gutters are installed... sigh. So many essential but no fun things to spend money on!) Our painters are using Kelly Moore so I asked for their fan deck rather than trying to color match to the SW and BM decks I had.