Y’all, these final couple of days have been tough on the Linauer home, so I’ve gotten just about nothing completed on our bed room suite. Sunday was Matt’s birthday. We have been planning a enjoyable day to rejoice Matt’s 51st birthday, however he had a horrible day. I imply, horrible. It was, by far, his worst day to this point this yr. (For those who’re new round right here, my husband has M.S., so he has good days and dangerous day, a some dangerous days are far worse than others.) It was a type of days the place issues began off nice, however because the day went on, he bought progressively weaker and weaker to the purpose that I feared he may find yourself within the hospital by the tip of the day. Fortunately, that didn’t occur. However what that did imply is that I needed to stick shut by in case he wanted something.
However because it was his birthday, I had bought a few treats for him. I didn’t purchase a cake as a result of I knew he wouldn’t eat a lot of it, after which I’d be obligated to eat the remainder on my own. 😀 As a result of that’s what sugar addicts do. So as an alternative, I purchased him two of his favourite candies — peanut M&M’s (only a small, particular person package deal that you simply get on the grocery retailer checkout) and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (and so they solely had the king measurement package deal with 4 cups in it). Since he doesn’t do properly with a lot of sugar, I used to be going to provide him his selection between these two relatively than giving him each to eat. And since he was getting a candy deal with, I additionally used that as an excuse to purchase myself a candy deal with, so I purchased a millionaire for myself. It simply comes one to a package deal at HEB, so I believed I may deal with that with out dropping management.
However I purchased them early within the day when he was feeling fairly properly. By the point dinner rolled round (I had made him selfmade chili, which was his birthday request), he was feeling so terrible and weak that he didn’t even need to eat chili, and he absolutely couldn’t eat something with sugar in it. And I used to be feeling so pressured due to the horrible day that he was having, and the concern that we’d wind up on the hospital by day’s finish.
So in my stress, and with that sweet in the home that he wasn’t going to eat, I did what sugar addicts do. I sat at my desk and ATE ALL OF IT. I child you not. I ate each final little bit of that myself. A complete package deal of peanut M&M’s, a king measurement of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (4 cups), and my millionaire. Multi function sitting.
Y’all, I felt horrible. I imply, I felt bodily horrible, and the impact was speedy. After going final yr with consuming just about no sugar (that was my 2024 New 12 months’s decision), and going this yr with little or no sugar, consuming that a lot sugar in a single sitting nearly did me in. However I believed I may simply go to mattress and sleep off the detrimental results and get up to a brilliant new day yesterday morning.
Nope. The consequences of that sugar have been even worse yesterday morning. Do you bear in mind once I had that sciatic nerve difficulty that put me out of fee for every week again in October 2023? It was again. I used to be in a lot ache yesterday that simply strolling was tough. Matt had a greater day yesterday, however nonetheless not nice. So all of that mixed meant that I used to be just about out of fee for 2 days straight. It was such a silly, short-sighted resolution on my half to eat all of that sugar, and I paid the value. Play silly video games, win silly prizes, proper?
So as an alternative of really getting work completed yesterday, I sat at my desk and did some mockups of our bed room. 😀
I began with the mockup that I did manner again. It’s humorous to see how completely different my imaginative and prescient for our bed room was again then.
After which I swapped the whole lot out for the latest alternatives I’ve made.
These aren’t the precise bedside tables I’ll be making, however the one I need to make didn’t have a front-facing image that I may copy and paste into my mockup, so I used the same one. And that mattress body can also be not one which I’ll be utilizing, however I simply wanted a mattress to repeat and paste in entrance of the headboard. However no less than it provides the final general really feel of what I’m going for.
After which I began on the lookout for desk lamps that may go together with the brand new alternatives. As I used to be scrolling by way of, all of them appeared to look the identical. Gourd lamps, trendy lamps. Every thing appeared to blur collectively. After which this one stopped me in my scroll. This was it! This was the one. It was excellent.
In fact it was. It’s $989! I swear to you that I don’t do it on goal. I don’t deliberately hunt down the costly stuff. It simply at all times appears to occur that the issues I like essentially the most are costly and out of my value vary. There’s no manner I may justify spending nearly $1000 every for 2 desk lamps. However oh my goodness, it’s so fairly, and so excellent. Don’t suppose for a second that I’m not already planning how I may DIY such a lamp. I don’t suppose it could be tough. Simply look how excellent these are for our bed room.
I additionally discovered this lovely artwork glass lamp. This one was far more my value vary at $129 every. Whereas I really like the artwork glass look, I don’t suppose this can work as a result of (1) I would like gold accents, and (2) I feel the colour will get misplaced in opposition to the darkish teal of the partitions and curtains. However I do love a singular artwork glass lamp.
As a lot as I like these, I do suppose they get misplaced, simply as I suspected.
So far as value goes, these lamps are even higher. These are $140 for a set of two! I do love that sea glass look, and there’s lots of this mild blue-green colour within the headboard cloth and likewise within the rug.
I feel these look actually fairly, and so they do stand out in opposition to the teal. However they do appear to get misplaced with the daring colours.
And eventually, these fairly lamps additionally come as a set of two for $340.
I actually like these, too. They will additionally maintain their very own in opposition to all of that teal, and so they’re a bit bolder in fashion, in order that they don’t appear to get misplaced like the ocean glass lamps.
However my favourite is the orange. I really like that it appears to convey stability to the general design, bringing that colour from the rug and the accents within the headboard.
However there’s no manner I’ll be spending $2000 on a few desk lamps for our bed room. So I’m going to need to discover a approach to get that look on a funds. Maybe I can begin with a visit to a thrift retailer and see if they’ve one thing equally formed that I can paint and rework.
Anyway, no extra sugar for me. I’ve discovered that lesson the laborious manner. Yesterday was painful and depressing. I fasted yesterday in an effort to purge all of that sugar from my system, and I awakened this morning feeling good. The ache in my hip is gone, and I’m prepared for a productive day. I hope I’ll bear in mind yesterday’s distress the following time I’m tempted to gorge myself on sugar.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You’ll be able to be taught extra about me right here.
