A Blank Slate

Life seems a bit like this blank chalkboard right now...

A blank slate. A story, waiting to be written.

I like that!

Kind of reminds me of a new schoolyear as a kid. A fresh start.

Apparently, I have a 'thing' for chalkboards.

I didn't realize that I did, really, 

{ok, well, maybe I did - but I never thought it was this BAD}

until we started packing up.

I have four ginormous chalkboards from old schoolhouses,

{one with super-cool hanging hardware}

 one large one that Bob made for me out of cement backer board

{It's pictured above, hanging in our Petite Retreat barn store},

 two smallish curvy ones that I made from heavy posterboard,

 about a dozen small ones that are leftover product from this past year, 

and six pretty old schoolhouse 'slate' styles that I have used for signage.

That's 25.

It may or may not be all of them I am willing to cop to.

And I know that I'll most likely be adding even more.;0)

~

We got a slew of free paint off of Craigslist today!

Buckets & buckets of whites and tans, just perfect for mixing
our own custom colors for the rooms of our new home.

Colors in our palette, with names like

'Retreat Sand' and 'Camano Shell' and 'Driftwood Shore'.

Perfect.

We are so ready.....