More opinions, please.

OK, since I am in an opinion asking mood, I thought I would show something else to see if I can get some help.

Remember my awful, ugly, way the heck off center deer head dilemma from a month-or-so ago?

How does it look now?

What else should I add to the top to make it more balanced....IF that's even possible?

I thought about adding a lamp or something....but wasn't really sure if I wanted to actually highlight the deer head.

Oh, and you want to see what I am storing in this beauty?

My CRAFT SUPPLIES!

After I am finished sorting through everything, I will actually have a dining room table again!

WOOO HOOO!

Opinions Please

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to "Mistreat" my windows, and I loved the way they turned out.

They were almost perfect, except for one teeny, tiny thing....

They weren't long enough.

I mean, they just barely touched the floor....on one edge....but actually cuffed just a bit on the other edge.

You see, one thing that I didn't take into consideration when I glued my trim on was that the trim would sort-of "shrink-up" the edge of the fabric.

In other words, I pulled the trim a little tighter than I pulled the material when gluing, so now it's gapped up.

Nobody that has seen them has noticed it, except for me.

And it is DRIVING ME CRAZY!

So, after looking through the Nester's library of Mistreatments, I decided that I would try to fix it by adding a complimentary material to the bottom of the curtains.

I went in search of a beautiful plaid or stripe, but just couldn't find what I was looking for.

Then, I found this....

Yes, I know that polka-dots are the farthest thing from plaid or stripes you can get, but the colors are EXACTLY the same.

After a lot of back-and-forth and persuasion from my husband, I bit the bullet, bought a couple yards, bought some more fluffy trim, and headed home.

This is just a rough mock-up, but what do you think?

The actual length of fabric will be a little shorter because I underestimated how many yards I would need, but it will be at least a 1 1/2 to 2 feet band at the bottom.

I know some of the purists out there will probably hate it, but I've never been one to "follow the rules" and want something a little different. (Just not as different as that awful green!)

I like that it is a little "funky", without being too weird.

So, do I go ahead and plug-in my glue gun, or do I wait and see if I can find the perfect plaid or stripe?

Comments? Suggestions?

Who is THIS kid and what did you do with my son?

Well, for any of y'all who have been around ASM for a while, you know that sometimes my son can be a little bit of a pistol.

He is constantly getting into things and has been known to get in trouble at school a time or two...

or a hundred.

As a matter of fact, in all of the weeks he was in school last semester, he only went TWO whole weeks without getting into some sort of trouble....

And both of those weeks were "short weeks" too.

We have tried everything to get him to behave...

Bribes, spankings (yes, I DO spank my child), threats, time-outs, keeping him from playing with his friends, taking television and toys away, crying....

NOTHING we did helped.

Don't get me wrong, Jameson is a FANTASTIC kid.

He's funny, brilliant, happy, energetic, loving....

He just can't be still and can't keep his mouth shut!

Hmmmmm, I wonder where he gets THAT from?

Well, something VERY strange has been going on since Jameson started back to school in January.....

He's not been in trouble ONE SINGLE TIME...

NOT ONCE!

His teachers have been raving about his fantastic behavior.

His guidance counselor even stopped me in car rider line and asked me what we did to turn his behavior around.

I told her the truth....

I DON'T KNOW!

We've not done anything different.

Not one single thing.

Then today, something happened that we didn't thing would ever happen....

He was named Student of the Month!

MY SON, Student of the Month?

When I saw that, I literally started crying, as did my hubby.

Could it be that he just matured over Christmas vacation?

OR, my theory is that somebody swiped MY kid and replaced him with a well-behaved version of my kid.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, anyone?

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Oh, and he is SO getting a puppy now!