Big Brown

In about a week Ray and I will be closing on a house. We like to call it Big Brown. It's our dream home, built in the 1930's with tall ceilings, old doorknobs and wood floors. It needs paint, some shine for the floors and pretty things for the walls... but other than cosmetics it's practically perfect. It's located downtown which is exactly where we want to be. We can walk to the library, the lake, our favorite thrift store and our church will soon be moving into a building just a block away. I'm so happy and excited about this house! Doesn't it look like a giant doll house?

if this old house could talk...

I wish this picture was of my backyard. Okay, so I saw this questionnaire on multiple blogs today and decided I would play along. House questions A-Z. Also, this is really just a blog version of a myspace survey... which I like. Ha.

A- My AIR CONDITIONER is set on: 72 -74. One of my roommates like it to be about 77... but it makes me die and sweat to death.

B- My BEDROOM theme is: cute and colorful and vintage and probably messy.

C- The CAR in the driveway is: RUDE.

D- My DESK looks: I do not have desk. Leanne does though... hers has stuffed dogs on it...

E- The EXACT time I wake up daily is: 6:52am. terrible.

F- The FIRST thing I wash in the shower is: my hair... because i'm clean like that.

G- My GARAGE is filled with: Erin's ugly furniture, Leanne's boxes, a giant old lady painting, tools we don't know how to use, 23847 cans of paint

H- My HOME is: weird. we have strange elephant statues on our coffee table. I do not know why.

I- If you peeked INSIDE my bathroom you'd see: yarn art, cutesy shower curtain, all my make up, awkward sky light,

J- My favorite JUICE is: hmm... I only drink water. However, one time I made apple carrot juice and it was delish.

K- The best part of my KITCHEN is: my anthropologie bowls, my little indian salt and pepper shakers, and the rest of my kitchen is boring.

L- The LAST person who visited my home was: Brie? Ray? Pat? Kat? Louch? One of them.

M- The last piece of MAIL for me was: Liz's wedding invite!

Dear Liz,

If you are reading this I can't make it. Your wedding is in Oregon and I live in Florida.

Love, Allison

N- My NEIGHBORS think I'm: a party animal. duh.

O- If you OPENED my fridge you'd see: so many apples, grapes, almond milk, Erin's fancy apple juice, Leanne's salsa, milka bars, hummus, etc.

P- My last house PARTY was: small group always turns into a house party. and sometimes wednesdays and thursdays. oh, and this coming monday.

Q- A QUICK meal I like to fix is: ice cream?

R- My favorite ROOM of the house is: my bedroom. obviously.

S- The SHAMPOO brand I use is: I don't really know. It's shampoo for brown hair. I need to look into something different though. Suggestions?

T- My largest TELEVISION is: so stupid because the closed captions wont turn off. We hate it so much.

U- UNDER my bed you will find: my crafty-craft box full of sketch books, feathers, paint, brushes, pencils, oil pastels, pens, etc.

V- The last time I VACUUMED was: uhhhh. I hate to vacuum so much. Thankfully we only have one room with carpet in our house.

W- Looking out my WINDOW I see: Marcia Moon in her giant purple rode watering her grass.

X- I wish I had X-TRA: space in the kitchen. We have like no cabinets. Dumb.

Y- My YARD is: Beautiful! Someone mowed... and it definitely wasn't me.

Z- ZZZZZZZ My bedtime is: around 12ish. Maybe like 1ish. Or when I stop getting text messages. Or when Leanne and I decide to stop watching True Blood.

Then end. Please feel free to play along.

I'm more of a Louisiana American if I had to put something down...

I feel very certain that one day I will live in the state of Louisiana. Why? I have no idea. I'm pretty excited about it though. Boot state, hot weather, alligators, bayou, beignets, music, voodoo, vampires, gumbo, mardi gras, french, plantation houses, Emillie Collins. Maybe I will live in a little house like this (minus the redneck flag).

Photo found here.