blonde?

Quick quiz.

What color is my hair?

I had a moment...a blonde moment (no offense, all of you blondes out there). I had been waiting to hang a shelf in the bedroom to continue decorating and making things cheery - and I thought it would be easier with Pat's help. Well...you may not know this, but he's a pretty busy guy. So I was feeling confident and decided to do it myself.

I went and bought these wall anchor things and even got a stud finder. I found that dang stud, and hammered and hammered and hammered this stupid anchor into the wall, each time it bent in all kinda ways. Ways it wasn't supposed to. I was very confused and frustrated. I tried it so many times, I ran out of anchors. I texted a picture like this to both Pat and Dad because I was just so confused....

Well. You're not supposed to hammer wall anchors into studs.....kinda defeats the purpose of what their oh-so-important job already is...

I mean...when the lightbulb finally came on in my slow moving mind, I felt s.t.u.p.i.d. AND of course, I figured this out while talking to my very handy engineer father. Which doesn't really help the moment of feeling stupid.

It is hanging now. I need a few more things to complete it. I got 2 frames on sale at Pottery Barn, and one of them has a colorful placemat from PB in it to brighten things up. I am making progress!