Sunday, May 31, 2009
Home Renos - Kitchen Edition
{Before - breakfast area}
{During painting}
{After, home sweet home}
The first phase was pretty much cosmetic. Now that we've been here 2 years, it's time to get some kind of big project going. The next phase is going to be a little drastic.. here's what we planned on doing in the next year..
Back splash, walls re-painted (softer green), counter tops, new ceramic floors & maybe new appliances (budget pending - looking for stainless ) We aren't looking to spend more than $2500 (appliances, materials and labour included) It might be doable...
We're going to take this on as a long term project.. hopefully this time around next year things will be looking good..
Can't wait!!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Here comes trouble
the story of a girl and her cardigan
LOVED it. Kathleen has been fashioning it for the past few months and it just seems like such a perfect fit. To my surprise, it's currently on sale!! $24.99 from $49!! Insane!!
So I registered for an account at UO, plugged my info in the required field boxes, whipped my credit card out of my wallet, sped through the numbers and got as far as the shipping page (pretty close!!) However, to my horror... shipping to Canada is $25.. WTF?? That's more than the stupid cardigan. To save $$ i would have to walk in the store to purchase it.. (as stupid as this sounds, the closest Urban Outfitters to us is 3 hours away.. very disappointing!!)
geeee whizzzzzz.. guess I'll just have to wait a little longer..
one day cardigan.. we will be together.
The break down
Thursday, May 28, 2009
It doesn't get better than this..
The boy is downstairs playing guitar like a rock star.. insisting on playing the same song for the past hour
I wouldn't have it any other way...
Monday, May 25, 2009
the dog blog
{Rufus the Wheaten}
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
So I kind of splurged.. Like bad
I had a wonderful night showing it off though… I've also made sure to wear it everyday this weekend.. Hopefully this guilty feeling will go away soon..
{diablo roll - once of our faves}
You pay $3 more than you would a normal roll however you get 2 of the same! Such an amazing deal! 4 rolls with a couple glasses of pino usually run around $30 each. We usually leave pretty satisfied with bellies full to the brim.We also hit up Fat Tuesdays for a few cocktails and had a late Disney Trivial Pursuit night… always a good time.
This weekend was also my darling's birthday celebration!
{yes, this cake was not a joke… yibbydee booo was really written on that piece of chocolate}
We also got to skype with our friends who are in Taiwan until the fall. We miss them to pieces.. It was really difficult getting a connection (which was really strange) every 5 minutes the thing would cut out and we'd have to call again.. So annoying.. I think the Mac has this weird Internet issue. Anyways, We finally got things rolling for over 45 minutes about an hour into the convo.. A little late, but it was really nice talking to them.. There were a lot of tears..
I'm sure they can’t wait to come home.
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Sorry for the mess of a post.. It's been a hectic few weeks and I'm sure this has been boring…
Hopefully there will be interesting posts soon… promise.