Guess what we arrived home to on Tuesday night?  Rita, our neighbor, hacking away at more of our yard.  I told her she was crazy – so I figure if I’ll say it to your face, I can put it on paper the internet, right? We had this crazy over-growth by our driveway.  It originally … More She’s crazy. (But in a good way!)

The answer: Yes. We had a SUPER weekend!  It was very productive, fun, exhausting, and rejuvenating all in one.  We haven’t had a weekend like this … well probably since we first bought this house. SATURDAYWe had a sleep-in, lazy morning.  It was nice.  We are were both looking for new golf clubs, and our … More Does this count as exercise?

So, for any of you who have talked to us over the past 2 months know that it’s been raining here, like, non-stop.  For 2 months.  I’m not joking.  We’ve had no Spring, and now it’s about to be over 80+ degrees and muggy.  And, for anyone who has ever even talked to me – … More Rain, rain … GO AWAY!

I think that before we’re done with this thing, there might be 1 million parts to “The Kitchen” blog postings. So, the flooring is now in!  YAY!  There were some real issues along the way (I know, it’s hard to imagine; but sometimes when you rip floor up five layers of floor, you don’t find … More The Kitchen. Part 2.

So, I’ll just say it … I didn’t get 5 of those items done this week … you win.  BUT, I did get a lot done, so I’m counting it as a win too. We completed 3 1/2 of the 8 items – I’m counting the 1/2 towards my bedroom because I did clean up the laundry area and … More We both win.

So, when our kitchen cabinets started chipping as we screwed in the hinges and started hanging them … I said that I’d fix the problem areas.  I didn’t know if it would be worth it to ask Tim the painter (aka – TtP) to come back and fix a mess he made in the first … More $100 Well Spent.

Here’s a little story.  It all started with a nail.  It was late.  It was Saturday night.  We had just gotten back from dinner and a few drinks at a local bar and grill.  It was 10pm or later.  We had spent the morning running errands, and the afternoon drilling, screwing (actual screws with screwdrivers), … More The Kitchen. (and more vomiting.)

It has been an AMAZING past week.  I mean seriously.  We have gotten SO much done that it is unbelievable.  And we actually did some of the work ourselves!  The big stuff (kitchen cabinets) we can’t take credit for, but we can take credit for tying up a lot of loose ends and making this place look phenomenal (just one … More Best. Week.

We’ve had 2 different painters come out to the house to quote us some work.  The first lady came back in September when we were still fixing stuff up and not living there.  She said she would mail us the quote the following week because she didn’t use computers well.  Never got the quote in … More Weird.

(except for the other list of stuff we have for them to do that they don’t know about yet …) Our bathrooms are done.  Finished.  Completed. (Insert ridiculously smiley girl here – seriously, we can’t believe that we own this stuff and get to live here.)  And I’m using the plural form of bathrooms because in … More They’re done!