Kitchen Update!

Finally, I know you've all been eagerly awaiting this one...

Here is the kitchen table as I ate dinner at the table for the first time in a while.... Apparently Madison was pretty happy too! More updates to come in upcoming weeks.

Christmas in March!

It was a gorgeous day in central MS, so I decided to take advantage of it!! At Christmas my parents gave me a bike rack for my car. This afternoon I finally got the opportunity to put it on the car and use it. I decided to head over to the park for a little spin. No major disasters, the bike safely made it to the park and back without inflicting injuries on anyone other than me. I wasn't paying attention during my ride and accidentally left the flats and ventured into hill country. There was riding, there was walking, there was riding. I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow.

Time to enjoy this weather before it gets too gross. Hopefully there will be some more bike rides in the near future!

Wallpaper Free is the Way to Be

I've been a busy bee around the house. as my last post and blurry picture alluded to, I rented a steamer and de-wallpapered both bathrooms. The guest bathroom is going to be interesting since there are maroon stripes of paint under the wallpaper -- presumably to match the wallpaper in case the seams didn't quite match. Plus the bathtub is goldenrod. We are currently accepting suggestions for the color palette in here. My bathroom was a lot easier. There were actually TWO layers of wallpaper to deal with, however the original floral wallpaper, circa 1979, was so loose that once the edges came up the entire sheet would pull off without much, if any, damage to the wall. There were only a few spots i really had to work the paper off.

721 is essentially wallpaperless now! This excites me to no end! Now I'm in the repair walls and re-paint phase. To quote Robert Earl Keen, the road goes on forever and the party never ends. That is about how I feel about home ownership. I may complain about it, I am forever mid project, and I know there are 50 more projects on the horizon -- but i love every moment of it, especially the satisfaction of seeing the fruits of my labors.

In other home improvement news, I was able to get the bushes at the end of the driveway removed yesterday. One of the guys I work with has been scouring warren county for brush for a work project. He came by and picked up the last limb from the snowstorm. I let him peruse the yard for anything else he might want. I mentioned that I was willing to part with those bushes. One truck, one chain, and three shovels later, we had success! The taproot on one of those things was giant! There is no way I ever could have removed it by myself.

All in all, a successful Saturday. Who knows what Sunday will bring?

Time for me to go do some wall repair prior to priming/painting. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll squeeze in a bike ride. Thank you daylight savings time :)

What was I thinking?

Obvoiusly I thought it was a good idea to remove the wallpaper in the guest bathroom. Always sounds like a much better idea than it is. Not sure why they painted along the seams other than in case they did a crap job of lining them up...

Hoops and Yoyo eCards - I Don't Care Friday!

Hoops and Yoyo eCards - I Don't Care Friday!

Happy Friday!

It HAS been a while

The JG's haven't appeared on Sunshine lately. Time to fix that issue.

They enjoyed a relaxing Tuesday evening on the couch watching L~O.~S~T too. We enjoy our Tuesday time together.

A Walk with Will

Last weekend was the run through history. I did NOT run. I did make the 5K walk though :) I am 1/3 of the way through my fitness goal for the year!! Two more 5K's and I'll be a happy camper.

Here is a picture of Christina, Will and I after the race. I think Will was a walking champ!

The rest of the weekend was pretty stellar too!