Meme: The 5 Things

So, I have apparently "been tagged" by Christina to list "5 Things you May Not Know About Me" - so, here it goes:

5 Things

• I'm a caffiene addict - its gotten to the point where I actually make coffee on weekends. I've just recently started doing this.
• I'm so over working for a living and am really ready to just have kids already so I can give up the 9-5 (or 7-4:30 in my world) life.
• Excited to earn my master's but skeptical if it will even do anything to "get me ahead" in my career (but, please revert to the previous item for futher detail)
• I have a series recording set for "A Haunting" on Discovery Channel - I love watching stuff about ghosts, gouls, spirits. A little jealous I've never encountered one, but, at the same time also very thankful
• I fell in love with at least 10 guys (and I fell hard) between the ages of 18 and 23. Thankfully it was Steve who was the last!

And now, I'm supposed to *tag* 5 other people - well, I'll just tag those that I actually know have a blog: Ange from The Taylor Family, Jenn from Sketches of Thoughts, and Asha of So Cheap and Juicy. Enjoy!

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Unless the issue is in the front yard...

One day I'm leaving for work, and I notice a huge back-hoe in my neighbor's front yard. Now, keep in mind, he has the corner lot, so, its in the corner of his front yard for the world to see. I also notice a HUGE hole dug out from his yard. That afternoon, Steve went over to go find out what he was up to, and he told Steve that he was putting in a fountain. My first thought was, "A fountain or a swimming pool??"

Then, a few days later I come home, and all of a sudden a mini jungle has sprouted in his yard. TONS of foliage and TONS of flagstone and other rocks had appeared during the work day. Not to mention a DEER on his porch. Now, I'm all for koi ponds and creative landscaping, but, there is a fine line from creating the secret garden vs. a complete gaudy mess. This is what it looked like:

Well, yesterday he finally finished the project - or, at least he says its finished. Hopefully, this is all there is to it. It even includes a lamppost, and a bridge to nowhere!

I guess I just have to be glad that we live uphill & next door to him instead of directly across the street!

So over home improvements...

So, we finally finished all the "public" areas of our house. Now, we're starting on the closets. And, oddly enough, we may end up having to buy another box of wood unless we can attempt to salvage some cut ends somewhere. I can't believe we bought more than the recommended 10% overage and we're still going to come out a little short. Maybe its because we had to cut each start and end piece, whereas some woods come in random lengths (ours were all the same). But, what can ya do. What's another $50 at this point right?

Anyway, because of our never-ending project, I'm missing a BBQ at the pool. While, as much as I really really really really want to be in the sun with a burger and beer, I would rather have this annoying project finished so I never have to lay glue for the rest of my life. So, I'm making up some chili dogs and then going to eat them (maybe on the porch so I can get some fresh air) then its back to the grindstone. At least we maybe have a total of 60 boards to lay maximum, which, in reality is nothing. And just thinking about finishing up the paint gives me a headache!

Is the week over yet?

I'm seriously so tired and frustrated its annoying. Luckily, I'm about to make broccoli cheese soup for dinner (with a salad too of course). At least I have some comfort food to look forward to.

Tired & Unmotivated

Ahh, Monday.  Most people hate Mondays, but today I am loathing it for some reason.  Generally my Mondays aren't too bad since I have class at 2pm and the lectures are usually short.  I'm generally done by 3 or 3:30 depending on whether I stay for the lab session (which, that depends on my mood).  Though today I'm contemplating doing the lab before class, then taking off after the lecture.  I really need to hit the gym today and then also go home and finish the hardwood in the office.  We have about 12 rows left to lay. 

 

Yesterday we were completely worthless.  We got up early to go to church, then took off after communion.  There were SO many people there that we ended up sitting in the side chapel area and got to watch the service via LCD.  An interesting experience to say the least.  Then, we hit up the store to pick up goods for a salad I made for our Easter brunch over at a friend's house.  Now, Steve and I had given up alcohol for the last half of lent.  It was approximately 3 weeks of no-drinking what so ever.  Long time for us!  So, yesterday was the first time we had cracked open a beer in awhile.  Well, 2 beers and a few mimosas later I had a wicked buzz!  After brunch, we went home and I passed out on the couch.  I woke up about an hour later with a killer headache, no doubt from dehydration - but these were just experiences I wasn't used to. Generally I don't feel such ill effects from drinking, but maybe that's because I particpated in it too often?  Its not like I got wasted on a daily basis, but the after work beer was always necessary (especially considering my job and the office where I work, but that's a blog for another day).  So, I dunno, I think I'm going to confine my drinking to happy hours and parties/special events these days and see how it goes.  Or, unless I have a really craptastic day at work.  Now if I can only get over my caffiene addiction things life will be great. :)

Home Improvement!

As promised, here are a few photos of our home improvement efforts. No, we're not finished, but, we have done a ton so far. Just a few more coats of paint and two more rooms to lay floor down, installing some trim/transitions and we're done!

Bedroom Paint Before:

Bedroom Paint After (still needs one more coat):

Time to Rip up the carpet!

Our living room sans flooring:

The wood!!

My dad laying the glue (the stickiest stuff in the world):

Our first rows:

Finished product!!

Anyway, that's it so far! We will definitely need to get some area rugs, and once the guest bedroom is finished, I'll post some photos of that too!

Painting is Fun!

So, we also decided to go ahead and paint over our fug purple wall while we didn't have any "real" floors.  We got a deep red for our master bedroom.  I think its called "Ruby Ring."   And, since it had that dark purple faux finish, we had to get some primer.  The gal at home depot tinted our primer with the shade of red we were going to use to help get better coverage and also help the red look the way its supposed to.  Well, we finished painting it last night, and now our room is temporarily pepto bismol pink!!  Again, once we have our computer up and running at the house again, I'll post all of our "home improvement" photos. 

 

We also got paint for the guest bedroom.  We're going to give that room a typical "Tourist Florida" feel.  Seems like everyone who visits wants it to be as typical beachy semi-tacky Florida as possible.  So, we got a super light aqua (Himalayan Mist) 3 of the walls, and then are going to do the wall the bed is against a darker shade of aqua (Fresh Water). 

 

Anyway, painting is fun!  I can't wait till we delve into the Living Room, but, there is just so much architechural detail going on there its going to be hard to decide how to do it.  And, the way the dining room wall meets up with the kitchen wall is a little awkward, so, we'd have to work something out there as well.  Anyway, guess I had better start doing some work today.  haha.