Thursday, March 17, 2011

GOOBER!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WINSTON THEODORE!!!

I cannot believe it but my baby boy turned TWO today!! 

the day I brought him home
first trip to grandma and grandpa's!

first visit to the vet
first hair cut

sad puppy - this big at 6 months!!
bigger than Izzy at 6 months
toy hog!
Winnie likes to skype!

first Christmas - up to 100lbs at 9 months!
1st birthday! Green beer keg for my St Patty's day baby


good day at the park
giant dog
giving kisses instead of smiling for the camera
being a goober

 I'm really sad that I cannot spend my little boy's birthday with him, I miss him soooooo much! My dad emailed me and told me that he would give him a birthday hug for me and I know he is having a blast in Africa with Izzy!! I sent my parents a package on February 2nd for Valentines day and included some birthday presents for Winnie and they never received it so I am a bit sad that he did not get my birthday presents. Luckily my dad was in California last week and from what I heard he picked up quite a few goodies for the pups so I am sure Winnie is doing just fine. I cannot wait until I get to see him again, he is the most wonderfully cuddly puppy and he loves his mamma!


Happy St Patrick's day, hope everyone is wearing green!


Wednesday, March 16, 2011

surprises!

On a usual day in the office mister and I will send each other silly links we have found, recipes and anything else we find interesting. We also tend to announce what/when we are eating. I'll get a message that says "fruit snacks!" or "eggs!" and I will respond with "sandwich!", it may be strange, but it works for us. Yesterday I went to have my car washed on my lunch break and picked up chipotle (yumm) since we have not been grocery shopping and I did not pack my lunch. I was out of the office for about an hour and hadn't heard from him. I went back to work and finally a bit later he was back and was not being very descriptive with where he went for lunch. I thought it was strange but just kind of shrugged and went on with my day. 

Skip to me getting home from work, said hello to mister on the couch, walked into the bedroom, into the bathroom, out of the bathroom, into the closet, finally over to my jewelry box. I opened the box which has a mirror in it and saw this mysterious reflection.... the giant mirror I have been lusting over from Ikea!!! Please note how long I was in room before I noticed the SIX FOOT, sixty pound mirror propped up against the wall. Hello oblivious!!! So this all explained the lack of details in his lunch plans, he was picking up a surprise!

 
I have seriously been dreaming of owning this thing forever, but there was always something else to spend the money on. The day after Christmas we picked up this beauty (which is what I saw the mirror reflection in) and I adore it. I keep the jewelry I wear daily in the top portion, Mister's sunglasses in the top drawer, my jewelry sets below that and then the rest in one of the bigger drawers.  We have it sitting directly next to the matching 6 drawer dresser so it kind of flows like one piece.
We also have the matching giant shelf hanging above the hutch and dresser
(we have had the shelf since November and just put it up last weekend... whoops), so needless to say the new wonderful mirror fits in and matches perfectly!! It was the perfect replacement for the engine that used to live on the floor in that spot (yes I said engine, the engine for the ghia lived in the bedroom for about a year)!!

So now the bathroom is all done and the bedroom is as well! Since we picked up the new duvet cover a couple weeks ago the mirror was the last piece we needed. The only other thing I would add is the 4 drawer dresser for me. Mister uses the 6 drawer one and I have storage in the closet, but when we eventually move into a different place I would like to have a real dresser. 

I am getting my hair done tonight so I will let you know how that goes, debating between a few different looks right now! Enjoy your Wednesday!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

DIY Done!

The bathroom is pretty much done! It has taken a fair amount of time but after lots of hard work it is looking pretty darn nice! First we ripped out the old tile and put in new green board, and by we I really mean mister... There was a bit of an issue with getting the old faucet and knobs off, they were stuck on there really well!  

filling in the hole in the bathtub
cutting the green board
Paint options on the wall, green board in the shower!
starting to re-tile
Mister hard at work

patching up the wall & the new faucet

painting in progress
My main job was painting, we decided to go with the blue haze which was the lighter of the two colors. I also ended up painting our top cabinet white. We picked up three little shelves from Ikea to replace the old shelving unit, and a new white fabric shower curtain from target. 



The top shelf has a candle holder, still not sure what do to on the middle and the bottom is perfume/cologne

New light

All around we replaced tile, re-grouted the entire shower to make it look new and fresh, painted the ceiling and walls, painted the cabinet, painted the door and frame, changed out the shower knobs, changed the sink faucet, hung new shelves and a new shower curtain! We also had to change the fixtures in the other bathroom. Since we could not use our shower we discovered that the other bathroom was having a few issues so those had to get fixed in order for us to have a good working shower while we worked on ours! It took a fair amount of time but all in all we are both really happy with our new bathroom! 

We also picked up a bed for the other room since my mom will be here Friday!! It has been a busy weekend getting everything all ready!