it's done!!!

YAY!!!..our remodel of our kitchen and powder room is done, other than decorative touches like window treatments etc..but even though this has consumed my blog alot, I had to show it off!!..we are really happy with it!!..thanks for putting up with me..I will do a few before and after pics...

kitchen progress- for courtney!!

One of my favorite-ist co-workers keeps up on my blog and has been wanting to see some kitchen pics...I figured everyone was sick of hearing/seeing it..but ok, here goes!!..things are still super dusty from his sanding, so dont judge my housekeeping skills!!..lol...

Our drawers and pull-outs are in, just not refaced yet...I am very excited for the upcoming week, as it should be our last week of mess!!..fingers crossed it will be over!! (at least until our family room/hardwood refinishing)so..Court- here ya go!!

missing my momma

Today would have been my Mom's birthday..daisies were her favorite flower...it has been 3 years since she passed away and I miss her so much..

a nice break...

Roger and I needed to get away for a bit and have some fun, so we headed to Oregon for a getaway. We ended up staying the night in Newport and had a blast!..our room balcony overlooked the ocean, we enjoyed watching the sunset with a good cup of coffee..

While we were gone, our contractor made good progress-he finished the bathroom floor tiles and got started on the actual refacing of the cupboards..looks so pretty!!

Tomorrow we will take advantage of the nice weather and go for a long motorcycle ride..so nice to relax and have fun together!!

A Bad Day-

I got an email today from my Father, letting me know that my Grandparent's log cabin burned to the ground yesterday. Both of my Grandparents are deceased, but my G'Pa's caregiver was living there- thankfully she was not hurt.

It is devastating to me to think that the house of my childhood memories is gone. Along with all the big things that were lost, were the 2 heritage scrapbooks that I made for my G'Pa, dating back to the late 1800's...it just is so hard to think of the photos and documentation of our family that was lost in the fire.

It has been a bad way to end an already bad day for me....

one more step..kitchen/powder room

Roger and I got up bright and early and got started painting in the kitchen and powder room...kind of an olive green in the kitchen and for the powder room, one wall ice blue and the rest of the walls tan..not sure about the blue, we may have to live with it for a bit to see if we end up keeping it. I have purchased chocolate brown and blue towels etc for in there...what do you think about that blue??..opinions appreciated!

This week our contractor will begin the refacing and adding our custom pullouts and pot drawers etc..cant wait!!

Sunday road trip

After doing chores all day on Saturday, Roger and I decided to do something fun on Sunday. We went a day trip to a place called Coupeville, it was a little quaint town past where the tulip festival is (Im terrible with directions)

Since it was Sunday, most things were closed, but it is definately somewhere we want to ride the motorcycle back to and explore!

That night we went to The Spar in Ruston- they have live Blues music on Sunday nights..a fun way to end the weekend. We went most every Sunday in the summer and love it.