On the 16th, I headed to meet some old and new friends for a bachelorette party. We went to Alexis Bailly vineyard which was really fun. They have super nice grounds, so if you have better weather than we did, a picnic would be great. Since we went on a Friday, we got a lot of individual attention. The owner and workers at this place are fantastic!
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| Wine! |
On Saturday, we had a shower in the morning and then headed downtown to the Hilton. The downtown Hilton is super fancy and would be great for a staycation. We then went to The Lowry for a drink and absolutely delicious potstickers before heading to Blush Beauty Room for a little pampering. We were looking for a cab to get us there, and ended up in an Escalade escort. Pretty cool! After getting dressed back at the hotel, we went to Pizza Luce for a late dinner and went out on the town. We ended up at Pourhouse with a live band, so that was super fun!
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| Pumpkin facials |
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| Ready for a night on the town! |
On Sunday, we had a quick breakfast and then I headed home to help Josh's friend cover our old dining chairs since we were giving him the set to use for his new apartment. As he was finishing up, Kindie stopped by to pick up our old couch and chair. We FINALLY have our garage back!
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| My ear-ringing aftermath of the evening |
Since Josh had patched the damaged wood from our antique dresser that weekend while I was gone, we tried our hand at homemade chalk paint that week. I would say it was a success! We were even able to find a paint return, so got a whole gallon of the perfect color for $7. Not bad for a project that cost us less than $50 total! Next stop is to mount the tv on the wall and do a little styling (new lamps)!
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| Mid-painting |
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| In the living room |
This was also finals week at school. Work was crazy busy and stressful for everyone, so there may have been a few meltdowns. Keep on keeping on, as I continue to remind myself.
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| Taking some time to take a walk through campus and enjoy the landscaping |
On Friday, I was kicked out of my parking spot early for commencement, so Josh (who has half day Fridays in the summer, lucky duck!) and I brought Avery to her hair cut appointment and had a happy hour date. Avery got shaved and we got snacks... fair trade? We also went to see the new X-Men movie that night. It was a good start to a long weekend.
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| All shaved and ready to go for summer |
Bright and early on Saturday morning, my parents picked us up and we headed north. After a few pit-stops at Walmart, we made it up and started the projects. A dock, boatlift, and 6 or 7 trips to the compost dump later, we had a habitable yard! Josh was even able to catch a BIG fish!
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| Avery was very interested in Dad's fish |
We came home on Monday, early enough to get some errands done. Since then, we have been slowly working on getting our house back into livable condition after the month long hiatus from cleaning, laundry, and anything productive caused by our furry visitor. This week we planted our new lilacs from the lake, planted our new vegetables (to replace the drowned seedlings we had), did a ton of laundry, cleaned up the kitchen, cleaned our bedroom, cleaned the bathrooms, hung curtains in the dining room, got our new rug in the mail, and hung the shelf we got from Carver Junk Company in the bathroom.
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| Very sleepy puppy |
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| New curtains in the dining room |
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| Garden |
This weekend I am hoping to paint the side table I picked up on Craigslist so it will work in our living room. I am also hoping to paint the dresser we have in the guest bedroom so it will look nice in there and we can store some of our off-season clothes in it. I discovered the hardware store across the street from work has a rather large paint return section. I'm thinking that will come in handy! Also on the docket are planters for our strawberries and herbs. Hopefully those make it in this weekend so they can start pumping berries for us!
Since June 1st is also this weekend, I am hoping we can get back on track with our "Dave Ramsey" budgeting. We fell off this month after paying off our new couch and not being able to pull all the cash we needed out for the month. We ended up paying for a lot of things with leftover funds from other envelopes and with our debit card. We have been good about not putting anything on our credit card. If things stay as planned (when do they ever?) we will have it all paid off before the interest kicks in this fall. The perils of being a new homeowner...
Not a traditional Fab Friday, but there was a lot to update on!
5. Time with family and friends
4. Getting to be a functioning family of 3 again
3. A hard day's work and making progress on "the lake"
2. Having beautiful weather and a fantastic patio in our back yard to enjoy it
1. Feeling like we are starting to make progress on turning our house into our home
