The Home

July 21, 2008

weekend recap

we had a fun, relaxing weekend. well, relaxing for the most part. as i mentioned before, we headed to atlanta early saturday morning for my ultrasound, which was a total bust. i’m still bummed about it. after we got home, we slept for about four hours, and then joe went to the park for his run. instead of a 10-mile run like he had planned, he ended up doing only 8 miles because of the intense heat. i don’t blame him. i don’t know how he runs when the temperatures are as high as they are here. that night,...

air freshness

July 18, 2008 in Cats, Life, The Home

since we no longer have a second bathroom, we’ve been keeping the cats’ litter box in the kitchen. it’s in a corner near the door to our deck and it’s out of the way, but the cats still smell it up from time to...

coloring our world

June 29, 2008 in Life, Shopping, The Home

while we were waiting out a summer storm at home depot today, joe and i picked out the colors we plan on painting the rooms in our house. i knew what colors i wanted to use, and even though behr had so many to...

our finds

June 12, 2008 in Life, Shopping, The Home

we didn’t end up buying anything from the antique store that is going out of business, though i found a couple of things that i might go back and get before the store closes for good tomorrow night. we did, however, find a few...

baskets, baskets everywhere

May 27, 2008 in Life, Organization, The Home

i love baskets. i collect them all the time. however, most of mine are more decorative than useful. it’s time for me to start stocking up on baskets i can use for organizing. i have a few that i use in my bathroom closet...

a garden with attitude

May 21, 2008 in Grrr, Life, Shopping, The Home

last sunday, we had a mission: buy a weed killer to clear out our front yard and then plant grass. i daydream about how nice it will be to have a yard of *gasp* grass! last year, our yard was nothing but dirt because...

bedding choices

May 15, 2008 in Life, Shopping, The Home

i’ve been looking for new bedding for a while now. i’m very picky, and i don’t make decisions like this very quickly. however, i waited so long that now the one i *really* wanted is sold out in red. it is still available in...

renuzit home makeover contest

April 2, 2008 in Life, The Home

i am a big fan of contets. i enter them all the time. when i found out about renuzit’s transform your home promotion, i knew i wanted to enter. who wouldn’t want to win a $20,000 room makeover? i really need to redo all...

new bedding

February 6, 2008 in Shopping, The Home

the bedding i want from pottery barn is now on sale. i really want to get it before it runs out of stock (i think it’s being discontinued), but i’m wondering if, since it’s a duvet cover, it will be the same size as...

late recap

October 16, 2007 in Life, Marriage, The Home

i know it’s a few days late, but i have been so busy that it’s taken me a while to edit my pictures to share. we have been going non-stop lately! last wednesday unknowingly became “surprise day”. when joe came home from work, i...

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