Wednesday, February 22, 2012

House in the winter

Over President's Day weekend, Joe and I headed up to our house. It was a busy, busy weekend of painting and putting together our bedroom. It's not done yet. We are adding a chair and a small bookcase and a few other things, but it is starting to feel more complete.

We had picked out a paint color and even bought a sample of it, but when we opened the big cans, it looked slightly different. The color ended up being slightly lighter than the sample had been, more of a caramel latte than the coffee color we had picked, but we really like it. It makes the room warm.

Here are a couple of before pictures. It is not possible to get a picture of the whole room because of the way it is arranged:

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The walls were the same color as the closet doors and the trim:

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Here is my attempt of showing the new paint color:

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Curtains- Both of them will be tied back with these tassels, but somehow we only bought one hook so we'll fix that next time:

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Headboard, bedspread, and picture. We're not sure if that table will stay there or not (the bedspread looks a little funny because it is a queen on a full. We'll get a queen someday though!):

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Picture close up:

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Snowy winter house:

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day this year was wonderfully lovely. It started out with french toast and sausage for breakfast. After breakfast, Joe and I exchanged gifts. Joe got me a beautiful watch- a Bulova with diamonds and hearts and an awesome "skeleton" part that shows the inside of the watch working. And, it doesn't use a battery so I can't break it with my weird electricity. I got Joe a video game he had been wanting. Joe came home from school with roses and we both got chocolates.

For dinner, we headed to Thaifoon at Gateway. Traffic was terrible and it took us 40 minutes to make a 10 minute drive. Luckily, we had called in earlier and they saved a table for us so we were able to get right in. They had a drink special for Valentine's Day that was vodka, strawberries, and ginger. It was so yummy. (I had to get 2!) We had some appetizers and excellent entrees and creme brulee for dessert. Creme brulee is my very favorite. We watched a movie when we got home. I love Valentine's Day.

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gifts

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dressed for dinner

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my watch :)

Monday, February 13, 2012