Before... and After...

The master bedroom before carpet.The master bedroom with carpet and baseboard!!
Here's the vent style I chose.
Here's the beginning of my master walk-in closet!

Here's a shot of the fancy trim work Lance did around the french doors.
We hope to be moving in this weekend but we'll see! I'll post again as soon as we are moved in!!!

My Grami's Birthstone Ring

One thing I will always remember about my Grami is how beautiful her hands were and how she always wore numerous rings and it looked elegant on her not gaudy. When she passed away in early 2004, way before her time, my family was going through her things to see what each of us wanted to have of hers to remember her. This ring was the first thing that came to my mind - I didn't know at the time that it was her birthstone ring. When I realized that, I knew my mom would want it and that was fine with me. My mom did know however that I wanted the ring so this year for my birthday she gave it to me. Whenever I wear it I think of my Grami and miss her but I am comforted knowing she is in Heaven with God. I will wear and cherish this Peridot ring and the memories for all my days.

Thank you mom!

Tagged...

Here goes . . . .

4 random things about my husband:

• I think he has a fetish for a cheap vehicle. In the last 6 months he has owned a 1990's Toyota 4-Runner, 1990's Dodge Shadow, 1980's Subaru Hatchback, ummm I am sure I am forgetting more...
• He is working on converting the Dodge Shadow to an HHO system - instead of gasoline. He already built and installed a HHO fuel assist.
• He rides a Unicycle.
• He used to race street bikes at the Portland International Racetrack.

4 movies that I would/could watch more than once:

• Grease - the original
• The Usual Suspects
• Jim Gaffagan - Beyond the Pale "Hot Pockets anyone?"
• Honey

4 tv shows I watch: I have Windows Media Center (Microsoft version of TiVo) So I will keep the list short...

• One Tree Hill
• October Road
• My Boys
• So You Think You Can Dance

4 places that I have been:

• Germany (Konstanz, Berlin, Tuebingen, Frankfurt, etc. I lived in Germany for a year)
• Ensenada, Mexico
• Italy (Venice, Sienna, Milan, Rome, Naples...)
• France (Paris, Nice)

4 people who email me regularly:

• My Mom (Brooke)
• Lance
• Trisha
• My Aunt Jenn

4 favorite foods:

• Italian - anything except seafood
• Mexican - anything except seafood and my favorite is El Tapatio
• German - anything, I think... Even Sauer Kraut!
• Doenner Kabab!! A wonderful middle eastern burrito/wrap with shaved meat that I believe was pork... I dunno but it was GOOD!

4 places I would like to visit:

• Germany again with Lance this time
• Italy again with Lance this time
• Cancun - I am working on earning an all inclusive trip with The Body Shop at Home!
• Jamaica

4 things I am looking forward to in the coming year:

• TRISHA COMING TO VISIT!!
• We are getting carpet installed in the Master Bedroom and closet Monday 9/15 so I am looking forward to moving into that room!
• Earning a free trip for Lance and I to Cancun, Mexico!
• Maybe planning to start a family?

People I have tagged:

• Laura Plunk
• Mark Spires

The Memory Game

I participated in this on a friend's blog and thought it was kind of fun. Leave it to Trisha to break me out of the "house update" mold! Everyone please join in on the fun and leave a comment with a memory that you have of me, or Lance, or a memory you have of us together! Then if you leave the same post on your blog, we'll leave a memory of you too! Thanks!

Some Finishing Touches

Quarter round finishes up the shower. We used PVC quarter round to give a finished look in the master bathroom and it's plastic so there won't be any moisture issues.The door is trimmed in and you can see the quarter round in this photo also.
I love our crown molding! This is in the master bedroom and you can also see we did the trim for the window in the same style as the french doors. Thanks to Joy, the Bamboo color paint and the Navy blue paint have a straight edged line!
I'll leave you with a photo of Morial sporting her latest hair cut! She rolled in something foul at my grandparents house and I had to trim it out so then she had patches missing... I had to take her to the groomer to have it evened out.
Look how cute she is!

Change in Plans...

So I called my mom in a little bit of a panic while she was on the plane home from Philadelphia.

While I liked both the Navy and the Brown, they were competing and it was not the soothing and relaxing combination I was hoping for. My panic however was how to choose and what to change it to...

Luckily my mom is awesome and spent the day Saturday helping me even though she had just arrived back in town at 10pm Friday. Below are the swatches of color I used.
Calvary is the navy blue on my walls, Bamboo is the wall color that replaced the brown and Wicker is the ceiling color and will be the trim and accent color. I had white on the ceiling before.
I decided to go with the navy instead of the brown for two main reasons. First, the master bathroom has a blue color scheme and second, I have a lot of other rooms in my house that are brown or a close variation. Plus our quilt that my mother-in-law, Joy, made is blues and greens.
Here's what I will be doing the next couple weekends when I return from Reno. This is the base board, door and window trim and crown molding. Here's a closer look at the crown molding.
That is all for now, I'll update again after I get back from The Body Shop at Home conference in RENO!! I can hardly wait, this is my first conference and I have heard they are amazing!!

Overdue Master Bedroom & Bathroom Update!

The beginning of the tub surround. We have it finished now but my camera battery died so I don't have any new pictures of it yet.

Yeah Paint!! I was up priming until 8pm after a full 8 hour work day Monday and then last night I was addicted to the progress I was making so I didn't wash my hands and finish up until 9:30pm last night!!

The brown will be on two walls and the navy blue will be on the other two walls. I completed the first coat of the brown in the bedroom and closet and painted the ceiling with a fresh coat of white! Tonight I am having friends over to watch So You Think You Can Dance - it's the finale! But I plan to paint until they get there :) I'll update again as soon as I get a new camera battery!