update long coming

back a couple years ago Grandma and Grandpa helped me sand down my Great Grandma's table and chairs. it stayed sanded down until a couple weeks ago when I had someone at work stain it. 

We are very excited about the outcome!

in the shuffle

still in the shuffle of figuring out where everything is going to go but we got the dining room furniture down from dallas today!!!!! YAY!!!! It fits perfect! Will post better pics once we get it all settled in. 

get your HORNS up!!!

Hook 'em Horns!!! Ready for some football!!! 

not shag but kinda has a 70's vibe to it

our new rug for the dining room resembles something I think would have been found in the 70's. but I love it. it adds so much color! The lighting makes it a lot more yellow then it is. 

this is more like the actual color of the rug - blue loves it when we get new rugs. he rolls around them so that it smells like him and not like a new rug. 

next on our list for this room is new curtains - we are thinking something with orange and teal. I am hoping mom and I can go shopping next week for some fabric. and then of course we are just waiting for our furniture to come from mom and dad's. we will have it in 2 weeks!!!!! 

yard work again

while mark and matt worked on trimming the trees betty and I (mainly betty) decided to get the bamboo cut down - this is what we ended with. Its amazing how much space it took up and how much more open the back yard feels. 

betty also decided to conquer some of the banana trees we had and we found a cut little aloe vera plant growing in the middle of them. 

weekend update

most of our weekend was spent hanging out in Austin - but we were able to get the rest of our room painted when we got home last night!!  now all we need to do is hang stuff on the walls and we are golden. 

we also rearranged the guest room - but the wall paper is still in there so its not ready for photos. 

a little status on the upstairs bathroom - here is our new shower curtain. maybe one day I will start painting the wainscoting and trim... but till then we are trying to get all of our little projects complete. 

blue spent the first part on the ride home in my lap - then most of the rest with his head on my shoulder.  poor thing - he really HATES car rides. he looks so sad/ annoyed in this photo! 

one project down a million to go

this is a horrible picture but for some reason its the best I could get because of the hall light. both matt and I think the frames need to be painted just not sure what color yet. 

we decided to hang them on the wall above the stairs. we could only hang two of the three cause of the lack of space.