tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45003210867837292942024-03-13T10:22:01.106-06:00Moore of This and ThatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-76774481540260152652013-10-11T10:04:00.001-06:002013-10-11T10:04:25.448-06:00Man of the Hour!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(He he he, he had NO IDEA I took a picture of him while we were talking plants!) <br />
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So let's just see what exactly Stephan has been up to the last several months...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where the cottage and courtyard is now (May)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting it level (May)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cottage and Shed were delivered (June)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sidewalks and Patio Framed (September)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have concrete! (September)</td></tr>
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Earlier this week not only did he get the back fence up and the gate in, we have grass!! You can't see it in this picture because it is still shaping up. That will come soon!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-4433164600311601342013-10-11T09:55:00.001-06:002013-10-11T09:55:13.113-06:00Someone has a patio!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While Stephan was busting his butt on the back courtyard area, I was off at a Craft Fair for the weekend so I didn't get to see everything going up and in. However, Stephan and the kids busted their butt on Sunday to get the Pergola up and set by the time I got home with Mom and Dad!</div>
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So the sidewalks are all finished! The pathway and steps to the cottage are in! The patio is ready for a BBQ! Now all we have to do is put in the rest of the gravel, grass, put up the fencing and plant the pretties!</div>
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Yes, that is "all" we have to do! And when I say "we, I really mean "Stephan". =) I am here to give moral support, take pictures and plant the flowers! Oh! And I do the BBQ'ing unless it's hotdogs, because he rocks the dogs!</div>
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So we saw the forms being laid down and built and next we had a crew of guys coming over to put in the concrete! Which means I didn't have to help again! Oh how I LOVE that! =) Concrete is NOT my favorite thing to do!<br />
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Stephan had the gravel all laid out nicely in the forms and all that was left to do was bring in the truck full of concrete!<br />
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So he called in our neighbor and his buddy and it was time to begin!<br />
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It took a lot longer than they had anticipated for the concrete. I think they started a little after 3:30 and they didn't finish until after 8pm. The mosquitoes were sure to keep them company (bastards!) but they did a great job! It would have gone a lot smoother if they would have had an extra hand, so Stephan had to put in the expansion joints after the fact.<br />
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We didn't write our initials in the concrete but Blackjack did! Stephan may have been a little annoyed at first, ok, that's an UNDERSTATEMENT, but it is kind of cute now! he he he</div>
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To say we have been busy would be a MAJOR understatement and my honey bunny has been working his butt off! Between school, DJ'ing and working on the house I don't even know if he can remember his name anymore!<br />
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We are trying to do the mad dash to get the courtyard finished before the looming of winter finally happens upon us and the biggest of those jobs was getting the concrete in for all of the sidewalks and patio!<br />
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So much framing, it isn't even funny! But this is the part that Stephan LOVES to do! What makes my man happiest? Working his butt off outside, getting dirty, having to change his clothes 3 and 4 times a day because he destroys them and making life better.<br />
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What he hates? Mosquitoes, cold weather moving in, being under a deadline, the time flying by and not having Garrett around to help. =)</div>
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When they first brought the cottage over I was totally bummed since I was in Gilbert and I wasn't able to witness the monumental occasion! This time, when we have it scheduled to move from our old house to the new, I am happy to say I was happily cruising down the I-40 away from all the activity!<br />
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Seeing the courtyard all torn up was devastating enough, but watching my cute little cottage being moved, oh that would have pushed me over the edge for sure!<br />
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I AM happy to announce that Gooseberry Cottage made it safely to its new resting place with every window in tact and not a single crack in the dry wall! Oh ya, baby!<br />
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PLUS, my wonderful hubby took a ton of pictures to document the wild and crazy ride!<br />
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Apparently, Stephan said it was even HIGHER in the air than what you see here! Stephan even found where Barry was living! He was happy to report that Barry had a nice little home underneath the cottage and was beyond content surrounded by all his mud. (Barry would be the big ol bull frog we found last summer living in my courtyard!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost settled</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There she is!</td></tr>
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It had been threatening to rain all day long since before I left to go to AZ and it finally decided to open up on all of the guys as soon as they got it settled at the new place!<br />
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Gooseberry Cottage's new home! Obviously the back is still a work in progress. We weren't able to do a lot in the back this summer until we got the cottage over. Now that she is, Stephan will be able to work his magic and get my NEW courtyard up and running!<br />
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We are planning a big Girls on the Go card retreat here next here and I am sure the courtyard will be a wonderful place to chill after a hard day of carding and playing!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The MASSIVE storm!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-10250422892802556692013-07-23T17:40:00.001-06:002013-07-23T17:40:31.570-06:00The Front of the House is Taking Shape<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have been busting our butts to get the house ready for the Open House and when I say "we" I really mean Stephan! =) He does all of the heavy lifting and I just water the plants!<div>
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So let's see if I can do a good view of the house before we moved in.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front the day we got the keys</td></tr>
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So here is the house when we first bought it. Not too bad, really, just not GREAT. Lots of dirt, lots of dust, a million ants, 10 million flies and very blah.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now look at it!</td></tr>
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I got my Red Front Door, because let's face it, I AM Red. =) My pine trees to remind me of Pine, AZ. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird bath, feeder and my roses</td></tr>
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Now I get to see my birdies again! These are the windows in my Studio so I get to enjoy my birdies again!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Better view with the Pine tree</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whiskey Barrel of Flowers</td></tr>
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Can I just say my flowers are doing AMAZING! We planted them so late in the season we weren't sure how they were going to do, but they are doing an amazing job at thriving!<br />
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This is the view from the front porch. We still have about 10 more feet to do in gravel before it is all finished and knowing my man, he will have it done tomorrow! And the dark skies you see? They are only there to tease us, give us lots of humidity and piss me off to no end! This happens EVERY SINGLE DAY and not a drop of stinking rain!</div>
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Tomorrow we are taking down the courtyard at the old place and starting to bring over the pergola and fencing. Stephan disconnected all of the water and power to the cottage today and we should be ready to bring it over next week!!</div>
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It was definitely a bittersweet moment and I am not sure if I am going to be able to watch my old courtyard be dismantled. I know I am getting a bigger courtyard and I have more space in the studio at the house, but the courtyard and cottage was a major labor of love for Stephan and I and let's face it, I am getting sentimental in my old age!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-18115639961098283362013-07-16T23:38:00.001-06:002013-07-16T23:38:21.317-06:00Back Patio Coming Together <p>Now that I can send pictures from my phone to the blog, a whole new world is opening up!!! </p>
<p>Check and see what Stephan has been updated up to! </p>
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Ok, I am DYING!!! I miss my old courtyard SO MUCH!!! All of the flowers, my grass, the trees, birds, Barry and Baby Barry, I mean, it's horrid!<br />
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So Stephan is trying VERY hard to get a mini courtyard finished and even let me get some flowers for the interim, plus we are going to Durango so I can get even MORE flowers! YEAH!!!!!!!<br />
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Here is my old courtyard after we finished planting all of the goodies! Isn't it downright adorable????<br />
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But I am hoping for more of the same and HOPEFULLY the weather will stay good enough for me to enjoy a partial good outdoor season to sit, ready and enjoy the fun. <br />
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In the meantime, here are some of the new flowers I got to pick up last week!<br />
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Thank God for Garrett! We were thinking that G wasn't going to be able to make it back to NM with his new job, but THANKFULLY he was able to take off a week and help Stephan around the place. He is such a huge help and digs fence holes like a master!<br />
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Way to go, G!<br />
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We were originally going to fence the back patio in partially as a part of the overall courtyard, but Hedy has become her own Houdini and gets out of the yard she is currently in. It is BEYOND frustrating so we have decided to build an enclosed patio that leads into the courtyard. <br />
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Between Garrett and Stephan, they have the first 3 panels up and will hopefully get it all finished by mid-week!<br />
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As you can see, the concrete has been poured and here is a partial view of my new patio!!!!<br />
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I haven't taken any good pics of the concrete work, but I will soon! I promise! But you can see it leading up to the front door! It is so wonderfully nice to be able to walk around the house without getting my feet dreadfully dusty. We will be adding gravel to the flower bed and then a cute white partial fence in front of the sidewalk. <br />
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I have been absolutely terrible about keeping up with all of the pictures of the work Stephan has been putting into the outside of the house, but let's see if I can at least get you caught up to date!<br />
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Before we headed down to Phoenix, Stephan and the boys get their groove on by finishing up the framing for the sidewalks AND Stephan surprised me with getting the driveway defined! We don't have ALL the gravel yet, but we are hoping to have it finished by next week. Just in time for our Open House!!!<br />
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We will have gravel all over the place complete with a cute white picket fence!!! Hoping that deters the drunkards from knocking on the door at 2am!!!! Garrett suggested pepper spray shooting out from the porch light, but I may go with the taser pad! =)</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-39273382084547290932013-06-22T11:41:00.002-06:002013-06-22T11:41:48.565-06:00Framing the Sidewalks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Stephan has been busy finishing up the retaining wall and laying out the framing for the sidewalks. It is going to be wonderful getting in the concrete to help cut down on all of the dust flying around here. With all of the busy-ness of the summer, it is hard for him to get a good run at finishing up the projects that need to finished. Between his DJ'ing on the weekends, kids, jury duty, trips to AZ he is in the never ending start/stop way of working. However, I have complete faith in his busting butt abilities!!!<br />
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We are both headed down to AZ, but he is going to be coming back a few days before I will so hopefully when I come back I will have nifty sidewalks to walk on!!! PLUS, it will get me out of the evilness of skittering or whatever it is called of the sidewalks! UGH, that nearly killed me last summer. So I figured, leaving that chore to the boys would be a good thing!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-7377813623245744642013-06-20T07:00:00.000-06:002013-06-20T07:00:01.158-06:00Keeping Watch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While Stephan is hard at work building our retaining wall and eventually the courtyard area, Hedy is keeping watch by chilling under her tree. You would think the pooch would be happy with more room to run, but she is definitely dying to have the courtyard finished so she can spend her days with mom!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-45273059143372112942013-06-19T16:51:00.000-06:002013-06-19T16:51:00.283-06:00Don't Fence Me In<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The house we moved from had 3.5 acres and we backed up to wonderful nothingness. Hedy and I could go for walks, she could leap to her little hearts content and it was relatively quiet. Now we are on the corner of the main street coming into our area and I think we are on about 3/4 of an acre (although it could be more). So needless to say, the space has been a challenge, not to mention all of the stinking holes the yard left us to contend with.<br />
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There were so many holes and so much damage to the "land" around the house we had to have dirt brought in to try and level it out, which led to Stephan having to build a retaining wall.<br />
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Stephan is getting ready for the concrete folks to come out so we can build the sidewalks, patio and the retaining wall to make sure when I am BBQ'ing I don't do some sort of concrete/dirt surfing into Hedy's area! Isn't he a nice guy to think of that!<br />
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Of course, all of that digging did produce wonderful treasures! Like this big ass tire that he found buried! Isn't that special???? I keep telling him we are going to find something dead one of these days!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-31239807877258782452013-06-18T16:46:00.000-06:002013-06-18T16:46:03.627-06:00Coming Up Roses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have had a slew of company this month and it has been wonderful! My daughter came up last week for a few days and I zipped back to Payson to do a hand off with my parents and got to see my brother and nephews as a surprise!<br />
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The inside of the house is coming along nicely and we mainly have little things to do to get it ready to rock and roll! Things like hanging pictures, touch up paint, pulling off painter's tape in places, scraping off the paint from the counters in the bathroom and general organization.<br />
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That's all the fun I get to do, Stephan, on the other hand gets to do the REAL FUN work! Like the outside part.<br />
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Although, I will have my hand in the "prettifying" of the outside. When Jordyn was here we went and bought some roses and yesterday Pat and I TRIED to dig the holes to plant them. Unfortunately, the handle on the shovel broke and Stephan had to come home after Jury Duty and dig the holes for me! Ooops!<br />
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But they DID get planted and they are going to be pretty!<br />
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Here is one of rose bushes looking all cute and pretty!<br />
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Here is a portion of the ones I planted today. I still have to drag out all of the weeds surrounding them and build the actual "bed", but it is a start!!!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-72790521928253380722013-06-05T07:00:00.000-06:002013-06-05T07:00:00.223-06:00Laundry Room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I promise I will post better pictures of my pretty new laundry room as soon as we get a few more things cleaned up in there! Stephan had a heck of time with the washer machine, you wouldn't believe some of the things we are still finding in this house!<br />
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BUT I did get it painted with help from our handy dandy neighbor!<br />
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I am LOVING the gray!!!<br />
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Do you remember those HIDEOUS holes in the wall?<br />
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THIS used to be my laundry room! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!<br />
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Thanks, Fred, for making it all prettified!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-76139814169795855162013-06-04T17:14:00.000-06:002013-06-04T17:14:00.365-06:00Weeds the Easy Way<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So, you saw the pictures of our cleaned up yard and do you remember all of the weeds? They were a nightmare! Plus, the area where we are planning on putting Gooseberry Cottage and the new courtyard was very unlevel.<br />
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Apparently when you go disturbing the earth like that all kinds of critters get pretty peeved! So Stephan has been finding snakes, rodents and other nastiness in the yard! So we had to do something about THAT too.<br />
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Meet our new additions! (Not the pooch, she loves critters) We ended up getting a couple of kittens who will eventually find their ways outside to protect us from the dangers of big bugs, small rodents and evil snakes!<br />
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The little grey one LOVED Garrett and enjoyed chilling out on his shoulder. It was hysterical.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-91227934311072412372013-06-04T03:00:00.000-06:002013-06-04T03:00:01.620-06:00Living the Cool Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My Arizona friends and family, you will LOVE this! Granted they put out a heat advisory when it is getting close to 90 degrees here in Bloomfield, but this is how we cool the house.<br />
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THIS would be a window unit....I know, keep laughing, may as well keep going for a bit longer too because we have two of these babies in the house and we may even go for a third, because I just can't sleep when it is warm. <br />
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Thanks to our lovely units poor Stephan had to buy a new transformer for the street since they take up so much power. Yep, you can laugh again! This is the SECOND transformer he has had to buy since I moved up here. Eeeks! At least he didn't have to buy a pole this time, right sweetie??? =)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-69084977293766386932013-06-03T23:02:00.000-06:002013-06-03T23:02:00.776-06:00Ikea!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mom, Jordyn and I had a BLAST at Ikea! I headed to Phoenix on Tuesday morning, we hit up Ikea on Wednesday morning and I went back to NM on the same day! Talk about a whirlwind crazy trip. <br />
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Jordyn wasn't too sure I was going to be able to get everything in my car, but I am happy to announce that Santa probably traded in his sleigh for a Prius because this puppy was jam packed with goodies AND I still got 45mpg!<br />
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Bookcases, dining room chairs, covers, shelves, more bookcases, lighting fixtures and all sorts of little goodies were loaded in my car!<br />
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THIS is all of my stash from my shopping trip! Talk about wonderful!!!!<br />
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Wait until you see what all we did with our fun shopping expedition!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-2782025117007366032013-06-03T17:26:00.000-06:002013-06-03T17:26:43.416-06:00My New Craft Room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Let's get to the fun stuff, shall we?<br />
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Remember this room?<br />
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Now see what it has been transformed into!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-59205927924792687812013-06-03T16:57:00.001-06:002013-06-03T16:57:45.785-06:00The Front Door<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I know it has been a while since I last posted, but needless to say it has been BUSY! I am, however, trying to get all caught up so you can see all of the fun progress going on.<br />
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First, let's go over my front door! I had some GREAT guesses and although I would have LOVED to have painted it turquoise or purple the color we chose was....<br />
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RED!<br />
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I absolutely love the color although painting a door is much harder than painting a wall! It took two days to do and wouldn't you know it, as soon as I started to paint the door we had a HUGE dust storm sprout up that succeeded in coating the door, paint can and me in wonderful dirt.<br />
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I am happy to report though, that we all cleaned up very nicely!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-27634310370174532342013-06-03T03:00:00.000-06:002013-06-03T17:18:20.431-06:00Carpet!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We FINALLY got the carpet in the house! I cannot tell you how much I love my new comfy pad either! Holy cow, it is like little hugs for your feet! (At least it is in our area, the kid's area....not so much!)<br />
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Once we had all the walls painted, it started to feel a bit more like a "home" now that we have the carpet in, holy moly man, it was so wonderful!!!! All I wanted to do was a happy dance! Ok, maybe I DID do a happy dance! <br />
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LOVE LOVE LOVE!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-69281555413629386872013-05-21T07:00:00.000-06:002013-05-21T07:00:10.003-06:00Ikealand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Going to Ikea, going to Ikea, yep, I am singing the Ikea song and loving every minute of it! How much do I LOVE Ikea? Well, I drove 7 hours JUST to go enjoy this bad boy shopping. Not only did I drive 7 hours just to go shopping, I am driving back home 7 hours so I can put together my new fun toys! YEP! 14 hours of driving in a 24 hour time period. <br />
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Can I just say that I am going to be POOPED!?!<br />
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Good part is, I get to see my kiddo's and of course, the mom so it does make the Ikea experience all the better.<br />
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I will be sure and share my wonderful finds as soon as the hubby puts them all together!!! =)</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-75889981379267825552013-05-17T14:53:00.002-06:002013-05-17T14:53:27.143-06:00Front Door<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is part of the front of the house, "Hi, little prius!" and let's face it, it is BLAH with a capital BLAH. Stephan will be sprucing up the dirt this summer, but in the meantime, I just wasn't happy with the lack of color of our new home. I live in the desert and I am tired of the drab browns and tans, thankfully that wonderful man of mine was in agreement. So today we trotted off to Lowe's and loaded up on all sorts of goodies, one of them being MORE paint. And here I thought I swore <a href="http://mooreofthisandthat.blogspot.com/2013/05/done-painting.html">off paint forever!</a><br />
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Our favorite paint assistant, Lawana, was working and I got to rave about how much I loved the Valspar paint. Not only did Lawana hook me up with some more fun paint for the front door, we also ran into the Valspar Vendor at Lowe's. Yes, Dad, the Vendor Vest was alive and well and I didn't have to wear it! (Not that I ever really did! LOVE YOU!)<br />
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The Valspar Vendor Man gave me some great pointers for painting and wait until you see what color we picked out!!!<br />
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Personally, I think the fun part will be in YOU guessing which one Stephan and I picked up to make our front stoop POP!<br />
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So, leave your guesses and as soon as I finish with the door I will post more pictures!!!<br />
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Suzanne</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-56821336814456458952013-05-16T15:09:00.000-06:002013-05-16T15:09:00.702-06:00More Yucky Finds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Thankfully the nasty stove in the kitchen didn't work and even more thankfully, it is out of here! Talk about nasty and I am not even going to tell you what Stephan found underneath and behind it. Primarily because I don't know, he wouldn't even disclose that information!!<br />
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Now that the painting is done and the appliances are out of the kitchen it is time to clean the kitchen and the cabinets that are covered in grease and soda splatter. By the time I am done cleaning the kitchen, I will probably be wishing I was painting again! Or maybe not!!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500321086783729294.post-43956400216424785862013-05-15T20:00:00.000-06:002013-05-15T20:00:00.448-06:00Midnight Treats<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Over the weekend, Stephan and I headed up to the house to work and look what we found waiting on the door step.<br />
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Not sure who put it there and since neither Stephan nor I drink Bud Light, I am assuming it wasn't anyone we actually knew.<br />
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The best part is that same day, I received ANOTHER midnight delight from someone who DOES know what I like!<br />
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Oh ya, baby! Truffles from afar! My girlfriend Jessica knows just how to rescue me when the going gets tough! CHOCOLATE and not just any chocolate, but GOOD chocolate! The piggy was my FAV and then the purple butterfly. Talk about YUMMY!<br />
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Made working this past weekend all that much enjoyable!<br />
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Thank you, Jess!</div>
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