His New Grill

new grill, originally uploaded by House on the Corner.

We went to Lowes last night and bought his new grill. This picture was taken before it was completely put together but it has a tray on one side and a burner on the other. Of course it took around four hour to put together but now it's done. I look forward to many family BBQ's and lots of fun.

We also bought a new bench for the front patio to sit outside and read or watch the Stinker play outside. We don't like him to be outside alone and I never had anywhere to sit when he rode his skateboard or scooter. This is perfect.

(Took this last night)

We have dinner guests arriving!

First off I had a wonderful birthday. We went to dinner with the family at the County Line as we do ever year. We've been going there for the past 18 years! TRADITION! After dinner we headed over to my mom's for cake and then went home to rest up before hitting the town. We stayed at the Hilton downtown and stopped off at a few bars before calling it a night. It was really fun and I also got some really great presents this year. Here is the list of things I received:

Vintage looking pearl and sterling earring
A watch (because I am always asking for the time)
Two magazine subscriptions
A book
Some pj's
Salt and pepper shakers
MONEY!
Barnes and Noble gift card
Some makeup

Wow, lots of good stuff!

This coming weekend we will have my family over for dinner. Our one year anniversary is coming up so I decided on getting him a grill early so we can use it for hamburgers and sausage. I like having people over but we rarely do so hopefully we can do this more often. It's sometimes hard planning on guests when you are in the middle of home renovations or when you don't have your house just like you want it but I guess if you waited for that day nobody would ever be over! Ha!

The reason we chose to grill is because remember...we still don't have an oven! Saving up for the one we really want because I don't believe in buying one that we won't be happy with only to buy another one in a few tears. Best to wait until we can get what we want.

Any ideas on what else to server with our burgers and sausage? Maybe some corn on the cob and a good salad.

Maybe not wiser but definately older

My birthday is Sunday. It's hard to believe because it honestly feels like I just had one. Time seems to go by faster and faster as you age. I'm feel a little down about my birthday this year. I know we will have a lot of fun and have many things planned but I just don't feel 32 and I sure as hell hope I don't look it! Ha! I am proud of the things I have accomplished in my life so far but I guess a lot of people start feeling this way around their big day. Blowing out those candles just don't bring you the same joy as it did when you were sixteen. Hey, at least I get to share my day with someone else and so the celebrating is twice as fun!

I'm sure I'll have much to report on Monday and many photos to share. Until then...

Missy

Kitchen is painted!

Paint, originally uploaded by House on the Corner.

It's drying! I'm still not used it it but hopefully it grows on me. Of course it's better then the old wallpaper. Now we need to get new lighting, paint cabinets, change harware. countertops, sinks. and appliances, ha!

The remodeling never ever ever ends....

PS. The rest of the kitchen photos are on my flickr account.

The hideous country style wallpaper is gone!

We have texture and all the wallpaper is gone. It was an ordeal keeping Johhnie Cat our of the kitchen last night and before the texture tried he got his paw prints on the all near the window. We fixed it as best we could and once he paints with primer today and then our light yellow I don't think you will be able to see the kitty prints. These are the time I wish we had outside cats!

A few shots for now and tonight I'll show one painted.

Before with wallpaper



With texture

Some kitchen pictures from this afternoon

Of course we would love to remodel the kitchen all at one time but the funds won't allow it so we plan to do one thing at a time. First we will take off the wallpaper and paint and next we will buy the new stove, fridge, and dishwasher. After those things are completed we can work on the cabinets, counter tops, and floors. I know most people would do the cabinets first but we will probably keep these for a little while and maybe paint them before we purchase new ones. I figure with paint and new hardware they will be greatly improved.

I created a set in my flickr account for the kitchen. You can view it here:

Kitchen pictures

And the ugly wallpaper is gone!

I am happy to report that Martin called us back and started on removing the ugly fruit wallpaper today. After he got started he found some even uglier and older wallpaper underneath. Why do people do that?? Don't they realize how much work it will take once you decide to remove it? GAH! Anyway, he is trying to get most of it off but he said he will have to just put primer over some area and then texture over that. I'll post some before pictures later tonight. He won't be able to come back until Monday to paint but just seeing some progress being made makes me happy. He hope to have the wallpaper removed today and have the walls textured.

We will paint the kitchen a pale yellow. Something that isn't overbearing since the kitchen is busy enough!

I can't stand the kitchen

Today is March which means this is the month that we will finally paint the kitchen. I'm so excited to see that ugly wallpaper gone and have a nice soothing color instead. Our kitchen currently looks so "busy" and cluttered because of the patterns on the wallpaper and top border. It has fruit all over it and they are not small. Why would anyone ever want something so busy looking in the kitchen? The kitchen is already busy enough!

I've been working really hard on trying to pay off some of our bills and man is it stressful! I'm currently working on getting my husband's student loan paid off. With the way he has it set up now we'd be almost 50 before it was paid off! YIKES! And most of that would be interest. That is just ridiculous. I've been online all week seeing what can be done about it. Hopefully we get it resolved soon. I love marking another thing off of my to do list. I also set up almost all of our bills online to be automatically deducted from our account when they are due which saves me a lot of time and money. I wish every company allowed you to do it that way.