GREENBERG

 

I am very happy and excited to announce that I traded my '10 Honda Odyssey for a new '12 Honda CR-V. I used to own an '04 CR-V and could not be happier to own one again. My car is green but appears blue in certain light. I LOVE IT! We name all of our vehicles and so Mom, I'm naming my car the "Greenberg."

 LITTLE PROJECTS:

I bought some silver spoons to make a 'T' for Taylor.

This is also a silver spoon. I sanded the edges of the frame but it is hard to tell. I'm going to hang this on the side of the kitchen cabinet along with a cute little lantern.

I had this little U.S. flag floating around and I found this cute little frame to put it in.

This is the best project of all. My mother had this mirror frame made for me from barnwood. The mirror broke and so Craig put some aluminum sheeting behind it so I can put pictures up with magnets. I love it because I can change out pictures easily and no more frames needed. Now I just need lots of cute magnets.

I have some more projects in the works. The house is not finished yet, I still have a list of things we need to do. All in due time. (I am very happy about the progress so far regardless.) Craig got some new Bose speakers and now has surround sound in the family room.

Two Thumbs Up!

Yesterday my parents, who are here visiting from Utah, Chase, Peyton and I went on a drive to see the North Georgia Blue Ridge mountains. We packed a lunch and when we happened upon a nice area by Lake Chatuge we decided to pull over and make sandwiches.  The boys played with their trucks and threw rocks into the lake. The weather was quite pleasant. We met two nice visitors from the UK there as well. Peyton refused to pose for pictures with us so I snagged this one and as you can see, he was not happy about it. We then drove to Hayesville, NC where we walked around the town square. There was a variety store called Tiger's where we shopped and browsed and ate ice cream. All in all it was a pleasurable day.

Craig finished the guest bathroom just in time for my parents' visit. We found this cute shower curtain with matching hooks. The bathroom is absolutely beautiful and we couldn't be happier about the results. I want to give a big thanks to my hubby Craig and his friends Ray and Reed who worked very hard to help him finish the entire basement.

TILE and OTTO

Craig added some more tiles on the guest shower wall as well as put the knobs on the folding doors that are in the guest bedroom. We bought an ottoman at our favorite furniture store in AL to go with the couch in the family room. (Craig thought it was to be his private man cave but he has another think coming.) The man cave has turned out to be the most popular room in the house. It truly is a family room.

Bombombay

Craig and I purchased a darling Bombay dresser from our favorite furniture store in AL for our basement guest room. My parents are coming in a few weeks and will be the first guests to use the room. We also purchased a lovely L-shaped couch for the family room.

The black bed frame has been placed into the guest room and I finally was able to put my cute comforter and pillows on it.

Craig put up the last Hardie board above the tub and laid out the slate tiles in order to choose the order to put them in. The slate is beautiful and each piece is unique.

A few more things need to be done in the basement, but the rooms are cozy, comfortable and we are thoroughly enjoying using the area.

This is the ceiling of the closet in the family room.

The handrail is back up.

Carpet Diem

This morning the carpet installers came. Our new carpet is so soft and comfy to lie on. This is a good thing since the only furniture we have is the kids' bean bags and video game rockers. The dragonfly hooks have been hung on the wall in the bathroom and the backsplash is up behind the sink. None of the 3 closets have the walls done on the insides but that is coming. Craig is enjoying his new 60" tv and he has to fight off the kids because we only have one DirecTV receiver and it is downstairs. Craig wants to watch his sports and the kids want to watch their cartoons.

Potty Party

The basement bathroom is basically done at last. We finally have a 4 bathroom house!

HALLELUJAH!

I am going to put in two dragonfly robe hooks on the wall as soon as I buy them. The shower surround will be done in a bluish slate tile. There are a few loose ends to tie up and then we can install carpeting in the bedroom and family room.