Someone backed into Josh's car last night while it was parked on the street and drove off. Didn't leave a note or anything.
Jerk.
At least we have good insurance and at least we weren't in the car when it happened!
Friday, May 27, 2011
What a bad start to a holiday weekend...
Someone backed into Josh's car last night while it was parked on the street and drove off. Didn't leave a note or anything.
Jerk.
At least we have good insurance and at least we weren't in the car when it happened!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Weekend Pics!
Oakland Cemetery's Tunes from the Tombs:
Atlanta Zoo:
Super fun weekend despite the 90+ degree weather!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Weekend Plans
We have the most fun filled weekend coming up!
Tonight - We're part of the set up crew for an event my church is having on Sunday. It'll be work, but it'll be fun to hang out with some of our fav StonePoint Church peeps!
Saturday - We're off to Tunes on the Tombs at Oakland Cemetery! It should be tons of fun - good music, good food, good weather, and good company! :)
Saturday Evening - My husband's company is hosting a zoo outing! We get to go to Zoo Atlanta for free! I haven't been in years and I'm super excited.
Sunday - We'll be at our church's NEXT event! I love getting together with everyone and making new friends. :)
Hopefully I'll have lots of pics to share from the weekend's festivities!
Tonight - We're part of the set up crew for an event my church is having on Sunday. It'll be work, but it'll be fun to hang out with some of our fav StonePoint Church peeps!
Saturday - We're off to Tunes on the Tombs at Oakland Cemetery! It should be tons of fun - good music, good food, good weather, and good company! :)
Saturday Evening - My husband's company is hosting a zoo outing! We get to go to Zoo Atlanta for free! I haven't been in years and I'm super excited.
Sunday - We'll be at our church's NEXT event! I love getting together with everyone and making new friends. :)
Hopefully I'll have lots of pics to share from the weekend's festivities!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Final Kitchen Breakdown
Kitchen Costs Final Break Down
Demo: FREE!
Dumpster rental: $215 BGI Waste Services
Cabinets: $3411.58 Ikea
Extra stuff: $103.63 (Drawers that were out of stock when we purchased the cabinets, plus dish drawer organizers and spice drawer organizers) Ikea
Cabinet installation: FREE!
Cabinet pulls: $161.59 Ikea
Cabinet dividers: $38.83 Ikea
Countertops: $1,280.40 (Including installation – awesome deal!!!)
Faucet for sink: $147.66 Lowes
Fridge: $1622.98 ($1593.10 plus $29.88 for delivery) - We splurged. :) Brandsmart
Oven: $754.32 Sears
Microwave: $234.20 Over-the-range venting microwaves are expensive! Brandsmart
Stovetop: FREE! (We kept our old one)
Materials for new wall: $100.06 Home Depot
Labor for new wall: FREE!
New door for pantry: $83.51 Home Depot
Pantry shelving: $161.98 Ikea
Installation for pantry shelving: FREE!
Paint for pantry: $37.64 (Including supplies and chalkboard paint for the door.)
Plumbing: $550
Appliance electric work: $140
Flooring: $638.27 Floor and Décor Outlet
Flooring installation: FREE!
Misc charges: $153.96 (random things like nails, paint rollers, caulk, hacksaw, etc.)
Backsplash: $375 Design-4-less.com (plus grout and other supplies from Lowes)
Backsplash installation: FREE!
Labor to vent dryer & install heat/air vent in laundry room: $450 (didn't realize THAT would be so expensive!)
Lighting: $101.60 Ikea
Ceiling patchwork: FREE!
Ceiling paint: FREE! (A gift from our real estate agent)
Labor to paint the ceiling: $249
Lighting electric work: $559
Total: $11,570.20
Done!
Now we can start saving some serious cash for traveling and future-baby-D! :)
Demo: FREE!
Dumpster rental: $215 BGI Waste Services
Cabinets: $3411.58 Ikea
Extra stuff: $103.63 (Drawers that were out of stock when we purchased the cabinets, plus dish drawer organizers and spice drawer organizers) Ikea
Cabinet installation: FREE!
Cabinet pulls: $161.59 Ikea
Cabinet dividers: $38.83 Ikea
Countertops: $1,280.40 (Including installation – awesome deal!!!)
Faucet for sink: $147.66 Lowes
Fridge: $1622.98 ($1593.10 plus $29.88 for delivery) - We splurged. :) Brandsmart
Oven: $754.32 Sears
Microwave: $234.20 Over-the-range venting microwaves are expensive! Brandsmart
Stovetop: FREE! (We kept our old one)
Materials for new wall: $100.06 Home Depot
Labor for new wall: FREE!
New door for pantry: $83.51 Home Depot
Pantry shelving: $161.98 Ikea
Installation for pantry shelving: FREE!
Paint for pantry: $37.64 (Including supplies and chalkboard paint for the door.)
Plumbing: $550
Appliance electric work: $140
Flooring: $638.27 Floor and Décor Outlet
Flooring installation: FREE!
Misc charges: $153.96 (random things like nails, paint rollers, caulk, hacksaw, etc.)
Backsplash: $375 Design-4-less.com (plus grout and other supplies from Lowes)
Backsplash installation: FREE!
Labor to vent dryer & install heat/air vent in laundry room: $450 (didn't realize THAT would be so expensive!)
Lighting: $101.60 Ikea
Ceiling patchwork: FREE!
Ceiling paint: FREE! (A gift from our real estate agent)
Labor to paint the ceiling: $249
Lighting electric work: $559
Total: $11,570.20
Done!
Now we can start saving some serious cash for traveling and future-baby-D! :)
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Happy Mothers Day!
Happy Mothers Day to my strong, sweet, caring mom!!! I love you!
And Happy Mothers Day to my sister, who is expecting baby #3 in November!!
And Happy Mothers Day to my other mom - my mother-in-law!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
New Hair!
This past Saturday, I did something very uncharacteristic.
I changed my hair.
I've pretty much had the same hair since I was in middle school: long, parted on the right side, strait, natural color.
Typical "Holly hair":
Except -
One time I put in blonde highlights (When I went to the Bahamas in college).
One time I dyed it red at home. (Thank GOD that was a temp color and washed out after 30 washes. It looked terrible!)
One time I dyed it red at the hair dresser. (And that actually looked pretty good.) :)
Red hair:
One time I chopped it all of for locks-of-love. (That's when I realized I look terrible with short hair.)
Short hair + chubby face = not pretty:
But other than that - the same hair! I've layered it differently - but pretty much it's been same old-same old. But on Saturday, I decided to get bangs. It was a spur of the moment decision. I didn't tell anyone - not even Josh! And you know what - it was WAY more traumatic than cutting off all my hair for locks-of-love. At least when they do that - they cut off the hair behind your back. So you don't actually SEE the scissors chop it all off. But with bangs...it's right in FRONT of your face. CHOP! A lock of 10-inch hair...GONE! Right in front of my eyes.
Scary! My heart literally fluttered when she cut it off. "WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?!"
And at first it looked terrible! It looked like I had a mop on my head! I was trying not to freak out in the hairdressers chair.
But then she finished styling it...and I was better. I still didn't LOVE the bangs...but they looked OK.
Josh loves them. He was so cute when I got home. I'm glad I decided to surprise him. :) And all my friends and coworkers have said nice things about the bangs...
But...I still wasn't sure about them...
Until today.
FIVE days later I finally got used to them. Today they finally stopped tickling my forehead...and making me think I had a huge bug on my head. Today I can finally look in the mirror and not get freaked out by the stranger with bangs. Today I finally think I styled them right so I don't look like I had a libmon mop on my head.
So now...I think I like them. :)
I changed my hair.
I've pretty much had the same hair since I was in middle school: long, parted on the right side, strait, natural color.
Typical "Holly hair":
Except -
One time I put in blonde highlights (When I went to the Bahamas in college).
One time I dyed it red at home. (Thank GOD that was a temp color and washed out after 30 washes. It looked terrible!)
One time I dyed it red at the hair dresser. (And that actually looked pretty good.) :)
Red hair:
One time I chopped it all of for locks-of-love. (That's when I realized I look terrible with short hair.)
Short hair + chubby face = not pretty:
But other than that - the same hair! I've layered it differently - but pretty much it's been same old-same old. But on Saturday, I decided to get bangs. It was a spur of the moment decision. I didn't tell anyone - not even Josh! And you know what - it was WAY more traumatic than cutting off all my hair for locks-of-love. At least when they do that - they cut off the hair behind your back. So you don't actually SEE the scissors chop it all off. But with bangs...it's right in FRONT of your face. CHOP! A lock of 10-inch hair...GONE! Right in front of my eyes.
Scary! My heart literally fluttered when she cut it off. "WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?!"
And at first it looked terrible! It looked like I had a mop on my head! I was trying not to freak out in the hairdressers chair.
But then she finished styling it...and I was better. I still didn't LOVE the bangs...but they looked OK.
Josh loves them. He was so cute when I got home. I'm glad I decided to surprise him. :) And all my friends and coworkers have said nice things about the bangs...
But...I still wasn't sure about them...
Until today.
FIVE days later I finally got used to them. Today they finally stopped tickling my forehead...and making me think I had a huge bug on my head. Today I can finally look in the mirror and not get freaked out by the stranger with bangs. Today I finally think I styled them right so I don't look like I had a libmon mop on my head.
So now...I think I like them. :)
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