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Bathroom Renovation – Finished!

August 21st 2010 in General

In case you haven’t followed we’ve been renovating our bathroom! And…
We’re done! Well, we’re at about 99%  but it’s fully functional and it’s SO nice to have the bathroom and bedroom back in order!
After we finished prepping the walls it was time to start on the floor. We had taken up all the old tile [...]

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Acworth Women’s Triathlon

August 8th 2010

Pre race dinner: fresh pasta, grilled shrimp, fresh broccoli and light afredo sauce and a glass of wine before bed.
Breakfast: mini bagel with peanut butter, Dunkin Donuts coffee (from home) w/ creamer and one splenda

This was taken outside of transition at about 5:30 a.m.  We got up around 4a.m. left the house by [...]

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Bathroom Renovation – Phase 2

August 8th 2010

We are moving through phase 2 of the bathroom renovations and at this point there is no turning back. This is what the bathroom looked like on Tuesday night.  I took the kids to get new schools shoes and came back and hubs had used the sledge hammer (he gets all the fun) to take [...]

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Thrifty Brows

August 4th 2010

There is something very therapeutic (to me) about having well maintained eyebrows. I know, this might sounds weird but I hate plucking so when I can leave the salon with perfect eyebrows it’s pure bliss.  However, an $8 wax plus tip can start to add up, although I usually would go once a month if [...]

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New Kitchen Appliance

August 4th 2010

It’s no surprise that we love to eat.  Hubs LOVES to cook and I benefit from all the tasty foods, recipes and dishes he creates.  Recently, on one of our lunch dates to our usual spot I’ve been ordering something completely different from the buffalo chicken goodness I so enjoy.  I’ve been trying the turkey [...]

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A day in the life of Evie

July 31st 2010

Hi, I’m Evie! I’m super cute!

Evie looking for lizards on the deck.

I’m pretty sure she found one here and just waiting for the door to open.

This is one of her favorite past times – sleeeeeeping

She LOVES this bed!

And this couch, with her blanket – and having the remote close enough to change the channel!

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Bathroom Renovation – Phase I

July 31st 2010

With a 30 year old bathroom we had no idea what to expect when we I decided to start renovating our bathroom.  And it’s all my parent’s and mother-in-law fault because while my parents are in the final stages of renovating the 1/2 bath, my mil had a super cute bathroom that I [...]

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fantastic Friday: TGIF

July 30th 2010

Thank goodness it’s Friday! I thought this weekend would NEVER get here.   The beginning of the week started off slowly but once Wednesday got here the rest of the week flew by and thankfully I have a busy day tomorrow so it’ll make the day go by quickly!
It is the last full week before the [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Sweet Baby James

July 28th 2010

My cousin and her sweet new baby boy!

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