Step 1. remove ugly tile.

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The Kitchen

The hubs and I are slowly but surely taking steps to improve the aesthetics of our kitchen. I absolutely hate the green-on-green look. I hated the wallpaper so much that I peeled it all off in one night. We've picked out new floors and counters, and are half-way through replacing the white appliances with black/stainless. Our new stainless fridge will be arriving thanksgiving, so the only white one left will be the dishwasher.

Our goal is to replace the hunter green floor with a nice gray colored "luxury vinyl" peel and stick tile prior to my upcoming graduation party. At least 2 of the three hideous things will be removed before a bunch of people come over to hang out. We actually bought the supplies back in July, but then football season took over the precise, muscled-half of our team. I'm not about to tackle a DIY project without that, so we've waited. Now that football is over, we are about to get back on track.

EEEK!!

How many of you have started thinking about what to give for Christmas presents? I know I have. I have pretty much stopped buying for all of my girl friends except for a few. I think this was a mutually beneficial decision since most of us have hubs and families to buy for. In our case, we have little nieces and nephews who we like to spoil, so that means less money in the pot for adults. Plus the hubs and I like to buy one large gift to each other. Last year we bought a treadmill. This year we are buying a king-size bed and bedroom furniture for our room. We are still living out of the dresser that I had as a child, and the frame is from when I graduated college. Our nightstand was a table I earned when my grandma's house was divvy-ed up. It's time.

I picked out the mattresses this week, but we have yet to make a final decision on the much larger purchase - furniture.

Someday little buddy.

Eventually, I will have my very own English bulldog. Just not today.

Mostly because he costs $1800 and I'd rather have a king-size bed.

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Anniversary trip

The hubs and I are planning an impromptu anniversary trip next week. We've been debating over where to go, when to go, if to go for about a month now. It all depended on what the high school football team decided to do in the playoffs. Sadly, they lost in the first round (but yay for football being over!). We decided we need to cross the border into Canada since neither of us have ever done it.

A rough itinerary:
Day 1 - leave work early, drive to Cleveland, Ohio
Day 2 - visit rock and roll hall of fame, Old Crow Medicine concert
Day 3 - drive to Niagara Falls, do touristy things like put on a poncho.
Day 4 - drive to Indianapolis, IN
Day 5 - drive to Evansville, IN, see minor league hockey game.
Day 6 - home.

Nudity!

this is on a painting at work.

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To Dallas!

I'm not sure if you all heard, but last week Southwest Airlines had a huge sale. Because my BFF from middle school moved to Dallas, I decided to book a flight to go visit her. Another of our friends will hopefully be traveling with me, but to my knowledge, she missed out on the sale. I got my round trip ticket for about $150. I think it could have been less, but absolutely refuse to fly anything but non-stop. If you've met me, you know patience and I don't really get along, so I don't like to sit around airports or on runways waiting to change planes. So for my sanity along with anyone I might travel with, it's best to fly non-stop.

So I'll be visiting her in January. By then, she should be all settled in her new house and have some fun things for me to see in a city I've never visited before. At some point, the hubs and I will have to go back during baseball season to cross the Dallas stadium off our list.

(as a side note, she has decided to start a blog. She's just getting going, but you can check it out here.)