Fun in the Sun

Saturday was pretty hot outside so after I finished staning the fence for the day, I let Cole out for some fun. I really wanted to take him to the lake and practice swimming, but I still don't have a really long lead. I thought the sprinkler would be second best. Cole loved it! He definitely tired himself out.

Alright already

Shawn's bugging me to blog about the fence and the bathroom. I started a couple of projects within the last couple of weeks, and my thought was to work really really hard and finish both of them sooner rather than later. That way I could blog about "before" and then "after". Well...that's not really happening and these projects are taking me longer than I originally thought. I am the only one working on them while I work two jobs, keep Cole entertained, and squeeze in a social life. So anyway, here's what I have so far.

Our Bathroom

Let me just say that I want to change just about everything in our bathroom, but that would cost thousands of dollars and it's just beyond my expertise. What I could do is slap a new paint color on the walls, change the hardware (okay, I didn't do that, Shawn's dad did), and add a few decorations. In the future, I would like to remove the large and useless tub, make the shower stall bigger and tile it, add a linen closet, change the toilet to a white one (it's an off-white color), and put in dual vanities. I know, it's a lot. Oh, and change the linoleum to tile.

Here's what I did:

I took Megan's advice and got samples even though I was dead-set on a color. From top to bottom the colors are: Vintage Map, Tahiti Blue, and Azalea Leaf. Azalea leaf was obnoxiously bright, and I wasn't really feeling the Tahiti Blue. I chose Vintage Map which was the color I had my heart set on from the beginning.

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(I'm not entirely happy with the light fixture, I may return that one and get a new one, we'll see)

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The blinds still have to be installed and I'm going to looked for fabric to make a valance for the window.

I also painted the closets and organized them.

Shawn's:

Mine:

The much-anticipated fence (or as I like to call it, Shawn's revenge):

This is the worst project, EVER. Not only was a huge project to install the fence in the first place, but now HE wants it stained. Ok, I'm kinda kidding because I want it stained too, but he skips town ever so conveniently when we decide we want to stain it and it has to be soon. I'm kidding about that too. The fence will look awesome once it's all stained.

Here's one side of it, not stained:

Here's the other side, stained:

And here's a corner to compare:

Okay, so that's an update of my projects. Once the fence is done, I could stain the deck, but that's not as pressing as the fence since the wood for the deck is treated. I would also like to paint the laundry room, but we'll see about that, I'm pooped!

Treadmill 6000xiGT Cobra

Ok, that's really not the name of our new treadmill, I just added a whole bunch of letters and stuff. The new treadmill arrived a few weeks ago, but it's so freaking heavy that I needed help. Mark and my mom came over tonight to not only help me with the treadmill but drop off our new (well, new to us) queen mattress and boxspring! I'm pretty excited about the treadmill because it'll save me time from going to the gym and Cole will be able to use it without slipping off the back (the belt is 60" long). Check out Cole breaking in the treadmill.

While Andi is away, Cole may play

While I was at the wedding this weekend Cole stayed at my mom's house. My aunt and cousins also stayed at my mom's for the holiday weekend so Cole had a lot of attention, and when I got back on Sunday he was EXHAUSTED. He hasn't been this calm in months! Don't you think Cole kinda looks like Yoda from Star Wars in the first picture? When his ears are like that I'll start talking like Yoda and in a Yoda-like voice to Shawn. "mmmmm, exhausted I am young Jedi knight"

Wedding #3 2009 - Sarah & Janos

Happy 4th of July!

I took my friend Amanda as my date to Sarah and Janos' (pronounced Yanish, Hungarian for John) wedding this past Saturday. The wedding was gorgeous and Sarah obviously gave a lot thought to the colors and details. It was also really nice to hang out with my friends from PT school for the night. Here are some pictures from their big day.

Wedding #2 2009 - Chad & Jaclyn

June 27, 2009

Chad and Jackie had a beautiful wedding. Her colors were perfect for summer, Nectar (I think that's what she or Chad called it) with greens and oranges. They had the reception at the Whitemarsh Country Club and the dining and dancing area was decorated perfectly.

The groom and I.

The bride and I.

Megan was my date, er, arm candy for the evening.

Rachel, Me, Megan.

Jess being Jess.

The guys.

I had a great time at the wedding, drinking and dancing with friends all night long. We continued the party to Dave & Buster's and then another bar before turning in for the night.

Wedding #1 2009 - Big Pete & Alycia

Their wedding was great! The ceremony was beautiful, Alycia's bridesmaids wore black, very classy.

Shawn and I (obviously)

The girls (and Bam-Bam).

The guys.

Pete and Alycia went to Jamaica on their honeymoon hence the tropical leis.

Us being goofy and little intoxicated.

A little side story for everyone.

The reception was all but over and everyone was hanging out and enjoying a couple more drinks before the place kicked us out. I was sitting at my assigned table minding my own business, when Crack! Out of nowhere something hit my brow bone millimeters above my right eye. Immediately I covered my eye and put my head down on the table, I wasn't sure how badly I was injured, all I knew was that it hurt like hell. I was hesitant to uncover my face because I thought I was going to be covered in blood, however, there was no blood, hardly even a mark to show for my SEVERE pain. Well I quickly came to realize that Andy (my namesake) threw a miniature chocolate bar as hard as he could trying to hit Goody or someone near me, but it hit me instead. Now, I may have acted a little over the top soon after it happened, and I may have yelled for Shawn at the top of my lungs, and I may have held ice on my eye for the rest of the night so everyone felt bad for me, but c'mon, I just took a chocolate bar in my eye traveling at a very high velocity.