Adorable Flowers and Pot

This was such a cute idea! I love how simple and quick it went together and how adorable the end result was. Mom and I had fun putting these together today!

Funny faces

Uncle BJ told Josiah to make funny faces! Together they had some pretty funny ones!

My handsome hard worker

I love how green it has turned here! BJ takes good care of our lawn!

Birthday workout

For my Birthday my sister gave me a wonderful present, a Tae Bo dvd, she said she really enjoyed it and thought I would too! Well, I did the entire dvd two days in a row. It was so much fun, the time just flew by! The 45 minutes was so packed of moves and sweat! Yesterday while I was doing it, I had a hard time continuing my buns hurt sooooo bad! Today it was painful to get out of bed! I really want to get at it again today, fight pain with pain! Thanks for the fun dvd!

Table & chandelier

BJ and Richie worked hard at getting the chandelier up! It looks really good!!

Schedule

Monday 11-2
2:30 apt
I'll work on the blog later today too! We had an exciting weekend to post on!
Tuesday 11-2
Wednesday 6-9
Thursday 6-9
Friday
Saturday
Sunday 11-2

Schedule

Well, Spring Break is over, back to the old regular schedule!
Monday 11-2
apt. 2:30
Tuesday 11-2
Wednesday 6-9
Thursday 6-9
Friday apt 2:30
Saturday
Sunday 11-2

Before & After Kitchen/Dining Remodel

I thought I would post an order of progression for the remodel we did for our kitchen and dining. From before we started to finish. What a big job it has been but we are proud and Shantyl can't seem to stay out it cause she loves it so much. I've gotten more home made food lately and I love it! Glad my baby enjoys her new kitchen.

I could not have done all this w/o the help of friends and family. Thanks everyone!
-BJ

Before Picture of what the kitchen use to be.

Demolition has begun, the thin sheetrock ripped off and getting ready to tear out the 8' ceiling and separation wall that closed in the kitchen area.
8' Ceiling and wall has been removed and I am safely breathing the dirty air.Pulling down sheetrock and lots of nasty dust that has built up over years and years.

About to rip out the existing window.
Rotten floor joists torn out and new ones in. Now Its time to put in some new plywood..
Bathroom door getting ready to be removed.

Getting after it with the sheetrock!
Window on the right is the replacement for the one mentioned above, and a brand new window cut out on the left. Sheetrock Primed... and ready to be done with it all by this point for sure!

We can see the end of the tunnel... new kitchen/dining.

A clean picture w/o all the mess.... not quite done but you get the point.

Our trip to Winstar

Mom's happy whether she is winning or losing...she likes to play those machines!


Mom and Eddie were really nice and took BJ and I gambling! What fun we had! Of course the stories in the car are always hilarious as well as mom's theories and strategies on how to win....Our Friday the 13th trip turned out to be not very lucky for me! I think the machine just ate my money as soon as it sucked it in! BJ won a few dollars out of the deal, but other wise it was just a good fun trip! Thanks for taking us!

Kitchen

Yesterday I finally managed to get all the base and crown molding painted! We are so close to being finished with the kitchen! I'm so excited! I have spent so many hours in the kitchen just enjoying it! Plus I have really enjoyed cooking!

Crown Molding

So, I guess catching BJ sitting in most of my earlier pictures wasn't nearly as funny as catching him laying on the job this afternoon!




I love the way the crown molding looks! I'm really excited that the guys are getting it put up, not only because it looks really nice, but because it means a lot of the tools will find homes elsewhere!

Schedule

Here's my schedule for this week:
Monday 11-2
Tuesday 11-2
going to Ft. Worth with Christy
Wednesday apt 10
hopefully spend the afternoon with mom
Thursday working on my school stuff
Friday
Saturday
Sunday 11-2

Friday

It was such a nice day, I just relaxed most of the day. I did exercise, so I managed to do something productive. After talking about making Chicken Enchilada's for a week I finally made them. They were so EASY and cheesy! I used a shortcut method which took several steps out of making them and it only took me 20 minutes or so to get them prepared and go into the oven. They turned out really delicious. Joe really liked them (sure he was just glad it wasn't hot dogs). One of BJ's friends wanted to go to the movies, we went at 9:45 to see Watchman. That has got to be one of the worst movies have seen in a long time! Wow, it turned out to be half porno and half gruesome bloodiness. I thought it was over after we had been there an hour and a half and then it continued....same thing happened several times, thinking it was over and it kept on going! At 12:30 it finally ended! We had a good time even though only 1 of the 4 of us really enjoyed it!

The perfect setup

I just love my new kitchen! It is the perfect setup to study in! The last few days, while preparing for midterms I have been pretty much permanently stationed in the kitchen, working at the bar. It has really given me time to admire the beautiful work that was done in here! It gives me an excuse for being out here too! I think BJ thought I was weird when I would tell him I was just standing in the kitchen admiring it...now I have a great reason to be out here, when I'm not cooking. B.G. loves it too!

Schedule

Wow, it's hard to believe it is already March 1st!!! Here's my schedule for the week:
Monday 11-2
3-6 studying
Tuesday 11-2
3-6 studying
Wednesday 6-9
am studying
Thursday am studying
6-9 midterm
Friday- day with mom?
Saturday- day with BJ
Sunday 11-2