For a long time now I have wanted to paint the pool house. Not the whole thing just the trim around the windows and doors. Right now it is an ugly brown color. I have laid out by the pool many times wondering what color would look best. At first I was thinking some type [...]
A few years ago when we were looking for our home we spent a couple of days with the realtor looking at different houses. I remember we spent an entire Sunday looking at 10 or so houses. By the 9th house I told JP I was tired and done looking for the day. After I [...]
This morning I walked out on the deck and immediately spotted these guys. Pretty much every day if it is warm you can sit outside and watch them run up and down the trees or across the deck. While they are usually scared of us I think they are starting to kinda get use to [...]
We had another super warm day today! I have wanted to clean the hot tub for a while now but it is a tough job… and I am a little intimidated by it. I am always a little nervous when I pull up the cover on it because I have seen so many things under [...]
Last year I did a blog post about cleaning Lily’s bedroom where I mentioned her bathroom. To read it click HERE. We have 3 ½ bathrooms in our house. A full bathroom in the master bedroom on the first floor, a ½ bathroom off of the living room, a full bathroom in the upstairs hall next [...]
Today was a busy day! I had three different companies come over to do different things to our house. The first one to show up was Clayton from TexDeck. For the last year our deck has looked less than great so I called him over for a quote. We were thinking that the deck needed [...]
I know that I have mentioned on here a few times that JP started a new job in Portland, OR. He is there 4 days a week or so and for the last month he has been living out of hotels. Well as of this week we have keys to an apartment that he will [...]
There are quite a few children that live in our neighborhood. I only know like 5 of them but I see a lot of them playing in the yards as I drive out toward the gate. On my way to the gate I only encounter 2 stop signs… this is one of them. Did you [...]
When JP isn’t traveling he works from his office upstairs. I love these times because even though he is working and constantly on conference calls I can still walk upstairs and bug him. When he is in town he usually makes the coffee in the morning but I always bring him his breakfast and lunch [...]
Anyone who has been to our house knows that JP is a sports fan. We have lots and lots of sports memorabilia around. Anything from basketball to baseball to football to racing. You can definitely tell that he lived in Seattle because a majority of it is of the Sonics, Seahawks, Pilots and Mariners. We [...]
We have all heard the term Spring Cleaning but have you ever heard of Fall Cleaning? This is exactly what I have been doing this week. As I have told you before we have a pretty big backyard and there is a lot going on back there. I actually just used the compass on my phone [...]
I have a purple Kenmore vacuum that does a pretty good job but it is getting old. We have been throwing around the idea of getting a Dyson vacuum because we have seen the cool commercials, and I have talked to a bunch of people that love the one that they have. Yesterday I finally did [...]
A big part of my week is spent cleaning our house and doing laundry. These are two jobs that are never truly done. They also happen to be two jobs that are my responsibility at home. Don’t get me wrong though cause I am certainly not complaining. I have however noticed that I get a [...]
Today while I was vacuuming in the front entry way I opened the front door and this little guy came running in. Every once in awhile we find these little guys running around the house and I am totally ok with it. We have never found one of their dead bodies so I assume they somehow go [...]
We have a beautiful Howard Miller grandfather clock in our house. Last year when the movers moved it to this house the pendulum ended up crooked but it still works. For a long time we have talked about getting a guy out here to take a look at it. Please note that we are very [...]
This morning the air conditioning guys showed up as promised. I guess we are gonna have to consider their $89 visit as educational. After they checked the units upstairs and outside, wanna know what they told me? The problem is the air conditioning/furnace air filters… the dirty dirty air filters. It seems like a crazy [...]
We have been living in our house for a little over a year now and the last month it has been plagued with problems. First it was the water problems now it is air conditioning problems. Sometime last week JP noticed that it was hotter than normal upstairs. We walked outside to take a look [...]
As promised our favorite plumbers from A-Tex Plumbing showed up today . I wasn’t actually home when they first got there but when I pulled up at home this is what I saw. It was 100°+ outside so I guess this was the best they could do to get some shade out there. When I [...]
I have posted a ton of pictures taken out by the pool on this website. I have talked about the pool, the funiture and the ridiculous amounts of fun we have had out there. I have also said time and time again that there is no other pool I would rather hang out at. I [...]
I woke up this morning around 9:30 not feeling so well. My head hurts a little bit and my body is achy. The achy part could totally have to do with the facct that I finally did some exercise this week ( I played in a flag football game on Monday night and a softball game on Tuesday [...]
Anyone who has been to our house knows that we have more than a few vintage machines. They are all pretty cool to look at and people always ask about them. For as long as I have known JP he has told me that the gumballs inside the gumball machines have never been changed. I [...]
Remember a few weeks ago I told you about the brown spots in our lawn? Well last weekend we made an amazing accidental discovery. I stood in one of the brown spots and JP turned the sprinklers on. Guess what happened? Yup! The water is not hitting those parts. It seems so silly and almost [...]
A couple days ago JP asked me to take a picture of the brown patches that are popping up in our lawn and ask someone at the nursery if they knew why it was happening. I decided today was the day to do my research. Here is our front lawn. Do you see the brown patches? [...]
When Lily and I were in the grocery store today we talked to our favorite chef at the Cooking Connection and she inspired me to make fish for dinner. The sample she gave me was so delicious. I thought it was salmon but it was actually trout.. yes, trout! It turned out great and we [...]
I went back in the archives and figure out that the last time anyone was in the pool was on Halloween day when Lily floated around on top of the water. Our pool area is pretty shaded during the day and without the direct sun the water gets pretty darn cold. Over the last month [...]
Today I was sitting at my friend Elva’s desk at work eating lunch with her and she told me about a recipe she saw on the Food Network this weekend. Breaded chicken. But the chicken was breaded with Corn Flakes. I don’t know about you guys but I have eaten a lot of Corn Flakes [...]
I was sitting at work today daydreaming about what to take a picture of and then I started thinking about my lost camera. Sad, very sad. I couldn’t help but think about how stupid a lot of my pictures would be from now on because I would have to use my phone. Don’t get me wrong I do have [...]
There are days when I really really enjoy being a mom. Sometimes Lily is in this great mood and everything is perfect and she is the perfect most amazing daughter ever. Today was one of them. When we were at the grocery store today I told Lily I didn’t feel like cooking dinner so she told me [...]
It has recently come to light that neither JP nor I deny that we sometimes have a procastination problem. Have you ever noticed that on this website you have never seen any pictures taken upstairs besides in Lily’s room? Well things are changing because we had a GSD day! GSD is what we tell each [...]
When I was a kid going to get a Christmas tree was a big deal. We would have to dress warm, trudge through snow, search, and finally find the perfect tree. Once we found it my Dad would get down on the ground and use a saw on it until it hit the ground. Then he would drag it [...]
I know that I am at one of the happiest points in my life and it is only getting better. I know that I have a few very good friends what I would do anything for and vice versa. I know that I am in love with Mr. Wonderful! I know that we are going on vacation [...]
For the first time in either of our lives me and JP got a suntan in our own backyard on Halloween Day! The water is too cold to swim in but that didn’t stop Lily from floating around. The kids love skimming the pool for leaves!
Do you remember when we were kids what we would say if someone said ”My nose is running”? It started yesterday morning and has since gotten worse. At work I took some medicine for it and it made me feel high all day. I hate that chemical high feeling but at least there isn’t snot running out [...]
We spent the day getting our yard ready for Halloween. We have a scary grave yard crime sceen. Here is Lily trying to figure out what the police tape is used for. Cathy and Lily say cheese! Did someone say haunted house? This is the view of our front yard from the street. Check out [...]
I love things that make rooms smell good. I usually buy our room plug in things at Bath and Body but as of today I think I might be over that. I ordered some Scentsy products from a girl named Laura at work. It smells so wonderful! It’s a wax that you put inside a [...]
Today we were up earlier than usual because I had a 10:00am kickball game. We lost the first game 3-5 but we won the second game 9-0 due to a forefit. Here are the Ball Kickers. JP is the biggest sports fan I have ever had. He goes to almost all of my kickball, softball & volleyball games. I [...]
Lily has been asking to take a bath in the tub in the master for awhile now. As soon as I turned on the jets there were bubbles every where. I had to turn off the jets because the tub was about to overflow with bubbles! Sitting in the bathroom talking to her while she [...]
When I did the posting about our house the other day I forgot to talk about something really cool. If you go look back at the pictures you will notice that we have an upper deck. You can get to the upper deck from both outside and inside. It connects to a room upstairs that [...]
I have been meaning to do this post for quite awhile now. I have mentioned a bunch of times that we moved about a month ago. I have also been promising JP’s mother Marlene pictures. Today is the day that I deliever. Sit back and relax because this is going to take awhile! On the [...]
