tiny bathroom remodel

i dont think im quite in the nesting phase everyone talks about buuuuuut we did make a minor adjustment to our upstairs bathroom. one that cost about $20. but actually we have leftovers so really less than that. (also dont you just loooove the country heart border?)

so heres the before. see way back there...the window. yah. covered in some old blue fabric. i had completely forgotten how much light is let in when you open those curtains. im even surprised at how light & bright this picture is. anyways...with the number of times ive been needing to use this space these past 6 months...it woulda been a hassle to open & close those every time...

so after 6 months i became a genius! (a genius who actually spelled genius wrong the first time she typed it...) lets frost the windows. (frost...anyone else think of how to lose a guy in 10 days or was it just me? but anyways...) easy peasy. so i secretly went to buy everyone on one of my days off and politely asked the hubs if he would do me a favor that night. here it is half way done. mind you this wasnt a sunny day & it was evening...but still...

we do have both sides frosted. someone just forgot to take an after pictures. whoops. but you get the idea. not a big change. or an expensive one. but its a nice change of pace. since it will be awhile until we save up enough moolah to really remodel this blue eye sore.

our wii-kend, part 2

our weekend wasnt all about dressers and soft shell tacos. we also got a chance to participate in some sporting events. crazy i know, my family in sporting events. or should i just say me in sporting events?!?! we each tried our turn at some bowling, tennis, golf and baseball. on the wii of course. lets not get too carried away, i mean im playing for two these days...

kyle & the hubs were the best at bowling. but kyle told us he used to play this back in cali so hes had a bit of practice. and everyone had their own bowling style. let me just show you...

i think the hubs was by far the best. he literally just stood there and flicked his wrist up. no lunging (like my mom) or even a step or two. and then came tennis. which was surprisingly more difficult than you think. unless you are serving. typically this is what would happen, player one serves and player two cant hit it back. but on the off chance it did get hit back, the server would also have a difficult time returning the ball a second time. 

and then there was baseball. ill be honest, this was also really difficult. at least batting was. pitching, easy enough. but batting. i think one time though my mom ended up getting a grand slam. i think.

and what wii-kend wouldnt be complete without watching ernest goes to camp, moonshiners and some wheelchair wheelies?!?

our weekend, part 1

this past weekend the hubs & i took a little trip back to my hometown to hang out with my parents and siblings. we were able to spend a lot of time together.

the hubs and my sister even tackled a project together. she got a dresser from craigslist and is in the process of painting it. not sure how the hubs got wrangled into painting...since hes hardly done any painting here but oh well. gotta love their painting clothes too! i think by the time we left on sunday there were 4 coats of red paint with a few more needed.

note to self: painting red is a lot of work.

we also managed to squeeze a new cooking attempt into the mix. you see my mom has a recipe box. filled (like most people im sure) with a bunch of recipes that never get used. for the past i dunno how long whenever im looking for a recipe i always come across one entitled "duanes soft taco shells" after asking him the last time he made them (before i was born!) i figured why not try it out? and who better to try it out than the hubs!? :) 

these soft taco shells werent actually half bad. it was definitely a different taste, almost a cross between a soft shell and a crepe, but at least we tried right? right. who knows, maybe we will have to try a different recipe from the box every time we go visit???