Welcome to the land of Faz...: April 2010

Changing up some house stuff.

In the past couple of weeks I have gotten an itch to change stuff up in our house. One of the things I have been out on the search for was a round pedestal table. I found a few in stores and such but they were WAY out of my budget and really wouldn't work out :(

So I started doing searches on Craiglist Houston and would come across a few but never committed to any... that is until I saw one that happened to be 1) in my price range 2) on my side of town and 3) after communicating with the seller, I found out they would deliver it since we were sooo close!

DONE! I am sold!!! So we got it last week and it's in the garage because:

a) we still have a small table in the area that we want to put it in

b) the new table only came with 3 chairs AND they are not pretty

c) I didn't quite look at the 'detail' of the table until we got it home, so I am going to do a few things to it before we move it into it's new home.

Here is what the kitchen nook looks like right now:

I have it decorated with CAFE style signs and such. I will do a better "tour" of the nook once I move in the new furniture.

Here is the "new" furniture before I have done any updating to it.

This is our 'new' table! YAY!!!! I am going to do something to it or may just leave it alone.. haven't decided yet??! The chair that came with it is the one on the left. The ones on the right, I will tell you about a little later on.

Here is a better picture of the chair (pretty please excuse the mess all around the chair... it's usually not like that in the garage... interesting, I must say).

Other stuff that needs changing....

Our kitchen sink! We have your standard builder basic, not shallow enough sink in the kitchen and I have been really wanting to change it out - but the moola wasnt there. In comes Habitat Restore!

We rolled up and there were tons of house reno type stuff - from light fixtures, to plumbing, to doors, to blinds, to bathtubs... all used, and most in GREAT condition. I really wasn't looking for anything, but when I saw this beauty, I knew I had to have it. I asked how much and they said $80 (with the faucet). I went back and forth with the idea and told them I needed to double check with the hubs. So I picked him up and we went to lunch. I told him that if after lunch we should go back and if it was there, it was meant to be. Well it WAS! YAY!!!!

So here she is:

I can't wait to share the befores and afters of this change out! :)

More to come on the changes in our house... they include these:

and these also... (the nightstands and shutters)

So stay tuned!

Hasta!

Adri.

Quick Roadtrip to visit my younger sister (and still in the womb baby niece)

The hubbs and I live in Houston, but we were invited to visit my sister in San Antonio for her baby shower (she is having a little girl - my first niece!!!)

Here are the pics from our hotel (we stayed at a Comfort Suites) - which was JUST fine for our short little trip!

Here are the pictures of the shower:

Here are some quick pics of the nursery. Here theme is cute Owls.

All in all it was a great weekend. Also, we FINALLY purchased a Tom Tom to be able to navigate through San Antonio (since we are not from there, it would just be easier to use the TT and it really was a great thing to have).

Hasta!

Adri.

Updates continued: How to ask your gf to prom (per my younger brother)

My younger brother is a senior in HighSchool.. I call him Moosekey - I dont quite remember how I came up with that name, but I have used it since he was 2 yrs old. He is quite a guy and I LOVE him to pieces... Here is what my hndsome younger brother looks like:

According to Moosekey this is how you ask your girlfriend to prom:

1) Give your beautiful girlfriend your necklace to hold while you play a few innings of baseball.

2) Talk to your team mates and get them to help you with your plan. Order a banner and after the game have them walk out holding the banner with your date request while your girlfriend has no idea.