More Summer F-U-N!

In the last couple of weeks we have gone to the free summer movies with our neighbor, gone bowling with Nana and her friend Jutta, gone to a birthday party for friends, played in the fountains and much more that I didn't get pictures of! We are really enjoying our summer and cherishing the last few weeks with Ella home with us before she starts her new adventure of School.

















I also got a new hairdo last Saturday, I got a perm! When I came home Ella was sitting on the couch, she told me "you look weird". Wesley's reaction was "Don't like your hair mommy, take it off!" and Jon's was, "It's Cute! You look like you walked out of the 80's!" Then later, "I like it. Your head looks really big" I think he should just stick to the first half of his thoughts about my hair! Today Jon looked at me and said " You look really cute, I think this is my favorite of all the haircuts you have had." Now that is the right kind of complement!
As for me, I like it well enough, It is cute, but I think it makes me look fatter than I did before.

Inching towards the finish line.

Today I got some more mortar from Home Depot along with some paint samples. During Wes's nap, I hung the rest of the back splash. I grossly over estimated how much tile I would need so I also tiled behind the books on the book shelf and I still have 5+ sheets left over. Oh well, better to have too much than too little. I painted a couple of swatchs on the wall to see if I liked either paint color. I THINK I like the lighter color, but then I also like the darker. I have polled some friends on a message board and on Facebook and the opinions are kind of split. I don't know what do to with the paint. I may have to einy-meeny-miney-mo it!

Back splash

Today my long-awaited back splash tile arrived. It looks fantastic. I wanted the back splash to be my pop of color in the kitchen so I picked a medium blue, light blue, ice blue mix mosaic tile. I think it looks great with the black and white cabinets! I got about 1/2 of the tiling done during nap time, then I ran out of mortar so I had to stop. I will pick some more up this evening after jon gets home so I can finish up.

more odds and ends.

Today Jon and I got an early start on more kitchen stuff. Jon cut and placed the tile around the butcherblock and also did the rest of the trim around the counter. I painted the door under the sink, the trim around the dishwasher and the spice rack. Then I headed off to a birthday party for friends of Ella and Wesley. After the party, we finished up a few more details. Now we just have to paint the walls and ceiling, put up the backsplash and grout and seal the tiles. We are getting so so close! Also, I love my spice rack even more painted black and filled to the brim with spices.

Kitchen Again!

Today I got a call from Mom around 10 till 9 asking if I was busy and telling me that Dad could come over and work on the kitchen today. I had plans, but canceled them because I REALLY want my kitchen done. So dad came over and we got to work. We took out the old light and replaced it with the new one I bought, made a door for the custom sink cabinet, installed under the cabinet lighting for the sink side of the kitchen, finished the trim for the dishwasher, and made a custom spice rack for over the dishwasher/butcher block. Everything turned out FANTASTIC! The spice rack is exactly what I wanted and everything else looks so so good. I need to paint the door to the sink cabinet and the trim and the spice rack, but we are getting so close. As far as I know all we have left is painting, putting up the back splash (wish is due to arrive Monday) ,sealing the countertops/backsplash and putting up the trim! I can't wait to see the whole thing finished. I hope that we can get a bunch done this weekend so that come Monday all that is left is the back splash.
After we were done with the work, i helped Dad pack up all the tools we didn't need anymore and then we sent them all home with Dad. Then Dad offered Ella $2 to "work really hard for 45 min" and help me clean up the mess of a dining room before Jon got home. She did a great job and really earned her $2.