Wow... it's been 4 months
I actually FORGOT I have a blog :)
Well I will try to sum up the past 4 months will few words and lots of pictures!
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
In August/September Jess was busy playing with his new tools and doing lots of house projects!
The first thing he did was replace ALL the door in our home
...UGLY doors...
PRETTY doors!
The first thing he did was replace ALL the door in our home
...UGLY doors...
PRETTY doors!
Jess found THIS saw on craigslist for a great price and it started our obsession with home improvement projects
He decided to tackle the task of framing our family room windows
...This is what the windows look like BEFORE...
After figuring out all the measurements and purchasing all the wood, Jess went to work cutting the
flat stock and routering the edges to make the shelf part of the frame
Then he nailed the shelf into place, as well as the casing on both sides of the window
More flat stock on top plus the cute decorative piece that HE picked out, Great choice.
(also please excuse the terrible pictures. Photos at night in the house never turn out great. And i'm too lazy to photoshop them all)
and finally the hardest part was adding the crown on the top
The crown returns were hard to figure out at first but now he is a pro
Don't forget the cute apron at the bottom made from casing
The project was finished off by filling in the sides with joint compound, since we have rounded corners we had to fill in the huge space to make it look square
TADA!
After picture! Not great because it was night time but in person these things look awesome. So amazed that Jess just FIGURES this stuff out
Jess and I also re-did our guest bathroom over the summer. Here are some pictures from that.
...This is the BEFORE of our bathroom...
AND AFTER!
Jess added beadboard to the main wall and also redid the baseboards
My FAVORITE addition was this mirror frame that he built. It added SO much to the bathroom
We painted the room a blueish green color and the ceiling a grayish white
We also painted the cabinets white and added black hardware
And remember this gift Jess made me for Christmas last year???
It is officially hung and is definitely a statement piece on our wall
My favorite part: The twisted edge detail
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
October was a challenging month to say the least. On October 2nd Jess woke up with shooting pain in his abdomen. LOOOONNNGG story short he ended up in the hospital getting surgery to REMOVE his
click on the link if you wanna know what that is :)
While they were in there they took out his appendix as well.
We went home the next day and because of AWESOME/NOT SO AWESOME instructions from the hospital, we ended up BACK in the hospital the same night.
Three days later we FINALLY came home.
Craziest ... Week ... Ever
In OCTOBER I decided to treat myself to a personal trainer. I hate exercising but I hate feeling out of shape even more. My sister Kristen met this awesome trainer named Krista Estrada who does personal training at her home and said she was so great!
I went on her WEBSITE one day and saw she was doing a special for new clients!
So i decided to go for it!
I saw her once a week for 8 weeks and loved every second of it. She is so nice and her workouts were awesome. Aside from seeing her once a week I usually did one, MAYBE two other workouts on my own during the week.
On Thanksgiving I accomplished something I never thought I would be able to do after having my foot surgery. Also never thought I would have the DESIRE to run... But my trainer inspired me.
So I ran the TURKEY TROT 10K!
Granted it took my 1 hr 9 min... but hey I still did it.
Thanks clinton for shooting this awesome action picture of me running!
Also after 8 weeks I lost:
2.4 lbs
5.75 total inches
7% body fat
WOOT WOOT!
****P.S. JESS GRADUATED WITH HIS BACHELORS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN OCTOBER AS WELL!!!!
Wow this is turning out to be a LONG POST... almost done
Remember our cute little garden from last year
Well this year we decided to expand
Jess started by killing the grass on the side of the yard, then dug it all up by hand. Next he leveled all the dirt, dug out a tree trunk, had curbing put in, built 2 boxes out of redwood, laid down landscaping cloth, and shoveled in 1 and a 1/2 TONS of rock!
We only had enough $$ to fill ONE box with soil this year but take a look at the progress!!!
We planted it all from seed: From back to front we planted:
Cauliflower, Broccoli, Cilantro, Peas, Green Onions, Carrots, Spinach, Romaine, and Iceberg lettuce.
So fun!
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!!!
Please welcome Mr. Peanut! We are bunny sitting for a month until Christmas.
My boss, Tom Farnsworth, decided to give their adorable dwarf bunny away. I immediately thought of my niece Olivia and how she LONGS for a pet. All she has ever had for a pet is a potato bug, a lady bug, and a goldfish.
She even asked Kristen if they make real pets at the North Pole :)
So get ready Olivia... because he is pretty cute.
Here he is sniffing our carrot we had just pulled out of the garden!
Well that's the update! I'll try to NEVER wait that long in between posts again!
Happy Holidays!
In OCTOBER I decided to treat myself to a personal trainer. I hate exercising but I hate feeling out of shape even more. My sister Kristen met this awesome trainer named Krista Estrada who does personal training at her home and said she was so great!
I went on her WEBSITE one day and saw she was doing a special for new clients!
So i decided to go for it!
I saw her once a week for 8 weeks and loved every second of it. She is so nice and her workouts were awesome. Aside from seeing her once a week I usually did one, MAYBE two other workouts on my own during the week.
On Thanksgiving I accomplished something I never thought I would be able to do after having my foot surgery. Also never thought I would have the DESIRE to run... But my trainer inspired me.
So I ran the TURKEY TROT 10K!
Granted it took my 1 hr 9 min... but hey I still did it.
Thanks clinton for shooting this awesome action picture of me running!
Also after 8 weeks I lost:
2.4 lbs
5.75 total inches
7% body fat
WOOT WOOT!
****P.S. JESS GRADUATED WITH HIS BACHELORS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN OCTOBER AS WELL!!!!
Wow this is turning out to be a LONG POST... almost done
Remember our cute little garden from last year
Jess started by killing the grass on the side of the yard, then dug it all up by hand. Next he leveled all the dirt, dug out a tree trunk, had curbing put in, built 2 boxes out of redwood, laid down landscaping cloth, and shoveled in 1 and a 1/2 TONS of rock!
It was a pain in the neck (literally) but we are so pumped now that it is all done.
We planted it all from seed: From back to front we planted:
Cauliflower, Broccoli, Cilantro, Peas, Green Onions, Carrots, Spinach, Romaine, and Iceberg lettuce.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!!!
Please welcome Mr. Peanut! We are bunny sitting for a month until Christmas.
My boss, Tom Farnsworth, decided to give their adorable dwarf bunny away. I immediately thought of my niece Olivia and how she LONGS for a pet. All she has ever had for a pet is a potato bug, a lady bug, and a goldfish.
She even asked Kristen if they make real pets at the North Pole :)
So get ready Olivia... because he is pretty cute.
Here he is sniffing our carrot we had just pulled out of the garden!
Well that's the update! I'll try to NEVER wait that long in between posts again!
Happy Holidays!
