Girl with the Pink Toolbelt

Hey Guys! Remember waaaaaaay back in July when I posted to my FB page this photo???? You know, in July, 2019, when my dad and aunt were here?  MONTHS ago?  Yeah- life.  Completely forgot to write up a post about this.  So what did we end up doing with 18 bags of concrete?  Prior to getting permission from the HOA?  What's the phrase?  It's better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission and then wait months to maybe or maybe not get approval?  I can definitely play the "Oops, my bad- was I supposed to get approval for that" card really well lately.  But just so everyone is aware- I did eventually get approval.  So I don't need to tear up concrete.  Not that I was going to anyway.  They can go eff themselves.  Anyway- back to the post.  I had moved my firewood pile from the back of the house to the side of the house prior to getting a fence.  Once I had the fence installed, it was now visibl...

Had a 3-day weekend last weekend which was awesome since it's been a long time since I've had one of those.  This mama can get some serious shit done in three days.  I mean, one would think that with my schedule I'd take the three days and relax?  But I have no idea what that word means.  Oh and this damn kitchen needs to get finished!!!   The goal was to get the pedestal table sanded and painted and also get the upper cabinets (bases not doors, come on now) sanded and painted.  Guess who got all of it checked off the list?  THIS GIRL!!! I'm not going to show you the cabinets today.  We'll wait until the doors are back on in the new white color.  But the table?????  Oh so excited to have this done.   If you remember, I'm trying to get rid of a lot of the aqua downstairs.  However, this wasn't an "I just want to get rid of the aqua project."  This table had a bit of an.... issue?   I origi...

Well once I started on the kitchen, I just HAD to move on to the living and dining room.  There was no stopping me.  I couldn't paint my kitchen light gray and then leave taupe and light beige on my other walls. One thing I did know though was that I was NOT going to continue with the same light gray as the kitchen.  I'm not in love with that color and it's way too light for my taste.  I mean, there's no way in hell I'm going to repaint it.  But I'm just not going to continue it throughout the entire lower level. I started with painting the breakfast nook.  I decided to go with a pop of color rather than using the same wall color as the kitchen or the living room. Breakfast nook before. There used to be curtains hanging to cover the god-awful screened in porch.  But we took those down when we got Janie as she thought she could swing from them one day.  So the rod has been hanging out up on the wall for almost two years with no curtains....