And actually ran around the backyard barefoot playing with the dog. Ryan had recently picked up poo, so it was safe. While I was out, I noticed that the mystery plants had grown a considerable amount. I'm beginning to think they may be some sort of bush rather than actual flowers. I say that because I looked outside again today and they are probably two feet tall, which seems tall for flowers other than sunflowers, and I know what sunflowers look like -- these aren't it. Maybe they're mutant flowers. We did have radon in the basement...
The next outside attraction is our new composite pile. Thrilling! Please contain your excitement. But it is a green effort, so I'm patting myself on the back.
After Siena and I's play and photo session, she crashed, finding a sunny spot in her bed.
Later that weekend, I continued transforming our drab office into office extraordinaire, with a strong MU theme. Here I am amazed by what, at the time, I thought would be the last coat: a coat of gold leaf paint. Too bad there aren't pictures of me after the fourth coat of the shimmery stuff; believe me the charm wore off pretty quickly.
Here's a sample of the gold paint trim on top of "bundled rye." Seems innocent enough, right? Looks are deceiving. This paint rolls so that you can see every single imperfection in your rolling and trimming. Although the gold effect is cool, it's not a quick project. (We basically have the room done now--thank God--but I'm saving my before and after pics for our housewarming party.)
After a hard weekend's work, Ryan and I enjoyed this fantastic bottle of wine. It was one of the bottles we took back home with us after the honeymoon. It was just as delicious as we remembered (the winery was amazing by the way), which made us...
Happy as clams!
4 comments:
i love that a day of loving your home resulted in a bottle of honeymoon wine :)
ya'll are just the most entertaining sweetie poohs i know!
Good for you, you composting fool! You'll have to check out my "green" opinion column I wrote for work. Yay!
Also, Siena helping. Seriously CUTE.
Siena is way too trusting at times. lol. It's hard to tell in the photo of her and Ryan, but she's actually laying on his knees and almost entirely suspended beyond the stairs (as Ryan would say, she was cantilevered off). lol.
you people with your houses and your dogs. you make me sick.
Post a Comment