Bain of my existence

It seems that every weekend and some weekday nights we are getting in from work, changing and walking down 2 flights of stairs and becoming slaves to this thing that is called home ownership. This has been going on for some time now and although we have seen drastic changes, the end is not even in sight yet and won't be for some time (unless we wanted to hire someone to do it for us).

We have made progress though on our gutted sqaure shaped basement and have studed, drywalled, laid flooring and painted 2 new rooms (one is a laundry room and one is a workout room). There is progress! Last night was a challenge though and this weekend will be too. We laid the rubber gym matting and that is a bear to get to fit perfectly together without their being any raised joints. We laid some weights on those areas last night and are hoping that with a little time that they will stay down, otherwise we are unsure what to do.

We have lots of work to do and have set ourselves a deadline of Thanksgiving to have the whole basement finished! That will be interesting to meet with a 10 day trip to Hawaii, a wedding coming up, and the Hunt (a horse race...booze fest) all before the end of October. We have a little work to do on the two rooms that we started (one electrical outlet in the laundry room needs to be wired in to the fuse box, base trim needs to be put down once we finish the flooring in the workout room). Then it is on to the major room (to be a 2nd family room/den) and then Scott's workshop. It is not an easy feat but I am sure we will come in close to our deadline.

I will post some pictures this weekend once the first two rooms are completed! Wish us luck and hopefully someday we will not be slaves to our house.

Don't you just love these

I was at Bloomie's yesterday and was hunting these babies down only to find out they aren't out yet but you can of course "pre-order" them. I got two pairs of Tory Burch shoes for my birthday from my parents but wanted something a little bit different and my mom said, go look at these then. Lone behold she was right!


I will be patiently waiting for them to arrive sometime soon!

Wonderful Weekend

It was a wonderful weekend filled with a farewell dinner for a neighbor's daughter on Friday night. She is off to her first year of college and is attending the University of Delaware. She was very excited to be leaving in the am but the emotional rush was sinking in that this is it, I am leaving for college, getting away from home. She will do wonderful things and is in their nursing program. All the best this year Lexi! Looking forward to seeing you at Christmas!

Saturday my best friend and I went up to the Woodbury Commons, just over the NJ/BY border in Rockland County and walked around shopping for about 5 hours. After a few bags in our hands it was time to leave. We stopped at Home Goods on the way home, love this store, and I bought a new cabinet for our dining room! I have been looking for some time now and found one that works! Scott and I then went to pick it up on Saturday night then went to dinner. After we got home we moved it into the house and then it was time to start getting things put into it!!!!

Sunday we were up early and Scott went out and got breakfast for my birthday! He cut the lawn and did some stuff around the house. I got some things ready for dinner on Sunday night. 11 people came over for dinner and we had some fantastic ribs, corn on the cob, cheesy potatoes, salad and then dirt cake. I am sorry now that I didn't get a picture but there is none left so you can imagine that it was good! Thanks Bren!

I was exhausted on Sunday night and didn't get a ton of sleep and then Monday night we had the Fantasy Football draft. It started at 9pm and went till 11 something. I was tired yesterday but am good today.

Thank you again to all for the Birthday wishes, cards and gifts! It was a wonderful birthday!