Crazy SAD week!

Okay, so does it blow anyone else's mind how many celebs have passed away in the last week? I know that millions of people die every day, and that each one leaves a hole in the lives of those they leave behind, but it still seems so odd when 4 high-profile individuals die within one week.


Ed McMahon
March 6, 1923 - June 23, 2009


Farrah Fawcett
February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2009

Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009

Billy Mays
July 20, 1958 - June 29, 2009

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Job Search Update & The 8 Things Thing! :)

NOTE: Tammy tagged me over the weekend, and I have been trying my darnedest to get this posted, so that is why all of the references to Monday, and the "Yesterday" section refers to Monday, btw, lol :)

Hello, and happy Monday, everybody!

Hope that everybody has had a fantastic beginning to this week! I had not one, but two job interviews today. I felt pretty good about both of them, and should have more info by the end of this week!

I was also tagged to play the 8 Things game by Tammy @ Encouragement for the Day! So without further ado, here we go!

Here's how to do this 8 THINGS thing:

Mention the person that tagged you (check). Complete the lists of 8's. Tag 8 of your wonderful bloggy friends. Go tell them you tagged them!

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Weekends!
2. Being a mom, someday!
3. Getting a new job
4. Landscaping our yard
5. Our Colorado trip in May
6. Finding a home church
7. Riding the motorcycle this summer
8. Bible Study on Tuesday!

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Showered
2. Laundry
3. Picked up 6 pack and a pound from Taco John's
4. Took Austin's temperature
5. Fed the dog
6. Made brownies
7. Ate a spinach salad
8. Studied for my job interview

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
1. Drive a stick-shift
2. Visit my family more often
3. Work from home
4. Speak several different languages fluently
5. Travel for a living
6. Have lunch with my hubby every day
7. Get amazon.com to work for me :S
8. Go to the She Speaks conference

8 Shows I Watch:
1. NCIS
2. American Idol
3. Law & Order: SVU
4. Psych
5. Monk
6. Deadliest Catch
7. In Plain Sight
8. Crossroads

8 Bloggers Tagged:
1. Katie at Three Blondes and a Redhead
2. fransmomma at The Frans Clan
3. Nikki at Project: Domestic Bliss
4. Denise at There's Always Room for One More
5. Heather at Dear Diary . . .
6. Mikki at The View From My Beach Chair
7. Jen at mommablogsalot
8. Mel at Super Tweak

Renovation Realities ~ Family Room Reveal!

Renovation Realities

Okay, I know I said that today we would be revealing both the family room and the downstairs bathroom today, but my camera crapped out after the family room pics :S

We moved the door on the left back about 5 feet, and made it go directly into the kitchen. It's funny, I didn't realize it until I was looking at the pictures side by side, but the place we have Diddy's kennel now is almost exactly in the same spot as it was when we first got the puppies :)

Before:


After:


The television now takes up the entire wall. We decided to go with a projection system (you can just see the corner of the projector, mounted to the ceiling, in the upper left hand corner), so Austin found the biggest screen that could fit there (92 inches) and we actually saved a lot of money compared to what a normal television would have cost!

Before:


After:


I know the animal print is super sexy, but it just didn't work with our decor. We did almost keep the forest scene wallpaper with the life-size deer that was underneath the animal print - j/k! That big round window was really massive, and boy was that sucker heavy. We decided to remove it and put in the four square windows sometime in the middle of winter. I remember standing outside on a platform helping Austin support one of the windows on the left (the very back of the house) while snow was drifting into the family room, luckily that was before drywall and carpet, lol!

What you cannot tell from this picture is there is a hidden door in the animal print that led down a tiny little staircase into what was the master bedroom for the main floor apartment (the house had been divided into 5 apartments at one time). The structure and foundation of the bedroom addition was so disintegrating that we decided to remove it all together, now that is where we will put our deck, eventually (see this post)

(Aunt Geri! - Look how I've used the birthday present to decorate our coffee table :) )


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