Ready to do a new do

Tomorrow I have an appointment to get my hair cut and highlights.

I'm excited.  I'm ready for a new and exciting  haircut.  Looking forward to my upcoming trips and wanted a new fun and easy hairstyle to go with it.

Found a website on the internet that lets you try different hairstyles on a picture of yourself. 

The next few pictures are guaranteed to make you laugh out loud.  That was my reaction too.

 Nope.....don't think so

Don't think this one is going to work either.

 

 Even if it was the right color.....still not right

 Nope.  Not this one either.

 Okay.....now we're getting weird

Oh hell no!

Well this was a big waste of time.  Guess I'll go tomorrow and just see how it all works out.

IN OTHER NEWS......we went and picked out the shingles, gutters, siding, and shutters today.  Now we just need to decide on the color to paint the siding and the trim.  Decisions.  Decisions.  This job will begin around April 4th.

We also met with the plumber today about re-piping our entire house.  We sprung another leak in Paul's office and these old galvanized pipes just aren't going to make it anymore.  We will be having all the pipes in the house replaced with Pex pipes.  That job will begin on March 21st.

Can't wait......our house is going to look brand new inside and out.

And last but not least......we cooked steaks and Pierogies last night for dinner.  Our first time eating Pierogies.  I made a Cilantro and lime sour cream to dip them in.....oh my god, that was the best sour cream ever!

Now it's time to try and get a little work done.  Spent the whole day doing other things and not able to get stuff done.  Oh well.

Have you figured it out yet?

Have you figured it out yet......we are a boring and nerdy couple!   I can't believe the things that we find enjoyment in.

Here's another installment of random pictures that we took the last couple of days.  If you didn't figure out yet that we are boring and nerdy.....here's another chance:

This picture was taken and sent to Aaron and Shay to show them that I loved my Christmas present from them and found a place to hang it!

 

Having problems with the video loading....in case it doesn't....

here's a picture of it (you can also find it on my Facebook page)

 

 

This is Paul trying out his new Kanga Boots.  No words necessary for this one, except I hope that he doesn't break his neck!

 

The next few pictures are of our project of gluing and framing our awesome puzzle. 

Why in the hell did I even take these?

 The old Pizza Zone gift cards worked amazing at spreading the glue

into every crack and crevice of the puzzle

 Here it is......all framed and ready to hang in our exercise room!

(or the room that we hope to have finished and finally turned into an exercise

room and a place for Paul to use his Kanga Boots)

 

 Found these in the grocery store the other day and had to share this picture with my

Cheeze-it loving son.  I think they finally made my FAVORITE flavor of Cheeze-its!

 I also sent this picture to tempt him with these crunchy squares of cheesy goodness

 When we were in Las Vegas in January, we ate at an Irish Pub in Mandalay Bay and tried something new.....Cauliflower Au Gratin.  Well, it just happened to be one of the most delicious things we had ever eaten.....so Google found me The Barefoot Contessa's recipe....and last night I made it.

 This is Wrigley.  She is always right under my feet when I'm doing anything, so I decided to take a picture of her last night while I was cooking.

 Here's the cauliflower ready to go in the oven. It had Cauliflower, a white sauce made with Gruyere Cheese and Parmesan cheese, and topped with shredded Gruyere and breadcrumbs.  Can you say delicious?

 This was all that was left after dinner.  We ate simple last night....Cauliflower Au Gratin and Baked Sweet Potatoes......awesome dinner.

And last, but not least, these are the kinds of picture my husband sends me.  We have a catering order Wednesday morning of Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo and he was showing me how many servings fit in the catering tray.

Yes.....we have a strange and weird life.  But I seriously wouldn't trade it for anything!

Progress has begun

As we've been wrestling with our decision whether to buy a new house or stay.....we finally made the first step towards getting this place back in shape.

We'd love a new house with a pool, but for now we're going to wait and see how much we love our house after we get it all fixed up.  We are so close to having the house paid off, we hate the thought of starting another mortgage.  We've also discussed doing minor renovations and renting out this house and moving.

But as of right now......we've started moving this house out of the 1980's and into the 2000's.

We had two different companies come out today and quote us to do new siding, new roof, new gutters, windows, and a new storm door.

Once we've picked the right company to do the job.....we begin the process of picking colors, picking siding, picking shingles, picking the type of gutters, picking out a storm door.

 

Can't wait to see it once we're done.  This will pretty much take care of the entire exterior of our house.  We'll have to work on some landscaping after that and get rid of the ugly backyard.

After all that is done......we begin the task of 3 bathrooms remodeled, all rooms painted, new carpeting upstairs and the stairs, kitchen remodel, new tile and wood floors downstairs, and new furniture.  Don't have much on that list at all......NOT!  We're pretty much going to have a brand new house once we're done.

So many things to do and so many decisions to be made both personally and professionally.  Sometimes I just don't want to think about anything important.

Well.....back to work