This beaut seems to serve its purpose. There’s a mini fridge/microwave combo, an “honor system vending machine” and a table filled with old gossip magazines, but wait… something’s missing… no sink! What’s a kitchen with no sink? That’s right, a break room. Dangit. I lost my work kitchen and now I have to go to the bathroom to even make a cup of coffee. Gross.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Washing Berries by the Pot
This beaut seems to serve its purpose. There’s a mini fridge/microwave combo, an “honor system vending machine” and a table filled with old gossip magazines, but wait… something’s missing… no sink! What’s a kitchen with no sink? That’s right, a break room. Dangit. I lost my work kitchen and now I have to go to the bathroom to even make a cup of coffee. Gross.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Time to Celebrate!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Zip-a-de-do-daaaaaaa
They serve anything from crab cakes to steak, and yes, grits. The food was pretty good, but company, well, second to none.
To get up on the first platform, you have to be hoisted up into the air by a rope. Oh. My. Gosh. This was the scariest part of the day for me!
Once you got up so high, the post ran out & you were just left dangling there. Just hanging out...
Coming in from the first zip - pretty easy!
Here's one of all four of us on one of the platforms. What do you think - Bob the Builder or a family of coal miners?
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Glass Front Cabinets
I know I want a light cabinet color (maybe a white with a hint of almond - sounds like it would be good in my coffee), but I'm still struggling over counter tops and back splashes. I know I have a tendency to love trendy things, but I promised myself I'd stay timeless with this kitchen. I want to love this design 10 years from now.
Our kitchen is pretty standard, just builder grade. I think I found a way to jazz it up, though. While mulling over pictures on houzz.com, I started to notice lots of my favorite kitchens had glass-front cabinets. Not the scary kind where the entire upper half is see-through, but just a couple, just enough to make it interesting. I love the three examples below.
I want to make the two cabinets on either side of my sink glass-front. I got the slightly OCD gene of organization that my sister has (although we're not quite sure which parent it came from). I can just image stacking colorful plates & glasses in these cabinets to add an extra element of style to our kitchen and it makes me so excited!
I'm tempted to rip the doors off tomorrow and take them to Hobby Lobby to get them fitted for glass. (Yes, I know I can't do that and I'll have to hire a professional), but I'm so tired of waiting! Until then, I'll dream about my glass-fronts and occasionally browse the isles of TJ Maxx hoping for some beautiful pieces.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Birthday Girl
Friday, April 13, 2012
Shaping Up
We’re getting back in the habit.
Ever since we moved and I had to quit working out at 9Round, my body has been craving exercise. Working out at 9Round made me love exercising and I’ve missed it so much. There’s a 9Round close to my work, but if I leave at 5:00 and try to make it over there (Harbison Blvd = Columbia’s Mall = my version of H E double hockey sticks) I won’t be able to begin my work out until 6pm. (Mind you – it’s about a 7 minute drive from my work to 9Round if there’s no traffic. That’s how bad it is at 5:00).
There are a few good gyms in Lexington and some people suggested a place called the Body Shop, which seemed great, but I love classes, so we wound up here:
I know, I know. I hate big franchise gyms too, but they have awesome classes and they have this:
THE CARDIO CINEMA
It’s a fairly dark room that plays great movies. You can use the treadmills, ellipticals & bikes in here for as long as you’d like and you have a great movie to watch. I’ve always found I can run much longer when I’m distracted. This room may become my new best friend.
When we went to join last night (around 6:30pm) we put on our pristine workout clothes and set out to conquer our laziness. We left the gym at 7:30 with a contract in hand and an appointment with a personal trainer. Crap. How did that happen? First thing I knew we were talking to this juiced up New Yorker about how he moved to SC to be with a girl and the next thing I knew my name was on his calendar for Monday at 5:30 and Ryan’s on Tuesday at 6:30. Shoot. He better not check my BMI! After we realized we had talked to him for over an hour, we decided we needed to eat, not workout. Well, I decided it. It was past my supper time and I couldn’t work out on an empty stomach, right? I didn’t think so. We decided to tackle it the next day.
As we were discussing our new gym membership over chicken wings and fries (yes, this really happened), we decided to give working out early in the morning a shot. We decided to go to bed at 9:00 and wake up early for the 5:30 class.
Fast-forward to this morning. My alarm went off at 5am. I snoozed until 5:15, and then threw on my workout clothes (again). I grabbed some Gatorade because I needed to dominate this class like Michael Jordan would’ve, and Ryan and I headed over to the gym. I convinced him to do the class with me because there were other guys in there. The class was called “Body Pump” and was taught by a guy named Rine. Should’ve been a sign. Everyone in the class was so nice & they came over to help us get our equipment set up – I guess we stood out as first-timers. After the class-regulars and instructor introduced themselves we got rolling. It started off great and I was really feeling the burn. Rine had a Britney Spears mic that he used and abused. Imagine this.
About half way through, Rine shouted out “Amy and Jason we’re so glad you joined us today!” I lost it. Jason? Where did that even come from? Through the pushups and lunges he called Ryan “Jason” about six more times. I couldn’t quit laughing. After the class, one of the men made a B-line for Ryan and said with a smile, “It’s Bryan isn’t it?” Ryan said, “No sir, it’s Ryan.” The poor man hung his defeated head and walked out.
It wasn’t a complete fail – we got a great workout and I already can’t walk very well. I think we’ll go back, but if Rine keeps up with the “Jason” thing, I’ll eventually have to correct him. I can't handle a whole year of trying to keep a straight face with that man.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Trends for Spring & Summer
CLUTCHES
STATEMENT JEWELRY
Majority of these pictures are from a boutique called Page6. You can find them on facebook. My horrible best friend introduced me to this shop a few weeks ago & should be locked away. I'm on a quest to start eating ramen noodles again so I can spend all of my money in this store!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Basement Bathroom Redo
- We moved from a 1 bathroom house to a 3 and 1/2 bathroom house. In our old house I was forced to stick with traditional, neutral colors.
- I have a hint of hippy in my blood and sometimes tend to lean towards a bohemian style.
Here's a couple of shots of the bathroom before. The powder blue color just didn't work for me. It actually looked more aqua in person.
Aaaaaannnnnd.... AFTER! I pulled the wall color, a muted sea foam green, from the curtains (Christopher Lowell is somewhere clapping his hands furiously.) I knew I wanted something in the green or blue family for the walls, and when I saw these curtains from World Market, I immediately fell in love.