Unexpected

Today I tried to keep myself busy. It's rough when your two best friends are both gone! Thankfully, even though one had to leave today, the other's coming back to me. :) He should be landing in ATL any minute, actually. Then it's a short layover before his flight to Jax. Then a medium drive to get HOME.

To distract myself, I did some "to dos" around the house, and I took pictures of what Mom helped us accomplish during the week....

*Painted the trim above the tile back splash a true white. It was a beige, and the tile, trim, wall, and appliances (we inherited bisque appliances in this house..... which are definitely better than no appliances or poorly working contemporary colored appliances) all just blended together in a "blah." Now the wall, trim, and tile counters pop better. :)

*Painted the rest of the kitchen trim white! Eventually (when it cools off), we'll take down that door to the lanai, sand and prime it, and paint it white, too (we'll be replacing the rest of our doors with molded white doors over time as well).

*Used Barkeeper's friend to bleach/clean the other 2/3 of the kitchen grout I hadn't cleaned yet AND sealed it with 2 coats of sealer. Hopefully it will stay bright and clean a long time now!

*Added a second coat of white paint to the built-in china hutch and scraped the excess paint off the glass. :)

*Here's a view with the flash, so you can see how the white looks nice and clean against the walls.

While the paint stuff was out, I touched up our kitchen chairs today, and they look freshened up now that the puppy teething marks are painted over. ;)

Also, I stopped by Dollar Tree on my way home from a Kids Camp meeting to look for something Holli mentioned for Kids Camp (VBS). I didn't find what she told me about, but I DID find some great "teacher" stuff for $1 each!! I'd heard the dollar stores can have great teacher finds, but these were so cute and quite unexpected. All this for under $7!



We hope your weekend gets off to a great start!
MUCH love (and missing you!),
B