I'm baaaaack ...

I know I haven't posted in over a month but, let's face it, absolutely nothing interesting has been going on in my life. I tried to post about 3-4 weeks ago but the pictures wouldn't post so I just gave up. Let's see ... we installed cabinet hardware in our kitchen, painted an accent wall in our bedroom, I spent a long weekend in Florida with my mom and my aunt while James was in NYC for work, I turned a year older, we've been married a year longer, and I guess that's about it. Other than that, it's work, walk dog, cook dinner, eat, sleep, repeat. Like I said, not too exciting.

James was in NYC the weekend before my birthday (if you don't know, it's 2/14) so I used our last remaining Continental miles to buy a ticket to Tampa to spend the weekend with my mom and my aunt in Clearwater Beach. When they're not cruising around the world, my aunt rents a house down there to escape the cold weather in Pittsburgh and my mom goes to hang out with her and their dogs. James and I got home from our respective trips on Feb 13th and we both took Feb 14th off so I had him all to myself on my birthday! It was a good day ... even though I'm a year older.

I really have nothing else to talk about. Is that sad? I promise I won't go so long in between posts anymore. I hope I have some more exciting things to talk about too. I'll leave you with some pics ...

First came the cabinet hardware. It was very nerve wracking knowing a small slip would be very visible, and we actually messed up on one of the drawers in this picture! After freaking out for a minute James became the MacGuyver of drawer repair with a nail set, a hammer, some sand paper and Gorilla Glue ... crisis averted.

Here's the master bedroom. We already painted the walls a sandy khaki color but the room was still blah with the drapes and walls being very similar and the ceiling being too light. We finally painted the ceiling to match the walls and we chose a chocolate brown color (Labrador) for an accent wall. I've never been a big fan of "accent walls" but I really like it. It really is a nice rich brown.

Here's a pic of Clearwater Beach. It was kind of cool while I was there so I didn't get very much sun but a cool day on the beach is better than a freezing cold day at home, right?