Our Fence!

The most exciting part of my week so far is...our new fence!

We got a privacy fence installed and I don't know who is happier, me or the dogs! The PLAN is for the dogs to be outside when we are not home. Just the two days with the fence my dogs are a lot calmer when they are inside.

But the funniest part of the new fence is to look out the door to the backyard and see Cooper sitting there wanting to come in! I tell him he has a whole yard to run around in but I think he is most content by our sides....oh silly Cooper!

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Happy Birthday, Cooper!

Today is Cooper's birthday (sort of). Today marks the one year anniversary of the day we got him so we decided that he is going to turn three today!

He started his birthday celebration with some good ol' canned dog food. That is quite a treat for him so he scarfed that down pretty quickly.

Then we went on his favorite...a car ride! He hung his head out the window and didn't even wear a seat belt! We took him to McDonald's for his very own ice cream cone! (Of course Joe wouldn't let him eat that in his new car)

At first you could tell Cooper did not know what to think about this. Cooper has had ice cream before but we have never let him have any so at first he was little timid.

After a few licks, Cooper became quite a fan of birthdays!

He didn't even share his cone with Annie!

He also got his a new squeaky toy but I think Annie thought that it was her birthday present!

He ended his night with a nap on the living room floor while we watched the finale of American Idol....I think he had a stomachache!

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Guest Bedroom

Here is the guest bedroom before with the previous owners. Here is the guest bedroom after! We painted (two coats of primer and two coats of paint) and changed the overhead lighting. We also got new bedding because our critters ruined our old bedding. I still need to get a second curtain panel and we need bedside tables.

What do you think?

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Our Herb Garden

A few coworkers at work surprised me with a herb garden. Many of them have overflowing gardens and I decided once we got our new house that I wanted a garden.

Before when recipes called for fresh herbs I had to buy a packet from the grocery store.



We have basil, rosemary, parsley, thyme, and oregano.






Complete with a blue ribbon!



My plan next year is to start a veggie garden on the side of our house.


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New House, New Rules

One of my goals in moving to our new house was doing a better job keeping it clean. A lady at work told me about Flylady and the little steps you do to keep your house clean. At our old house, we had CHAOS (can't have anyone every syndrome).

The first step is to keep your kitchen sink shining. There is this long process to getting your sink clean. My goal is have my sink clean and free of dishes every night before I go to bed. Now I cannot say this has happened every night but I am doing pretty good!

This has moved over into other areas of our house. Hubby is doing a good job of making the bed every morning (because I get up before him). But this morning, Joe gets up way before me on Sundays and I came back into the bedroom and thought 'Joe didn't make the bed this morning!' I forgot that I was the last one up!

Our house is staying a lot nicer! No dogs are allowed on our new couch! So with our new house, we have new rules! Do you have any rules for your house?

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Bathroom Makeovers!

The bathrooms did not take a whole lot to change. We painted, replaced the cabinet hardware, and installed new towel fixtures.

Here is the half bath before: it was sponge painted that texture on the wall.




And here is the half bathroom after! When we were buying towel racks, Joe did not understand why we needed one for the half bathroom. Boys....

This is the full bathroom before. I still can't fully describe the color.

And after! It's pretty similar to our bathroom before.

We still need to get new bathroom lights and I have a michevous idea to paint the bathroom cabinet black in the half bathroom..but a certain someone doesn't think that is a good idea.






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Our Bedroom

Here is our bedroom before....

And our bedroom after!

We painted and hung a new ceiling fan. It does look similar to our bedroom before. Do you see a Joe in this picture?

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Living Room

The living room was also fun to decorate! Here are the before pictures when we looked at the house.

And here is the after! We painted, got a new chaise sectional and our new TV!








We still have some transformations up our sleeve but we love our new living room!




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Kitchen!

It's slowly starting to feel like a home!

One of the first things we unpacked was the kitchen. The kitchen in the house we were renting was kind of small so we are excited for more cabinet and counter space.

Here is a couple of pictures of the before.

And here is the transformation after!


We painted, put new appliances in, changed the lights, and changed the cabinet hardware.


One of my favorite additions is our new stainless steel appliances! I even made Joe dinner tonight and baked cookies!

I still need to add some homey decorations but I really like it! What do you think?

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M.I.A

If you are wondering where I have been the last couple of weeks, I have packing, procrastinating on packing, taping, painting, moving, and unpacking!

We got our house on Wednesday and after 2 1/2 furious days of painting, new appliances, fixing holes, changing lights, we are officially moved in! I will not say that we are completely unpacked but some major things are done!

Major pictures to come!

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