Signs of Summer

It must be summer.  Here's the evidence:

1. Watermelon.  We've gotten the most delicious watermelons at the grocery store this week.  Is it just me, or do the seedless watermelons taste even better than ever?  Thank you, genetic engineering.

2. Hydrangeas.  My co-worker continues to bring in huge buckets full of hydrangeas from her garden.  I am amazed at how gorgeous they are - of course, I'm partial to blue hydrangeas since they were our wedding flower.

3. Baseball.  We're going to see the Nationals play the Braves this weekend with my co-workers.  Does it make me a bad fan if what I look forward to the most is the presidential race?

Laundry Evolution

From space saver (in our condo)...

... to dinosaur age (in our house - ick)...

... to space age (delivered yesterday)!

I'm in love.

Kitchen Tile

After 2 weeks of eating breakfast and lunch at Subway and either pizza or Chinese food for dinner, our kitchen is finally finished!

Here's what the kitchen and laundry room looked like when we moved in:

We removed the rolled vinyl (which our vacuum had already eaten a few pieces of) and the 2 layers of vinyl tiles underneath it:

And we installed 18 x 18 inch porcelain tile!

We also updated the trim around the doors (and got to see the awesome old wallpaper in the process):

Also, our laundry room color is now "warm caramel" and it's ready for our washer and dryer to be delivered tomorrow.

I can honestly say that I've never looked forward to doing laundry as much as I do now!

Before and After: Landscaping

Backyard before:

Backyard after:

Side yard before:

Side yard after:

Landscaping

This is what 30 bags of mulch looks like - let the landscaping begin!

Chick-fil-A

I LOVE that there's a new Chick-fil-A reasonably close to our house!

I don't love that the drive-thru line looks like this...

...or that the line behind me was about the same length as what was in front of me.

But what matters is that I got to eat a chargrilled chicken garden salad for lunch - heaven!

Plants

We're ready to do some planting!

Special Delivery

Our tile is here - all 1,281 pounds of it!

Peg Board Palooza

J spent part of the weekend installing peg board in the garage.  And quite frankly, it's almost sickening how organized his tools are now.  Not that I'm complaining, because it looks amazing!

Also, here's a sneak peek at the "beach retreat" office I've been working on:



And just for laughs, look at what a fun time J had at Ikea buying garage shelving: