Living in a Mess!

Well, we really haven’t made much progress on unpacking since my last post. We got the TV/entertainment center set up on Friday night–which is a several hour project b/c of the surround sound and all the cables–but other than that, things look about the same around here. Travis has been slowly getting his study organized, but it’s still got a way to go. 

There have been a couple of reasons for our lack of productivity:

1. Saturday, we spent all afternoon running errands (and spending too much money!). We went to Kohl’s, DSW, Target, Men’s Wearhouse, and Encore Furniture. By the time we got home, we were both tired! So, we ended up watching the A-Day game and lazing around on the couch that night.
2. Sunday night, Travis left for Nashville and was gone until Tuesday night. And it’s hard to start unpacking and putting stuff away without his input on where it all should go. Of course, the kitchen is finished, and the bedroom mostly is, but a lot of the stuff that hasn’t been unpacked yet is mostly “junk”, and I’m not sure where it needs to go (probably in the trash!). 

Here are a few more “before” and “after” pictures. As we become more organized, I’ll post updated pictures…

Dining room “before”

 

Dining room “after”

Living room “before”

Living room “after”…the color is different, although you may not be able to tell from this picture. Excuse the mess! :)

Travis’s favorite purchase so far…our comfortable couches and recliner!

Guest bedroom “before”

Guest bedroom “after”…still a work in progress!

Guest bathroom “before”

Guest bathroom “after”

Master bedroom “before”

Master bedroom “after”…ignore our “beach towel” privacy curtain :)

The study is not picture worthy yet, so I’ll have to show you that later. It’s the same color (taupe) as the guest bedroom, so there’s not much to show. 

My big exciting find this week was a china cabinet! I wasn’t dead set on buying one this soon, but I found one at Encore Furniture Saturday night that I really liked. It’s not new, but it’s new to me, and it’s in pretty good shape. Here’s a (bad-quality) picture of it in the store:

Yay!!

It has lights, which is one thing I really wanted, and I love how it has glass doors on the bottom as well as the top. From looking at a lot of different china cabinets online, it seems to be a pretty unique one. I’m excited! We’re planning to put new handles/hinges on the doors and possibly new lights depending on if/how well they work. Should be a fun project!

Update: They just delivered it a few minutes ago, and I love it even more here than I did at the store. It’s a good bit darker than I thought it was, so it’s actually darker than my table. (I thought it was going to be lighter). Here’s what it looks like in the dining room:

 

Here’s my china…still in the box after 3+ years…but not for long!!

Another new development in my life is that I’m planning to run the Cotton Row 10K with Mollie on Memorial Day. I’m excited and scared at the same time. I’m definitely not in the shape I used to be in, but I hope I’ll still be able to finish. That’s 6.2 miles, and apparently there’s a pretty big hill around mile 3 or 4. I’ve run plenty of 5Ks in the past, but a 10K will be a new challenge! I’ve been trying to run about 2-4 miles several times a week for the past couple of week, so maybe by the end of May I’ll be up for it! :)

Travis had a good trip to Nashville for “Quad A” or “AAAA”–not sure which way it’s supposed to be written…haha. That stands for Army Aviation Association of America, and they had a big expo at the Opryland Hotel for companies that work on army aviation to network and meet with each other. He came home with a few freebies and got to “sleep in” for a couple of mornings…they didn’t get started until 10 or 11 AM either day! This is also his week to have Friday off, so he really only had yesterday and today as “real” work days. 

Well, I’ve got to get busy. I’m making this dessert for my “birthday buddy” at work to take tomorrow, and before long, it will be supper time. Gotta run! 

Hope you are having a fabulous week and staying dry in all this rain! :)