Making Progress

The painting has begun! We started last Friday with the master bedroom, and it’s pretty much finished. We may need to roll it again (at least in a few spots) to make sure it covered well, but I definitely love the color!!! It’s a really pretty caramel color called Butte Rock. It’s darker on the walls than in that sample picture, but it’s just a very warm, inviting color. Definitely beats the pale blue color that WAS on the walls…

We also got started painting the master bathroom last weekend. It will need to be rolled a second time, but I already love love love the color (Adobe Beige). It’s hard to tell from looking online, but it’s basically a lighter shade on the same strip as the paint in the bedroom. It really looks great with the dark cabinets and the cream-colored tub and shower. I’m so excited!!

Next up, I think, will be the kitchen. It’s going to be a really great shade of green that I found. I think it will look good with the floor and cabinet colors. 

La-Z-Boy is having a one day sale today on the living room furniture that we’ve picked out, so tonight, Travis and I are going to go up there and order it. We’re going to get a 3-piece set (sofa, loveseat, and recliner). We measured our living room (even spread out sheets and towels in the floor in the size of the furniture pieces), and I think there’s room for it all, so I hope it looks good and not too crowded. The furniture itself is really comfortable, so it’ll be a nice upgrade from the old stuff we have now :)

Yesterday, I picked up my ring from Kay Jeweler’s. I’d been without it for about 2 1/2 weeks! When I took it to have it inspected a few weeks ago, the girl told me that it needed to be re-rhodium plated. I had no clue what she was talking about! But, she held my ring up next to a ring in their display, and my ring (which is white gold) looked really yellow next to theirs. Apparently, all rings made of white gold are dipped in rhodium, another metal which is used to make the white gold look more white. Eventually, the rhodium wears away and you need to have your ring re-dipped in it. I asked the girl how often I need to do that, and she said that it really depends on your skin (I guess your body chemistry differs?). One website I read said that they recommend the re-rhodium plating every 12-18 months! I don’t know why I’m just now figuring this out; after all, I’ve had a ring on my finger for 4 years now!! Actually, I’ve gotten my ring re-sized several times, and one of the prongs had to be tightened once, so I think they must have re-rhodium plated it every time, and I just didn’t realize it (although I knew it came back looking great!). So, now my ring looks all white and sparkly again. I’m so glad Travis got the extended warranty on my ring though! Who knows how much money I would have had to pay every time I got it re-dipped or re-sized!?! 

Travis got back yesterday from a quick trip to Tuscaloosa. He went down there Tuesday afternoon with his boss, Danny. They spent the night Tuesday night in a hotel, and then they spoke to two freshman EE classes Wednesday morning about the PIF and the co-op program. Travis said it was a good trip. They ate at Chuck’s Fish for supper Tuesday night. We never went there when we lived in Tuscaloosa, but he said it was really good. Breakfast Wednesday morning was at the Waysider (I’m jealous!). The presentations apparently went really well though–one of the ladies in the co-op office emailed Travis and Danny to thank them for coming and to tell them that they had kids lining up outside of the office after the presentation was over. I’m figuring that this won’t be the last time Travis goes down there for something like this :)

Well, gotta get busy! Hope you’re having a great week so far :)