Things seem to always work out

Happy Monday. The reason for the title of my post tonight is because everyone up here in northern california was freaking out about our "drought". Well I say you can't do anything about the weather so might as well enjoy the sun shine AND things seem to always work out so don't worry about it. What happened this weekend? Rain, rain and more rain and everyone was happy to see it here, even this so cal gal.

My momma was able to come up this weekend so it  made this gloomy weekend a little brighter! Zac and I bought her a gift certificate for Alaskan Airlines for her birthday so she was able to use some of that to come up and visit. Zac was actually home on Saturday and we drove over to our little airport here in Santa Rosa to pick her up. It was a little sketchy on the drive over with all the rain but driving with my hubby made me feel safe because he knows how to handle the crazy conditions like hydroplaning on the freeway.

We headed home to just relax. That night I decided I would cook a new recipe that I had found on Pinterest. It is a roasted red pepper soup and it was delicious! It really hit the spot on such a cold rainy night. But our whole day wasn't just relaxing we also did a little DIY. I have this little table that I've had….well to long. It didn't really go with the new decor in my house but I jet haven't really known what to do with it. My mom had a great suggestion that she had done to a dresser at home. She always has great ideas! SO here is the before and after! Goodbye black, hello white and faux wood.

Thank for all of your help momma I think it looks great!

Zac had to head back to work on Sunday but mom and I decided to do our usual trip over to Calistoga and St. Helena. I wanted to try out a new place in Calistoga so we ended up having brunch at 1226 Washington. The breakfast was pretty good. I am more excited to try it when its a warm summer night because they have a really cool patio area. But we were able to stay dry inside with a fireplace. After brunch we headed over to St.Helena. We stopped in a few stores and I bought buddy a gift of course.  Then it was back home to relax and work on my curtains.  As you might remember I put up curtains up in our living/dining room area except they were to long so my mom wanted to hem them all for me. My living room is really coming together! We watched a movie and recorded the walking dead! We were very excited that we were able to watch it together. It was a really fun relaxing day.

Before we knew it , it was already Monday. we both ended up sleeping in and went out to brunch. After brunch we stopped at TJ Maxx and Marshalls to do a little shopping. I wanted to find a small narrow table for my living room. I had in mind what I was looking for, now we just needed to find it…and inexpensive. We ended up finding something that would work but it was black and needed to be painted. Not a big deal. I must say that I am very happy with how it turned out.

Don't mind the cardboard at the bottom. I had to touch up the paint and wanted to see how it looked in place. Its hard to tell from here but I also bought some new frames at Marshalls, they are super cute wood frame. I think it looks just beautiful.  Anyways, that took up most of the day. And then I had to drive my momma to the airport. I can't believe how quickly this weekend went by. Crazy.

Now Im just sitting on my couch taking it easy.  Zac comes home tomorrow! Can you believe it!? At work for only two days and then home for four? He is actually getting to experience his normal schedule. Although this coming weekend he is back on a three day. However, we do have valentines evening together! An actual holiday where we get to see each other. Pretty cool. Im not a big valentines day person I am more of a its Hudsons birthday person! I can't believe that he is going to be four years old. We got him when he was seven and half weeks old. Speaking of Hudson let me show you what he was up to last night.

Yeah, hes a biggen. You can't really tell from this picture on the left but if you look at the one below you can see it next to Huddys paw and see the size of it. Yuck. Don't get me wrong I am happy that Hudson is killing these rodents but lets just say Zac can clean that thing up tomorrow. Thanks babe, love you!

Well I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend and that you really enjoy this fabulous week that has started. Cheers!

Before and during

I guess I don't really know what to talk about tonight. But I do know that I feel like I need to catch up on my blog. Its not that things aren't going on in my life and I have nothing to blog about…its in fact the complete opposite. I have a lot going on and when I have any free time why would I want to blog about it when I can finally relax!?

Well tonight I would like to talk to all you readers ( when I say all I mean mostly my mom and sister who I am sure are the only two who read this) about my house. I guess I should call it my home, cause it has been feeling more like a home lately then just a house. For those of you who have purchases a house you know how stressful and emotional it can be. For those of you who have yet to purchase a house, well, good luck! I strongly believe in the whole "everything happens for a reason" saying. And at first I didn't understand why Zac and I would place offers on houses and why we wouldn't get them. Now I know. Holding out for the perfect house for us.

We had a few things to get done to the house before we could even move in. First and one of the most important things was to put up a fence so that my sweet boy Hudson could run free, well, not free but you get the idea. Then there was removing a wall in the living/dining room, refinishing the hardwood floors and painting the entire inside of the house. When that was finished Zac and I spent the first night in our house on June 22nd. From then, it was game on.

 So this is what Zac and I were dealing with when we first moved in….I know, who paints their house peach with red and green trim? However, for some reason we saw past the ugly colors and the jungle yard and saw a diamond in the rough.  I have always liked ranch style houses, well this is might be considered an older version of a ranch style house. I have also always loved the look of craftsman style homes and I felt like this had a hint of that charm. The stats were things we liked, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, 1880 square feet, big master bedroom at the back of the house with a hug walk in closet…okay the closet was totally a bonus. Plus we also get to enjoy a laundry room, a detached garage and a little over 1/4 acre of land! We saw something and since the day we have moved in we have been working like crazy to turn this house into a home.

 Well, here is what have done within the last six months. As you might have noticed the color of the house was one of the first things to go! We painted out house a beautiful dark grey color with a nice bright white trim and I must say I love it. I do NOT however, love the door but the door I want is pretty pricey so it hasn't been a priority….obviously.  Zac was a dear and got rid of all those jungle plants in the front yard, flattened it out and we put in 1500 square feet of grass…you heard me right, 1500 square feet of grass! Im pretty sure thats bigger than the last house I lived in. Next will you please notice the new gravel because we got rid of the round driveway and if you look in the very back we put up a new fence! Its all coming together.

 Before we moved in….I guess they really liked plants. But what Im thinking…is if you like plants so much then why don't you make your yard beautiful and stop putting a billon potted plants all over your front porch? Oh well, to each their own.

Sorry bout the crooked picture and for that red door. The red isn't really that bad but I just don't like that door at all! One of my favorite things to do on a warm night it sit out on the porch with my hubby and enjoy a glass of wine. Its just the best.

 So here are some of the before pictures. Yuck. Im sorry but just so not my style.  So as you can see no front fence and that is a pretty big issue with having an alaskan malamute. He likes to check things out and thats a nice way of me saying he will run away. So lets check out some after pictures…which I don't know if I can be calling these pictures after yet because you are always working and changing things on your house. But this is whats going on right now.

Much better view wouldn't you say so? Its nice to come home to not only something you enjoy looking at but something you worked really hard to do! Well I think I am going to call it a night. Maybe my next blog will be pictures from the inside of the house because I feel like it is just as or more dramatic change then the outside! Hope you all have a good week. Mine stated today, I usually have Mondays off but we had a meeting about our new laser at work today and scheduled two surgeries so I offered to assist with them. It was a nice little day, little work, little grocery shopping and still able to relax at home. Alright, see ya!