Just a few things to get off my chest....

So i totally and completely love my husband, more than I ever thought possible. Lately, however I have noticed some small behaviors that really tick me off. Due to my lack of employment and the slight case of OCD that I suffer from my house is always pretty much clean... and not just clean spotless. My husband just seems to be intent on destroying that! I know its not polite to gripe about your husband but if one newly-wedded wife out there can identify with me I think I will feel better.

Here is a really neat trick ladies, although the hamper is 7 feet away (yes I measured) my husband likes to stow his dirty clothes under the bed. HOW WEIRD. He calls these clothes- not so dirty - which means he is going to wear them again. Why not fold them and put them on a shelf in the closet???? I always forget to look here before I do laundry and end up with dirty clothes when I'm finished which is really aggravating!

Here is another neat thing Bass Master on the night stand...

Oh and I forgot to mention my husband does NOT read in bed.

SO WHY IS THIS HERE????

The printer on the floor with paper thrown about. I Know that in an office there is going to be technical equipment. I fully understand this concept, but will somebody please tell me why I spent time and money decorating this office for Pat when he chooses to accessorize with a printer??? UGGGG and its been there a while.


Here is another one of my personal favorites. Yes the hamper may be full and yes I may be a little behind on laundry, but does it have to spill out onto the floor?? Can you not get it in the basket??? REALLY????

Ohh laides here is my favorite, this morning I came in to check my e-mail and play on facebook when I discovered this disgusting germ ridden reminder that I married a little boy with a big-boy job, A dirty used band-aid. Oh my word! How disgusting!


I know it may seem like I have a real problem with my husband, but really I am so thankful that all I have to gripe about are these little things. Our life is in fact pretty wonderful, I just had to vent and try and seek some sort of reassurance that my husband is not the only one with these silly little quirks.

I hope everyone is having a marvelous day!

God Bless,

Cassie

Garage Renovations are Complete!!!!!!!

Finally after about a month of work on our garage we completed all of the work! I am so happy to finally be done it is so organized and so wonderful! I love it!!!

Before: No finished drywall, the floor was a mess and the storage and work bench was confined to my vintage table and crap every where!

Our make shift work bench and the dry wall seemsWorking on the dry wall

My handsome husband (I tell him over and over again brown and black don't go together)After all the finish dry walling is complete, what you cannot see is the inch of dust over all of our possessions.

After all the dry walling was complete we painted the garage, we painted it the same green as our living room. I know its weird to paint your garage a color but we had 2.5 gallons left and couldn't decide if it was more weird to paint it green like the rest of our house or buy new paint for the garage when we had tons of left over... oh well at least it looks good!

Before: After dry wall and paint came the floors. I previously used the garage floor as a drop cloth for my many household projects so we got a 2 part epoxy finish to seal and cover the concrete. I think it turned out nice and the best part is it cleans really easy! After: Clean painted floors (with decorative flakes for gripping when the floor is wet)


Finished walls and floorStarting on Patrick's man station... work benchAdded a top and a storage shelf

Complete with peg board for organization and paint for the bottom and poly for the top (had to seal it so germs from man stuff could be washed off easily)

Happy handsome hubby with a complete work bench and organized tools! Now onto the wife's project!

Before: this is the area we keep all our shoes and the dog's leashes and random stuff. Since our garage enters our house right in the dining room/kitchen we keep our shoes outside, What a mess!

So I came up with a design and my wonderful husband was able to bring it to life! What an amazing man! Here is my storage unit in the works

Here it is all finished with hooks for everything and way to much room for shoes! Oh well I guess I'll have to get some more!

Our completed garage... a panoramic shot I know its kinda weird to be so proud of a garage but strangely I love it and I'm so glad we put in the hard work!
Onto the next project, up next is a real big one... the back yard fence. The good news is my dad, the closest person to Bob Villa that I know will be here for a whole weekend to help and teach us how to put up our own fence. For now I'm just glad its over as you can probably see the garage was a mess it was but it is all better now!

Labor Day

My hope on this Labor Day weekend is that all of you have wonderful plans and are going some where fun and exciting. Of course my husband and I can't go anywhere because of his demanding job, but we do have Monday off! HOWEVER you can probably guess what we will be doing... LABOR. We are going to finish the garage!!! Completely done, shelving, work bench, peg board, and my coat and shoe center! Wish us luck!

I thought since I cant go on vacation this week I would share some photos of our latest vacation. We spent a wonderfully relaxing week in Kennebunkport Maine this June, ohh the memories!

Even though the beach was cold it was still so amazing and romantic

Truly the most amazing scenery! I can't imagine what it would be like to live here and always be surrounded by beauty and history.My happy handsome husband loving the beach and smoking a cigar! Oh and I may look like the Gorton's Fisherman but you have to wear that to go deep sea fishing and since I love my husband (and he spent a whole day antique shopping) I agreed to go no matter how silly I looked!

Walker Point... summer home of the Bush family! The best part of the trip for these two Republicans!

Happy Labor Day!

God Bless,

Cassie