Bathroom Remodel

So over the weekend while I was shopping I had the bright idea that I wanted to remodel my tiny bathroom. Once upon a time I loved the lime-ish green color on the walls but between dogs and a growing brother the walls have taken their share of abuse.

At TJ MAXX I found a cute shower curtain. Actually I got a great deal and bought all of the accessories there for under $40.00. That includes a shower curtain, shower liner, toothbrush holder, Q-tip holder, hand towel, new bathroom cabnit knobs, rug and picture. I think it was a pretty great deal for the quality of the items. I just LOVE that place, but that is a whole other obsession story.

Sunday I had the day off so I went to the store and got paint and whatnot. It took me about an hour for all of the prep-work (I swear it's the worst part of any job) and I began. A few hours and three coats of paint later I was finished and finally went to bed around midnight.

Today after work I painted the ceiling and trim, put everything up and did some cleaning.

Overall I am VERY happy with the way that it turned out. Now I have a "grown up" bathroom as my brother says.

Before

 After

Now if I could only get rid of the stupid blue toilet and sink! I didn't do too bad for a girl, huh?

Crabs

Yesterday was so much fun! In the morning Grant, his mom, me, and my parents met up to look at a reception venue. Of course I fell in love with the place and I don't even want to look at anything else. It is exactly what I want and so much better than I had even imagined. We will probably still look at some other places but at this point I have a feeling I'm going to compare them all to this place. Now if only the next 685 days would fly by! Here's a pic with us at the place. I'm not saying where it is because I want everyone to be surprised, if that is even the right word. Basically if I put up the 5 million pics I took of the place there would be no reason for you to come see it yourself! Haha.



After that we headed to Annapolis to meet up with some more of Grant's family to eat blue crabs. We had a great time and I didn't cut myself on a crab once! Also, my mom did pretty well for it being her first time eating blue crabs.



After that we headed to the waterfront in Annapolis and checked out some of the things in town. It was pretty cool and I defiantly want to go back sometime.

So somehow I managed to get today off as well therefore I'm thinking of re-doing my bathroom. It's getting pretty grungy and needs a face lift. Yesterday I found some stuff at TJ MAXX so I'm excited to get it up and paint at some point. Also, I'll probably work on cleaning out my room some. Every time I do it it gets messed up in less than a day. Grr. We shall see.

Drug Problem

I know... I know... Two posts in one day. I just happened to see this on a friends facebook and wanted to share:

Just Peachy

Hello All,
I've been a busy bee here lately. I have pretty much worked at the cave every day, minus today, which makes for a tired me. Today I worked in my classroom. I am pretty excited about everything that I have done. I have decided to try out group seating, we shall see how that works out. Also, I have almost finished my bulletin boards. Every time I do one I just can't believe how long that it takes. It is pretty silly! Here's a few pics of the work in progress.



There is still a lot to do on this one. To the left will be the lunch menu/ student information and on the right is my area which will hold notes and whatnot. Mixed in will be student work. Over the year the tree will change with the seasons

Overall I have a lot of organization left to do. Now that the bulletin boards are done I feel like it is starting to look like a real classroom.

Humm... other things that have been going on. Oh, I made peach preserves. 30 half pints to be exact. They were pretty easy but made the kitchen pretty steamy. This is how  easy it is.

1.Start with 12-15 large peaches. Wash and slice them up (cutting out any bruised/bad parts) and put them in a pot.

2. Bring them to a slow boil for about 20 minutes. While they boil mash them up. I used a potato masher. Mash them until they are a consistency that you like. If you like chunkier preserves leave them chunky if not keep  mashing.

3. After everything has boiled down measure out 6 cups of peaches into another large pot.

4. Bring to a boil and add 6 cups of sugar.

5. While boiling add 2oz of powdered fruit pectin. Boil and stir for one minute.

6. Remove from heat and start canning process.

See, it's pretty easy! I did 4 batches to make 30 half-pint jars

Other than that and a bunch of piddly stuff that is all I have been up to. My ear is doing pretty well. I got all of the bandaging off last Friday and it seems to be healing up pretty well. Only one area has pulled back open. My hearing is about the same but I think when I start the drops to dissolve the packing on the 11th I will have a more noticeable improvement. I suppose that is all for now!