Our Kitchen Remodel-what fun......

Here is our make-shift kitchen

Fridge in the dining room (sorry it is sideways)

Where the leak was....see all the mold? (ok notice the ugly counter tops???)

The decontamination chamber (it was so star trek!!)

After the mold was cleaned out.

Drywall all back on. And top cabinets all out. And new tile is down :)

New top cabinets up. And check out the yellow walls!

Part of the bottom cabinets in. That is how it is right now.

So most of you know we had a leak in my parents house (where I am living right now) behind the dishwasher. It was all moldy, so they had to tear everything out and clean the mold (which was a HUGE process). We will have a whole new kitchen, except appliances. Mom is so excited! But what a mess we are in! And have been for 7 weeks now!! You think it would be fun to eat out all the time, but that gets old...fast! And expensive! Paper plates and cups......can't wait to drink out of a real glass! And the living room is such a mess!!

But hopefully just 2 weeks left and we will be all done! I will definitely post the pics when it is done. :)

I am back....in a Hotel.....

Well I thought I was done staying in Hotels for a while...but nope. I am back in one for a few nights. They are starting the mold clean-up in the kitchen tomorrow, so we are staying in hotel at Lake Buena Vista. It is a 2 room suite (so I can have my own bathroom). It is not very new or anything and it has exterior rooms!! I got heat stroke just bringing my luggage up!! I need to get out of FL!! ARRGGGG!! But I am so excited to have my own room with the bathroom in it!! Aahhhh.......

So right now we are watching Catch me if you can while waiting for dinner to be delivered. Yep, we are getting room service!! Well sorta......they a delivery service where we are having TGI Friday's delivered. None of us have eaten there before, so we will see how it tastes. We just could not face getting back out in the heat.......

What have I been up to???

Sorry, I have not updated this in a while.......I really DO want to keep up with this, cause it is fun!!
So what have I been up to??? Hmmm...well the big thing right now is we are having to remodel the kitchen (mom and dad's place...but I am living there now) NIGHTMARE!! Tomorrow, Sunday, after meeting we are checking into a hotel for a few days while they do the mold clean up. You all know me and chemicals!! I am outta here!! So we will see how the hotel is.

And then yesterday, I had the day off so I went to the store JUST TO SCRAP!! Wahhooo!! As usual, I talk more then scrap....hahaha But I still have so much fun with my scrappy buddies!

I have 500 pics to scrap from my OK trip! It took me an hour just to organize the pics from the drive there! I got 3 Layouts done. This is going to be so much fun to scrap! But as I look at them it makes me sad...missing Ryan.......

Speaking of missing Ryan, tomorrow he will have been gone for 7 months. I can't believe it!! I hope the next 5 months go fast! Miss you baby!

Check out my new do!!

I am a redhead again!! I wanted to do this before going to see Ryan (he has always loved redheads!) , but just ran out of time. Mom offered to do it for me, so I took her up on it. :)

Look where Flat Stanley has been!!!

Helping with Laundry. What a good little helper!!!

Fighting Ryan for the last yummy bread at Outback

Eating breakfast at the hotel in Norman, Oklahoma.



Flat Stanly has had some adventures!! He has been in several states!! He didn't make it to the zoo, but after the hail storm, I was so glad he didn't!!

It was so much fun having him tag along with me on my trip!!

BTW- Stacey's daughter, Sophie, made this Flat Stanley and shipped him to me in OK. It was so funny seeing the faces on people as I was trying to prop him up to take the pics! haha

Thanks Sophie!! I had fun with Stanley!!

I am home!!

This is what I looked at everyday while I was on the road.......

Look who I had my lunch break with!!!

I got home at almost 9pm Friday night. It was a looonnggg day!! Started out pretty good. Got up, had breakfast downstairs (eggs & cinnamon roll). My stomach was a little queasy, so I took my time getting ready while watching the movie "Taken". Then got on the road. In the afternoon I saw a sign that showed I was only 20 miles from Live Oak. So I called Amanda, cause her sister lives there and I thought I could say a quick hi. Well she said her sister was probably sleeping since she works nights, but that her mom was working, and I forgot that her parents live there too!!! So she directed me while on the phone how to get there. She works at the "General Store" at a camp ground. So I went inside and surprised her! It was so much fun!! You should have seen her face!!! She did a triple take!! And then she called Amanda's dad to get him to the store and I surprised him too! So since it was lunch time for me, I had my snack while they showed me around. Had such a nice visit!! They even talked me into coming up in the fall for a camping trip! (can you believe it Amanda???)

But then, a few minutes after I left, she called cause I had brought their only employee bathroom key with me!! hahahah So I had to turn around and bring it back......

So on my way home, I picked up Five Guys for dinner. It was so nice to see mom and dad!

Then Saturday I went by the store to say Hi to Mari and check out the changes there! The store looks great! I can't wait to get back in the swing of things!

I am very torn about being home though......happy to see everyone, but so very sad to leave Ryan........Hopefully we will get to see each other again soon!

Back in Florida.......

Well I made it to Crestview, FL by 7pm (still central time though). Had a pretty good drive today. Stopped at a Prime Outlet Mall for my light lunch and went in a cool store! I was in purse heaven!! I will post pics later......Then I went through Mobile, AL during rush hour. Right before the tunnel, traffic was at a stop! So I got off and called Ryan (in case I have not said it recently, I had the best husband!!) and he guided me through downtown and got to go through an even longer tunnel!!! I hate merging onto a highway, and I hate bridges, so what did I get to do?? Merge onto a bridge!! I tell you what, I am having to many adventures on this trip!!

So I got to the hotel at 7pm. Beautiful brand new Holiday Inn Express!! Love it!! And walked to the Cracker Barrel for a fabulous dinner! (hamburger steak, mac & cheese, backed pot, biscuits and raspberry lemonade)

I am sure I am missing something, but Naureen kept me on the phone so long...hahah (and I loved it!!) that I am too tired to keep thinking for typing. So shower and bed I am heading....

Just 400 more miles tomorrow and I am home....bitter sweet. Want to see everyone, but dont' want to be that far away from Ryan......miss you!