Playing catch up

Hi folks,
Just wanted to pop in to give a quick update. I landed a fantastic job in Tennessee, and August 19th will be my last day at USC. I'm really going to miss the fantastic friends and colleagues I've made while here, but I'm looking forward to homesteading with Ian! My birthday is on the 20th, so I'm giving myself unemployment and my first home for my birthday!

Now to the pictures!
Here's the before:

And here's the after (adjacent corner):

One room down, one to go! WOOT!

The bathroom is the next room. We've already torn it up, but I'm at a loss as to what to do with it. We've got a mauve bathtub and limited funds right now, so that's hurting progress. I think I'll keep the pink bathtub just for fun, but how to plan around it? I have some of the floor tile that'll work with it, but the walls are stumping me. The whole bathroom is currently tiled halfway up the wall (except for the shower/tub area), and it bothers me. I like all tile or no tile (again, except the shower area). Also, the tile is white with little green/gold specs, so it looks off-white overall. Suggestions (and pictures of suggestions) are absolutely welcomed!

So stay tuned, friends. Looks like my 29th year on this planet might just be the best yet.
xoxox,
akc

Creative cooking adventures

Just wanted to give y'all a head's up that I'm going to be doing a series of posts on the Conway Scrapblog about creatively cooking when your hunger is high and your budget is low. Taking the odds and ends in your pantry and making something exciting and new is a challenge, but can be really fun!

I'm a sucker...

Normally I do not do these sort of things, but a friend went to New Zealand last summer and loved it. In fact, he came back a changed man.

I'm not saying I need to be changed, but it would be fantastic to finally get to go on a honeymoon with Ian, albeit three years later! So head on over to makeuseof.com and enter their contest! If you win the trip for two to New Zealand, you have to take me because I told you about it. Deal? Deal.