Steph's Birthday Weekend!

So last weekend was Steph's birthday so we vowed to take at least one day "off" from working on the house. We figured with the impending move, the big-ticket projects, and the work we had put in that we deserved a day off. That didn't mean that we got to take the whole weekend off of course though! Steph and her mom were at the house painting until 1am on Friday, so I stopped by to help and to bring a little birthday snack...


Magnolia's cupcakes and some beer make any painting party better.


My Saturday was spent in the normal fashion... working on something or other. This weekend's project was putting down a new sub-floor in the kitchen. We wanted to even out the new and old spaces and clean everything up. I think that I literally used about 1,000 tacks to put it down. If anyone goes to rip it up in the future they are in for a very unwelcome surprise...


We also spent the day cleaning up everything, from the yard to the basement. Since we we moving in a week later, we wanted to make sure that everything was nice and clean. Sorry - I know you really wanted to see pictures of our nice clean basement aka temporary living space / kitchen, but I did not snap any... don't be too disappointed.

So after a "relatively" relaxing work day, Steph and I got into bed with the thought that we did not have to get up at all the following day. The day started as any Sunday should... with brunch! I made her a Cinnamon Baked French Toast (courtesy of Pioneer Woman). We cut up some berries and made some nice strong coffee. It was pretty much perfection.




After that, it was off to a 1:30 showing of the Hunger Games... which was AWESOME. We decided that we need to make a Sunday matinee movie a staple in our lives - especially on rainy days. Even though we had vowed to do nothing house-related, we couldn't resist a trip to Target. Then, we had to (of course) drop off everything... I mean, we had to do SOMETHING productive! Here's the birthday girl now!


After that, it was dinner at one of our favorite Indian restaurants, Indie Blue and then a stop at Steph's parent's house for "cake"... We aren't sure what happened here....


After an enjoyable visit, it was back to the apartment to prepare for the next day of packing and other fun...