Yay!

As of today, I am married to a registered architect! We found out today that he passed his final test. No more studying for him for right now!

Bless His Heart

Remember this guy from Ben's office? The one who rigged the march madness pool? This is his Halloween costume he wore to the office, Supergirl. Not Superwoman, or even Superman (which would make a little more sense), but Supergirl. 

Bathroom Renovation: Part 1

Back in May, Ben and I finally started round one of our bathroom renovation. We have been planning on doing the renovation for about a year now, but things kept coming up that prevented us from carrying out our plans. During that year, we ordered items we wanted for the bathroom as we found them on sale/had a coupon and just let the boxes stack up until we were ready. 

Our bathroom contains our laundry area and closet as well. Here are some before pictures: 

Our bathroom was painted lime green, which I loved. We just got tired of it because it has been like that for about 3 years now. One of our least favorite parts of the bathroom were the curtains we had to use to cover up our closet. The dogs like to eat the curtains, and it just looked messy. 

Round one of the renovation involved painting the bathroom grey, adding a super fabulous closet system from Ikea (with DOORS!), new lighting fixtures (globes from West Elm), new mirror, new shelves over the toilet, and new accessories. 

I love this mirror. We happened across it the day after Christmas at Crate and Barrel. It was a $400 mirror, but Ben found this one as a floor model while I was in the bathroom for only $100! I love it! We will be taking this with us when we move. 

Also notice the super cool dachshund art on the wall, which we found at Z Gallerie. 


Round two of the renovations, which will happen in a few weeks on my break between semesters, will involve removing the light fixture over the mirror and replacing it with a sconce on each side of the mirror. We will also take out the old vanity/sink/faucet and replace them. The new vanity will be Ikea kitchen cabinets, a white vessel sink, and a new brushed nickel faucet. I also plan on changing the fixtures in the shower. My one dilemma is the shower. It is just nasty. No matter what I clean that thing with, it never looks clean. More like just a lighter shade of grey because of all the dirtiness. It would cost WAY too much money to replace it, so I decided I would just have it refinished. For some reason, I was thinking this cost about $200. According to my pricing, it will actually be close to $400, which is a problem. I found a kit online to refinish it yourself that only costs $50. I'm just scared it might make it worse. 

That's our bathroom! I will post more pictures after we finish round two. 

Weenie Update!

Cleo can be a grouchy weenie at times. She likes to take both bones so that Eleanor can't have one. When Eleanor gets near her, she growls. 

Here she is with two bones. She looks really innocent, but don't let that fool you.  

She is being really sweet in this picture. 

Crazy Eleanor! 

Happy Fourth!

I know it is now the fifth, but this post is about the fourth. Yesterday evening we went to the Lenox fireworks show. Hillary works for a PR firm that had something to do with the VIP tent at Lenox, so she was able to get us in with her for the evening. It was so nice! We parked at her office across the street, walked straight over to the VIP tent, and then got us some free dinner. The tent had catered food, free drinks, and tables set up with a perfect view of the stage and the fireworks. It was all FREE. We had a really good time!

 

We Made It

Ben and I successfully completed our first Peachtree Road Race this morning. We were in the fourth time group, which is pretty good. We started just before 8:00 this morning, so it was still relatively cool. We jogged on and off most of the way, except for at the end. Considering I did ZERO training for this, I am impressed with myself! The best part is that about half of the people walk the whole race, except for the last .2 miles or so, when about 90% of the people start running like they have been running the entire race. I guess they want to finish strong, right? Most of those people looked like they were about to pass out after they crossed the finish line. We are a little disappointed that the shirt is plain white. We were hoping for something a little more exciting! The design on the shirt is nice, however. 

Ben's parents came out to watch us, even though we didn't see them as we walked past them. We met them back at our house after the race and went to lunch together at the Vortex. Nothing like a post-race grilled cheese and coke zero! 

Anyway, we had lots of fun and hopefully we will do it again next year!

I Picked A Good One!

This morning on the radio they were talking about Forbes top-paying jobs for women. Guess what was number 9? Speech-language pathologist! I was pretty excited by that, so much so that I had to call Ben and tell him. I think it is a great job, but it is interesting that it made Forbes list. However, the only problem I found is the salary that they report for SLPs. It is a bit high, but SLPs get paid less in this part of the country. 

The article is an interesting read as well. You can check it out here. According to the article, a pay-gap still  exists, with women earning about 80% of what men earn. I'm surprised that the gap is still as high as 20%. 

Anyway, I'm glad I decided to be a SLP! And on that note, I will leave you with a quote from one of my patients.

Me: Can I sit here?

Patient: Anywhere but on my head!