Weekend

My plans include:

• Watching this movie:

• Finishing my stripping project and maybe painting?
• Exploring some decorative trim for interior doors.
• More Couch to 5k! 

Happy weekend!!

Happy Weekend

If you need me, I'll be at Jordan Lake this weekend camping

Quick Beach Getaway

We had a great (and hot) getaway to Topsail Beach over the weekend. It was a delight to introduce Burt to the Atlantic Ocean. He had fun, though wasn't quite sure what to make of this jellyfish. At least he knew to keep his distance!

Scenes from a Holiday Weekend

We bowled Friday night - I handily beat Jake in both games. Booyah.

I repainted the inside of my faux bamboo china cabinet. Color is Winter Flannel by Valspar from Lowes in satin. Definitely has a bluish/purplish tone to it. I had a sample can of it lying around and wanted to use it up.

Filled back up with our collection of 'nice' dinnerware and our owls.

There was also eating, hammocking, yard work, more painting, cleaning, bike riding, movie watching and the like. But no fireworks! We are bad Americans.

Later, Skaters

Heading to the mountains this weekend. Gotta remember the shades.

And to keep our heads above water, too.

I can't believe 4th of July is right around the corner!

Lighted

One of the lovely things about living here in North Carolina is the coast. Big, sweeping sand dunes tumble down into wide, flat beaches. So different than the sometimes rocky California coast I am used to. We went down to Beaufort NC last weekend for the music festival. We had some time on Sunday before heading back home so we hopped out to the Cape Lookout National Seashore and lighthouse.

The diamond pattern is tres chic, non? The black and white indicate E/W and N/S. Very clever!

TGIF

To the coast we go for the weekend. Have a good one, my friends

Snowpocalypse!

Sounds like it's going to be a cozy, homebound weekend here in the Triangle. Good thing I have crown molding to hang and walls to paint. I'll be busy!

Wknd progress

Our home has some quirks - some great and some hideous. These Godawful brass light fixtures graced the hall and guest bedroom. These are practically the cheapest fixtures available in LowesDepot and they sure look it. The one in the guest bedroom was even falling apart at the (poorly soldered) seams, threatening to rain glass shards down on our unsuspecting guests. Welcome to our home, care for a scratched cornea? Ugh. Brass.

I finally convinced Jake that we could easily DIY this job and picked up some rubbed bronze flushmounts today. They are also cheap but much classier, no? After a small amount of CFL bulb drama, we triumphed!

During our weekend jaunt down to Charlotte, we headed back through Asheboro and stopped at the North Carolina Zoo. It was a little chilly (hence my wearing of Jake's blue hoodie) but a nice day overall for some walkin'. The zoo's spread out over 5 miles of pathways so we clocked some miles checking out the Africa and North America exhibits. My favorites are the elephants and apes and monkeys. It's also a kick to see all the little kids and their amazement at even the least-exotic animals! Look,mom, a SQUIRREEELLL!

Just playing around with Jake's new camera (Lumix DMC LX3) and caught this crazy little bug chilling out on my basil plant.

Happy Friday

Have a laid-back weekend.

Hope everyone had a great 4th! Burt just chilled at the lake in his Blublockers.

Heaven on a plate

Turkey bacon, avocado, spinach and tomato on toasted italian bread. It doesn't get any better than this.

Sweet Treat

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Friday night we hit up The Cupcake Shoppe in Raleigh. We went out for First Friday when galleries and studios are open late with no intentions of consuming cupcakes but I couldn't resist.

An adorable shop with yummy treats - I had a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting and Jake had a classic chocolate/chocolate combo. The cakes are nice and moist and the frosting is generous. A bit too much for me but frosting lovers will be pleased!