Salon de Linares

Computer is still not working. I'll need to see if our computer guy at work can fix it or else I think we'll be buying a new computer (laptop p.c. ... boo) during the tax free holiday in a week or two.

You know I was trying to think of ways to raise money for my new Mac and I found it. Behold, my masterpieces!





Only kidding. Not long after we were married Lucas started asking me to cut his hair. I was totally against it but finally we bought the clippers and away I went. I made Lucas sign a contract stating he could not divorce me if I screwed up his hair! Ha! Well some time has passed and we have certainly saved tons of money with these hair cuts. And their aren't too bad if I do say so myself. So my dad has been after me for a long time to cut his hair but we just never found the time. Well, this weekend he and granddaddy came over to help us put up crown molding in the family room / kitchen area. After all the work, we went to the back porch and I gave dad and Lucas hair cuts. Haha! What a sight to see for our neighbors I'm sure!

So as I mentioned, we worked on the house on Saturday. We got all the base molding put up around the top. Yesterday, Lucas and I sanded, taped, and painted all of our work. Today when we get home we'll take the tape off and unveil our work. I'll post pictures then. Next we will put crown molding on top of the base molding. Then, we'll fix the windows. Then, we'll install our new mantle. Then, the room will be complete (for a while.. until we build in the bookshelves on both sides of the mantle). I am also interested in fixing up the kitchen a bit. Plans I'd love for the kitchen: paint cabinets, change hardware, add marble countertops, add tile backsplash, and install under cabinet lighting. We don't have a very large kitchen so this shouldn't be too hard... no doubt the marble will be expensive though. More extensive kitchen renovations were initially planned which included extending the kitchen into the eat-in area and adding simply bar stools and counter instead of the table we have now. I doubt that will happen but we'll see.

A special thanks to my mom who brought us over a few goodies since Belks was having a sale. Lucas and I went back yesterday and bought him two shirts and me this fabulous jacket.


Not a great picture, I realize, but you get the idea. Short-sleeved, cropped zebra jacket. Awesome!! Mom bought me a cute suit that we have to tailor a bit. Once that is finished I'll have to show you!