As those of you who've been with me for a while may know, each month I use a new desktop calendar from Shabby Princess Scrapbooking. Also, as you may have noticed the first of September came and went with no desktop update. That is why it is now the 19th of September and my computer desktop still has an August calendar up. Work is crazy! But don't worry, I couldn't even see the calendar because it was covered up with files (I know that is really bad to keep saving things to my desktop but it just happens overnight and I have to do a cleanup every other week or so - but there has been no time). Anyway, so I'm finally getting around to changing the desktop. Now, SP has a really cute calendar. Check it out: BUT - this is my desktop for the month of September and most likely through mid-November at least. (Aww, heck - probably all of December to celebrate)!
anything with lots of meat and cheese, bacon is a bonus - also likes grilled chicken sandwiches
PIZZA
Chocolate Krispies, although I don't let him get this very often
plaids, maybe. I got him this really cute pair of madras plaid shorts but he wasn't too amused with them.
49ers I think, but he likes the Colts, too. And Auburn just to drive me crazy.
He can't vote yet but you can bet when he does it will be for a Democrat - Oh, yea! :)
No clue... I could look it up but I'm lazy!
bite my nails (I know it's bad)
3 in the U.S. - 1 in Colombia
Colombian
He isn't a huge fan of cake but he loves icecream. I'd probably bake a plain vanilla or butter cake with lots of icing. But all the icing would be for me since he doesn't like it. I love birthday cake, icing, and ice cream. Yum!
Tennis, of course! And soccer I think.
watching television, working on the yard, staring at his beautiful wife. Haha!
car, I'm guessing. He needs one for sure.
Journey.
Hehe! Make my turkey noise - it's awful!
Yes, very well. I joke that my mom loves him more than me!
a Rolex or a big piece of land with a brand new house designed just the way he wants (he's somewhat picky about those things).
*in my best imitation of John Stewart imitating Dick Cheney*
Well, we were supposed to have W and now we have Cheney. I think I honestly would have rather had W. I'm a little creeped out knowing this guy is right down the street from me. Don't worry, I won't be attending ($1000) or having my picture made ($10000) - or talking on my phone for that matter (damn wire-tapping sonofa..... oops, better keep it at least pg13).
Yes, you can blame tennis for my absence here at The Linares Family blog. Lucas and I packed our bags and left Friday after work headed to Dothan, home to the 2009 Mixed Doubles State Championships.
(Yep, there I am with that killer serve. I won all my matches!)
We had a fairly good tournament. It was a round robin tournament but our last match could be considered the finals match since it would determine first and second place. I won my match and watched on as our other two courts went to 3rd set tiebreakers. Lucas was in one of those tiebreaks and ended up losing 8-10. He and his partner played excellent though. That was by far the best team of the tournament. Our other team ended up losing their tiebreak, too. So we finished in second - literally just 2 points from being the State Champion.
(I did get to do a little of this while I was there. Magical! That is my partner Pat's baby, Allison Grace. Oh, and check out that shirt!)
The first place team cannot move on to the next round so our team has automatically advanced to the Sectionals tournament in New Orleans. How fun! Unfortunately, there is no way that either Lucas or myself will be getting off work in October - our busiest month by far at each of our respective jobs. I am working on pulling out team together but it looks like we may be one woman short of having the required 3 teams. Ugh! I hope I can resolve this but, needless to say, it has really been a lot of work this year. Right now, I am captaining 3 active teams. What am I thinking?!? This is way too much work - so next year you can bet I'll be cutting down.
I have invited the team over to our house the weekend before the Sectionals tournament for a Thank You / Good Luck party. I'd like to make it Mardi Gras themed since they will be traveling to New Orleans. We'll see.
A big thank you to Debbie and her sister's family for letting us stay with them while we were there. We had a great time! Also, on the way back home we got to visit with some of Lucas's old friends. They are a great couple with a clay tennis court in their back yard! How awesome! Lucas and John hit around a bit and Marilyn and I shared a beer and some great conversation. I really hope we can come back and visit them again soon - I'm thinking early Spring of next year.
AND - last but not least - thanks to mom for keeping our baby Rafa. We missed him so much while we were gone. I didn't think mom was going to give him back! He loves his little vacations at grandma's! Haha!
Running was put aside this weekend as tennis took 'center court' but we're back on the road again now.
Oh - and look who has arrived - Fall! I do love this time of year with pleasant temperatures and nice breezes but I will miss my hot summer days.
Oh, crap. Those leaves are about to start falling. When buying a house, one should be told the conditions that come along with that house during each season. We were not aware.
I forgot to bring my camera out today but Lucas had his trusty, new iphone and captured this picture of our lunch in the park. Today was the simplest I've done yet - ham & cheese sandwiches with chips. No watermelon. No pasta salad. Nothing special. Sorry, Lucas. But I still enjoyed the company and the nice break from the office. Back to work!
A few weeks ago, My home - My life asked if any of her followers had accomplished any major changes while their husbands were away. And - alas - I have. I did this a while back (yet it is still unfinished) but I thought I would share since it is new to you.
Before my husband started his fairly new job, he took a trip to Colombia to visit with his family. I took this time to completely re-decorate our guest bathroom.
Here is the before:
(photo taken on our first tour of the home - previous owner's decor)
This is bad. But I'm not sure you grasp the hurt that this room is in. Can you see the awful floral wallpaper and wallpaper border around the tile? And that wooden shutter? Don't get me wrong - I love shutters. But why half the window? This totally reminds me of the 80s because I think I had these on my bedroom windows when I was like 5. So - all of this had to go.
Does anyone know what happens when you take down wallpaper in an old house? You NEVER know what you might find! We (my partner in crime, mom, and I) found really rough walls - as if some large cabinets or fixtures had been hanging there before but were taken down and it was disguised with wallpaper. How did I fix this? I took some sand and threw it in the paint! I had always heard about this treatment on HGTV and the likes but had never tried it. It actually turned out really well!
Let me know what you think!
(the room is long and skinny so hard to get the entire room in one shot with my lack of photography skills)
Here is how we pulled it off. I really wanted this brown zebra print pattern somewhere in the room but didn't want to go overboard. I thought towels might be a nice way to include this but didn't want to have to stock it full of $15 towels. So we bought one, then took the brown towels I already had and added a brown ribbon edge to the detailing to bring in the brown in the zebra print.The piece on the wall above the towels was my mom's. She put it in the yard sale for $3 so I had to 'buy' it! :)Mom bought me this cute urn when she saw the wall color I picked out. And you can really see the texture of the paint in this one. I love it!The bamboo shade was on sale at Home Depot for $12! Things I'd still like to do in here:
Need reeds / sticks for the urn on the counter
Would like to frame out the mirror with molding
Need a new rug - still using just a plain white one I had. I'd love a brown zebra print runner but may go with one of those plain rattan rugs with a dark brown border.
Yea - and the cabinets probably need to be painted but that is a long way from now. Kitchen first. But I'll probably do the laundry room first to experiment.
I didn't really care for the white tile before but I think it kind of pops now with the green. I wouldn't chose it - but I'll learn to love it.
I went the entire week without telling him what I was doing! I'm so proud of myself for keeping it from him. I usually just get so excited about it I'll spill the beans - but not this time. So Lucas was totally surprised when he came back. I think he was glad I had done it and he didn't even have to help.
BUT - this is my desktop for the month of September and most likely through mid-November at least. (Aww, heck - probably all of December to celebrate)!
(See, I cleaned up just for you!)
Whe!
(Left to Right. Men: Kieran, Pat, Lucas, Ken.
(Yep, there I am with that killer serve. I won all my matches!)
(I did get to do a little of this while I was there. Magical! That is my partner Pat's baby, Allison Grace. Oh, and check out that shirt!)
(Doesn't he look so excited about this?)
(photo taken on our first tour of the home - previous owner's decor) 
The piece on the wall above the towels was my mom's. She put it in the yard sale for $3 so I had to 'buy' it! :)
Mom bought me this cute urn when she saw the wall color I picked out. And you can really see the texture of the paint in this one. I love it!
The bamboo shade was on sale at Home Depot for $12!
