I tend to celebrate my birthDAY like it's a birthWEEK. It started on Tuesday (my birthday eve) and I got my hair done, nails done, and had a jewelry party complete with cupcakes and ice cream. Wednesday was the actual day - and since it's quarter end, Joe had to go to work. But not before he brought me breakfast in bed and I received my much-asked-for-push-present/awesome wife gift of a right hand diamond eternity band. My hubby is the greatest! Then my parents arrived at 9:30 and I went and had what was the most amazing massage of my life for 90 minutes and then I was jello the rest of the day. That night we had steaks and cake and it was wonderful.
We wrapped up the week with my birthday party with friends on Saturday night, and it was a BLAST!! I haven't had so much fun socializing in quite awhile. We left Lil E with her Granny and Grumpy and for the first time in a very long time Joe and I took a nap. When we got up we cleaned and everyone came to the house for some pre-dinner drinks and then we taxi'd to La Huerta (best Mexican food ever) where we ate and drank and were quite merry. Here some pics to prove it....
Myself and Baby Joe with a lime in my hand
From left (Brandy, Laura, Myself, and Joe)
Fearing the third tequila shot
Greatest birthday ever.
It's been awhile since I posted and A LOT has happened and is also the reason I haven't posted much.
I spent an INTENSE 5 days and got Evelyn potty trained! It's so great - this is going to change my life. We did the pants off and don't leave your house method and the first day was rough, but by about 5pm I could tell it was working and now she does panties all day and night no problem! Yes, there has been an accident here and there, but it's totally worth it and wish I had done it months ago.
I essentially decided when she was at school one day to research the heck out of potty training and really start implementing it the next day. It's hard - I'll be first to admit it. Potty training is by far the most frustrating thing I've ever been through, ever. But to be free of diapers and wipes and pull ups (oh my!), it's heaven. Although I now tote around a collapsable potty in my purse instead. But we decorated it and it's great. One tip that none of the things I read mentioned: When using a public potty, be sure to cover up the sensors. Evelyn was just about to go on the potty while at a restaurant and she leaned forward and set off the automatic flusher.....she levitated off the potty and a meltdown followed. That probably set us back a day, but all is good now.
A project around the house we did was paint the kitchen/den/eat-in kitchen area which is about 1/4th of the total downstairs square footage. I'm always so optimistic and was all "Oh, I can totally do this in 2 days". 5 days later, and with Joe's help (I think he might have actual slowed me down) we finished and the room looks great. I went through about 8 paint samples from Sherwin Williams and then gave up and went to Benjamin Moore where I had a direct hit with my first paint sample. NEVER DOUBT BENJAMIN MOORE - I never will again. That and they gave me my own set of paint samples :).
Here is the color...
Fresh Olive by Benjamin Moore 2149-30
It's a great neutral that is also a deep saturated color. Joe and I both wanted something other than tan that would go good with everything and this looks great with yellow, orange, red, purple, turquoise, brown....it's exciting! I also wanted something to go with the Collier Campbell Mercury peacock color fabric I got a few months ago (which I would use for window treatments).
Now I'm on the search for a table for the eat-in kitchen area that seats 6. I'm off to tend to Evelyn. She has congestion and a cough and can't nap. Poor baby! I've got a fun post tomorrow about vintage brooches coming - see you then!
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