A week full of friends!

This has been such a great week!  It seems like all my friends chose this week to come to Greensboro and I had such a great time hanging out with them & catching up.  And it gave me excuses to take breaks from painting cabinets!  Here are some pictures from this week.   :)

Lunch date with Carolyn and then she came to see our house!
Side note:  the tree in the background reminds me of Phoebe's dance
on Friends when she's trying to seduce Chandler.  Favorite episode ever.
Friends fans, you'll know what I'm talking about.  :)

Jessica & I are thoroughly enjoying our summer off!
We hung out all day, went to lunch, watched a (terrifying) documentary (ha!),
went on a walk, and cuddled on the couch, of course!  :)

At the pool with some of the fam!

Double date with Ray & Jessica at Chick-Fil-A after basketball

Speaking of Chick-Fil-A... Kat & Jay came in town so we got to hang out!!! 

And they came to see our disaster zone.  :)

Mama Lee gave us some house-warming flowers for our porch!  Love them... and her!

Allison Paige got married!

Katie & Nicole... so fun!  

Meagan (and baby girl Phillips!), Katie, Allison (after she'd changed out of her dress), & me... college roomies!

The Zimmermans  

So thankful I'm married to this man!

I wish all weeks could be like this!  

Tiling the guest bathroom floor

This week, Aaron tiled the guest bathroom floor, which is great because now we have a functional bathroom to use at Harvard!  :)  So you can come over & stay for a while!!  Here are some pictures from the flooring adventure:  

This was what the bathroom looked like before:
gross linoleum floors & silver walls

So after Eliza & I painted the walls white... 

Aaron got to work removing that linoleum.

And then he had a layer of plywood to remove... 

...because the subfloor was rotting through in places.

So he took out the rotting sections ...

And replaced it with plywood.

I like him.   :)

Then he got to work cutting tiles...

And cemented the tiles down to the floor.

    

Then they needed to be grouted.

And cleaned off. 

Voila!  Not completely finished but at least it's functional!  And much more pretty.  :)

I think he did a great job!  Now that he has practice, he can start on the master bath soon... :)

Mission : Curb Appeal

My father-in-law, Jeff, has a green thumb & always has an amazing looking yard.  Last weekend he was generous enough to buy us a bunch of dirt & plants and come over and give our house a little curb appeal.  What a huge blessing!!  :)  I didn't really have to make any decisions...just watch it take shape!  Here are some pictures of what's been done so far:

This is what the  yard looked like before.

Before: Nothing much going on in the natural areas.

Before

Before

The ingredients were a pile of dirt in the backyard...

...and some flowers/plants.

Matt, Aaron, Jamie, Jeff, & the truck all had to work together to get this stump out.

This was an ordeal.

Finally got it out!

Jeff Riddle - who we have to thank for our landscaping!

Working on the front beds

This is what they look like now.   :) 

Hydrangea bush  :)

And a butterfly bush

The other bed

Hard workers

The finished product (for now at least!)   :) 

A well-deserved ice cream break!!  :) 

So grateful for my father-in-law & my pretty new flowers!  Next project = backyard  :)