1st House Flip

Don and I have talked a long time about maybe trying our hand at flipping houses.

Well, this one sort of fell in our laps so we decided to go for it and give it a try.

      

There was a lot of needed work inside and out. 

First thing was to have...

Free Cruise to Cozumel, No, OK!

Late Wednesday evening Don's phone rang. It was a Miami phone number so he wasn't going to answer it as he didn't know the number. I told him I thought it was Carnival Cruise Lines so he answered it. They told us they were trying to fill the ship and we could take a free 4 day cruise to Cozumel on the Liberty ship,

Great Gatsby Halloween Party!

 Don and I decided to throw a

" Great Gatsby Party "

so there was much to do
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  Save The Date  

DIY Bed in Wall....Final Results!

We put wood floors upstairs in the man-cave, 
click here to see , so we didn't want to use the weights for exercising in there anymore. I decided we should make one of the bedrooms our exercise room. Since Don did not want to get rid of the 

New DIY Project! Bed in Wall!

NEW PROJECT!!! 

YAY!!! 

We are now going to make one of the spare bedrooms upstairs into our exercise room. 

We don't want to use our weights over the wood floors,

Now that we have 

Huge DIY Project Finished! Part 1-Results Below!

Here is all the painting I did-

Ceiling, crown molding, baseboards, walls, doggie door, window sills, and clock.

I am getting ready to start on my kitchen cabinets. They are going to be the same color as the ceiling and crown molding. I will put the results of them in Part 2

First thing I did was tape off for the ceiling to be painted. Don removed all 

New Wood Floors!

We have been wanting to get rid of the carpet upstairs and put in wood floors. We are now doing that this week. I am so excited to finally be getting them.

Don was going to do the steps himself because they wanted as much to do them as they wanted to do

Huge DIY Project!!

Don and I are getting ready to really make a big mess. We are going to facelift the kitchen-living room area. We are going to paint walls, ceiling, baseboard, cabinets, add curtains and a few other small things. 

And the best part -
We are going to do it all ourselves. 


I have wanted to change the kitchen cabinets

and the color of the walls for quite sometime now. We have decided to get it going.  Don is going to remove all the stuff off the ceiling for me before I paint. Thank you baby!

I am going to do all of the painting and Don will do all of the caulking and prepping the back door and the pantry door. 

I have a plug at one end of the island but I really want one at the other end also.

 Don is going to put that in for me.

I couldn't decide on the colors but I now have them. The walls are going to be a light green

 with a little darker accent wall.

The ceiling will be the same white as the cabinets. Right now its more yellow.

The cabinets are going to be a slightly off white color. Right now they are pickled and I am so over these.

Will also be painting the cabinets in the living room at the same time.

 I am not going to pickle or stain these cabinets. I am going to paint them. 

May paint the island a different color than the cabinets. Not sure yet. Let me know if you think I should or not. 

I also am thinking about painting that large brown and gold clock on the wall. 

I am going to add hardware to the cabinets. Not sure what just yet.

I think I am going to have the stools upholstered.

Also going to add some curtains. This is the material and colors of them.

I found these first and took my two colors from this.

Should look like a different room by the time it is finished.

If you have any ideas or thoughts, please let me know.

xoxo
Lenetta

Awesome Surprise-Benihana Chef!!

During our week stay in Florida after we got back from our cruise, Laci planned an awesome surprise for me with Don's help.

I have always wanted to 

Pecan Pie Coffee Cake!

Pecan Pie Coffee Cake

I was in search of something different to make for dessert. I came 

across this recipe and it just sounded so good I had to try it. It was

Paleo Greek Lamb Burgers!

Paleo Greek Lamb Burgers

I was looking for a good burger recipe and found this one. 

These are really good to just make and cook but I put the extra ones in the refrigerator with all the spices mixed in for a couple days and when I took them out to cook, 

Congratulations Laci Renee!!!

And so... The adventure begins! Again! 

Congratulations on your graduation from University of Central Florida!

What a privilege it is today for me to publicly tell our 

Body Beast - Final Week-Results!

WEEK 12!!!!

WE DID IT!!!

We are so happy and proud of each other for committing to it and sticking to it. We did get off track when we went on our two week vacation but we came home and finished it!!

When we started at Week 1, I weighed in at

Don's Birthday Surprise!

For Don's Birthday I decided to take on the daunting task of giving him his

2015 Family and Friends Cruise -Day 6

We had a wonderful time with each and everyone that came on this cruise. We didn't get to spend as much time with some as we would have liked but there was a lot to do and everyone just