Early half birthday present from Dad and Jamie :) yes I was surprised when I checked the mail this morning. 

When I have a free drink on my Starbucks card I go big...or go venti as you'd say at Starbucks 

I made progress on the floor in the dining room where the bricks used to be. 

I had a fun yard sale with family on Sunday. We got rid of a lot of stuff. 

Today...

We went for a walk today in one of my favorite places, the Bangor City Forest. I love the bogwalk.

More progress on the house. Look drywall! 

Today...

What has been keeping me so busy? This. Unexpected house renovations. Simple project escalated. Soon it will be done and I'll do the before and after pictures. Its never fun to open a wall and find water damage. At least everything will be nice and sealed ready for winter. 

Oh I'm super excited to have a light switch in this room. I didn't even have an overhead light in here for over a year. Now I have a light and a light switch! It's exciting if you've ever had a room without a light switch that you wish it did. 

Tonight I went out and had some fun with friends at game night. I've been very busy with work and renovations at the house so it was nice to relax. 

Happy National Donut Day!

Something Cute....

Had to share a picture of Cephas, my furry nephew

I tried Little Vietnam restaurant in Bangor tonight with friends. I thought the food was good and loved the coffee. I went with my typical choice of pad thai and the portion was huge.

Yes I needed more green things. Water bottle from lifefactory. 

In the garden the rhubarb is growing. I need to figure out where to plant the azalea. Soon I'll buy vegetables to plant once its a little warmer at night. 

Current house project was started today, not really on purpose. I got my homework done and decided to tap one the bricks and the whole wall moved. I asked Peter to come over and help me and we got the wall of bricks down in a short amount of time. Now I need to repair the wall and move the pellet stove to the corner. Check out the awesome wallpaper and we found a brick that says Bangor, ME on it. :)

“It’s not about passion. Passion is something that we tend to overemphasize, that we certainly place too much importance on. Passion ebbs and flows. To me, it’s about desire. If you have constant, unwavering desire to be a cook, then you’ll be a great cook. If it’s only about passion, sometimes you’ll be good and sometimes you won’t. You’ve got to come in every day with a strong desire. With passion, if you see the first asparagus of the springtime and you become passionate about it, so much the better, but three weeks later, when you’ve seen that asparagus every day now, passions have subsided. What’s going to make you treat the asparagus the same? It’s the desire.”
- Thomas Keller

I do like the new light I made for the dining room. :)

Happy Mother's Day! I am lucky to have an amazing mother. :)

This weekend I got to watch Peter graduate from the University of Maine. I am so proud of him.

In my dining room I had no light fixture. Over a year later and I finally have one that I made myself with a little help from Peter. It's made with an old light fixture and hanging baskets.