And it's hump day.
It's been a wild and wacky couple of days! Sunday afternoon, Paul worked his fingers to the bone applying clear coat to all the trim. I cannot believe how much work and effort went into all the trim for just the kitchen. It was CRAZY! But the wood is beautiful, the stain is perfect and I can't for for some of the smaller, finishing touches to start appearing.
I took off on
Sunday afternoon. Our friend's (Dorothy) daughter Denise (and she is our friend too) is getting married, and I offered to take the engagement pictures. Denise and Michael are two of the most wonderful people. We took the pictures on Lake
Macatawa on perhaps the most beautiful day of the summer, maybe the entire year. I have 500 pictures to edit for the two of them. They were joking about how there aren't too many pictures of just them - after Sunday there are! Could they be ANY cuter? I don't think so. So if I am MIA for a while, I am editing pictures. I have a lot of pictures to crop, edit, adjust lighting, size, etc. Just so you know.
Monday night, Paul and Deb painted the kitchen. Some of the floor cabinets are in and they wanted to paint the walls before the wall cabinets were installed. We all (Deb gets input since she is as close to family as they come) had input on the color and picked a beautiful golden wheat - almost buttery color. Not too light, some golden/yellow tones and against the cabinets, black/caramel quartz
counter tops, will look stunning. Just stunning.
Last night, we had our Fantasy Football Draft. This is all new to me - drafting players. I
prefer
r the straight team wins. I usually do pretty well with it. This is all for bragging rights, no $$ exchanging hands here. ;)
Handsome Boy (Hotel Bravo as Paul now calls him) is at Whiskers again today. Last night, he came home, ate dinner and fell sound asleep. I even tried to give him a snitch from the table, a little celery with blue cheese and he never even woke up. I LOVE to see a dog that tired. Means he had a good play day and burned up all that puppy energy.
Ahhh....I suspect t
hat he will sleep all weekend.
Today, I am meeting with the
HWC folks. We have some cabinet/lighting confusion and we need to sort out what is supposed to go where. The good news is right now we have a sink, albeit temporary) in the kitchen and don't have to do the dishes in the
deep sink. That was a little too rural for me. (A special
shoutout and thanks to our good neighbors for letting us use their dishwasher).
The weather has been sunny, cool, breezy and no humidity. It couldn't get any more perfect. Enjoy this most glorious day!
It's astounding. Time is fleeting. (Richard O'Brien). And now it's Wednesday. Saturday was a blur.
The pre-wedding shoot with Julia was a load of love, fun, beauty and happiness. And a lot of laughter. That darn wind blew like crazy - things like the bride's hair, the bride's dress and the bride's veil. And oh year, my reflector - blew all over, including in my face. Several times. We had a blast.
Lisa and the Tot joined us for dinner Saturday night. We dined on macaroni and cheese, filet Mignon and fresh zucchini. And some fabulous wine. Lisa left with a camera and the Tot with a teddy bear. Woo hoo. :)
That is what we tell Samson when he gets to go to the "W" place - we can't say the word Whiskers out loud or he gets all wild and crazy.
The bride's mother, Dorothy, made all the dresses - bridesmaids and bride and (overachiever) the ties and vests for the groom and groomsmen. There will be lots to report. But until the full report, here a few pics that I grabbed yesterday. (Shhhh don't tell).
Sunday afternoon. Our friend's (Dorothy) daughter Denise (and she is our friend too) is getting married, and I offered to take the engagement pictures. Denise and Michael are two of the most wonderful people. We took the pictures on Lake Macatawa on perhaps the most beautiful day of the summer, maybe the entire year. I have 500 pictures to edit for the two of them. They were joking about how there aren't too many pictures of just them - after Sunday there are! Could they be ANY cuter? I don't think so. So if I am MIA for a while, I am editing pictures. I have a lot of pictures to crop, edit, adjust lighting, size, etc. Just so you know.
Monday night, Paul and Deb painted the kitchen. Some of the floor cabinets are in and they wanted to paint the walls before the wall cabinets were installed. We all (Deb gets input since she is as close to family as they come) had input on the color and picked a beautiful golden wheat - almost buttery color. Not too light, some golden/yellow tones and against the cabinets, black/caramel quartz counter tops, will look stunning. Just stunning.
r the straight team wins. I usually do pretty well with it. This is all for bragging rights, no $$ exchanging hands here. ;)
hat he will sleep all weekend.
