I know I'm late on this post...... and with no pictures either. But, July 4th was pretty low-key for me this year and I loved it!
BB is home from the Peace Corps (has two years EVER seemed so long before?!) - she landed on July 3rd. Kelly is back in RI on vacation for a few weeks. And while they weren't AT the house while I watched the Boston fireworks on the TV with my hubby curled up on the couch, it was incredible to just know they are close by again. Safe and close by. Enjoying the 4th. In New England. There is truly no other place to be on July 4th but New England.
Hugs to all!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Traveling Cross-Country in Style!
If you ever wanted to cross the country by camping out and not sleep on the ground..... ask my brother about this genius tent mounted on the back of his truck!
I think I had mentioned earlier that he and his Fiancee, Melissa and dog Ladybird came up to visit for a few weeks. They didn't fly, but traveled up by in his Toyota truck camping out and visiting family and friends on the way from southern Texas to New Hampshire.
Here is the truck out in our yard after being washed - Oliver was cleaning everything out before folding everything back down into storage. I don't have a picture of that, but the tent all folds down onto the platform for travel.
There is a metal platform mounted on the back of the truck above the truck bed, so you don't loose the truck bed for storage while traveling. I think it's one the coolest things I've seen! I'm not saying I'd be good to spend my nights in it crossing the country (Brava Melissa for doing it!) but I still think it's better than sleeping in the truck bed itself or in a tent on the ground. You don't even have to worry about animals prowling since you're *UP* and can pull everything up after you!
They both report that it's not super roomy inside but does the job!
I think I had mentioned earlier that he and his Fiancee, Melissa and dog Ladybird came up to visit for a few weeks. They didn't fly, but traveled up by in his Toyota truck camping out and visiting family and friends on the way from southern Texas to New Hampshire.
Here is the truck out in our yard after being washed - Oliver was cleaning everything out before folding everything back down into storage. I don't have a picture of that, but the tent all folds down onto the platform for travel.
There is a metal platform mounted on the back of the truck above the truck bed, so you don't loose the truck bed for storage while traveling. I think it's one the coolest things I've seen! I'm not saying I'd be good to spend my nights in it crossing the country (Brava Melissa for doing it!) but I still think it's better than sleeping in the truck bed itself or in a tent on the ground. You don't even have to worry about animals prowling since you're *UP* and can pull everything up after you!
They both report that it's not super roomy inside but does the job!Saturday, July 2, 2011
In Between House Guests
Oliver is at an Airsoft game for the weekend and BB is landing tommorrow!!!
This means cleaning, laundry, and small projects around the house and making sure we are ready to go! (We did have a lovely little date night last night. We saw Green Lantern and it was honestly better than I thought it would be!)
I don't have pictures of everything we did, I plan to get more this week, but here are some of the bigger things we accomplished:
Freshened up the living room with two new throw pillows in navy and white stripes. I love how they all connect in the center rather than just being just stripes in all one direction - which is the back. But these also have button closures so the cases can be removed and washed! Love that!
Guestroom got clean sheets and a white light blanket/coverlet with quilting for a bit of added texture.
My study was cleaned up and we added a raised aeromattress.
You might recognize the yellow pillows, I brought them up from the downstairs couch to add a bit of color to the grey and white room.
I know it's silly, but that clean desk is just so awesome! It hasn't been that clean since I brought it home!! BTW, the lamp on there is 1 of 2 I purchased from Home Goods. The other is in the hallway on the lowboy.
AH, the long awaited doors on the IKEA cabinets!! They looks great don't they? whew! Lemme tell ya, they were NOT easy to put together and I'm not sure I would EVER purchase furniture from IKEA ever again, but that being said, I hope these last because they look fantastic in the room.
This means cleaning, laundry, and small projects around the house and making sure we are ready to go! (We did have a lovely little date night last night. We saw Green Lantern and it was honestly better than I thought it would be!)
I don't have pictures of everything we did, I plan to get more this week, but here are some of the bigger things we accomplished:
Freshened up the living room with two new throw pillows in navy and white stripes. I love how they all connect in the center rather than just being just stripes in all one direction - which is the back. But these also have button closures so the cases can be removed and washed! Love that!
Guestroom got clean sheets and a white light blanket/coverlet with quilting for a bit of added texture.
My study was cleaned up and we added a raised aeromattress.
You might recognize the yellow pillows, I brought them up from the downstairs couch to add a bit of color to the grey and white room.
I know it's silly, but that clean desk is just so awesome! It hasn't been that clean since I brought it home!! BTW, the lamp on there is 1 of 2 I purchased from Home Goods. The other is in the hallway on the lowboy.
AH, the long awaited doors on the IKEA cabinets!! They looks great don't they? whew! Lemme tell ya, they were NOT easy to put together and I'm not sure I would EVER purchase furniture from IKEA ever again, but that being said, I hope these last because they look fantastic in the room. I did finally (I waited a ridiculous 2 months!) get the paper to put on the back of the bookcases, I didn't have enough time to complete that before guests. So that will be another little update a bit later on.
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