Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Mice!

Now I consider myself an animal lover. I love all walks of life but when a wild animal decides to venture into my kitchen and share a few "snacks" I am NOT okay with it! LOL

About a month ago my cousin Jeffrey who was staying at our home spotted a wild mouse scurrying down the hallway. I was a little freaked to say the least! But Eric came to the rescue and within 10 minutes he had him trapped. What a man!
Well I thought that was over and done but Tuesday morning I had a little surprise in the kitchen. It was super early in the morning because I had to get into work earlier than usual. Sleepily I made my way to the kitchen for my morning medicine. The medicine I take is a homeopathic remedy to help heal my gallbladder. I have to hold it in my mouth for 1 minute to let it absorb into the blood stream. So I set the timer on the microwave and decide to start my morning smoothie. I go to grab the blender on the counter and....A mouse jumps out ! Scared me sooo bad! I tried to scream but realized I had to keep my mouth closed so what my friend Sherrie called it I demonstrated a Mime scream hahahaha! I then made my way to the bedroom in a panic waking Eric up to come to the rescue haha. He set a trap but we figured it was gone for the moment. Totally disgusted to say the least that a mouse had been having his way in the kitchen I told Eric when I got home from work I am gutting the entire kitchen till ever inch is bleached! I know I am a bit over dramatic but later found that pulling out the refrigerator and oven uncovered all sorts of little treasures..ewe. Eric was so sweet to help me after we both had a long day at work and ended up cleaning for two hours! 
We decided to close any holes they may be getting through in our kitchen so Eric stopped at home depot and got liquid foam and steel wool. Here is some pics of the adventure..
Eric trying to make me laugh through all the chaos

Clearing out the hole where the wiring is to get ready to fill

We wore masks because Mice can carry the Hantavirus. So needless to say we didn't want to take any risks!
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hantavirus is a life-threatning disease spread to humans by rodents that has symptoms similar to influenza. Symptoms: The early symptoms of hantavirusdisease are similar to the flu and include: Chills; Fever; Muscle aches ...
After sealing everything up and cleaning we got into bed exhausted. Sure enough SNAP caught the dang thing. It must have been hiding somewhere waiting to go back out. I am just glad its gone and no more can get in...FOR NOW!

Bathroom Ceiling...Check!

Hey remember when I said back in..cough!.March....Ahem!... that we were going to get our bathroom ceiling painted (http://ericandrochellelopez.blogspot.com/2012/03/master-bathroom.html). Well we finally got it done last weekend!
Here's Eric getting the ceiling taped and ready to go!
Before: Yuck dark paint on the ceiling

After: Not perfect but much better!
Before: 
After:
After:
Yay! So glad we got that done :)
 I still have a few projects to do in the bathroom. I think my next item on the list will be to find a cupboard to fit in the corner of the room to hold all our towels.  Because we do not have any linen closets in our house! Right now I have this blue magazine holder (pic below). I don't like how wide it is in the space and the blue sorta blends in with the wall.
Here is a contender I have been thinking about....

But for now I am moving on to our bedroom to address the much needed extra storage space. I have been scrimping and saving for months to buy Eric and I identical dressers to put on either side of our bed. This will provide us a taller nightstand since our bed is ridiculously high and additional clothing storage. I have been stuffing multiple clothing items in to one drawer at a time and it is driving me crazy! 
Here's what nightstands we currently have..(before they got painted black)
So this Friday my Mom and I are going to start looking around. I am sooo excited!
I know I am looking for a dresser that has two to three small drawers at the top to provide storage for reading books and other eclectic items that make their way to the nightstand. But then the others can be used for sock storage, etc and the bottom large drawers..I'm not sure yet..
Here is some ones I have been looking at online but I'm sure it will be a whole different ball game when I begin looking in the stores!
Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn

Pottery Barn
Crate and Barrel


My overall goal is to get a bedroom that feels light & airy, beachy but comfortable. Sorta like these..
Light..

Airy...
Beachy..

Comfortable...

Baby steps I guess!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Bloggity Blog

Well hello...its been a while! Roughly 3 months and a lot has happened!
I shouldn't make excuses but working a full time job doesn't leave a lot of time to write!
But anyhow..
To bring you all up to speed. Here's some events that have happened since my last post..
Ran Ragnar 
Went to the Parade of Homes
Strawberry Days
(I wish this was me..)
Got really lean and mean with dieting and exercise
Went to Maui, Aloha with Eric and my side of the familia!
Celebrated Eric and I's 1 year Anniversary, Woot Woot!
My Grandfather passed away :(
Completely fell off the wagon with dieting and exercise...
Eric's softball summer league came and went
Erin, Dallin, and Joseph came to visit : D
Katie came to visit :D

That's a whole lotta stuff! Its been a crazy and fun summer. I always say this but I am hoping to be more on the ball with posting, even if it is just once a month. I was scanning over my past posts and its nice to read up about what has happened in the past year. Its like a virtual journal!
So more to come...soon!