weekend recap

another busy busy weekend. [which followed an incredibly busy week... lots of freelance work keeping me busy.] friday night was fairly non-exciting, just lots of eating + shopping. ian and i headed out to robinson after a day of working. we hit ikea to pick up some home essentials and look at new sofa options; we're still undecided on a dining room light ... any ideas? after that we went over to bahama breeze for a late dinner, but at 9:30pm there was still a 70 minute wait! we ended up at joe's crab shack for a filling and relatively inexpensive dinner. stopped at walmart after that to pick up some ceiling paint and to make fun of the kids showing off their prom fashions at walmart. made no sense to me.

saturday i was disappointed with the early morning showers which put a dent in my landscaping plans. i ended up rearranging my office and doing a little freelance work while ian painted the dining room / kitchen ceilings. it looks great... i'll wait to post photos til the actual light fixtures are installed. a plain white ceiling isn't that exciting :) later in the day the weather was beautiful so we took advantage of it and finished the chain link fence and got the gates installed. sydney was in heaven! running all over the yard and rolling in the grass. very very cute. she hasn't jumped the fence yet, we'll keep our fingers crossed. i spent a few hours after that getting the vegetable garden ready... i've cleared a section about 12 feet square and have a lovely blister on my hand to show for it. i still need to do a little weed work in there, and pick up some soil to fill in some spots. i've got my coffee grounds from starbucks to mix in there, so hopefully i will be ready to plant by the weekend. i'll post photos once the garden is planted.

saturday evening ian and i headed over to former co-worker gil's in shadyside to catch the end of a kentucky derby party then joined him and his crew at doc's place for some burgers and brews. it was fun to hang out again and catch up on old times. then we hit silky's in bloomfield for drinks and dessert before meeting up with some of ians friends.

sunday was spent cleaning up and relaxing after a very good brunch at walnut grille. we ran out to the waterfront to do a few quick errands before heading out to dinner with ian's parents. we also loaded up his truck with some of his heavier furniture and had his brother help us unload it at the house. the 'cat room' has been painted and is starting to look lived in with some actual furniture.



the desk setup in that room is great.. fits right into the window nook where the former radiator was, and has an amazing view of the sunset. the cats are loving the new furniture to sleep on too :) settled back in around 8pm to finish up 2 freelance projects and getting back to designing my website for the clothing venture.

only 3 full shopping weeks til the big 3-2 :). we're hoping to throw a party once things settle down... but i don't think it will be in time for that. maybe in july... all depends on how smoothly the kitchen renovation goes, along with assembling some sort of spot in the backyard to entertain. we'll see how that goes :)