This one's for you, Hillary!

Conversation from our walk tonight:

Ashley: I think we'll have a hard time picking out names for kids.
Thomas: No we won't. We already have the first one picked. It's the perfect unisex name: Laquinta.
Ashley: (silence, then recovery). Maybe if we do that, then our kid can be the spokesperson for the hotel chain and we can stay there for free for the rest of our lives.
Thomas: Well if we're going to aim for that, then let's name him/her Four Seasons instead.

Bathroom Re-Do, Part One

So, I had a blogging fail early this summer when we started our bathroom remodeling and I forgot to take any before pictures. lame, lame, lame. No wonder my little blog just lopes along.
Anyhow, it has been quite a project--light fixtures, faucets, paint, window treatments, art and last but not least: the floor. I scored some sweet deals; my mom and I sweated through some painting projects; Thomas did lighting, plumbing and pretty much everything else (because he is awesome).
Here is a picture of the bare floor (some sort of mortar-covered base level....obviously I am very informed about these things...). Thomas, my dad and our friend Kevin ripped up our old ceramic tile with crowbars. It was manly. It was sweaty. It was awesome. It took them about 4 hours. I did important things like making sure that Sullivan did not get crowbar-ed and that no one died of thirst or hunger.
I look forward to bringing you the second installment of this post: our awesome new stone floors, as well as the story of how we acquired the stone in the first place. whoa. I know you're all pinned to the edge of your seat.

Craigslist: welcome to the 21st century

This week marked the completion of our first successful Craigslist sale! The turn around time was less than a week between the original post and the envelope o'cash. What an amazing age we live in! Giving out your address to a random stranger on the Internet who happens to be "interested in your table" does take some faith though, and I made Thomas come home early one day to be here when Jane Doe* showed up. She was completely not scary of course, and even brought along two cute kiddos.

Thomas in particular shed a few (metaphorical) tears over the sale of this set--it was one of his first "adult" purchases, and we certainly have a lot of fun memories of meals, game nights, etc. It was part of his "furniture trosseau," aptly named by a friend in light of Thomas' unusually huge inventory of stuff, and boy am I glad that he has good taste!

It was fun having two dining room tables for a while and made hosting several large group gatherings much easier. It is nice having our front entry way back though...

*name changed to protect the innocent

I'm back!

Because my husband is the awesome-est, I now have a revived will to blog! He made the header himself (drew those b.a. penguins from scratch!) and used a picture from the last time we went skiing in Vail.
Seriously, if our kids (and this is NOT an announcement of that) are half as cool as he is, I will be thrilled.