tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76307653921998136422024-03-14T04:21:59.444-07:00The Dabadie DiariesThe Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-83906228047130632222012-06-17T19:02:00.001-07:002012-06-17T19:02:29.715-07:00New stove!Yes folks we've stepped into the 21st century and now have all stainless steel appliances. Well, except for the dishwasher but I have a plan for that, stay tuned. <br />
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We found our new range on Craigslist from a guy that bought a house and already had his own appliances. Score for us! Then today we sold our old range, again on Craigslist, to a really sweet lady and her daughter. <br />
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Our old range worked great, it was only a cosmetic change we longed for. Check out the old girl and the shinny new one! <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKuCr4iXSxgA1nlBitXJhq-q02V3QZrLBJqhaHZg8WAcN4CmNZ0lYk2BuWimLTX5vYJDlcpAXvytLnW-9Qg_OA6Lr4KumadcgjvspyAdi_re3qDsdViceg-da2JYSU0rB1b1y66cLJQrr/s640/blogger-image-1825335334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKuCr4iXSxgA1nlBitXJhq-q02V3QZrLBJqhaHZg8WAcN4CmNZ0lYk2BuWimLTX5vYJDlcpAXvytLnW-9Qg_OA6Lr4KumadcgjvspyAdi_re3qDsdViceg-da2JYSU0rB1b1y66cLJQrr/s640/blogger-image-1825335334.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX8WBIT9WGZiTlIILlqw9RhMQ4fEjNw9YRZ7zG4QuN17kRe11X_66pWKQKWkUYYRaq3IsnY8d5cSWvkBi6_7yEyuQrokF2lysKw2ieyu9az6Jn8oovN__WWyW5xO8-5XMtdP_Hpp87EG5/s640/blogger-image--343522656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX8WBIT9WGZiTlIILlqw9RhMQ4fEjNw9YRZ7zG4QuN17kRe11X_66pWKQKWkUYYRaq3IsnY8d5cSWvkBi6_7yEyuQrokF2lysKw2ieyu9az6Jn8oovN__WWyW5xO8-5XMtdP_Hpp87EG5/s640/blogger-image--343522656.jpg" /></a></div>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-88006575284741562902012-06-05T12:43:00.001-07:002012-06-05T12:45:38.121-07:00New appliances are exciting!Yes, I remember a time when I used to get excited about what Happy Hour we were hittin' up on any givin' day. Now I get excited about new appliances. Lame-O. <br />
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Anyway, without further ado I give you our new self-venting-over-the-range-stainless-steel microwave. It was a doozy gettin this old girl in place but ain't she purdy? <br />
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Before and afters of course. Up next? Getting a new shinny stove and rid of our 1992 Kmart special that came with the house. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn9ZjaY2_UF65lF3CegEyORkuzEehJPlTz4bQRpmmHNhwbKt_DTiH86TYMp1x3gC9FxbbzOy48F3GpLLSUtjnhU57goPuBjz9sYciv5dXpa0Z1w3c_wZ1AK_SMR9wUeL4gN04UNE5Mj7J/s640/blogger-image-1766572018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn9ZjaY2_UF65lF3CegEyORkuzEehJPlTz4bQRpmmHNhwbKt_DTiH86TYMp1x3gC9FxbbzOy48F3GpLLSUtjnhU57goPuBjz9sYciv5dXpa0Z1w3c_wZ1AK_SMR9wUeL4gN04UNE5Mj7J/s640/blogger-image-1766572018.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZTNz3UOQjLWs7y-zRrlPNIg6w5q1Aw5QW7CFXW8uZnPiFdgolPJ1-Mpw2aiqu3-6agSFyI2k5T-ELX8dK2mFvmJDRQtjgnJYZOwhrxe0W8blyd14QDkLrQ9PRi49Fe1qL_8uwLupfoiL/s640/blogger-image--1450540929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZTNz3UOQjLWs7y-zRrlPNIg6w5q1Aw5QW7CFXW8uZnPiFdgolPJ1-Mpw2aiqu3-6agSFyI2k5T-ELX8dK2mFvmJDRQtjgnJYZOwhrxe0W8blyd14QDkLrQ9PRi49Fe1qL_8uwLupfoiL/s640/blogger-image--1450540929.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFC3-hQTf9gmyrNfYW_A8CZSgv1kSnj-vWYDLGdqp04PsX_THArxTQCYbUfGWg3Wms_iBVB6WCfZxR6VPZyGGYrxHF0Mx9tWi5rG_6t4JYlXk4PR3u6OSgl_8rIM9_k_zOxWVuY5uDLX2/s640/blogger-image-1268125646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFC3-hQTf9gmyrNfYW_A8CZSgv1kSnj-vWYDLGdqp04PsX_THArxTQCYbUfGWg3Wms_iBVB6WCfZxR6VPZyGGYrxHF0Mx9tWi5rG_6t4JYlXk4PR3u6OSgl_8rIM9_k_zOxWVuY5uDLX2/s640/blogger-image-1268125646.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSbL_3o-h1O91jvpBztX6B4_umtyZUqz-lsSgbHjTuQ9Hr3lFpk288-BfVTWsuhzslGhNV53Lk2avvV_3w_SbevFhHPImsV-1kt0QiEKKhHBf3t1qXA_SO5w2-N8dNn9V5f2ZM8nR0Ah0/s640/blogger-image-443901574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSbL_3o-h1O91jvpBztX6B4_umtyZUqz-lsSgbHjTuQ9Hr3lFpk288-BfVTWsuhzslGhNV53Lk2avvV_3w_SbevFhHPImsV-1kt0QiEKKhHBf3t1qXA_SO5w2-N8dNn9V5f2ZM8nR0Ah0/s640/blogger-image-443901574.jpg" /></a></div>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-46707843643384449852012-05-25T11:44:00.001-07:002012-05-25T11:44:09.200-07:00Crawfish Ooh Yeah Boy!Last weekend Griff decided we should have an impromptu crawfish boil. So we called up our friends, gathered the provisions and headed to our friends boat dock to grub down. Griff got in a set or two on the wake skate and I git much needed catching up time with my girl Poppy.<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuugyED7co7uIlA_wNhYbbWB3MyVNgO4i2NuNP6Bhzk45ZOTCcBQLyb6fauSyrYFOrWRMvOsOIb4EhLh0pQywu0mfNfnrePVx2FcERwgh3sliNp5ifeZxP9x8zneu1aqyKK46dp-meMsHq/s640/blogger-image--728126342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuugyED7co7uIlA_wNhYbbWB3MyVNgO4i2NuNP6Bhzk45ZOTCcBQLyb6fauSyrYFOrWRMvOsOIb4EhLh0pQywu0mfNfnrePVx2FcERwgh3sliNp5ifeZxP9x8zneu1aqyKK46dp-meMsHq/s640/blogger-image--728126342.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswEbArkODfOtYae5Aejz7BSrZuZRjWtcrHUJDY7EDMroPsotJ4T7QgPmvjOQyacGaUZdYq0YQJEMCtr7zKkx8KHjauu45tUdM-2qosMFkr3JSx8KSqtwr99W2S0fYsxzKUtu-qn2pAcEw/s640/blogger-image--1038868015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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However Charley had different ideas. This is what Griff saw when he walked out of the bathroom this morning. Charley thinking she was being sneaky and while no one was around she thought she jump back into bed.<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zJIwpGD-1EaKAKKx6YBZrgthQWDmYKIqV6nW9krNAdggLnvTrV9poJhyphenhyphen1oau-msVRwo6mcvAuZHWFs9ieWyAiRyt_rRUrgehBPwiIAo3xpsVC-vSPeCU99bs9uqFKBhh9NSLhuC-f52u/s640/blogger-image--575349189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zJIwpGD-1EaKAKKx6YBZrgthQWDmYKIqV6nW9krNAdggLnvTrV9poJhyphenhyphen1oau-msVRwo6mcvAuZHWFs9ieWyAiRyt_rRUrgehBPwiIAo3xpsVC-vSPeCU99bs9uqFKBhh9NSLhuC-f52u/s640/blogger-image--575349189.jpg" /></a></div>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-76607834402010387332012-01-29T16:00:00.001-08:002012-01-29T16:23:58.685-08:00Working hard in the back yardGriff and little Myles on the 4 Wheeler at Myles and Shana's! So cute!!<div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1wergIH0sQxZJ2nVNOedQz3ItuU69NzEswgmB1eEpoC1Y_7W9AWMIpL_bpmfc7Eq-xBbab619Ty-E93m4BbyX8Fnn2eD2Cmyzlx8y4CL5DdAo6mBAIStHITHj9s5XDh8AV3kTfI06B3s/s640/blogger-image-4613434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1wergIH0sQxZJ2nVNOedQz3ItuU69NzEswgmB1eEpoC1Y_7W9AWMIpL_bpmfc7Eq-xBbab619Ty-E93m4BbyX8Fnn2eD2Cmyzlx8y4CL5DdAo6mBAIStHITHj9s5XDh8AV3kTfI06B3s/s640/blogger-image-4613434.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwASMQZOiYKqgiFfyg9V379NiNvdRcXGzIopApDjcBkLlTXYAjgQvbKpNwbcJOZ2YaA0h900AjxpHK_S_jmjoYaIlfkhsUbktd0zyVqXxNdTEOR7yGOztCaArHw0WUJLhaoN-kJbpCuAx/s640/blogger-image-1124824242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwASMQZOiYKqgiFfyg9V379NiNvdRcXGzIopApDjcBkLlTXYAjgQvbKpNwbcJOZ2YaA0h900AjxpHK_S_jmjoYaIlfkhsUbktd0zyVqXxNdTEOR7yGOztCaArHw0WUJLhaoN-kJbpCuAx/s640/blogger-image-1124824242.jpg" /></a></div>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-69832977486551815262011-10-24T18:58:00.001-07:002011-10-24T18:58:17.302-07:00Strong Winds + Fallen Tree = Sad Faces<p align="center">Well we lost a tree in our back yard. To be fair, this tree was half dead anyway, but now it’s totally dead and is destined for our fire pit.  Last week we had some pretty strong winds roll thru these parts and it took down the tree just outside our kitchen window. Thank God it fell the way it did or we would have been havin’ tree branches for dinner. </p> <p align="center">{The 3rd picture shows where the kitchen windows are located.}</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oU3wlV8bpZY/TqYXmIG_gnI/AAAAAAAACnA/NXq5bD5rdxM/s1600-h/179%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="179" border="0" alt="179" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9xUWZm501V4/TqYXmTLp8zI/AAAAAAAACnI/IRaQSRKbIWs/179_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-t4Qvemy1Hjw/TqYXnQPWcpI/AAAAAAAACnQ/YQRreZIeb2U/s1600-h/180%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="180" border="0" alt="180" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pZ89ig8G960/TqYXn_q6B6I/AAAAAAAACnY/Qcbd3N_NNhM/180_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m59IJQKlv8E/TqYXpFsOA6I/AAAAAAAACng/tE3jWUDZhQo/s1600-h/182%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="182" border="0" alt="182" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4kuSxMIhFEQ/TqYXpbjSvtI/AAAAAAAACno/1gr0lROnhMM/182_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zEvzSF4Kcv4/TqYXqlNoOhI/AAAAAAAACnw/H_LCVmbLSso/s1600-h/184%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="184" border="0" alt="184" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z8WuspxUveM/TqYXq6h-jEI/AAAAAAAACn4/CjqTBHM7f7w/184_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">So we did what every southerner would do, Griff got out the chain saw and went to town. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dc1rqfnnqog/TqYXsOVvgzI/AAAAAAAACoA/BiV5zKDk7rQ/s1600-h/188%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="188" border="0" alt="188" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Ie7PzfomkKU/TqYXsiZ3RdI/AAAAAAAACoI/1YPlo9jyQhU/188_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--_zM_7B6AHY/TqYXtiOYX1I/AAAAAAAACoQ/syzqfLlPjYE/s1600-h/190%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="190" border="0" alt="190" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7mk7LQFv0fQ/TqYXuMlDRdI/AAAAAAAACoY/Eu0znRwi8xA/190_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">We’re sad to see our tree go but glad we have firewood for the winter!</p> The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-59454494557306551842011-10-24T18:41:00.001-07:002011-10-24T18:41:14.042-07:00Black is Back Baby<p align="center">Black is back! The back door I mean. If you’ve been looking around blog-land lately, as I have, you might have noticed a lot  of people painting their back doors black. Sense we all know I am the President of PEBA, {Painting Everything Black Anonymous}, I thought I’d give it a try. It’s only paint after all. If I hated it, (haha!), I could paint it back. I must admit, I had a bit of  an “oh shit” moment when Griff walked in and goes “you’re painting the door black?!”, and I said “trust me babe, I got this.” But I really didn’t know if I would like it when I was done. Still I forged ahead and I am so glad I did because I stinkin’ LOVE IT! </p> <p align="center">Let’s take a look at the back door before her mini makeover shall we? </p> <p align="center">{Sorry the light is so bad, I swear one day I’ll figure out my camera… or maybe not.}</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-X7j7brfHmdE/TqYTnPJQcwI/AAAAAAAAClQ/EAYOZPoj1-0/s1600-h/013%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="013" border="0" alt="013" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-M8848JutS3M/TqYTnf3NRTI/AAAAAAAAClY/uUhc3PGDHjQ/013_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BX8u8dJAL_4/TqYToMEjKHI/AAAAAAAAClg/ebsGKRg6RQk/s1600-h/014%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="014" border="0" alt="014" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QhBKGnkr_OQ/TqYToYl598I/AAAAAAAAClo/oD3OwISM71A/014_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">AND AFTER!!!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vYXhyD180aU/TqYTox7q4FI/AAAAAAAAClw/4sd7bpsRiaw/s1600-h/019%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="019" border="0" alt="019" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MtUcGAIUV8w/TqYTpb33QqI/AAAAAAAACl4/crZbGW8ZB4c/019_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8zRzLuKQncE/TqYTpyjBGnI/AAAAAAAACmA/rlTCrps17_c/s1600-h/022%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="022" border="0" alt="022" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zc3EuAzcfcs/TqYTqJY5OTI/AAAAAAAACmI/LHxMj2h9JS0/022_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">I also changed out the discusting brass door knobs. Ugh, brass.  May you die a fiery death. </p> <p align="center">{I took these pictures when the first coat of black was drying which is why it looks streaky.}</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jO8cg7T4lfw/TqYTqp3DaLI/AAAAAAAACmQ/UJ1eEvQhq7g/s1600-h/016%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="016" border="0" alt="016" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-n3JedXMm6-s/TqYTs002kgI/AAAAAAAACmY/uNKtGODIaR0/016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-naGrC1tzMr0/TqYTtKlHlTI/AAAAAAAACmg/KPhv48Nof7M/s1600-h/017%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="017" border="0" alt="017" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7029m7AuDo0/TqYTts8JczI/AAAAAAAACmo/1ciLF7CE5Gk/017_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">I had a bit of trouble with that dang top lock. For some reason the 2 sides DID NOT want to line up with the screws. I wanted to scream. SKAH-REAM! Griff gave it a go as well and we were both were SO frustrated. Our friend Jake was coming over a couple days after our fight with the brass began to replace and paint some outside trim for us, so we slipped him an extra $20 to make our problem his problem. Thank you Jake!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1-u9W-6iLT4/TqYTtzsJREI/AAAAAAAACmw/67bIHY8ctZc/s1600-h/023%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="023" border="0" alt="023" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PXUXSnWD0cU/TqYTuSbCXfI/AAAAAAAACm4/8-S-POpqb7g/023_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">Seriously, this project was so dang easy, {minus the fight with top lock}, and it’s one of my favorites we’ve done to the house so far. Such a small change with big results. </p> The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-18152096439611373762011-09-16T18:56:00.001-07:002011-09-16T18:57:58.310-07:00Come on Baby Light My Fire<p align="center">I’m sure the band The Doors were not thinking about my fireplace when they made their 1967 hit Come On Baby Light My Fire. Which according to Wikipedia is ranked #35 on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone">Rolling Stone</a>'</i>s list of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time">500 Greatest Songs of All Time</a>. Er, but I digress. Since we moved into our home in April ‘10 we’ve had the view of our lovely brass fireplace surround to great us when we walk into the front door. She gave me the stank eye everyday. I mean, wha’d tha hell did I do to her anyway? Bitch. </p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4LsE961-cYY/TnP99HIWR8I/AAAAAAAACkY/CEgcVD--Gd8/s1600-h/071%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="071" border="0" alt="071" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-sdG2XTwx_Tc/TnP99TM5w9I/AAAAAAAACkc/l_EUp2vavXs/071_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p><br /><p align="center">So while I might have bought what I needed to fix the brass beauty around, oh I don’t know, 9-ish months ago… I finally got the bug to actually do it. First I removed the fireplace surround. I was able to just pop off 1 side but the other side took some Griff muscle to pry her from her brass death grip. </p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a03-Sl4vqMI/TnP9-O5cryI/AAAAAAAACkg/FF2b2QPf_L0/s1600-h/072%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="072" border="0" alt="072" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jNCgdDYM3sY/TnP9-c041FI/AAAAAAAACkk/sYBKwJ7nsEw/072_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p><br /><p align="center">Then I took her to the garage where she met her fate with this stuff, <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202315061/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053"><em><span style="color:#809ec2;">Rust-Oleum Flat Black Specialty High Heath Spray Paint</span></em></a>. This stuff runs about $5 a can and I used 1 whole can. </p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WJYO8oJR8YE/TnP9_CusZTI/AAAAAAAACko/YVa6crpSle0/s1600-h/073%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="073" border="0" alt="073" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KJBWeesVNZY/TnP9_XKHTPI/AAAAAAAACks/H6Xv9rsAMZY/073_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/"><img src="http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/300/4c/4cd22e20-efb6-4bb1-875d-7bd21bf19c8a_300.jpg" width="192" height="184" /></a></p><br /><p align="center">I covered and taped the glass and brushed off any rust with some steal wool. Then I lightly, <em>lightly</em>, exfoliated her with 15 grit sandpaper. My first coat is shown on the right. I don’t remember how many coats I did, but I would cover it well then let it dry for an hour or so then apply another coat. When I was finished applying the entire can I let her dry overnight.</p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-O6xbhMK8lP0/TnP-AIDuy0I/AAAAAAAACkw/i1I6J77V7-0/s1600-h/074%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="074" border="0" alt="074" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6vNkpdKlQ1I/TnP-AWvCRzI/AAAAAAAACk0/tHoeVfcWBkE/074_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bSMdtjS9x0M/TnP-A_JS6lI/AAAAAAAACk4/ghmudkvnLlQ/s1600-h/075%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="075" border="0" alt="075" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wwkPVeHCjrU/TnP-BJBIuII/AAAAAAAACk8/4INKHEhZ6O4/075_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p><br /><p align="center">I have to say after her make-over she looks just gorg! Such a simple project with GIANT results. Why did I wait so long to do this? </p><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NqYiIeBVFUQ/TnP-NV6pvDI/AAAAAAAAClA/Z5gS8Cn4vMc/s1600-h/002%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="002" border="0" alt="002" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bf4mLUtBfiw/TnP-NuooAjI/AAAAAAAAClE/fLZYCUAaWSk/002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--G63SXZQ6vI/TnP-OCL_CoI/AAAAAAAAClI/Uel707x8Uio/s1600-h/003%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title="003" border="0" alt="003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-T4Gzii2B9js/TnP-Opj84uI/AAAAAAAAClM/bqp2yNnbIQY/003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-60179871368688720502011-09-11T10:51:00.001-07:002011-09-11T10:51:32.827-07:00LSU beats tha crap out of Oregon<p align="center">So last weekend we went to Dallas and to Cowboy Stadium, {AKA Jerry Land}, for the LSU vs. Oregon game. It was the first game of the 2011 LSU football season and the weekend did not disappoint. The Tiger’s won and the bourbon flowed like the Salmon of Capistrano. Griff’s Uncle Warren scored 4 tickets to the game but he couldn’t go. So he offered the tickets to G and I believe he said yes before Uncle Warren even finished asking him. </p> <p align="center">G asked our friend Sidgy, {pronounced CJ}, and G’s long time friend Thomas to go with us. Sidgy lives by us but Thomas lives in Houston. So me, G and Sidgy drove in but Thomas flew into Dallas and we picked him up from the airport. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9gRtAPN55us/Tmz0xg_oMeI/AAAAAAAAChY/fKsQTo3bxRQ/s1600-h/011%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="011" border="0" alt="011" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZXVo2lTR4Es/Tmz0x3_v8II/AAAAAAAAChc/FhPQzPVWLGI/011_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lS-2OpsOhsE/Tmz0ye1yQ8I/AAAAAAAAChg/5vzZy9GpLMY/s1600-h/012%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="012" border="0" alt="012" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-44PlAgX_f5k/Tmz0ymwCifI/AAAAAAAAChk/cRr2tl1x5dQ/012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-H3Zs7eX2t9g/Tmz0zBJCu5I/AAAAAAAACho/9bzIISw0iSA/s1600-h/028%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="028" border="0" alt="028" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6wCY2Dk6aP4/Tmz0zRZSucI/AAAAAAAAChs/rOiEV3FAzfE/028_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-n7M8lRfNa-w/Tmz0z0YXTzI/AAAAAAAAChw/l3MAXQ6a-3M/s1600-h/023%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="023" border="0" alt="023" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-K-VcAa_Sek8/Tmz00CP5LYI/AAAAAAAACh0/hgttSK6qlkU/023_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Friday night we met with with G’s sister Noelle and her husband Brian. On our way out to dinner we spotted this fine LSU Tiger fan in the elevator. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Py9j1xzg_jk/Tmz00pJpIbI/AAAAAAAACh4/XPICFNxS3TU/s1600-h/020%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="020" border="0" alt="020" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-i-jVqOvEVOs/Tmz000CVJ8I/AAAAAAAACh8/WGksLJ9TyMA/020_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">After dinner I might have had my way with a giant deer.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7MowydWg8xE/Tmz016JdONI/AAAAAAAACiA/mrVjHnyFV9Q/s1600-h/036%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="036" border="0" alt="036" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0RsLNjpu5qM/Tmz02JafxMI/AAAAAAAACiE/r3lRE6lF1CI/036_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0hSZOTFjZNk/Tmz02xLUPXI/AAAAAAAACiI/t-k0TMeGhW4/s1600-h/037%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="037" border="0" alt="037" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3ho6KK8Ux7U/Tmz03LgAr0I/AAAAAAAACiM/dcwQDPH6vEs/037_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Then we headed down to McKinney Street and commenced with the parting. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hszFPLggji8/Tmz030B_3OI/AAAAAAAACiQ/ZutQ0Ta9N5Y/s1600-h/038%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="038" border="0" alt="038" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nMFqeu73wJw/Tmz04CgXbuI/AAAAAAAACiU/2XzNFyAhUG8/038_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MY57eWCYER8/Tmz04qjIolI/AAAAAAAACiY/y9SywrZIKmg/s1600-h/039%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="039" border="0" alt="039" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zBKjhUxRHUQ/Tmz04y6KA4I/AAAAAAAACic/Mkw3RkqqpUw/039_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-C13zpDRIdfo/Tmz05QeisbI/AAAAAAAACig/LlI1uWVF4cQ/s1600-h/040%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="040" border="0" alt="040" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-X-3Zq-ID8wc/Tmz05rN9YII/AAAAAAAACik/AOMtELAmsPc/040_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-v-EqsDbiuiI/Tmz06cKiSII/AAAAAAAACio/2c-H689oPNE/s1600-h/041%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="041" border="0" alt="041" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6IA9hHDfJCk/Tmz06m7n07I/AAAAAAAACis/exRMk5sDNr0/041_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Game day! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-P7giI8vWY2E/Tmz064OdwSI/AAAAAAAACiw/xkoQ5fKX3kM/s1600-h/050%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="050" border="0" alt="050" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JW2PC3zhI4E/Tmz07bVw-xI/AAAAAAAACi0/sfqMxaUYTTY/050_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TwiD-z5Klns/Tmz07zIkkaI/AAAAAAAACi4/Ov2gr-Dq-SU/s1600-h/052%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="052" border="0" alt="052" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iPcOQewSvQk/Tmz08RIRgeI/AAAAAAAACi8/UXBhjjKKvOE/052_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NUMObcQLYaE/Tmz080X8YqI/AAAAAAAACjA/YyVoMFRRbdY/s1600-h/054%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="054" border="0" alt="054" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tfcIUrmGcY8/Tmz09BL-fRI/AAAAAAAACjE/EGWhInmoj7k/054_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OMaR8DYyvrY/Tmz09y9YDNI/AAAAAAAACjI/g8I3lmT9fco/s1600-h/055%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="055" border="0" alt="055" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y0ZiQM5VbYI/Tmz09yj10GI/AAAAAAAACjM/x6pe63prtq0/055_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Now, I had heard just how big and badass the Dallas Cowboy’s stadium was an let me tell you first hand it is. This place is HUGE! And the screen hanging from the ceiling over the field is GI-normous. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-K7FeWvbEkr0/Tmz0-snAycI/AAAAAAAACjQ/oS9tU0BsyV0/s1600-h/056%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="056" border="0" alt="056" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-sNZOsshAgfI/Tmz0-yQbPRI/AAAAAAAACjU/IvpZjF9HZtc/056_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vbNQ-RL8pgs/Tmz0_yrvZ_I/AAAAAAAACjY/AbxT0_kmoIw/s1600-h/058%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="058" border="0" alt="058" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VamCw7re-Rk/Tmz1AGh6TlI/AAAAAAAACjc/VamZrdQ61w4/058_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XOwzuH1d33g/Tmz1BLAxY2I/AAAAAAAACjg/PgNt5fOCMto/s1600-h/059%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="059" border="0" alt="059" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-s5RD4-7mvK4/Tmz1BUz8sgI/AAAAAAAACjk/VBVnxLFL3KE/059_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7oxY5D2hLrM/Tmz1CvU7o0I/AAAAAAAACjo/Rz8KpqFmB7s/s1600-h/063%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="063" border="0" alt="063" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DW2w5OYir7s/Tmz1CzVjeVI/AAAAAAAACjs/b2WsaQjgRJg/063_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">The Golden Band from Tiger Land takes the field.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IufTtTFXe0I/Tmz1EK__nBI/AAAAAAAACjw/dsVNMtw3uEM/s1600-h/062%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="062" border="0" alt="062" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sIImmeK9vWc/Tmz1EaDK_pI/AAAAAAAACj0/5_fninos5Ng/062_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9MZkvOT0DDI/Tmz1FTn66tI/AAAAAAAACj4/FVMA9KMvJUo/s1600-h/065%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="065" border="0" alt="065" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hsrh-h3aqJU/Tmz1Fqq3e5I/AAAAAAAACj8/H8qyZMQfwJM/065_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">If you think Thomas looks like he’d had a few that’s because he did. We all did. I think my liver is still recovering. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-fSaEwXDbtn4/Tmz1GQ-Z8EI/AAAAAAAACkA/lupBrYRZQa0/s1600-h/067%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="067" border="0" alt="067" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FVLLmqer3As/Tmz1Gg_sd7I/AAAAAAAACkE/6xudjzXH_ps/067_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">LSU beat Oregon 40 to 27. And thank God the Tigers won. That would have been a LONG drive back home with 2 pissed off boys.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-k-gENmNeq60/Tmz1HeozKoI/AAAAAAAACkI/uZWfUmrI1gw/s1600-h/068%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="068" border="0" alt="068" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TFtEMM_vnTQ/Tmz1H4XfVfI/AAAAAAAACkM/7E1xADF-9So/068_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-A7pDCIsgmSQ/Tmz1IjwbrnI/AAAAAAAACkQ/jpQpEnAFf14/s1600-h/069%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="069" border="0" alt="069" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Wk7-dY0hwN0/Tmz1I5MBW8I/AAAAAAAACkU/BpLD2a6nLp4/069_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-74324038184015136732011-09-11T09:54:00.001-07:002011-09-11T09:54:12.271-07:002 Year Wedding Anniversary<p align="center">You might remember our post from last year about our trip to San Antonio and<font color="#ff0000"> </font><a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-year-wedding-anniversary-check.html"><font color="#ff0000">our 1 year wedding anniversary</font></a>. Well this year we kept it low key. Just dinner out and a night at home watching out wedding video. It all started with beautiful flowers delivered to my office. Griff knows that stargazer lilies are my favorite flowers and he did not disappoint. It smelled like a flower shop around my desk all week. Plus all the girls in my office were jealous. He he. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fj07eFI6fIE/Tmznp_1po5I/AAAAAAAACg4/a0MQdlYflXY/s1600-h/009%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="009" border="0" alt="009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pBzV-vS7dBg/TmznqDY7EVI/AAAAAAAACg8/AffnX_y4bBw/009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">After work Griff took me to dinner at Ruth Chris Steakhouse. O.M.G. it was delicious. I got the filet that was like 2 inches think and served in melted butter. Griff got the T-Bone, also served in melted butter. For sides we ordered mashed potatoes, {which totally go against<font color="#ff0000"> </font><a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2011/03/paleo-plan-skinny-jeans.html"><font color="#ff0000">our Paleo way of eating</font></a>}, and sautéed mushroom, {also served in melted butter}. Let me tell you Ruth Chris loves his butter. Even the mashed potatoes were served with a pool of butter. Nice. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rux8taQlIl4/TmznqjF6tnI/AAAAAAAAChA/fvzIRN07ryQ/s1600-h/005%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="005" border="0" alt="005" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cRkMDnOVbts/TmznrC2zHmI/AAAAAAAAChE/gKYWIqQZuVs/005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IBXsH5UW-Ks/TmznrmAE7TI/AAAAAAAAChI/ErK1t7VUGvI/s1600-h/006%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="006" border="0" alt="006" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rkzfjeGVOKQ/TmznsOfG1LI/AAAAAAAAChM/pzLEJ0sFbmQ/006_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">G knows me so well. I am such a steak & potatoes girl. None of that fancy fish crap for me. Give me a plate of meat with a heaping side of smashed potatoes and I’m in heaven. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kDwKQrRKicM/Tmznsvld7aI/AAAAAAAAChQ/scliz-HHbnQ/s1600-h/007%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="007" border="0" alt="007" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8KQcntpm0gw/Tmzns3aF64I/AAAAAAAAChU/tWFv2AHrLus/007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Full bellies of meat and a night at home with my man and our 2 furry girls watching our wedding video. It doesn’t get better than that. </p> <p align="center">Thanks for 2 wonderful years baby. I love you more today than the day I married you. </p> The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-83272600821243277122011-08-28T14:29:00.001-07:002011-08-28T14:29:36.814-07:00Guest Bath Makeover Part Deux<p align="center">So last weekend I was bitten by the DIY bug and wanted to redo our Guest Bath. When we first moved in I painted the bathroom to cover these God awful stars and moons stencils, added a shower curtain and called the room done. A few months later Griff install a new light, mirror and faucet.  The in November of last year we extended the new floor into this bathroom and the hall. After we made those changes the room wasn’t horrible but I longed for something better. I had grand plans and let me tell you I completed all but 2 of them! And that’s only because 1 idea requires the input of Griff and the other idea… well I just flat ran out of steam! Here is the grand To-Do List.  {A line through it means I completed the project.}</p> <ol> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Re-paint the walls in Kingsport Gray by Benjamin Moore.</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Stencil a damask patter on the walls</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Re-paint all the doors and trim. {Door to the bathroom and linen closet door.}</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Make base boards bigger by adding additional trim.</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Replace the UGLY brass door knobs and hinges with ORB knobs & hinges.</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Re-paint the cabinets.</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Spray paint the cabinet knobs with ORB spray paint.</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Find and purchase a white shower curtain and replace the curtain liner.</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left"><strike>Find and purchase a white micro-fiber bath mat.</strike></div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Install crown modeling. {Yup, I plan on doing this myself.}</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Install new counter top. {Griff needs to agree on the type of counter top.}</div> </li> </ol> <p align="center">Let’s take a look back at the bathroom when we moved in shall we? There were moon & stars stencils, a moon & stars light switch cover, yellow stained vinyl floors, a rusted toilet shelf thing, and a floral shower curtain.  You can see the vinyl floor in the first picture. And that dark blob on the wall in the second picture was a test paint spot that I did.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-80x31r4aokk/Tlqy2Kg8EWI/AAAAAAAACdA/n0Gv-gqiOX0/s1600-h/First%252520house%252520pics%252520103%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="First house pics 103" border="0" alt="First house pics 103" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-v9sLjnI8lwA/Tlqy2dkh22I/AAAAAAAACdE/M3OhFSG4ZUs/First%252520house%252520pics%252520103_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UAP1SZ93iOA/Tlqy2-j70JI/AAAAAAAACdI/oUdfkIqiJ8M/s1600-h/First%252520house%252520pics%252520020%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="First house pics 020" border="0" alt="First house pics 020" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cF31T5lFRSc/Tlqy3CtTObI/AAAAAAAACdM/fPHA3qNmnhk/First%252520house%252520pics%252520020_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Nm1-FyZ8-ec/Tlqy3XAVNNI/AAAAAAAACdQ/UtoZR2qZi10/s1600-h/First%252520house%252520pics%252520019%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="First house pics 019" border="0" alt="First house pics 019" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PoquYEcRVn0/Tlqy32xy4vI/AAAAAAAACdU/eJ8g4lpx0mk/First%252520house%252520pics%252520019_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">Then here’s the bathroom as it was after we made a few changes. First, from the hallway, then standing in the bathtub, then standing next to the bathtub looking at the cabinet. You can see the new mirror in the 2nd pic and the new floors in the 3rd pic. In the 4th and 5th pictures you can see the new light fixture and the ugly brass door knobs. Man, am I happy those are gone!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GYJUJw4bazM/Tlqy4Am3sYI/AAAAAAAACdY/SwaAHCq1r2I/s1600-h/062%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="062" border="0" alt="062" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5rZio0yiekc/Tlqy4YcCsxI/AAAAAAAACdc/d6Tn6eRb9Po/062_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-U0nPjILqUJ0/Tlqy4xUxaxI/AAAAAAAACdg/mixE5nzID8w/s1600-h/064%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="064" border="0" alt="064" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UGYMoTTJYuU/Tlqy5CmjOYI/AAAAAAAACdk/XbB4oYespuY/064_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5wUbD9_-n_Q/Tlqy5dAbkpI/AAAAAAAACdo/M7kaOKFf5XQ/s1600-h/073%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="073" border="0" alt="073" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qG1J12q0ZI8/Tlqy5zSGrgI/AAAAAAAACds/5JVTB5D-PZk/073_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oflfeF7Szng/Tlqy6AMNMYI/AAAAAAAACdw/6EBNcyHoOKg/s1600-h/004%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="004" border="0" alt="004" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gL_3OvTcNgY/Tlqy6pIgNKI/AAAAAAAACd0/9-HzuGeWynE/004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-SZUWEc7iA9A/Tlqy7bKqXhI/AAAAAAAACd4/HcBGAVXsrYY/s1600-h/069%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="069" border="0" alt="069" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QqfLdm8-n9g/Tlqy7znbLHI/AAAAAAAACd8/If4fscinjaM/069_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">So let’s get started with the update! First, I painted the whole room in Benjamin Moore's Kingsport Gray. I actually took the swatch of this paint to Home Depot and had them match the paint color to Glidden paint. I happen to like Glidden’s paint a lot and it’s about $25 cheaper than Benjamin Moore. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_RpDwnxMUNI/Tlqy8JQ30VI/AAAAAAAACeA/e0mS0UHoNo4/s1600-h/083%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="083" border="0" alt="083" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pnf7rOvQKqg/Tlqy8uTQuqI/AAAAAAAACeE/PH3EteZMPmQ/083_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9jTKOBXVxUI/Tlqy8zzNu1I/AAAAAAAACeI/VsQiD-dSDXE/s1600-h/084%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="084" border="0" alt="084" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-X50cG0TxqGs/Tlqy9JoHUtI/AAAAAAAACeM/zNpuZMWU2Ts/084_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">I couldn’t start the stenciling before the walls were dry so while they were drying I started on the trim. I bought a piece of trim that I planned to just add to the top of the trim that was already there so it was bigger. I’m a fan of big fat trim and our house wasn’t blessed with it. See? Wimpy. And all that black crap at the bottom is the black grout from when we had the floor done. Yuck. The picture on the left is a picture of the wall right in front of the toilet. So every time I went to use the “facilities” I stared at this wall in disgust. I had to change it. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FbyKESwGxBQ/Tlqy9j4qXlI/AAAAAAAACeQ/zSv7UhCxJt0/s1600-h/077%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="077" border="0" alt="077" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zGdqOcTV86s/Tlqy-IS-VjI/AAAAAAAACeU/ajrHDy7d1N0/077_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zLBtqJsoYA4/Tlqy-mY09GI/AAAAAAAACeY/vNevkWnlF8w/s1600-h/080%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="080" border="0" alt="080" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-drDJJSCR2gs/Tlqy-2CH_6I/AAAAAAAACec/wERU60eiX_I/080_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">I bought some trim from Home Depot and my plan was the add it about an inch above the trim already in place and paint the space in between white. Faux trim if you will. I tried that out and didn’t like it. So I placed the trim right on top of the old trim and it looks great! So I got my miter saw out and went to town. This was my first attempt at mitering anything and it went pretty well I’d say. Only a few miss cuts. Then I caulked any place where there was a little gap. See?! In. Love.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JM76lJfLwZ0/Tlqy_jGJYII/AAAAAAAACeg/UV8G2oZ6M5o/s1600-h/015%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="015" border="0" alt="015" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-G04MG_duyf0/Tlqy_9essHI/AAAAAAAACek/sBgIbQgIEQ4/015_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3WFkjRq-l0U/TlqzASASr_I/AAAAAAAACeo/VZyh24ccP44/s1600-h/013%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="013" border="0" alt="013" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-p3SAD6jd6W0/TlqzAtFVELI/AAAAAAAACes/ajS6TeBaG54/013_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Look at  the mitered corner between those 2 doors. And behind the toilet! I am so dang proud for doing this all by myself with no help from anyone. Not even anyone at Home Depot! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-s7gYGg4gXVI/TlqzBY02ixI/AAAAAAAACew/GAkI9E6OMS0/s1600-h/012%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="012" border="0" alt="012" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-b0Ep9TE73LQ/TlqzBskrJvI/AAAAAAAACe0/Xmsiay1uVvA/012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HiC2prbiXQs/TlqzCaxasgI/AAAAAAAACe4/wguMCbdqvoY/s1600-h/016%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="016" border="0" alt="016" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-U4--Nf9UDtg/TlqzDUqLuUI/AAAAAAAACe8/ZH_EvAq4-CE/016_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">While the caulk was drying  I started with the stenciling. I bought the stencils from Hobby Lobby and spaced them 6 inches apart. I started on the wall between the tub and the linen closet which just so happened to be 18 inches exactly. Woo! I love simple math. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nbBTiE36MfM/TlqzEL1mqhI/AAAAAAAACfA/fFJC160KcnQ/s1600-h/093%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="093" border="0" alt="093" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-e8SInzRHADc/TlqzEYtyWRI/AAAAAAAACfE/moyySgUfRSE/093_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5Rh0BCkH8qo/TlqzE0NDfZI/AAAAAAAACfI/91mT7ACIXwM/s1600-h/094%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="094" border="0" alt="094" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0kPeAbBPeco/TlqzFM3TYvI/AAAAAAAACfM/bnJ5w2jY3HQ/094_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">I continued this all around the room. {I’m probably the most impatient person ever and I just had to hang the mirror back up to see what she looked like with the newly glorified walls before I was even finished with the room.}</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dfYd0cMLe2A/TlqzFjpoVhI/AAAAAAAACfQ/HhIZwKAHk1A/s1600-h/116%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="116" border="0" alt="116" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-17w3v0q3U_E/TlqzFxZqSyI/AAAAAAAACfU/nM2-_2lkiao/116_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mVtdKajLrVg/TlqzGZO9CLI/AAAAAAAACfY/KL6sLf58KwA/s1600-h/115%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="115" border="0" alt="115" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j9SWmu7CLDU/TlqzGuqmEGI/AAAAAAAACfc/Gy0AXZYo-zw/115_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">After I finished the stenciling I took off all the door knobs and hinges started painting all the doors, trim, and cabinet with<font color="#0000ff"> </font><a href="http://www.glidden.com/collections/a2/83/view-product.do?retailer=all"><font color="#0000ff">Glidden Trim & Door Paint</font></a>. This stuff is tha sh*t! Only issue is it’s oil based so it needs at least 24 hours to dry completely. Ugh. Did I mention I am impatient? But man am I glad I waited. The shine on these doors and trim is amazing! I can see myself in the door. Seriously. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aP0AbnGSIl4/TlqzHBoNBbI/AAAAAAAACfg/MxzOc1b7baM/s1600-h/069%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="069" border="0" alt="069" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2a2HG4HLEMg/TlqzHWLrF3I/AAAAAAAACfk/wUU5x83-rnU/069_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N11zxYxPZlk/TlqzHyz24YI/AAAAAAAACfo/dO7TDE7jrPU/s1600-h/113%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="113" border="0" alt="113" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HSOdZxWtZzo/TlqzJ_u9LOI/AAAAAAAACfs/xU9nS4InsM4/113_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Old hinge and new hinge.  Soooooo much better! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5YuTfg2THm8/TlqzKBxOmWI/AAAAAAAACfw/nvRupuP4l4c/s1600-h/111%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="111" border="0" alt="111" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iqaQmaiGic4/TlqzKW63OjI/AAAAAAAACf0/dImOXzkBudE/111_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7tN_er2aLRU/TlqzKv5TWWI/AAAAAAAACf4/mbWj1yTmLZU/s1600-h/059%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="059" border="0" alt="059" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oxn53Bw2-4s/TlqzLGJwMcI/AAAAAAAACf8/FbzuVVVpIoA/059_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-L1rrMTtR2QI/TlqzLb7rt1I/AAAAAAAACgA/cp_qztec7o4/s1600-h/007%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="007" border="0" alt="007" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UOmAAK9LXVY/TlqzLi9cZlI/AAAAAAAACgE/dQdVKF_m4vg/007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">So what does the almost final project look like all said and done? Well, let’s take a gander shall we? </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FOqN61ZILuY/TlqzMBSPD7I/AAAAAAAACgI/LPio1TjzVo0/s1600-h/004%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="004" border="0" alt="004" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-7dmG30jQBPA/TlqzMTwj03I/AAAAAAAACgM/SWOx8HrQmy0/004_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1rYFGujKrTQ/TlqzM6EObVI/AAAAAAAACgQ/yk1dDYrCTI8/s1600-h/005%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="005" border="0" alt="005" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xPf8p2p3lpk/TlqzNHsiPNI/AAAAAAAACgU/4Xh9bIqN6K0/005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-g3RxgCgVrY8/TlqzNYgYf8I/AAAAAAAACgY/_68OiX3NKeE/s1600-h/006%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="006" border="0" alt="006" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-w3SVVWX3eqY/TlqzNtQIYRI/AAAAAAAACgc/R-oTZq9h284/006_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-g-xMKJlhK-I/TlqzOY9I24I/AAAAAAAACgg/-gbXO4cClUs/s1600-h/010%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="010" border="0" alt="010" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vCY0mJlFw78/TlqzOsjKXRI/AAAAAAAACgk/DEB16qULGMI/010_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-P8QIsxpkU7E/TlqzPNshlFI/AAAAAAAACgo/FKPDUH3Xij0/s1600-h/011%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="011" border="0" alt="011" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7qcSdBX7O_A/TlqzPa8ymEI/AAAAAAAACgs/o_hO9gqaHBg/011_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-13mua-tuCY8/TlqzPs-Y-PI/AAAAAAAACgw/o6ZnX0fqDOU/s1600-h/107%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="107" border="0" alt="107" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-s9aMA5tYOS0/TlqzQCftmBI/AAAAAAAACg0/uboin_YgxhE/107_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">I love it! Griff is not so sure about the damask stencil pattern on the walls but I love it! </p> The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-49424945361305915182011-08-21T17:58:00.001-07:002011-08-21T17:58:32.170-07:00Sublime & 311<p align="center">Last Sunday Griff an I went, with a few of our friends, to the newly built Backyard to see Sublime & 311. I thought I would never get to see Sublime play because their lead singer Brad Nowell died in 1996.  But low and behold, they played and they rocked the house with their new lead singer Rome. I wish they would have played longer but they were opening for 311. I’ve seen 311 once before and they were awesome. Griff has seen 311 something like 9 times. Their new album is more like their old stuff, {which I prefer cause it’s not as hard}. Never the less, we all had a great time and the new Backyard venue is outstanding! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hqSiOAIMPJQ/TlGplyK91mI/AAAAAAAACcA/CyOaNGn2ltM/s1600-h/015%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="015" border="0" alt="015" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dZ_biFnGEWk/TlGpmB5VxCI/AAAAAAAACcE/NoahWsakZ6s/015_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aWeIqfIc_3s/TlGpm66o7aI/AAAAAAAACcI/iE-TU1fH1x0/s1600-h/017%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="017" border="0" alt="017" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SgYiMEj8TeE/TlGpnAp-eJI/AAAAAAAACcM/0xvNRnn62qs/017_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Martin on the left. Griff, Scottie, Martin and Betty.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-L5MTjBPVo0Q/TlGpny5CaJI/AAAAAAAACcQ/usCinsYu7mc/s1600-h/012%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="012" border="0" alt="012" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xGPSYEaUfoU/TlGpoDiHXgI/AAAAAAAACcU/CW40WAdUhWs/012_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UHNUVYn0pPY/TlGppWR3PrI/AAAAAAAACcY/fokgRYWXtK8/s1600-h/008%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="008" border="0" alt="008" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zvmdH6JhwLw/TlGppoID-QI/AAAAAAAACcc/0bMve5Id178/008_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">The view was awesome!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0VgXEzSt2i4/TlGpqQrp3GI/AAAAAAAACcg/OUtzp7CIiqI/s1600-h/024%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="024" border="0" alt="024" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VoyutuqJwkU/TlGpqnys7KI/AAAAAAAACck/kw9na-TfB4Q/024_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oUw9rwQS8l8/TlGprAhGwkI/AAAAAAAACco/XopeJ5bTScU/s1600-h/025%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="025" border="0" alt="025" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6GLB5cotwwo/TlGprf4a_iI/AAAAAAAACcs/Wc10USCwzJI/025_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Tim, Angie & Griff. James & Mo on the right.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YjLaSyt_VJU/TlGpsBl0A3I/AAAAAAAACcw/1Jq2suicn0g/s1600-h/035%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="035" border="0" alt="035" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-y8zCDN1DuqM/TlGpsixUWhI/AAAAAAAACc0/Bj6MMKExB3w/035_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5vP7vpN7G90/TlGptJsnm7I/AAAAAAAACc4/CsHinY1TS64/s1600-h/036%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="036" border="0" alt="036" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UBhb-e40dKg/TlGptk8zUuI/AAAAAAAACc8/v-PD7hbCf2s/036_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">An amazing night with some even more amazing friends!</p> The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-76126078054538341692011-08-03T19:33:00.001-07:002011-08-04T15:15:52.802-07:00Wednesday Catch Up<p align="center">Wow. I have really been behind on my blogging this summer. We’ve been seriously busy and I need to play catch up. So grab a cup of <strike>vodka</strike>, your favorite beverage, and sit back, cause this is gonna be a doozy. Heeeeeeeeeere we go!</p><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2011/08/raney-family-beach-trip-2011.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Raney Beach Trip 2011</span></a></p><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2011/08/saturday-night-game-night.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Saturday Night Game Night!</span></a></p><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2011/08/man-with-fan.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">A Man with a Fan!</span></a></p><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2011/08/table-revamp.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Table Revamp!</span></a></p><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2011/08/garage-clean-up.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Garage Clean Up!</span></a></p><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2011/08/griff-turns-30.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Griff Turns 31!</span></a></p><br /><p align="center">Whew! 6 posts in one evening? And I’m spent!</p>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-73184465996723379502011-08-03T19:30:00.001-07:002011-08-04T05:43:55.998-07:00Raney Family Beach Trip 2011<p align="center">So when my Mimi was alive, {my Dad’s Mom}, she used to rent a beach house every summer for her family to enjoy for a week. I have wonderful memories of these trips. Spending time with family, playing Horse Shoes in the sand, crabbing a night, etc. When she died in 1999 her kids, my Dad and my aunts and uncles, decided to have 1 last hooray in her memory. But since then we haven’t been back. So this year my Dad and Mom decided to resurrect the vacation and man were we all happy they did! The house was called Sea Glass and it was amazing. I didn’t get a lot of pictures of the house because we were having so much fun! But here are a few. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jWx-WEbFEPc/TjoCzCf51aI/AAAAAAAACUI/T6JQtpvYk48/s1600-h/192%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="192" alt="192" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1nMaTZRjb64/TjoCzqohGVI/AAAAAAAACUM/9zSUIvdMBHY/192_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0Mz4m5s6v04/TjoC0Hy74GI/AAAAAAAACUQ/DOapQrZ9FbI/s1600-h/191%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="191" alt="191" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1-YlsJNGno0/TjoC0e4ivYI/AAAAAAAACUU/ju8zTPaNZPA/191_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cU3Krtzvo1k/TjoC034o6PI/AAAAAAAACUY/S6v6XlL6d_U/s1600-h/235%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="235" alt="235" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rqqnDyIvXUc/TjoC1OC3tfI/AAAAAAAACUc/aIWHRXncjYo/235_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3mvrPWStb4c/TjoC1npY9VI/AAAAAAAACUg/hGaozCxQL2Q/s1600-h/236%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="236" alt="236" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dlD5zUPZITs/TjoC2vAdvaI/AAAAAAAACUk/mxxDwkdlmX0/236_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">Look at the size of this pantry! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6kglIvEMfLs/TjoC3ZpBlHI/AAAAAAAACUo/1ucsW77G-rA/s1600-h/234%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="234" alt="234" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jUyqHMjFX_I/TjoC34Smf2I/AAAAAAAACUs/l68YnHjU0gQ/234_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">Now onto the fun! We buried my niece Sydney. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qBO5FGDhS9A/TjoC5P5Ik4I/AAAAAAAACUw/yHGK7V-7DLQ/s1600-h/170%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="170" alt="170" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jdiHYrOcFd8/TjoC5h2OiSI/AAAAAAAACU0/Jtmnz7nhjHE/170_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Mw8Ildytt2E/TjoC6-lDOyI/AAAAAAAACU4/5-jyjGMIoVE/s1600-h/171%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="171" alt="171" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hAluuuRpe8E/TjoC7btQKVI/AAAAAAAACU8/-oIOhk1hAac/171_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a7B-r4xF6nw/TjoC8YmZW5I/AAAAAAAACVA/3UuNmr4qi9M/s1600-h/172%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="172" alt="172" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dvyykZFKviw/TjoC8pG6HkI/AAAAAAAACVE/QrGvF0EBn6w/172_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JHd1d41EpM8/TjoC9lB0ptI/AAAAAAAACVI/7Us0zRT-cy4/s1600-h/174%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="174" alt="174" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-u66yjt2VgfI/TjoDBUpIkyI/AAAAAAAACVM/UDbLkPgX6UY/174_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-CT1wK4O3g8o/TjoDGgu0JoI/AAAAAAAACVQ/bjshasgppQk/s1600-h/175%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="175" alt="175" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jes6jUIFTMg/TjoDHKv-4zI/AAAAAAAACVU/jiSnQhfmDJA/175_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YfaOagEPm7o/TjoDIYMvIMI/AAAAAAAACVY/2cV72VYeegU/s1600-h/177%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="177" alt="177" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HuAqgobuQHI/TjoDJpMXR4I/AAAAAAAACVc/lptcjG8SeM8/177_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-k_hkJbVXJRo/TjoDKwQNhII/AAAAAAAACVg/Ypa4mftTWJY/s1600-h/179%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="179" alt="179" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RXB32LsGG-Y/TjoDLUKG3TI/AAAAAAAACVk/i-IXNahTNxs/179_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MmrLYtVCEDE/TjoDL9ngdCI/AAAAAAAACVo/7GzLe8Z32-A/s1600-h/183%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="183" alt="183" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HaEGvK88uoI/TjoDMZwo41I/AAAAAAAACVs/X6T7gjFtvZI/183_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">We played Horse Shoes. On the left my cousin Aaron. On the right Griff and my Uncle Steve.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UXIBgQzcPXc/TjoDM1aQYLI/AAAAAAAACVw/STNJjtxHRDQ/s1600-h/101%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="101" alt="101" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6-Rh6QDRBmM/TjoDNUOpmjI/AAAAAAAACV0/3h3535CYmA8/101_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kyrKEHLGNBs/TjoDR7Ug30I/AAAAAAAACV4/mTRDBBFFHSE/s1600-h/129%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="129" alt="129" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cTfy1cux7LA/TjoDSBDDwvI/AAAAAAAACV8/bnx-3JJOMrE/129_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">On the left my cousin Jason and Griff. On the right my Dad and my brother Sean. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bblndN4SBu4/TjoDTBVhuBI/AAAAAAAACWA/4Qd1REHXXn4/s1600-h/292%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="292" alt="292" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WXl9rJRN3uI/TjoDTfJq9gI/AAAAAAAACWE/3c1Up9PdN4U/292_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-na4pbzCTkLc/TjoDT1Y1jCI/AAAAAAAACWI/kjhs1TYiIns/s1600-h/126%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="126" alt="126" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fbISr-qWG1A/TjoDUX1CKRI/AAAAAAAACWM/5mZAxGoHWBE/126_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">My cousins Christopher, David, and Aaron went Kayaking. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1r0R315ChwY/TjoDU9mO1FI/AAAAAAAACWQ/cUpSj50adns/s1600-h/160%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="160" alt="160" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ax2HEMhQk6Y/TjoDWmGKUhI/AAAAAAAACWY/EoLSVAi_Mx4/160_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-t3I2PnP3A1c/TjoDXRLy9MI/AAAAAAAACWc/qfTJNsp3XHw/s1600-h/161%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="161" alt="161" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hf5CM_iRog8/TjoDXgYlFFI/AAAAAAAACWg/xamVBdDE4_k/161_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vhTySzx5eAY/TjoDYanpR3I/AAAAAAAACWk/WpGXMujTk4s/s1600-h/103%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="103" alt="103" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C7llS-Bt--E/TjoDYglBe3I/AAAAAAAACWo/d6e74twWqJg/103_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9nIZmKNl5RY/TjoDZHtWTlI/AAAAAAAACWs/aCSaEhkdqqI/s1600-h/122%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="122" alt="122" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jPJ4l1s6wUc/TjoDZkpYe6I/AAAAAAAACWw/JT1oJvLWyfU/122_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">We played games on the beach and maybe consumed some beverages. Me and my cousin Elizabeth on the right. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wycN1IMXGrU/TjoDaoMpY-I/AAAAAAAACW4/F5dgGe5DXKQ/s1600-h/190%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="190" alt="190" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OBuakPb88co/TjoDdbDaarI/AAAAAAAACW8/xdJqnciMuOA/190_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gxZ-HvU0HLk/TjoDlFVtiaI/AAAAAAAACXA/9qcBJsxcK2w/s1600-h/128%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="128" alt="128" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-U1cWWPU086k/TjoDlkx7DJI/AAAAAAAACXE/MOHVf_pLcm0/128_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">My Mom and Aunt Sherri on the left. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3N4TwZxYWqM/TjoDmqVUsnI/AAAAAAAACXI/7jIpj1wBagw/s1600-h/088%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="088" alt="088" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZZp6XY2RBEY/TjoDnJbrpLI/AAAAAAAACXM/ISuZNyG9g5s/088_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--ZpOiQpYF54/TjoDpHj4Q8I/AAAAAAAACXQ/gbUqOsxS-MQ/s1600-h/080%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="080" alt="080" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-x6_qvq8Smi0/TjoDpk9dRFI/AAAAAAAACXU/_76yLt_nM5E/080_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">My Uncle Alan carrying bottled waters in that cooler I’m sure. On the right, Elizabeth and I lounging. {That’s as far as this Texan ever got in the water!}</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MxjemaP-ZIQ/TjoDqERVpgI/AAAAAAAACXY/9-KNn4ODI-A/s1600-h/139%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="139" alt="139" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-chIB3-YslfI/TjoDqfmR0nI/AAAAAAAACXc/nKFJoq3G-jc/139_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8MzI46kS984/TjoDrBwwhmI/AAAAAAAACXg/2nisb78d6Bo/s1600-h/135%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="135" alt="135" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Tfw7dcXCLZE/TjoDrYSMxaI/AAAAAAAACXk/LtHHJC8JJss/135_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">We were there the week before my Mom’s birthday so I decided to ban everyone together and through her a little party. She. Had. No. Idea. She didn’t even know when I asked her for the recipe to her favorite desert that it was actually for her birthday cake. Sneaky I am. And apparently Yoda.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HEJeSDvxshw/TjoDsE100hI/AAAAAAAACXo/lBVoCG6z-z0/s1600-h/207%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="207" alt="207" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MzTuLR6uMI0/TjoDsi9or4I/AAAAAAAACXs/iSZ-Mo5M9KE/207_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-r3lpQ-19IQ8/TjoDutIXsAI/AAAAAAAACXw/tlDaS2JIzPw/s1600-h/208%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="208" alt="208" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YkiajRFNdcs/TjoDu4eCVsI/AAAAAAAACX0/B2h5kF6HHeo/208_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">We have a thing a the beach. Puzzles. We love our puzzles. We put together 4 of them. Well 3 1/2 actually. We didn’t get to the finish the 4th. And I forgot to take a picture of the 1st puzzle. Doh!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-67Z7jpvJ0gw/TjoDvxtKvAI/AAAAAAAACX4/JS8fnqCq084/s1600-h/232%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="232" alt="232" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Jrcc9M5wq3c/TjoDwPGkSaI/AAAAAAAACX8/GEYu2HFfLK8/232_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KAHHdC6Bgoo/TjoDxH29iAI/AAAAAAAACYA/VMrSFednrgU/s1600-h/230%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="230" alt="230" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-f2XJ8cQQ3QY/TjoDxaubeRI/AAAAAAAACYE/ChsZcN9bRYI/230_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-E88bJl6r3UI/TjoDyX-KigI/AAAAAAAACYI/rK5va873JgA/s1600-h/348%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="348" alt="348" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-w2R1Zl96Yw4/TjoDy9hNoSI/AAAAAAAACYM/U6sfQ-QHBH4/348_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">My Aunt Joanna and my cousin Elizabeth started building a sand castle and her son Jason and I jumped in to find the decorations. {My favorite part anyway!} We found an old Christmas tree and used that as our castle’s backyard forest! Dad and Griff “supervised”. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aYd_hrZCUSY/TjoDzUHRnDI/AAAAAAAACYQ/1CUt2dnAMuE/s1600-h/242%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="242" alt="242" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6USZkt4D7F4/TjoDzo-lcsI/AAAAAAAACYU/Zw8mo3NU4uM/242_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GdLocPd-GfU/TjoD0QHnpGI/AAAAAAAACYY/nFPjgdWCM4Q/s1600-h/244%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="244" alt="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-H0UesfInFCM/TjoD0t7SyXI/AAAAAAAACYc/m_OWcZMs88g/244_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7BohNKOTCaE/TjoD1Sxx3-I/AAAAAAAACYg/tqc9N_grjMU/s1600-h/248%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="248" alt="248" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nj1-lqTAoOg/TjoD1oshuwI/AAAAAAAACYk/ChmHb5Ha968/248_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7f5jYg98Q7A/TjoD2eH1UUI/AAAAAAAACYo/PtUUTg8IQ_A/s1600-h/251%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="251" alt="251" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-zTdfluvXrns/TjoD2yTRjmI/AAAAAAAACYs/ad4CojHccvM/251_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IFDOJGU0TW8/TjoD3Q5E4wI/AAAAAAAACYw/bJn6YvsiAxY/s1600-h/254%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="254" alt="254" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-C_WkOsS5GVw/TjoD33HGDtI/AAAAAAAACY0/3P5YxjO8TIU/254_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JQhSfZpe5xU/TjoD4nQVRGI/AAAAAAAACY4/JSyXVLJnr5s/s1600-h/247%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="247" alt="247" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3Xh0lsKvm1U/TjoD4xLDWaI/AAAAAAAACY8/O60hkGxS3XM/247_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">We went crabbing at night. For those of you that don’t know what crabbing is you go out on the beach at night with a flashlight, a bucket and a crabbing net. You find all these crabs, put em’ in the bucket, find some more, and do it all over again. Once your done you release the crabbies and go about your business. This was probably the most fun night I had the whole trip. We laughed are asses off! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eKcl6byVQh0/TjoD5konHJI/AAAAAAAACZA/SwC3Hf-fd7Q/s1600-h/266%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="266" alt="266" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VjNZI7HngWs/TjoD57SKxxI/AAAAAAAACZE/gBjn1ezOJKA/266_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BiowwgOedSM/TjoD6bLbf0I/AAAAAAAACZI/I7EcvfY11ss/s1600-h/267%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="267" alt="267" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-o6ircrEtf70/TjoD6gPxU8I/AAAAAAAACZM/_Fhx6MQYT48/267_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hM6ePi58nVo/TjoD7fOaHvI/AAAAAAAACZQ/Or1ZlEBUz6U/s1600-h/269%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="269" alt="269" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rh2d4GnwJWo/TjoD7vfSZII/AAAAAAAACZU/64S-LPfsjmY/269_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JGgiSCV7qKk/TjoD8S1Da7I/AAAAAAAACZY/RLiCQ7we62s/s1600-h/272%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="272" alt="272" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-t6ZEdrFmLPE/TjoD9LjyXVI/AAAAAAAACZc/N-Z8LzaPalQ/272_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-zyYPKfXsly4/TjoD9hEcDNI/AAAAAAAACZg/x5R00lh_kic/s1600-h/274%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="274" alt="274" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-f8eb6EaP8Co/TjoD91dD9UI/AAAAAAAACZk/o00dkFnryhc/274_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Nx9Je0z61C8/TjoD-_GFC5I/AAAAAAAACZo/g8J5JOoEbaM/s1600-h/276%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="276" alt="276" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FVuvkTLd9i0/TjoD_IEegEI/AAAAAAAACZs/8DEel-pcZL4/276_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4pWS2XIusRg/TjoEAHpWxCI/AAAAAAAACZw/Z6x0TclkxRY/s1600-h/277%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="277" alt="277" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-y2z8o3Vo0Pk/TjoEAaPzXeI/AAAAAAAACZ0/q9BuUfa2ixw/277_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Hl9Egq8iijw/TjoEA8rk7mI/AAAAAAAACZ4/VJOgQjL4WSA/s1600-h/286%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="286" alt="286" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ah8TCsNfgjc/TjoEBCHDfOI/AAAAAAAACZ8/eHFoSaI58ig/286_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kr78ZOtVrjI/TjoEB7gOe9I/AAAAAAAACaA/IkZJg_xo99E/s1600-h/288%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="288" alt="288" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--v776Fx_ZWg/TjoECXnIcHI/AAAAAAAACaI/zUSkEVwbxds/288_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-H-SB9HPnsIg/TjoECwoH5rI/AAAAAAAACaM/ulrVtvQ5Xps/s1600-h/289%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="289" alt="289" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TJ6PuvpziI4/TjoEDrLos-I/AAAAAAAACaQ/UTMcBsD5XMA/289_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">The last full day we were there my dear old Dad decided he was going to bust out his surf board. This thing hasn’t been ridden since 1970 something, the last time my Dad wrote it. It still had the original wax on it. Cool or gross? You decide. After he sat out there for a while he realized the waves were not big enough for him to ride in. Plus he told me later he felt something bump him under water. ARE. YOU. SERIOUS!!! If you know me at all you know I am SCARED sh*tless of 2 things. One slithers on the ground with no legs and the other is the ocean. So to hear that he was bumped freaked me the F out! </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-z-8Zybwcv2s/TjoEESkpS7I/AAAAAAAACaU/xt9WRBYRtTo/s1600-h/306%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="306" alt="306" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ONyFN-LJLV0/TjoEL8KQMbI/AAAAAAAACac/i3aTtvA9MMQ/306_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VTd9voU6Bjk/TjoEMck-6PI/AAAAAAAACag/6Od-vdALL_E/s1600-h/304%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="304" alt="304" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p4CJjyZ9CzY/TjoEMz05SPI/AAAAAAAACak/An7WCQms3S4/304_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--s0ZItZlIp0/TjoENUXUjlI/AAAAAAAACao/tCWdkVjsdXo/s1600-h/305%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="305" alt="305" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NtojgDO6YME/TjoENn1H6eI/AAAAAAAACas/KxL_ddudPPU/305_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XtBSthJZSmU/TjoEOF8Jg4I/AAAAAAAACaw/nfQPfBiTe_8/s1600-h/308%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="308" alt="308" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Asv8PSlF3EY/TjoEOoZkJEI/AAAAAAAACa0/buNJE1aV4fk/308_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1az5f4BtOpQ/TjoEPE7dC_I/AAAAAAAACa4/7zCylSFyrwk/s1600-h/309%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="309" alt="309" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zCv6NmDZ5Cc/TjoEPR0ci6I/AAAAAAAACa8/XIofWW-CnxY/309_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Mp8YfWz8GDc/TjoEQOj2w7I/AAAAAAAACbA/yJFdxnCBHcU/s1600-h/313%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="313" alt="313" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AG1P7ujqW_E/TjoEQremmsI/AAAAAAAACbE/YnFy7knlwLg/313_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ettHNkf-D-Y/TjoERcDZcEI/AAAAAAAACbI/6OuzUgmukp8/s1600-h/314%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="314" alt="314" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vdtS6ZEfZ8g/TjoERpycboI/AAAAAAAACbM/7IOdkPURp40/314_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-z7E76W4Txgo/TjoESH_9HmI/AAAAAAAACbQ/gAcCgFmmIL4/s1600-h/315%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="315" alt="315" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Pl_bLjsdTvE/TjoESgEUWSI/AAAAAAAACbU/qN_7kdNpCK0/315_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qk8E5dul75o/TjoETHSUYHI/AAAAAAAACbY/OcEqeEoRIAw/s1600-h/317%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="317" alt="317" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IsLjE9qHJ60/TjoETWqjGLI/AAAAAAAACbc/0BscXm4JJQw/317_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PmqDm1v2ldU/TjoEUH4xKqI/AAAAAAAACbg/T8QChVyMEwc/s1600-h/319%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="319" alt="319" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sbez50eWenE/TjoEUevIuKI/AAAAAAAACbk/4XarO40eJps/319_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gbPF0BjI7I4/TjoEU_EH02I/AAAAAAAACbo/Icoc-xpL3mQ/s1600-h/320%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="320" alt="320" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Yxzxbvqf3Wo/TjoEVadDCMI/AAAAAAAACbs/O5hFuzROJwI/320_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">The last night we were there the remaining 8 of us decided to head out to dinner. Me, Griff, Mom, Dad, Aunt JoAnne, Cousin Jason, Aunt Sherri & Cousin David. Since I had sun poisoning the previous day I didn’t drink at all on the last day we were there so guess who was the DD? Yup. Me. It’s ok though, I’d rather everyone be safe.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TjRt0IQ3CC4/TjoEVzHO31I/AAAAAAAACbw/f4HE57u5hfQ/s1600-h/344%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="344" alt="344" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UYN4aIUrq6w/TjoEXd6UjwI/AAAAAAAACb0/k2JMBn-ivq0/344_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iAO2uj1y4-Q/TjoEX7hDZbI/AAAAAAAACb4/O8Ja0zRww4U/s1600-h/345%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="345" alt="345" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-omkMPEpvWDA/TjoEYd5k7GI/AAAAAAAACb8/XgXxhnMGDdU/345_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">What a wonderful trip full of wonderful new memories. I can’t wait to do it again next year!</p>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-36510025609609116902011-08-03T17:49:00.001-07:002011-08-04T05:43:14.775-07:00Saturday Night Game Night!<p align="center">My brother was in town a couple of weeks ago and we decided to have a little game night par-tay! We invited my cousins Hunter, Brandon & his wife Pam, Amy, Hannah and Martin. What a night! Griff’s not really into games. But we grew up playing games, all our friends like to play games so we played games. Here we are playing games. And look Griff is laughing! Ha, caught ya!</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bSY36XLgTB0/TjnscIxUSRI/AAAAAAAACRo/CuG8Furuxfs/s1600-h/045%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="045" alt="045" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y3ZRxotOKuA/TjnsctJ1zZI/AAAAAAAACRs/jRLBp594DQg/045_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-U7gTPpfn9-U/TjnsdU7ZEgI/AAAAAAAACRw/2sWluRmQlyI/s1600-h/046%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="046" alt="046" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l1k10T8HD3o/Tjnsdm3PskI/AAAAAAAACR0/RZGL79_cQwQ/046_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-galolj2-NcU/TjnsehVTCrI/AAAAAAAACR4/lb9N98_MfhE/s1600-h/048%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="048" alt="048" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8ECuQhpkzIU/Tjnse4fSE9I/AAAAAAAACR8/cfY152Zd2t4/048_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GdMTRqQN4kI/TjnsfQkhz6I/AAAAAAAACSA/ijAjlWoapUk/s1600-h/049%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="049" alt="049" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R-wvP9rSgWQ/Tjnsfuf4xOI/AAAAAAAACSE/p-hVolY8ljs/049_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a> </p> <p align="center">We played Ping Pong in the garage, wore Griff’s LSU helmet, went swinging on the swing and just hung out and had a good time! </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FbVtDGeaeWY/TjnsgQHldkI/AAAAAAAACSI/55z5K1kNFDI/s1600-h/052%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="052" alt="052" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--TvhmIGEk2s/TjnsgsLy_iI/AAAAAAAACSM/Ohr9RxDvX-Q/052_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rDA2NrrCrBU/TjnshG--pGI/AAAAAAAACSQ/UJs0ryqxKTE/s1600-h/056%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="056" alt="056" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qsBZsqfulKQ/TjnshUcH58I/AAAAAAAACSU/7V3Pgu_FCog/056_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_OaxndZAC_E/TjnshxzcClI/AAAAAAAACSY/WECpGgkDSyM/s1600-h/042%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="042" alt="042" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jPttiVozKQI/TjnsiHxvQ4I/AAAAAAAACSc/2D8Y9uGY_PQ/042_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="260" width="200" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AGEPmNTa_a4/TjnsjH_obyI/AAAAAAAACSg/cRXLS8-o4tE/s1600-h/051%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="051" alt="051" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4lgQFariKMw/TjnsjuLwbrI/AAAAAAAACSk/m9g8gPQoFwc/051_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-L0uCzO9MnUg/TjnskEEJX5I/AAAAAAAACSo/b-Dx6n84puM/s1600-h/053%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="053" alt="053" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZTomKeBEs9k/TjnskdN1PQI/AAAAAAAACSs/TvRmahLT4Xs/053_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WUt_YqfRtS0/TjnslHMC0LI/AAAAAAAACSw/HETrw5-E52s/s1600-h/055%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="055" alt="055" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--AwQGCHAdug/Tjnslbc7zFI/AAAAAAAACS0/x4jxi-sLhDM/055_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wnttuqUqBsM/TjnslyXb-BI/AAAAAAAACS4/q8_DDNomIN8/s1600-h/047%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="047" alt="047" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wX3P0HMe428/TjnsmPCwaYI/AAAAAAAACTA/uWjBAc-Mkj0/047_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_EuzUi7UX7Q/Tjnsm0C-BrI/AAAAAAAACTE/3ELliDOS410/s1600-h/057%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="057" alt="057" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ppn5jpr1VtQ/TjnsnPF5J9I/AAAAAAAACTI/ohYvqQSFYjw/057_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1dXWEwGgFcI/Tjnsnvl31sI/AAAAAAAACTM/Tav25CgfhfU/s1600-h/058%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="058" alt="058" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Kd5Xt1DacZc/TjnsoOTriAI/AAAAAAAACTQ/eaR4W-lNJq4/058_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">What is it with the legs?</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L1HXIVLC_FI/TjnsotAgkvI/AAAAAAAACTU/V5FO-r-J77o/s1600-h/059%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="059" alt="059" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-a-lByZfRcYk/Tjnso6E9MEI/AAAAAAAACTY/HMjWlMdR5oI/059_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gZJfJ3knbXY/TjnspQ8xlyI/AAAAAAAACTc/OiNb1WFbjIo/s1600-h/068%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="068" alt="068" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FN9PmHbCbnI/Tjnspj_rFmI/AAAAAAAACTg/6BPP0TB4JK4/068_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">Me and my cousin Hunter and brother Sean.<br /></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nAzcqqTmCkg/Tjnsqau1__I/AAAAAAAACTk/w1koQyVxxiY/s1600-h/064%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="064" alt="064" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tby0qleG3Hk/Tjnsqo1qdfI/AAAAAAAACTo/N85zUtxAr3Y/064_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dvMUUuyb1Jk/TjnsrJhtmzI/AAAAAAAACTs/ZHy4RGKkwDw/s1600-h/065%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="065" alt="065" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vw-zuqk9nDI/Tjnsrfp36kI/AAAAAAAACTw/tTtaqTVHVTA/065_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Tud0ZfhZhd4/TjnssMjFqjI/AAAAAAAACT0/Bw1K3Pyb4PY/s1600-h/066%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="066" alt="066" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vh38JSNisRY/TjnssdigSmI/AAAAAAAACT4/aou-uh5zLz0/066_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0JZH5r3524I/Tjnss8nSX2I/AAAAAAAACT8/P1CFwfekbFA/s1600-h/067%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="067" alt="067" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-H6DYL2rCzXA/TjnstVrDcdI/AAAAAAAACUA/ets4-SYXzds/067_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">What a fun night!</p>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-5889082894999565202011-08-03T17:28:00.001-07:002011-08-04T05:45:14.091-07:00A Man with a Fan!<p align="center">So since we <a href="http://thedabadiediaries.blogspot.com/2011/08/garage-clean-up.html">cleaned out our garage</a> Griff started working out again with our friend Sidgy, {pronounced CJ}. And since it’s it’s hotter than the Devil’s kitchen round these parts we needed to replace the Nascar fan hanging from the ceiling. Yes, I said Nascar. You see, the man that lived here before us was apparently a “handy man”. I use that term loosely because of the hilarious things we’ve found in the garage he used to remodel his man cave. I assume when he was a “handy man” to others he took what his clients didn’t want and used these things in his own home. But I digress, let’s get back to the fan. Yes, that is our attic access painted purple. Again the work of the “handy man”. He painted the some of the walls purple too. Seriously. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Q-m4S31tBIg/TjnnqyNC7oI/AAAAAAAACQo/NrfyaZcGEG4/s1600-h/029%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="029" alt="029" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gtYdLbPxxPs/TjnnrP9ZpkI/AAAAAAAACQs/pS-KBSB6PRE/029_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Yi-QxQkUhfs/TjnnruAK5nI/AAAAAAAACQw/gl5m5sTvFLE/s1600-h/030%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="030" alt="030" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JoGr9J22U-o/Tjnnr9azu3I/AAAAAAAACQ0/_JTlEdG6cuk/030_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">My brother Sean was in town the weekend the fan went up and thank goodness he was here. Apparently this was a 2 person job. I couldn’t help cause was inside getting ready for a party we were having later that night. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Hybon91XNiY/TjnnstIQpiI/AAAAAAAACQ4/1MMvH3MBwMs/s1600-h/033%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="033" alt="033" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nw5lYT-yV6E/Tjnns2KowmI/AAAAAAAACQ8/_B_lmn4k1rg/033_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DqqvCYzE5lc/TjnntqXdcxI/AAAAAAAACRA/2oWb27DEl6U/s1600-h/034%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="034" alt="034" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EqBEwUti4tw/Tjnnt5nItyI/AAAAAAAACRE/9EzTGWV29XU/034_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vvYm71x-8yw/TjnnuQGnvGI/AAAAAAAACRI/i1OpC--oJMo/s1600-h/035%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="035" alt="035" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8V2zM315p_k/Tjnnug1EI3I/AAAAAAAACRM/T6mt9V9EXS4/035_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-54NWNJmLOyo/TjnnvVnw54I/AAAAAAAACRQ/KvOujzY6RXs/s1600-h/036%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="036" alt="036" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ktvjzy2uwn0/TjnnvZNS06I/AAAAAAAACRU/3mdG0BTa3ko/036_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">After the fan was put up the boys set up the ping pong table and batted their balls around. </p> <p align="center">I mean, wha? </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--h9xx671y0s/TjnnwJMrAXI/AAAAAAAACRY/eXlOEt_oN6E/s1600-h/041%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="041" alt="041" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6iDQjRNWTCQ/TjnnwWJds3I/AAAAAAAACRc/2yV1HYY_voU/041_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AmouFO1fqrg/Tjnnw6dJQpI/AAAAAAAACRg/a9yH-2ky_D0/s1600-h/043%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="043" alt="043" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-J7Ori_BFiVQ/TjnnxEUgAxI/AAAAAAAACRk/-SC2Ccx2j7Y/043_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-43386798229541945022011-08-03T17:05:00.001-07:002011-08-03T17:05:46.564-07:00Table Revamp!<p align="center">Ok, so I’ve had this table for like ever.  I bought this little table at a thrift store a million years ago and it used to be my “entertainment center”. For the last few years she’s lived her life as our entry table. A place to drop our keys, purse, sunglasses, etc. And with all that dropping of said keys, purses, & sunglasses she’s seen better days. Take a gander at the before. {Of course she was painted black the minute I brought her home, shocker.} Look at all those dings. Well they weren’t really dings, it’s just where the paint was chipping. Pimples on her face if you will. Time to give her a makeover. </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m900csWZHCc/TjniRSbTv0I/AAAAAAAACPo/-M7zXMlgzDY/s1600-h/018%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="018" border="0" alt="018" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ySZBJWZQpuQ/TjniRqh4e3I/AAAAAAAACPs/5XdKvoaowl0/018_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-12lMl2Rn068/TjniSAZFhyI/AAAAAAAACPw/UTVvWlux3co/s1600-h/019%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="019" border="0" alt="019" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XJwA045mTtE/TjniSe8NygI/AAAAAAAACP0/Nkj66GC-2BI/019_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" height="200" /></a></p> <p align="center">Here she is on her former glory. Black of course.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IYFqXRBsPGI/TjniS0ZIXNI/AAAAAAAACP4/efd118BqpUM/s1600-h/009%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="009" border="0" alt="009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_ZoDTnPDIng/TjniTDqG9FI/AAAAAAAACP8/l4zubWPEsYM/009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-iTpdEW-8n1o/TjniTeu_X1I/AAAAAAAACQA/z3VaQGJqgqs/s1600-h/010%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="010" border="0" alt="010" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-FhO0jKpo2nA/TjniTv5x-qI/AAAAAAAACQE/QX4r9ltVEi8/010_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-r2KWkT7VQ5k/TjniUC2S6oI/AAAAAAAACQI/6nLo-IBh1BA/s1600-h/007%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="007" border="0" alt="007" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-U4ocF3g9vTE/TjniUSdrFzI/AAAAAAAACQM/gUFRHVgFJ2Q/007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">And now here she is with a little make over! Yup, I painted her bottom half a crisp white! I know, I can’t believe it either.  But she told me she was a rebel at heart and needed to let everyone know.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EUriKcFYFJQ/TjniUo_cyHI/AAAAAAAACQQ/vxiDOkYkB1c/s1600-h/001%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="001" border="0" alt="001" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DT_8h-llDfM/TjniVPItNbI/AAAAAAAACQU/Gm5XoKUwdSk/001_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BRKjBV8Zfmg/TjniVb63wvI/AAAAAAAACQY/qvFqCnB4xqE/s1600-h/002%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="002" border="0" alt="002" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5g3X7rCgpgw/TjniVs2TpyI/AAAAAAAACQc/2jexsehqjTE/002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bmc93x1fsEc/TjniWPBy5mI/AAAAAAAACQg/2JAxaqlfYDI/s1600-h/004%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="004" border="0" alt="004" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hihnPAzoNp0/TjniWSAkPvI/AAAAAAAACQk/jBCtUTT1ISw/004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" height="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">I love it! I am so glad I listened to her and painted her bottom half white. It looks awesome! </p> <p align="center">If you wondering what that giant black box on the wall is, it’s a built in speaker, left from the previous owners. We haven’t hooked those up yet, but they’re ready when we are. </p> The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630765392199813642.post-44190791468790763532011-08-03T16:26:00.001-07:002011-08-04T05:47:04.693-07:00Garage Clean Up!<p align="center">Whoa. We’ve been needing to clean out our garage for like, oh I don't, know, since March! We bought a new couch in March and I decided to give my old couch's to Amy. Problem though, Amy took her time getting the couches from our house to hers. Ah well. It’s gone from their home in our garage to their new home at Amy’s and I hear they’re happy. Woo!</p> <p align="center">So the garage went from this… {that big open space is where the couches were living}</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Qqa5WNB9fbc/TjnY-unxxkI/AAAAAAAACOk/i-iNStNrsvU/s1600-h/007%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="007" alt="007" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MUo_ChW0gsE/TjnY-7-1PCI/AAAAAAAACOs/VJYWL1nx17I/007_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zbPQ8DUmI0g/TjnY_maAltI/AAAAAAAACOw/MW_vCYc9vNk/s1600-h/008%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="008" alt="008" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dJbeR3CjMF8/TjnY_3th6TI/AAAAAAAACO0/IeaGhrNSEZI/008_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-fSL9e12Uex0/TjnZCxJls_I/AAAAAAAACO4/BbCkTtXTCJI/s1600-h/009%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="009" alt="009" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SkNZkFSK5oA/TjnZEzxT6qI/AAAAAAAACO8/qd3Utnrjd1o/009_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-nDGe-OEsLLc/TjnZGAD5EFI/AAAAAAAACPA/gSQj-Z5mUnw/s1600-h/011%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="011" alt="011" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-13QDPeeslI0/TjnZGeC__nI/AAAAAAAACPE/6FsbCO3kGNo/011_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">To this…</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-310vHCd6dcs/TjnZHMRJT0I/AAAAAAAACPI/7HyvvirHuJ0/s1600-h/002%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="002" alt="002" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BTPCP1hZXwU/TjnZHjqsRtI/AAAAAAAACPM/a2hfsWmec-M/002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hCjqd0i7Yy0/TjnZIdYoJjI/AAAAAAAACPQ/-WsJEnYUHAI/s1600-h/003%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="003" alt="003" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-wXJy4SsdKtE/TjnZInry6uI/AAAAAAAACPU/DApTItIcdD0/003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hmmh1RXYzFQ/TjnZJan_FcI/AAAAAAAACPY/3saDS2tULWU/s1600-h/004%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="004" alt="004" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8LXPLJD1cH0/TjnZJ0PqrlI/AAAAAAAACPc/b7Kn0drQYgQ/004_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4ffTDIjYcUI/TjnZKbPR5hI/AAAAAAAACPg/0ag0EdYqucg/s1600-h/005%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border: 0px none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="005" alt="005" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4sZczXo0yPI/TjnZKxU1mNI/AAAAAAAACPk/n1vf8yd8nQg/005_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="200" width="260" /></a></p> <p align="center">So glad this <strike>little</strike> project is done! </p>The Dabadie'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127918488525433162noreply@blogger.com0