Five Minute Friday - Red

It's time for the "Five Minute Friday" blogging post. The inspiration comes from Lisa Jo Baker. 

What you do is set your timer for five minutes and write whatever you want according to the prompt Lisa places on her blog every Friday. Then you go back, link your blog and give support to those who posted before you. And, we connect on Twitter with #FiveMinuteFriday.

Ready.

Set.

Go.

Red.

I never thought I'd like the color red. But, with a black and white kitchen the red pops. I love red accessories. I have red mixing bowls. Red storage containers. Red dish towels. 

I dream of William-Sonoma accessories. I put them on my wish list in Pinterest. I love picking out items that I can have in my dream kitchen.

The rest of my house doesn't have anything red. Our bedroom is blue with soothing ocean themes. Our great room is filled with beach and ocean items. Shells. Pelicans. Sea birds. Paintings of ocean themes. Great herons. I love that room. We used to have a 400 gallon saltwater aquarium in it with lots of fish and rock. It was so soothing to look at. We kept it up for over ten years until we decided to take it down and add more bookcases. The one thing our house is lacking is more bookcases. I have books piled on the floor, tables, and open space available. I'm looking forward the wonderful cedar bookcases that will be built.

My office is a tranquil light green. My office is a place of balance and peacefulness for me. I have big boards full of inspirational quotes and pictures. 

Red. It has it's place in my life. It pops.

Stop.

Finally, It's Done!!

Hurrah! Our patio is finished.

Well, it's screened. The screeners arrived today and had the screens up in a few hours. See?

Oh, and you can see how hubby painted the stucco. We used the same color paint that's on the house. Looks like it was all meant to be there.

Now, we're still in the "remodeling" mood, so we're going to put in some French doors where the sliding glass door is that goes out into the patio. And, we're going to replace our double front doors with new doors. Too cool! Oh, and how could I forget? We're getting new patio furniture. Real comfy ones so I can go out there with my computer and work.

Of course, the whole thing had to be approved by our dog, Jack. He went out on the patio, put his paws on the wall, looked out through the screen and gave it two paws up.

Don't know what we're going to do after that. Maybe I can talk hubby into new kitchen cabinets and countertops?

A Lesson in Home Improvement

My husband and I are making changes to our house. We bought it in an "At is" state, and have slowly made changes over the years. This year, we're screening in the back patio. Our goal is to have it done before Hurrican Season.

I wanted to hire a contractor and pay to have them do all the work. My husband said, "No, don't do that. I can do it for a lot less."

Now, has my husband ever screened in a patio before?

No.

But, he said he'll learn as he goes.

Uh, huh.

His plan is to build a block wall about 2 - 3 feet high all around the patio with concrete.

Has he ever done masonry work before?

Nope.

But, he said he'll learn as he goes.

Uh, huh.

Do you think we'll be done by Hurricane Season?

Well, we have two months. That should give hubby plenty of time to get the block wall finished so I can bring in professional screeners to finish it up.

You didn't think I was going to let him do everything by himself, did you? We compromised. And, he agreed, when it comes to screens, let the pros handle it.

After the screening is finished it get to replace my sliding glass doors with French double doors. One double pane of glass, with the blinds in between the glass. I can't wait.

Who's going to put in the double doors? We haven't agreed on that yet.

But, we will. I'll keep you informed.