Busy As A Bee

Nick and I have been A bunch of busy little bees yall ....With Nicks transplant appointment coming up on Wednesday he has been busy trying to make sure he is in tip top shape.We are also hosting A Superbowl/housewarming party this weekend.With everyone coming over we have been trying to nip A couple little projects in the butt. We also sold our AMAZING sectional that I will miss ohhhhhh so much but the white HAD TO GO.Today we had our new ones delivered and they are so comfortable.Anyways here are A couple of the projects we have been trying to get done.

This bench I found on the side of the road and was SO nasty but I saw some potential in it.

This is it now...Almost done

I got this chair from my friend Joell and LOVE it

However it did need A makeover and let me tell you,

This chair was NOOOOTT easy to re do...I am still working on it

I still have to cover the bottom,The fabric is just laid on there and the arm rest.

We have also been working on A fireplace but I am going to post on that when we are done.I hope everyone had A great weekend.

Transplant Update

As most of you know last October Nick got pretty sick and then in August was evaluated for A double lung transplant. Thankfully from October to August Nick kicked butt and got his self where he needed to be and was not eligible to go on the list. However they wanted Nick to come back every six months to be re evaluated and see where he is at as far as being listed. Six months has come fast yall,Nicks appointment is the first week of February.

I wish that I could say we are as confident as we were walking into that Dr. office last October. However I cannot....Nick is by no means sick right now but...He is by no means where he was last October. I am usually very optimistic about all of Nicks appointments because he is so amazing and always seems to pull something out of no where and do great. I pray every day that its not time for Nick to be listed,I am being SO selfish but I am just not ready yet. I am not ready I am not ready I am just not ready yet and I don't know if he is either. How ever I do know that NO MATTER WHAT I am by his side and I will do WHATEVER it takes to get him where he needs to be.

It has been so hard with us buying the new house for him to get back into what made him SO STRONG last October. THE GYM!!! With that being said Monday starts A new week and back to the gym NO EXCUSES like my Grandmother and Nike say "Just do it". For us normal people its just A saying with A little meaning behind it if you allow how ever for my husband it is do or die.....

Heavenly Bananas

This is really random but this was so unbelievably good that I just HAD to tell yall about this. Nick and I went grocery shopping today and I snuck this little bit of heaven into my buggie.....

Rich, fresh roasted banana ice cream blended with a brown sugar and rum swirl with notes of cinnamon and nutmeg that puts the classic dessert to shame.

I could not believe how good this ice cream was. This is A MUST TRY and it is A limited edition so run yes literally run to your local store and get ya A little bit of heaven

On Another note....Nick and I are almost done with the faux fireplace. Nick painted on the white primer tonight and will be painting it antique pearl tomorrow.

Dr.Appointment and Faux Fireplace

Hey yall, I know I have kinda been MIA lately. I have just not been in A blogging mood much and I hate it. Between work and all these house projects I'm am just slap wore out.I figured I would let everyone know how Nick is doing. He had A Dr.Appointment this past week and I am so excited his numbers were slightly up and he also gained A couple pounds. I had to work when Nick had his Dr. appointment and I HATE it I feel like it is my job to be there with him. I know he is A grown man but I just feel its my part to be by his side.Anyways when I called him after his appointment I could automatically tell he had A good visit,Its all in his voice....Its so cute yall

Nick is such A great hubby I dream up all these CrAzY projects and he is so good about making it happen.Our latest project is making A Faux fireplace/mantel, Something along these lines....

Nick has gone above and beyond and worked SO hard on this project I cant wait to see what the final product looks like. Here are some pics of the Faux fireplace/mantel in the making,Excuse the mess.

Hopefully we   he will be finished with it tonight and I can start painting it tomorrow.He still has some trim to put along the bottom and the actual mantel piece.

We went and picked out paint and when we are all done we hope it will look similar to this....

traditional dining room design by other metros interior designer Judith Balis

WHATCHA THINK?