Happy Hour Turned Concert, Before & After Kitchen, Taxes Poker Tournament

Thanks for the HILARIOUS Costco-related comments! haha You guys crack me up. And for the record, nope - this guy wasn't short. He was just a weirdo on a power trip! Sounds like i'm the only one who's had to leave a full buggie at the store! And thanks SO much for ideas for Austin's b-day party - i'm so excited for him!! It's just such a milestone year and I REALLY want him to have a blast and celebrate with his besties! Backing up....

Thursday I woke up S. O. R. E. I knew it was definitely going to be a break from working out! Think the 4 straight days including 2 C25Ks did me in! So I took the day to recoop, just worked, spent the day with Reuben, cooked and had a great night with the family! I ended up at 1,639 calories, 225 carbs, 34 fat grams and 93 protein grams. Here’s what I ate. One super exciting thing went down… Our appliances were installed!! Here’s the new kitchen (before & afters – and some close up shots!!)

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

Close up on the new friends!

LOVE!

This DW makes me SO happy - can't wait to do my first wash!

What we did:

• Had granite installed.
• Had a new sink and faucet installed.
• Bought and installed new hardware for all drawers and cabinets.
• Bought stainless steel appliances to replace white appliances (had them installed; had plumber fix gas line).

What we didn't do:

• Replace backsplash. If I replaced it i'd want white subway tile. But it's already white tile so it's hard to justify changing it for a different shape!

What's left to do:

• Rip out all lighting. Have two pendants installed over island. Have one pendant installed over sink. Have pot lights put in kitchen and under-cabinet lighting installed.
• Have ceiling painted white.
• Have crown installed.

So glad they're in - i'm very happy with how it looks and want to spend even more time in the kitchen now!

Friday was a great day! I was still pretty sore though, and then my lunch break got eaten up by meetings and interviews (interviewing for a new position on my team). I was able to get out for 30 minutes and go back to Costco with Stacy for Austin’s birthday stuff – WOO! After work I headed straight home to a yummy salad, and then we went to a little happy hour get together at Chris and Katie’s. We had a couple of drinks and they talked us into going to a concert at Smith’s Olde Bar! So we ended up eating with them and going! Love spur of the moment. We weren’t feeling the band too much, but we had SO much fun with them. (the band was techno….like for hippies – it was SO random I can’t even describe it!)

Me and Austie - why is my hair in my face? grrr

Katie and Chris

Me, Katie and MB (met her through Katie!)

Sooooo random

Me and Austie again - apparently we were in picture taking mode!

Austin & Chris - love making the boys take pics!

We had a TOTAL blast and I’m so glad we went…. But we stayed up WAY too late. Like wowza… And I’m estimating Friday at 2,370 calories, 219 carbs, 64 fat grams and 86 protein grams. Here’s what I ate and drank!

Today we woke up early – too early for the late night out! We got ready and headed over to Marietta to get our taxes done by a wonderful accountant/family friend. He finds the BEST ways to help us do our taxes properly and thinks of things we don’t think of – love it! He’s also great about talking to you about future plans and how this may or may not impact your taxes. It was a smooth, fun, laughter-filled session! Then we raced to grab lunch and stopped by the house to feed Reuben before heading to Austin’s Great Aunt and Uncle’s house for a 3 p.m. poker game! It was a great 12-person tournament and we had so much fun with Austin’s family (and Aunt/Uncle) and their friends. Austin placed 3^rd in the first tournament and me and his Aunt Cheryl tied for first place on the second tournament – great game! Then we came home, had tacos for dinner, talked to Austin’s mom, did laundry and called it a night! I ended up at 1,574 calories, 159 carbs, 62 fat grams and 100 protein grams. Here’s what I ate. Now I’m off to watch a movie with Austin – woo!

Ever been to a concert or band that disappointed you? We tend to always have a BLAST at concerts – this one, while fun, the band was just too out there for me!

Do you go to an account or do your own taxes? I have so many friends that do it themselves- I couldn’t do it – I’d be scared!

Any poker players out there??!!