bathroom updo

The bathroom before didn't look too bad. It was just sterile white all around with not much shelf space. We had a shower curtain with 3 colors that I liked so we decided to use the Home Depot / Behr Color Match computer system. With not much help from the guy in the counter, we did it and it was super ugly -___-. The shower curtain was light tan/brown but it turned to poop brown. The 2nd color was peach-ish which I was ok-happy with. 

To make the poop brown less poopy- we added some Ultra White and it turned out nicely. 


Before:

After:

I really like how the light and color makes it much more of a home. The lonely little white shelf improved to two large half-cockpit shaped size His/Her shelves the bf made.

So far- this first home improvement was a great success!

white board messages

Before I moved into 'our' home, there was a lot of bachelor remnants still present such as the sports paraphernalia hanging on the walls, the beer pong tablet and the white board hanging in the dining room which keeps the score of the game.

I always thought these things were lame and that he totally needs a 'man cave', especially the white board.

But that was until recently....
we started writing love messages on it. Since I have been on hiatus from repainting/redecorating the rooms in the home due to my leg surgery, he has put messages on the white board so that every morning when I wake up and walk by it, I see them and reply back.

I bet you can't tell which one I wrote and which one he did.

I am so grateful that I found someone who expresses their feelings so easily. I love him so much. <3

A well deserved break from the painting

So every Friday night is date night and we definitely needed to get out of the house and away from the painting and sawing. We try to go to new places to just experience it and maybe yelp about it too.

Since I don't eat meat, my carnivorous sweetie is always thoughtful and tries to push me to go to all vegetarian restaurants because I can have a slew of choosing to pick from in the menu versus looking at just one small part of the menu at a regular restaurant. I am always a bit weary of them because they end up not being very good at all and full of grease and preservatives and yucky fake meat.

But we went to a place called "Red Lentil" that I have always wanted to try and it was SO GOOD. Many of the yelp reviews are positive and its not just from vegetarians but also meat eaters. From the appetizers to the entrees to the side dishes and desserts, it was all A+. The down side is that everything is big portions for a good price so you may have to pace yourself if you want dessert but its a yummy place and you are able to doggy bag it for lunch the next day.

This is called Gobi manchurani..tasted like sweet and sour pork…but its actually fried cauliflower and I HATE cauliflower but it tasted really yummy. You couldnt even tell. 

 

 Shepard's pie with some sweet potato and other veggies.

 

Dessert was soo yummy. This is the banana chocolate cake. So rich and moist!