I recently purchased the marble tile that will make my bathroom vanities. I'd been swooning over it for several years but at $10 a square foot, it was more than I wanted to spend when I could do so many other things for less. I tiled my kitchen counters at our Maine house and wanted oh so much to use that tile but I am so so glad I didn't. 7 months later, we decided to chuck it all and move the Vegas. The new counters and other work I did in the kitchen helped to sell the house in a really tough market but we still took a beating on the final price. Not to mention that I'd feel even worse about leaving it behind. Home Depot just dropped the price on the Emperador Cafe marble to $3 a square foot. I had to really stare at the price tag a long time before the reality hit me how drastically cheap it would be for me to buy what I needed for the two bathrooms. I spent $75 and will have plenty left over for oopses.
It's actually turning out to be a good thing that I don't have time to work on the house. The time has allowed me to really think through what I want to do to get the highest function out of our living space and end up with something beautiful as well. I had a million ideas, as usual, but I've paired them down to exactly what I want to accomplish. I've even managed to decide on the kitchen plan. That was the toughest one because my hubby and I disagreed on the look, I couldn't settle on anything and I needed to do it right the first time because we pretty much live in the kitchen.
So the bathrooms will be next when I have time, the kitchen will come after that and our outdoor kitchen will be last.
Here is a rundown of the mini adventures we've been on: We tried our hand at smoking tri tip for the first time and it's came out perfect. And amazing. I started making my own spinach hummus and rosemary crackers for snacks at work. Recipes originally from Pinterest but the hummus came out better with my own tweaks. I also had to change up the cracker recipe to suit my taste buds. Nothing major, just little secret ingredients that make it especially yummy.
I made this
The most exciting thing of all was going back to Maine for 5 days to attend my son's wedding and to see my first grandchild for the very first time. I got to spend precious little time with family but it was all worth it. I wish I had time off and money to go visit every six months but alas, that is not my life. I will hopefully get back there sometime early spring for another visit, longer maybe.
So that's the rather sad story of my existence at this point in my life. Not a lot going on to share but I will try to share what I manager to squeeze in.
