Paint is done..motor is found!!!

I hope everybody is enjoying the summer weather.  It has been HOT!!!!  But Jay is a trooper and the painting is complete.  YEAH!!!!
I have been working on the seats...almost finished.  Will post those pictures at the end of the weekend.
For Jay's birthday, he got a coupon from me for 1/2 of a boat motor up to $200.  Well, Jay being thrifty and smart, found one for $250.  LOL  He was looking for a good motor that he could fix up and make a great motor.  He finally found it!
Also, the carpet I got on sale last week is finally going in.

Enjoy the pictures.  I am so proud of Jay.  The boat looks amazing!

Wonderful summer weekend....

Well last week was a busy week for us.  We had a birthday and an anniversary..well and lots of work on the boat.  I did force a non-work day on Sunday so we could spend some time on the beach.

The beach was hot and sunny!

but more importantly the red paint is on the boat!  Purchases this week included discount carpet for the deck (gray $20) and life jackets on sale for $5 and a few other inexpensive items.  The boat is looking absolutely amazing.  The painting will be done this week.  And seats and carpet will begin.

While Jay was busy with the boat, I worked on a couple projects myself.  Pillows for the couch and a calendar for the house.  A little plexi, an old large frame, car detail tape, and a little paint and we now have a center for appointments and messages in the hall in our home.  Liquid chalk and a white board pen attached by ribbon makes updating easier.  A mail station will go up next to this.  I have the parts just need to paint!

Happy Birthday to you!!!!

Today is Jay's birthday!  Happy Birthday!!!

And being Jay, he will spend the day in the garage with the boat.  Also hopefully he will get to spend time with his best friend and do all the things he loves to do.  The boat looks great and he should be very proud.

I hope the next year is the best year yet for my sea loving man!!!

And of course being Jay, he wanted a birthday pie instead of a birthday cake.  So there is a peach pie and a blueberry crumble pie waiting for him tonight!

When you can't work on the boat..how about....

When Jay is working on the boat or can't work on the boat due to weather or waiting on things to dry, we find plenty of other projects to keep us busy.  All the projects are from low cost items or no cost items.  The more time you spend at the Goodwill, dollar store or yard sales...the more amazing things you find!

The first project was adding a curtain to my office storage.  $1 in fabric, a tension rod, and glue :-)  Now all my clutter is out of site.

Another project is a pair of old wood shutters.  The paint was bad and the shutters were very dirty.  There are some places that are broken but hey, these were a free find.  A little cleaning (thanks Jay) and painting by me and we have a head board.

I'll get more pictures of the bedroom as things settle.  We have alot of projects that we did for the bedroom.

The lamps were very ugly 70's lamps in a beige with ugly shade.  Paid 8 dollars for the lamps, sprayed them white and sprayed the shade a beachy color.

We love them.
I will upload some pictures of the table it is sitting on soon..a revamp of a 10 dollar country table :-)

Then this weekend I took some time and made a wreath.  Another inexpensive dollar store fun item.

There are tons of more projects coming.  The list gets added to everyday!

The saga of the boat continues...grab a seat

Sorry guys for my absence..we have been celebrating the fourth of July!  Well, I've been mostly celebrating.  Poor Jay has been working on the boat.

So many changes.  I am so proud of my handsome man.  I have also been semi-busy with the seats.  Some old and new pictures are included.

Yes friends..the boat is gonna be red!

Sweetie's desk in the office!!! OMG :-)

When women gush about their boyfriends or husbands, let's all admit we roll our eyes.  We think in our heads...well yeah but I bet he doesn't put the toilet seat down...or take out the garbage...or worse, snores:-) But brace yourself, I'm getting ready to gush.  Because my sweet Jay snores but he built me this amazing table for my office.  So all else is forgiven..at least for a while.

And even better, I talked him into giving up his huge TV so I could add his old TV cabinet to the office for storage.  He even offered to paint it for me.  Yep, he is adding up those brownie points.  The pictures are after a day of frantically opening boxes and trying to get some things put away.  I still have about 6 or 7 boxes to go and a cabinet in the man room (garage) that needs to be cleared out but it is a pleasure to work in the office putting things away.  All storage is dollar store or yard sale or goodwill.  The whole project cost about $100 if you include paint.

If you want details, just comment and we will provide the answers to any questions. More pictures of the room to follow and boat pictures are always on the way!

BTW, Jay thanks!  and I love you!

Sweetie's desk...finished painting

On Saturday, Jay finished painting the desk/craft table painting.  All that is left is to put it together and load it up with all my treasures.  The pictures are in the next post!