What I Did This Week

Catch up time.

For the past few weeks I've put off house cleaning, laundry and lingering projects due to a self inflicted project headache for my neighborhood. I've been working on renovating our neighborhood pool. It was in much need of new furniture, umbrellas and structures and you know what they say, if you want a job done right do it yourself. I didn't really trust anyone else to do the job right so I volunteer myself and my dear friend, Sandy, who is an interior designer. We came up with a great plan that included building some pergolas and adding some landscaping as well as new furniture. Since then I've been working hours and hours researching the best prices and styles of furniture, coordinating colors and trying to get it improved by our HOA board. The project is now approved and rolling. We just hope everything gets here in time for opening on Memorial Day weekend. Cross your fingers.

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This week I also got cracking on training. Did I mention I'm signed up to do a triathlon in 3 weeks? It's a "sprint" which means about a 300 meter swim, 11.6 mile bike, and a 5K. I good starters distance. So official training started this week and I was pleasantly surprised by how well I did. Granted I've been going to the gym for a while, but I got in the pool this week to swim laps for the first time since I was a kid. Now my swim is only 300 meters, but long enough that I can't fake it. I was able to swim most of it without stopping. I also got on a road bike for the first time ever this weekend and I must say I'M HOOKED!!! I truly loved the feeling of flying down the road. For a girl who's only done aerobic classes and running for exercise her whole life, this was much loved change. Saturday my training group and I biked 10 miles then ran 5K. I finished strong and it felt good.

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Since Rob was out of town this week, I took advantage by ignoring the house and after catching up on weeks of laundry I was able to catch up on a couple other forgotten projects. I finally finished my chest. I painted it a cream color, added the legs and hardware and distressed the look (since most of my furniture ends up looking distressed on it own). Now I just need to put my sheet music in the drawers.

This is the piece I refinished a year and a half ago. This is definitely my favorite piece. I stained it a dark espresso brown and distressed it. I just wish I would have taken a before picture. It was truly hideous.