Birthday/Anniversary Weekend

We've had a bunch of fun this weekend, but we couldn't justify ignoring house projects completely (besides, they can be fun too). Yesterday we did take the day off from pretty much every conceivable obligation, and went to Logee's. We swore to ourselves only to get 1 plant, as space is limited in our one well-lit window. We came home with 4! Though 1 is for Matt's office, 1 is for the terrarium, and 1 is a shade plant that has a home in the office, so I guess we sorta stuck to our original plan. Careful to all visiting parents and pet owners - some of our new friends are toxic!


Colocasia illustris


The ferny plant is for the terrarium, the other for Matt's desk at work


Eucharis amazonica

We also worked on finishing up backerboard installation, here show with Matt's illustrious GFI outlet....



And I finished prying the paneling off near the sliders. We did this for two reasons - 1, the paneling was weirdly out of place post-slider installation (the picture rail didn't extend all the way to the doors) and 2 - we're going to use the paneling to make the back of the dishwasher enclosure match the adjacent cabinet backs. Here I am after vanquishing the paneling foe. The dining room already looks lighter, though now we have some interesting patch jobs to do.



And of course - GO SOX!!