My excuses are very simple. First, football season started and we stopped working on the house. Second, and the single biggest reason we have stopped working on the house much, is because we have started playing with our dog! Meet Yazoo-he consumes about 110% of our free time when we are not at work or at a football game.
He has had a haircut since this picture, but all my recent photos are on my phone and I cannot find my connector cord.
He is the best dog in the whole world! Yazoo is a 5 month old miniature schnauzer. We didn't even know how badly we wanted a dog, until we got Yazoo. He is very friendly, affectionate, smart, is well-behaved about 95% of the time and has been house trained. That was a saga!
Yazoo had a sad start in life. A family in Jackson bought him to replace a beloved pet that died, but the parents realized about three months in that the purchase was a bad idea. Their kids were teenagers and did not want to play with Yazoo or pay him any attention, so they gave him away to a family down the street. Well, that family consisted of a single mom, 3 kids and 4 cats. Yazoo did not fit in with the cats and the mom couldn't really afford to keep him, so he was out. We came to own Yazoo when a secretary at my office jokingly put her head in the door and asked if we were in the market for a dog because her friend (the single mom) needed to get rid of a dog. I don't know what got into me, but I told her I would call Jake. We got more information about the dog and it turned out that his original name (we changed it) was Sam. My parents' 16 year old dog's name is Sam. We decided it was a sign and went to get him that very night!
Yazoo had us wrapped around his little paws from moment one. He is just the cutest, sweetest dog! Above is a picture of his first bath at our house the night we brought him home.
We have become those annoying people who always talk about their dog. Literally, we show friends videos and pictures of the dog unsolicited. We are nuts!
Now, back to the house. Here is a picture of an almost finished Master bedroom:
We bought the new bedding at Pottery Barn, the lamps at HomeGoods, the curtains at JC Penny and the blinds at Lowes.
On a side note about the curtains from JC Penny. I was really surprised when I started looking for curtains and JC Penny had the best deal on the blackout drapes that I was looking for. I would never have thought to look there, but I bought 4 panels for $120. They are fantastic. I love the way they look and when you pull our curtains closed it is like a tomb.
We still want to buy a chair for our room, I need to hang some prints above the bed and find some throw pillows for the bed, then we will be completely done with one room of our house. Phew!
Husband also finished painting our guest bedrooms and they look so good!
Large guest room:
Small guest room:
We have set up the furniture in the large guest room, but I am going to wait to take pictures until I buy new bedding, curtains, etc. for that room.
I also have fun pictures of the upstairs hallway and the furniture in the den, but I'll save those for another post.
More updates to come now that football season is coming to a close!
