Epic Fog Over the James

So I shared this photo on my Instagram account last night of the view outside my office window when I arrive at work in the morningThis morning my Instagram blows up because "Visit RVA" apparently saw it and shared in on both their Instagram and Facebook pages.

How cool is that?  

Birds Have Returned

So happy to see birds in the yard again after all the building.  We scared them away but with the snow I made sure all the feeders were full and they have returned by the dozen.

The Drama of the Lost Tennis Ball

As if just having a blizzard wasn't enough, Guy and I forgot to grab Riley's tennis ball before the snow came so it was buried.  This became a huge deal for the little man  over the course of a week.  Check out the video.. Part one is Day One search, Part Two is his continuing look the next day and finally Part III is the recovery. He cracks us up LOL

The Blizzard of 2016

Two weeks ago I posted a photo of our house with snow talking about how Guy could never say it doesn't snow in our new county and then just a week later we were hit with the Blizzard of 2016..Jonahs.

One of the largest storms to ever cover Virginia we received 16 (approx.) inches at the house which according to the news and the neighbors is more snow at one time than anyone can remember. Luckily we had plenty of warning and I was able to get to the store and get what we may need (we weren't sure how things were handled down here in regards to roads) so we made sure we had necessities like dog food, snacks, milk, etc. to get us through at least a week. We also prepared to lose power as we were told that this does occur often with high winds which were also expected.

The storm was projected to start around 10:00 am on Friday and it was almost perfect timing. I was working at home so I watched the first inch or two come down through the front windows.

Big Foot Lives Here

While walking Riley down our partially plowed road I came upon these tracks also going straight down the roadIt's hard tell tell but they were the size of a iPhone 5 so 4 1/2" to 5" big.  We turned right around and headed home hahaha.General agreement between all my friends on Facebook was a large Coyote.  Damb I really do live in the country now :)

Pinterest Compare #2 Master Bathroom Shower

I fell in love with this idea early on in the designing process and never wavered from wanting to have it in our new master bathroom. We knew all along we were not going to have any type of bathtub installed and we wanted to have a huge double shower as that had proven necessary in the past (after a few medical surgeries and knowing more were coming up). Here is the very popular Pin I designed after:

and our take when completed. You can't see the 2nd shower head on the far right but it is there

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I can't say this was easy to get done.  The builder hated the idea and really couldn't grasp what I wanted no matter how many times I showed him the picture from Pinterest but eventually he got it and the shower was framed in but then it was very hard to find the glass that would fit the insert and pass code.  As it was already framed we had to go for it and pay the higher cost of glass but still I would do it again..  

We both really love this shower and the openness really lightens up the room and makes it feel larger. This was a Pinterest design win for us :)