Squirrels and Cabinets.....and such

Hello All....Thank goodness for blogging or I would have an awfully boring weekend!  I know it's kinda sad...but actually...I am totally enjoying myself these days:)  I enjoy time with my girlfriends as well....but it's nice to be okay with being alone...

I took a vacation day today...so much shopping to do and so little time.  I'm supposed to have all my house selections made by September 30th and that is NOT very far away....and that is my FAVORITE part of the building process....buying pretty things!!  So today I went hunting for tile, granite, and cabinets.  I priced a few pedestal bathtubs...much like this one above....and I will NOT be having one in my house...WOW...they are pricey! 
$1800 or so....although I may continue the hunt because I found some online for waaaay less than that. 

I went and looked at tile...which is my MOST favorite thing of all, I think.  I've actually had several recurring dreams about tile....I know...it's bad....but it's true.  I think I am even planning my house stuff while I sleep...maybe that explains the dark circles under my eyes these days.  So I found a lot of tile I like...just have to get the cabinet selection nailed down first.  Here's a couple of my favorite tile looks...I have many more...so i'll just share a few...I realize tile doesn't excite everyone like it excites me:) 

I'm thinking upstairs jack n jill bath...

Kitchen backsplash....but I'd have to go with more neutral
colors...but isn't is so pretty and fun!?!

I've been to two places so far to price cabinets...Timberland in Brentwood, Advanced Kitchen Concepts in Franklin and today I went to Lyles, TN to visit Jerry and Barry...two brothers that run Custom Trim and Cabinets.  I had seen pictures of their cabinets from a friends house ...so I went all the way to Lyles...in Hickman County...to see the real thing.  I was IMPRESSED....these old country boys know how to build some cabinets...and they had a LOT of finish choices!  Barry was the one that helped me and he was super nice....a little like Santa Claus...jolly and pleasantly plump....I liked him.  I'm pretty sure their computer was from 1989, but the drawings he showed me were serious cabinet drawings!  He also kept giving me his e-mail address...and here's what he said "capital T, capital O, capital Y....lowercase C..."  I won't give away his entire address...but he seemed to feel it was very important that you capitalize certain letters of the address....I actually had to step away for a moment and giggle.  BUT...the best part of the whole trip...was when I stopped for gas and saw THIS.....seriously....I haven't seen anything like it in my entire life...here's a picture and then I'll explain...

I tried REALLY hard to get a good angle on this...I'm pumping gas when this guy pulls up and gets out of his shiny truck.  No shirt....fine....it was kinda hot out today.  But check out the HAIR....Oh My Gosh....seriously...this wasn't a mullet...it was SO much more.  It definitely had mousse on the top third...which was kinda longer and styled like "business" hair.  Then we had the sides that were practically shaved...and the best part....a pet squirrel hanging down his back (i.e. a fancy pony tail).  I had to do a triple take...actually...it was worse...I just let my jaw drop and immediately grabbed my camera.  I simply couldn't resist.  Then...his woman (below) showed up and her hair was JUST as pretty....black on the bottom with a white phony tail on top...and a chiffon princess bow in it.  I'm thinking of going with this style on my next trip to the salon....

If this is your aunt and uncle...I'm sorry...but it was TOO funny.

All three cabinet people are supposed to be working on drawings..and pricing...I'm pretty excited to see what they come up with.  The product is all very similar quality.  Then I can get going on tile and granite and lighting and paint colors and window treatments and all that other FUN stuff!

I'll be posting my floor plan on here at some point along with some outside pictures I have snapped lately...I got another draft back today of the plan and I see a couple more changes I want to make....hopefully I'll get to get those to the builder early next week and get them taken care of....we're trying to break ground by mid to end of September....

Happy Weekend...sorry for the length of the post!

My Lot

The creek at the back of the lot

Standing where the house will be...looking towards the creek

Looking across the back of the lot

I thought I'd share a few pictures of the lot...it's in a new(ish) neighborhood in Brentwood....lots of trees - no houses on my street yet, always nice and quiet!  There were a million doves out there today and there are usually a bunch of deer roaming around.  I honestly had never walked to the very back of the lot....it's a basement lot and it was winter when I bought it and I just never went all the way to the back!  So, I went exploring today and walked down to the back to check out what the creek looked like.  I was pleasantly surprised....it was very pretty and it was filled with little critters and pretty rocks!  I think most of the year, it may just be a dry creek bed, but it was very nice today!  There is also some flat space at the back edge of the lot where I hope to eventually put a garden and maybe a fire pit....and maybe eventually (if I stay there long enough) a playset!!  Can't wait to go exploring a little further with my niece and nephew when it gets a little cooler out.....
AND...speaking of my niece and nephews....here's a picture from today's family get-together...aren't they cuties?!?!

Bye!

Paint Along....

Tonight I went with two girlfriends to this place in Brentwood called Paint Along. I LOVE it....you pay $30 and the instructor shows you how to paint your own piece of artwork to take home. Everyone in the class paints the same painting, but it's amazing how different they all turn out. I think this is one of my new favorite things to do (and it's WAY cheaper than Viking Cooking School)...I can't wait to take my niece and nephew!!

Here's a quick picture of my painting....maybe I will hang it in my new house somewhere...

Fresh Start

As many of you know....the last few months have been a time filled with a lot of change. Some change I am welcoming with open arms and some - not so much. I won't bore you with details, but here's a brief overview:
Shay and I have seperated and are getting divorced. I could go on and on about this, but I will refrain. He's a wonderful man, but it wasn't a good fit...and, yes...I know I should have figured that out before we married....third time is a charm, right?!?!
Next, we finally sold the house we owned together and so I've moved into a condo (I like to refer to it as Melrose Place) and he has obviously moved elsewhere. I'm really enjoying Melrose Place...saltwater pool surrounded by pretty trees and 4 big condo buildings...and Heather Locklear is my landlord (kidding....)
And last, but most definitely not least...the MOST exciting change....drum roll please.....I am building a house.....I am absolutely TICKLED to death about this...I may be pulling my hair out in three months, but for now...this is a project that I am thrilled to be working on!! This project is what has got me thinking about blogging again....I'd love to share the building process with family and friends and I'd love to record this time in my life...hopefully look back someday and learn from it...and understand that it ALL happened for a reason.

So, the seed has been planted and Katy's Blog of Possibilities will hopefully flourish and grow into Katy's Blog of Realities some day. That's the idea behind the title...I have a friend...a wonderful, amazing and inspiring friend...who one day told me about her "book of possibilities" that she was working on. It was a time in her life when she was experiencing a lot of the same change that I am experiencing now. She created this book of pictures detailing all the things she wanted to have or experience in her life....from vacations, to babies, to finding the man of her dreams. And now...that dear friend...seems to be slowly but surely turning all of her "possibilities" into "realities" and it has been so amazing to watch her journey. I'm hoping my story plays out in a similar way....I haven't given up on men (yet) and LORD knows how bad I want a baby....and this house thing is just the beginning of projects for me.

SO...welcome to my blog of possibilities....

Katy