Happy Monday! It’s sunny in Michigan today and the birds are chirping.:) Spring is in the air! How was your weekend?
We had a great weekend with friends. On Friday we stayed home because Frank, the painter, was over painting the staircase and master bedroom and closets. The staircase is just beautiful!
Old staircase was a medium oak color with a little orange tint that would have clashed with the new wood flooring. New staircase is a coffee brown stain that will complement the wood floor and new carpet.
On Saturday Frank painted the master bedroom.
I’ll post better pictures soon with paint color names. We chose to have a feature wall painted slightly darker than the other walls.
Saturday night we were ready to break free from the house so we met friends at the Meeting House in Rochester. I had that wonderful salad I had last weekend and a New Holland’s Dragon Milk for my beverage of choice. Dave enjoyed the same with a beef burger. We sat, ate, and talked for four hours. We had so much to say to each other. We planned a vacation, talked about work, the Olympics, Trump, taxes, gun violence, children, grandchildren, relationships and so many other topics.
Sunday we drove to Canton to shop at IKEA. What fun! I picked-up a new dresser and jewelry holder for my closet makeover. I also picked up new linens for our bed. I couldn’t believe the prices and the selection! It was overwhelming, there was so much to see. I could have stayed there for many hours.
I will have to post my pictures on IKEA later, as they are not loading on my computer. These pictures are from the web. I can’t wait to put together the new bedding and get my closet all set. 
These are the dressers I picked up. They are part of the MALM collection, no hardware and very basic, just perfect for the closet. Poor Dave will be very busy trying to put these together for me. He said he’s up to the challenge, let’s hope so. 🙂
We both ran on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Logging another 12 miles each. My miles last week were a whopping 20 miles! Woo hoo!
I discovered some new podcasts on book talks, so good! I listened to Book Cougars on the Stitcher Radio App. These two gals are older, book sellers, and avid readers. They are informative and very funny. Running 3 miles takes no time at all when listening to a good podcast.
How was your weekend? Are you working on your goals for the year?
On Wednesday I’ll post another What’s Up Wednesday with some other bloggers. And this week I will post a book review on the book I finished last week titled If the Creek don’t Rise, by Leah Weiss.
Another busy week ahead with wood floors going in on Thursday. Can’t believe March is already upon us. Let’s do this!
