One done and sooo many more to go

Caleb had yesterday off from work. From the list in my last post he completed #6. The storm door has been installed. It looks great. On to our next thing.

Something inside me

Lately all I want is more time to get things done. For whatever reason I have been in the mood to clean/organize everything. This weekend was all about our bedroom. Both closets got new shoe organizers. I bought a few organization things to help out my closet. We bought all new "decorative" towels to hang in our bathroom. My only issue is not having enough time to get everything done I want to. In addition to the streak I am on...I keep coming up with so many ideas of things to do around the house. We decided we need to start a list of everything we want to do and start checking them off. Here are some of the things on the list. BTW this is not any kind of order.

1. Start working on finishing the basement.
2. Put in a tile back splash in the kitchen.
3. Replace the carpet in the family room with hardwood floors.
4. Install hardware in the kitchen.
5. New couches for the living room.
6. Install a storm door.
7. Replace or redo our front door.
8. Get a fence installed.
9. Get the fire pit done.
10. Hmmmm....sooooo many ideas

I have been trying to keep my eye out for art work for our spare bathroom upstairs. I have changed out the shower curtain and bought new towels to hang. It was a little too girly and we plan on our little guy using it when he gets home. My next room to get organized is our coat closet. At this point is has become a junk collector. It's a good thing it isn't winter yet because there is no room for guests coats the way it is now.

Oh....I Love him

Who do I love??? Caleb. There are days when it hits me so hard how much I really do love him. He is amazing. I am so thankful he is my husband and that I get to spend every day with him. I love being head over heels in love with him. All I can say is...I am one lucky girl.

Another stamp in our passports....Costa Rica

This past week we were in Costa Rica. We went with Caleb's parents and had a great time. We joked the whole time about them being old...Mind you they are only in their 50s...so not old at all. We barely get out of the rental car place and there is a guy in the middle of the street selling flags to everyone in their cars. Caleb's mom says, "I don't think he really needs crutches." My response, "He only has one leg". And this is how our vacation started. Let's just say there was lots to laugh about. Here is a quick recap and a couple of pictures.

We stayed in a very secluded hotel. This time in Costa Rica is the off season so there were not a lot of guests which didn't bother us at all. One thing we learned and were thankful for was the SUV we rented. Things we had read and researched said there are a lot of unpaved roads....They were not kidding. We spent a good amount of time getting from one place to the next on dirt roads. By dirt roads I mean like this...

The couple of beaches around our place were clear and amazing. We went snorkeling a few times and saw lots of fish. Some were a little too close for comfort. The weather for the most part was pretty clear for all the times we were on the beach.

(I already miss our toes being in the sand.)

We took two days and went to a little town way up in the mountains. We went and did an amazing zip line in the middle of the jungle. After our first couple lines clouds started to settle in. The guys helping us told us to watch for the signal so we would know when to break....a hello...we couldn't see more than 10-15 feet ahead of us. there is no way we were going to to the signal before it was to late. A few people in our group came in a little too fast. I don't think at the time this was my favorite part, but in the middle of everything there was a huge burst of rain. We were all drenched. Good thing we brought our rain coats. We all now know what it is like to be in the jungle during a down pour. After we finished we found a great little place to eat dinner. The restaurant was Americanized....and for this girl that is great. The next day we went and ran a course of suspension bridges. It actually didn't rain on us, which is a good thing because the hike in between bridges was pretty long and the last thing we needed was for it to be slick. The bridges were in the trees. Everything was so green and lush.

We had a great time and had looked so forward to this trip for months. I think deep down we both loved this trip but are looking forward to our next one even more. We hope that we will be back on a plane to Africa very soon.