Graduation Time.

This one goes out to my hubby, Craig. It is quite amazing how someone decides to change their career at the age of 38. I will never forget the day that I got a phone call from Craig while I was at school. He never calls me at work. He told me that he had been to Aquinas and it was the last day to register for classes for that semester and he wanted to start nursing school. Amazingly enough, I had suggested he be a nurse, but we hadn't gone that much farther into the conversation. I can't believe it has been over 2 (long) years and he is finally done! It has been a really hard time for the both of us. Long hours of studying and working every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We both made it! I am so glad that he is happy and has a wonderful career ahead of him. I am also so proud of him for landing a fantastic job at Vanderbilt in the nurse residency program. I will say that when Craig has a goal that he will damn well reach that goal. He has pushed through it with hardly any fight. So, on his big day (Saturday) I will be cheering him on and secretly thinking how glad I am to have my best friend back. It has been a long road, but we both pulled through.

I am so jealous that Craig gets to wear scrubs to work.

The end is here! Party time at the Dore's.

It Was Only a Swipe.

Yesterday I begged Craig to go with me to Southeastern Salvage to see if they still had a table I wanted. To my surprise, he agreed to go. We made the trek across town and it wasn't there anymore. Lucky Craig. After eating Mexican for lunch, I requested that we go to another one of my favorite stores nearby....Merridian. I looked around and didn't find anything that jumped out at me. Craig found the most wonderful console table that he was in love with. Needless to say, the price was a little higher than we were comfortable with. We left the store and went home. We dreamed about it for a few more hours and then we decided to go to another cheaper store with similar furniture. They had a similar piece for cheaper, but we weren't happy with it. It wasn't the perfect piece from the other store. We made the executive decision that we had to have it, so we made the trek to Merridian once again and bought it! Now it is in my house and I love it! My back may hurt from moving the other furniture, but it is worth it. Notice the cute mirror too. I had spotted it a few weeks ago at Marshall's and it was still there. Mom always told me, "it's only a swipe."

Mr. Sammy

I couldn't resist taking this picture when I saw Sammy in the kitchen sunbathing by the back door. He is obsessed with looking out the door. This morning he was talking about something for about 10 minutes non-stop. It was hilarious. Ok, I confess, I don't have kids, so taking pictures of my animals is the next best thing:)

Spring Spruce Up's

It came to my attention the other day, that Craig thought our old kitchen chairs were too big. While I was cooking dinner, he decided to move the entire table in a weird position that I hated. Just for the record, he loves to aggravate me when it comes to decorating things around the house. We had some other chairs in the basement that we salvaged from a friends estate sale. The chairs are a much better fit and I really like them. I am also super excited about the two new stools that I found today at Southeastern Salvage. I have been looking online for a week looking for the right 18 inch stools. They were all too expensive or not the right size. I was so excited to spot them today at SES. They were trying to sell them in a weird set of a tall one and short one, but I talked them into selling me two short ones for the same price. They are exactly what I was looking for. They even have a cushioned top.

The chairs are a much better fit for our kitchen. They are rustic and I love them.

My cute new stool. Don't ya love it?

What's new, you ask?

Things have been pretty busy around the Dore household lately. After the ceiling incident, we had it patched and went on with our lives. Now, I forget it even happened. Spring is in the air and Craig has been doing a lot of much anticipated yard work. I have hung a new spring flag and that is about it. The only new addition to the ever evolving Dore home is our new doors in the bedroom. I have been complaining for some time about not having privacy in the bathroom. Craig decided to take on the project himself. I am so proud of the outcome. He is a do-it-yourself genious! I showered in our master bath the other morning and closed the doors so I would not bother Craig. He said he didn't even hear my hairdryer! I would say that the project was a success.
Nest on my list is to get the chair that I am obsessing over from Pier 1. 

New doors in my master bedroom. They open to my master bath.

New spring flag. It is really cold outside today, so I would not say that it is very appropriate!

Yes, this is my ceiling!

So, today started off on a good note. My Mom was in town, she was making a chicken spaghetti for our dinner, and I was browsing my blogs on the computer, when all of a sudden I heard the worst sound I have ever heard. I had no clue what the heck it was since I was in the office. My Mom ran to the foyer and Craig had stepped through the ceiling from the attic. He was chasing running after a bird, when all of a sudden he fell through the ceiling. I saw his legs dangling. I was frantic. Luckily, he wasn't hurt. He came out of the entire scary incident with just a sore thigh. My Mom and I were scared to death. Just to give you an idea of how hard it is going to be to fix; my ceiling is 18 ft. tall in my foyer! So, drywall and roof patching this week. The Dore's will be in the poor house for sure. Thanks a lot black bird!

Don't you love the hole? Thank goodness Craig didn't fall through.

The perfect pillow

After buying the new duvet yesterday, I got home and put everything together and realized that I needed a blue pillow to complete the set. I found the perfect color pillow at TJ Maxx today. It was sitting on a shelf right inside the door. It was as if it was waiting for me to buy it. I got home with it and it looks great on my bed. Craig really doesn't understand why I needed a blue pillow. Why would a man understand these things? He is getting a little fed up with my design obsession. Silently, I say to myself "if you would spend more time entertaining me, this wouldn't be happening." I will be so happy when his school is over. He has been sitting in a chair all day studying for some test this week. It is getting old!

The flash came on and made it look way too shiny. It really doesn't look like this, I promise.