Another quick art project update

Remember when I painted a bunch of wooden things back in August?

I painted that bird house planning on doing something else with it.  But then it sat and sat and I finally decided to do something else with it.  I tried drawing the owl and tree and some flowers on it and it was awful!  So I decide to keep it like it is and paint it's brother in an opposite manner.  Grey roof, teal walls. 

I think they look cute and great outside.

Now I need to get some bird seed to out inside to attract a bird family.

That was an easy project that took ~6months from purchase to done!  Busy life!

Enjoy!

-ELH

Latest art project

I saw this on idea on pinterest - framing foreign coins to remind you of your trip.  Love it!
I thought this would be prefect for our hallway art using Canadian coins. 
I wanted to submit it to the Fall edition of the Pinterest Challenge dreamed up by Katie and Sherry, but my coins were still in Canada with G!  Oh well!  Maybe next time.

After sorting through G's coins, I found the best coins with lots of fun backsides and significant dates.  Our hallway art is all in black frames and most are from Ikea.  I ended up getting a frame from Target with a 4x6 opening to add some frame variety!

I placed the coins on brown craft paper and glued them with gorilla glue.  I let them dry for a few days...

Layout

Drying

Julia Child makes a great weight!

Done!

Now some pics of the gallery hallway!  It is a work in progress, but I like it!  On the left side - wedding collage, etsy "plants cats can eat" print, our wedding invitation, etsy state print, Notre Dame print we got in Paris.  On the right side - Sagrada Familia print from Barcelona, another etsy state print, and the Canadian coins.

Looking toward the kitchen from the furthest point.  Living room on the left, hall closet and guest bedroom on the right.

Closer view

Looking from the opposite direction.  At the end of the hallway is a picture of a bamboo forest we got in Maui on our honeymoon.

 Enjoy!
ELH

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Mon, Nov 5^th – Bootcamp!!  First one back from surgery! 

Tues, Nov 6^th – 2mile walk with Molly and then joined a running group and ran 2.37miles in 24:08.

Splits –

Mile 1 – 10:10

Mile 2 – 10:21

0.37miles @ 9:49

Lots and lots of hills!!

Pretty sure I’ll be back next week.

Wed, Nov 7^th – Walking Molly – 2.05miles

Thurs, Nov 8^th – Bootcamp – it was hard!  But it feels so good.

Fri, Nov 9^th – More morning walking with molly – 2.03miles and Bikram yoga at night.  I wasn’t a fan of the 6:30pm teacher, so I might avoid her…

Sat, Nov 10^th – 2^nd run this week!  2.51miles in 24:49 and then a 2mile walk with Molly.  My legs were dead tired from Thursday’s bootcamp.  I thought yoga would help, but it didn’t really.

Splits –

Mile 1 – 9:40

Mile 2 – 10:06 (took a few walking breaks)

0.51miles @9:49

Sun, Nov 11^th – Bikram yoga in the morning, lots of chores around the house!  Office is mostly put back together, and 2mile walk with Molly in my new running shoes!  They are awesome – saucony hurricane 14.  Love!

I've been a Brook's running shoe girl for the last 3years, but with the Morton's neuroma, I thought it was time to get my feet fitted at the running store.  The wonderful sales girls had me try these on and it was love.  Truly feels like I am walking on air.  So soft.  I am planning on running in them on Tuesday.

 

What are your favorite running shoes?  Favorite workout?  Do you avoid specific workout guides/coaches?

Enjoy!

ELH

Master bedroom update...

As you know, decorating a room is a constant project with small updates here and there.  I mentioned here that we bought a few rugs!  It took a little while to get the master rug installed because it was a 2 man job and G was in Calgary.  Have I mentioned him pretty much living there this year?  The project he is working on is supposed to be finished this month.... I am not holding my breath.  He has a corporate apartment and on the most recent trip, his snowboard accompanied him... I'll believe his main involvement will be over when he moves out of his apartment!

Anyway back to the room update!
The rug is installed, the initials are painted and up, and I moved the Paris light switch cover to the office and sort of replaced it with a card from the Calgary Stampede.

Do you see Arti?  She loves to watch bird up there. 

I really like it and have enjoyed making this room ours!

I would say that the room is ~80% done.  

We want to put up crown molding, paint the ceiling, get new closet doors (we started looking at doors, so this might happen 1st), and get artwork for the spot next to the initials and along the closet wall where this is a gap between the door and closet.  Slow and steady!

Enjoy!

-ELH

Office update!!

So it has been a few weeks since I finished painting the bookshelf (minus the touch-ups), but then life got busy and I didn't finish the touch-ups until this past weekend! 
During that time, I did have to store some stuff in the bookshelf and when I took the stuff out, the white paint got scratched up.  Boo ;(
We live in a very humid area and the paint was still tacky when I put stuff in it.  Not going to repeat that! 
I have moved our dehumidifier into the room and am going to run it all week to make sure the bookshelf is fully dry!

In the mean time some pictures....

And some ok photoshopped pics with the "dream" rug!

What do you think?
Should I pull the trigger and order it?
I do really like how this is all coming together!

-ELH

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Mon, Oct 29^th – 1.75mile walk with Molly!

Tues, Oct 30^th – 2.4mile walk with Molly!

Wed, Oct 31^st – Happy Halloween!

Thurs, Nov 1^st – Thought about running….but decided to do a long walk with Molly – 3miles!  I also need to get back into doing abs and arms regularly.  I did 200 abs and push-up/plank combo –

15sec plank

5 push-ups

30sec plank

5 push-ups

45sec plank

5 push-ups

1min plank

5 push-ups

45sec plank

5 push-ups

30sec plank

5 push-ups

15sec plank

It was hard and my arms were sore on Friday!

Fri, Nov 2^nd – I did do a run walk combo with Molly – 0.25miles walk, 1mile run in 9:32, 1mile walk!  Molly isn’t the best walker and running isn’t that much fun with her.  I think it is time to go alone!

Sat, Nov 3^rd – Bikram yoga!  I really like this practice!

Sun, Nov 4^th – I ran 2 miles alone! The first mile was in 9:05 and the second was in 9:22.  That second mile was hard and I was tired.  I guess getting back into running shape is going to be a little harder than I thought!  After the run I got Molly and we walked another 2.1miles and then I did 200abs and the push-up/plank combo.  No more flabby!

Hope your week went well!

-ELH

October Mileage

Halloween fun with the niece and nephews!

6year old Cat-arina!

9year old Scream!

11year old to cool for Halloween!

I sort of started running - 2 miles total!
Lacking in motivation....
My plan is to start 1/2 marathon training Dec1st, so November will focus on getting a good base, probably 6miles for my long run. 

November plan - 2 runs a week, plus boot camp twice a week, and bikram yoga at least once a week!

Our walking mileage is up! 36.78miles!!

Yearly totals - 

Running = 338.52 miles

Walking = 198.24 miles

Enjoy!

ELH