10 days off is amazing. I am so so so sad it is over!

Let me start out by saying today was insane! 

I woke up at 6:30, laid in bed till 7. 

Started a load of laundry, turned on a sprinkler, went swimming. 

Went to home depot to buy paint for the deck. 

Came home, switched laundry over, moved sprinkler, started more laundry, and painted first coat of deck. 

Went to Ambers to drop off her blender that I had been stealing, then home depot (yes a 2nd time!) , goodwill, top foods, target, costco, and then target.  SOOOOO many stores!

Once I finally got home, I ate lunch, painted another coat on the deck, made lasagna, cut up lettuce, strawberries and watermelon. 

Mowed the lawn , weed eated, weeded, trimmed 5 bushes/trees, and hacked back the blackberries. 

I was going to paint the steps of the deck but I decided to take a break.  I honestly didn't stop moving from 7am till 6:30. If I would have stopped I would have fallen asleep. 

And now for a photo dump. :)

I started looking at deck colors a few weeks ago.  I knew we wanted to paint our deck with what is called Deck Restore.  It puts texture on the deck to help make it less slippery when wet, and protects the wood.  I also picked out a new white for the railing, who would have thought picking out white would be so complicated! 

The other day I decided I needed to try on my wedding dress.  I do this every once and a while just because it is so fun. :)

My birthday was awesome.  Paul and I hung out together all day.  I woke up to sunshine, went to the pool, came home to Paul making me breakfast- coffee included, and then we chilled on the couch. 

For lunch we got Costco pizza and then went and got Bubble tea for dessert (so amazingly good!). 

Then we went to Lake Meridian and laid around.  I read my book while Paul fiddled on his phone

I got calls from both my brother and by padre, and then got to talk to my mom in the evening. I love family!  Oh and the teal lifeproof case (waterproof) came out on my birthday.  I had been waiting for it and Paul bought it for me for my birthday! 

When we went and laid in the backyard the friendliest neighbor cat came and hung out with us for half an hour, I just saw this cat today too.  He is always asking to be petted, so sweet. :)

In the evening we went to Redondo and watched the sun set.  There were a ton of people squid fishing, fishing, and crabbing.  It was quite fun to people watch. 

We saw the cutest little old grandpa pushing his wheelchair with his squid catching bait in the seat.  He pushed his chair right up to the railing and sat on top of the cooler and held his pole out in the water. My heart melted. 

On Saturday we went to Woodburn to shop at the outlet malls and then stayed in the nearby town of Molalla.  Before checking into our bed and breakfast we ate at our very favorite restaurant. I will never get sick of this place!    

We stayed at the bed and breakfast only one night, and it was quite fun.  I was bummed at first because it said our room had tv and it didn't.  I normally wouldn't care because I never watch cable but I wanted to watch the olympics!  

We went to Salem on Sunday, picked up my grandparents and drove to Lincoln City where our beach house was.  My Aunt and Uncle wrote me the most awesome little note on the cash they gave me, I almost didn't want to spend it, but well, I wanted new clothes, so bye bye money. 

We went to Depot Bay in the early afternoon and these were the clearest skies we had seen since we arrived at the Coast.  Apparently after Paul and I left on Wednesday everything cleared up though. Boo for us, awesome for the rest of the family who is still there through friday. 

This is probably the best picture I have of Paul and I in like forever!  And a pretty good one of my parents too.  We scored in Depot bay. 

Paul and I have different ideas of posing for pictures....

We got to watch lots of crab boats and whale watching boats come into the harbor.  There were awesome flowers scattered throughout planters everywhere, wish they were in my yard!  And these seagulls cracked me up because they look like they are the people the sign is talking about. 

An after dinner walk on the beach led to some awesome sunset and lighting. Someone had made a swing out of wood and a rope, it actually felt really sturdy!

Paul said I was crunching him, I totally don't see what is wrong with this picture. :)

So my grandparents moved into an assisted living about a month ago (a very nice beautiful place actually- Paul said he wanted to move in).  Anyway, they weren't able to take all their stuff (quite a bit though because their place is 1600 sq ft).  I got this coffee table and the side table you see in the background that my grandpa made years ago.  Love them both and so happy they are in my home!

The deck after its first coat.  I actually miss the cedar but it wouldn't have held up to the weather and it also didn't match the rest of the painted deck at all.  It doesn't look bad from above, but it didn't look so good in real life.  I still need to repaint all the white and the stairs.  It got to 93 today though and inside my house got to 83, so I had to call it quits when I got tired in the evening and just chill on the couch for a few hours. 

The paint I used on the deck splatters everywhere! I was a mess, and I didn't even clean up my legs before shopping.  I have been wanting pearl sprinkles for a longtime now and saw them on sale at safeway today and couldn't pass them up! 

I bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco today and Eleanor stared at me the whole time I ate part of it for lunch!  Oh and right as I sat down on the couch I got a text from Paul that said not to nap, haha he knows me too well, so I sent him a picture of me with my eyes closed! 

And that my friends has been my last 10 days. My husband just bought a motorcycle (eeeeeekkkkk) and I have to go back to work tomorrow.  I am going to Moses Lake Monday/Tuesday, so life will continue to be interesting.