Ultra distressed high boy

<div style="text-align: center;">Oh boy...this high boy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IHAMOnrY3C4Q9OS4cQ7MeZjhHa5Xb71K6LO64RIYXDsnLyk2BWa2ghzmK52j0jXHSzVi_nq0Yx_NgsXVa_7bZCo7BnrPoq78f2cPEdsKMv9jy5cDujdbc1Rty93Pu6Fo4iAOVUyRWT0/s1600/marlbetop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IHAMOnrY3C4Q9OS4cQ7MeZjhHa5Xb71K6LO64RIYXDsnLyk2BWa2ghzmK52j0jXHSzVi_nq0Yx_NgsXVa_7bZCo7BnrPoq78f2cPEdsKMv9jy5cDujdbc1Rty93Pu6Fo4iAOVUyRWT0/s640/marlbetop.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I snagged it from an auction MONTHS ago and stuck it in my booth in almost as is condition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I loved the lines but didn't know what to do with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was thinking something <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/985231138358131/">like this</a>, a really bold, sleek look. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the piece had so many natural worm holes and divits and I was honestly to lazy to try and fill all of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And one day I was a little emotional and a little frustrated, so I took all that and used it on the distressing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's how it turned out.  </div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiG7UiM7dfjYGFYpvfYfnlzVX6crs_7Ahem6wCt9LamAXCTmm34x4g1lIkZhSXfX2iIeOG0yhyXNrcK7XGZIwv7T92sl0P9G8KOwCQTBKArJx50LGf-86-TIFw7MvUBqJc9BJ5i4nJWz8/s1600/ultra+distressed1Garage+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiG7UiM7dfjYGFYpvfYfnlzVX6crs_7Ahem6wCt9LamAXCTmm34x4g1lIkZhSXfX2iIeOG0yhyXNrcK7XGZIwv7T92sl0P9G8KOwCQTBKArJx50LGf-86-TIFw7MvUBqJc9BJ5i4nJWz8/s640/ultra+distressed1Garage+copy.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYt08pv-FmRfTSx_DGy8VCXkYqo50lRdUJpsq0tEeNNEnl0r9UYbTIH0p5Jmd4ebnPEeWtdkWQ5Iht7shnxf2FVQzUWUz0VmeBSyu9oW_n4VtY41Arv_sVVtqBGzb4THA1XbYgYvVsnw/s1600/ultra+distressed2Garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm really happy with out it turned out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much distressing isn't my normal style but I love how the piece has kind of a romantic industrial look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the sweet little hanging rack above the dresser was made from a leftover detail piece from a large mirror. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like the dresser, I painted it also in Old Ochre, lightly distressed it and added knobs to the existing screw holes where it would have attached to the mirrors.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjzkRPeFAzhOrxxs-tjYnRMIMj0uy-leWJ2O6kPChyBMrXdO0VxHKM3tQ9fKnFARi3XP5zdQlwCpmYRjFS_DgNktISWlRKxBZf_7tCagphIoqaOcLZiHlp3Qamhtcw5rYRWCPPZ90Qec/s400/ultra+distressed10Garage.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used my Dremel to cut the screws on the hardware down to size. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took like 5 minutes, just make sure you wear protective eye wear. :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dresser is available in <a href="http://tophomedesignz.blogspot.com/p/for-sale.html">The SHOP</a> at the top of the page. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click <a href="http://tophomedesignz.blogspot.com/p/for-sale.html">HERE </a>for more info. </div><br />

Ultra distressed high boy

Oh boy...this high boy. I snagged it from an auction MONTHS ago and stuck it in my booth in almost as is condition. I loved the lines but di...

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Five Familiar Decorating Troubles-Which Do You Want to Overcome?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hello friends, I want to tell you about an upcoming series I’m doing called Five Familiar Decorating Troubles- Which do you want to overcome? Many times our decorating fears stop us from making progress or cause us to give up altogether so therefore we need to overcome them.  A lot of our decorating fears are as simple as getting started or maybe we want to overcome the fear of color but sometimes it’s a little more complex like furniture arrangement and flow these are some of the decorating fears that keeps us up at night.” OK maybe it’s not keeping us up at night” but who don’t want to rise above the fear and conquer their decorating woes?  Friends I want to help you rest easy, what may seem like decorating troubles at the moment I’m here to let you know next week I’m dedicating a whole week on the series <b>Five Familiar Decorating Troubles</b>- <b>What to do about it?</b>  So without further ado here are the five familiar decorating troubles we will overcome next week starting Monday July 2^nd– Friday July 6 </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKz1IDmEpxVdiDAVFfJs3aWbJEJz2VMTALu5kficd7SxqM6UPGY0HN7c-Qjoa79yXm0vH2IiiTJOuykSpOOdHfPC124c1qNulPiEIzjmH8tea-dlJtYE3Tg5pPZ3x5NT3hkXK_anzeJ0/s1600/interior_design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKz1IDmEpxVdiDAVFfJs3aWbJEJz2VMTALu5kficd7SxqM6UPGY0HN7c-Qjoa79yXm0vH2IiiTJOuykSpOOdHfPC124c1qNulPiEIzjmH8tea-dlJtYE3Tg5pPZ3x5NT3hkXK_anzeJ0/s640/interior_design.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>1).</b> <b>Getting Started</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Believe it or not many people have a hard time getting started and that’s with lots of things. Many times it’s hard just to put words on a page but once you get started you can’t and won’t shut up- like me!!! So with that being said it’s sometimes hard to get started when it comes to decorating maybe because of fear, you don’t know where to start or maybe because you think you can’t so you just don’t start at all. ? Stick around for the upcoming series on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Decorating Troubles what to do about it!!!</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikf2lGJiiKLXYX6KVqPXaqwqMgyft0BLBHUebuHgEuMQwXtnZwvagQ-VitkKQl16hr1Ewz86q99jk-EDfqxQVsyR67acIWbhjvutUUJ5CaA448rdmaJnQSuAArEZ5OfzVN3Jcl7_S6yyM/s1600/balance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikf2lGJiiKLXYX6KVqPXaqwqMgyft0BLBHUebuHgEuMQwXtnZwvagQ-VitkKQl16hr1Ewz86q99jk-EDfqxQVsyR67acIWbhjvutUUJ5CaA448rdmaJnQSuAArEZ5OfzVN3Jcl7_S6yyM/s640/balance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>2). Striking the right balance</b>- While decorating do you have trouble balancing out a room? do  things looks sort of uneven or should I say a bit lopsided? Stick around for the upcoming series on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Decorating Troubles what to do about it!!!</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwCDfbGk0OEVyin5o-ODDUAWGRLWHG_j2urYq0xw_W1uv_t_-E5hQPputR5jf8CIAS9BVSPTbOk5QJ0k-adEvhQXSHcwM8EY0ZQ3itbtFHmgahK2Hk7kPZZo9itpRDfkRYhYCXIvkA9k/s1600/arrangment.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwCDfbGk0OEVyin5o-ODDUAWGRLWHG_j2urYq0xw_W1uv_t_-E5hQPputR5jf8CIAS9BVSPTbOk5QJ0k-adEvhQXSHcwM8EY0ZQ3itbtFHmgahK2Hk7kPZZo9itpRDfkRYhYCXIvkA9k/s640/arrangment.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>  3).</b> <b>Placement, furniture arranging</b> – is furniture arranging your decorating trouble? You just don’t have a clue where to put all that furniture? Stick around for the upcoming series on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Decorating Troubles what to do about it!!!- Furniture placement</b></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunsEuTbHcIIQ3O_B1mqaILcRaZJBx499VpLMNl5H3OeitENXOBwIPAjHD6VE83KiJblm_uqhtDbvvVfEz2Z_m7hd0OM_syXv69a941wQ_JvoRzn6i-T6vqrm_ObUFhfcHfo0yQ_IV0m8/s1600/paint+colors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunsEuTbHcIIQ3O_B1mqaILcRaZJBx499VpLMNl5H3OeitENXOBwIPAjHD6VE83KiJblm_uqhtDbvvVfEz2Z_m7hd0OM_syXv69a941wQ_JvoRzn6i-T6vqrm_ObUFhfcHfo0yQ_IV0m8/s640/paint+colors.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>4). How to use the right color-</b> Color is big, huge even. Lots of people are stuck when it comes to color. What color should I choose how color will affect the feel in this room, should I just use one color throughout or should I just keep the walls white? This is one of the leading questions as a designer that I get asked all the time. What color should I choose? Stick around for the upcoming series on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Decorating Troubles what to do about it!!! -</b></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FipJ_eHE48VKYpj3X7EDAXrXJcrhWIn9vHxORSrQN3YwTjl8F24M_4nfN8cqekUjlrtuMWhLzEGv7051VIfatT70so4zeRRgXndVx29if_-jT1fZHhXPs0Tyrbg1n92KVEIMgNttEYY/s1600/flow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FipJ_eHE48VKYpj3X7EDAXrXJcrhWIn9vHxORSrQN3YwTjl8F24M_4nfN8cqekUjlrtuMWhLzEGv7051VIfatT70so4zeRRgXndVx29if_-jT1fZHhXPs0Tyrbg1n92KVEIMgNttEYY/s640/flow.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>5). How to create flow-</b>Do you have troubles creating flow throughout your home? Not to worry lots of people do, stick around for the upcoming series on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Decorating Troubles what to do about it!!!- </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> S</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>eries</b> - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Decorating Troubles what to do about it!!!</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b></span> </div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black;">1.)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">    </span></span><span style="color: black;">Getting Started</span></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black;">2.)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">    </span></span><span style="color: black;">Balance- How to achieve it in your decorating project</span></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black;">3.)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">    </span></span><span style="color: black;">furniture arranging  </span></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black;">4.)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">    </span></span><span style="color: black;">Using the right color!! How</span></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: black;">5.)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">    </span></span><span style="color: black;">How to create flow throughout</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">S</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>eries</b> - Monday July,2nd- Friday July, 6  </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Shinay Key</span></span><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">xoxo </span></span></div></div>

Five Familiar Decorating Troubles-Which Do You Want to Overcome?

Hello friends, I want to tell you about an upcoming series I’m doing called Five Familiar Decorating Troubles- Which do you want to overcome...

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a little trip

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week we took a little trip to the Aston Montelago Resort outside of Las Vegas, all courtesy of Jake's work. (Edward Jones)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWBeoLLXSWmGPKZeP2SBHTcGxQGDzKlrbHQp2vALVelDonziOCNmowpook8zKRGWD2fPeUoouFLLVLVgwWZuC4jQhMH9ECyME5k8htb_T3UebF2GuPES3xsaMmiNuQj-K8-v8PF-tpC8/s1600/hotel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWBeoLLXSWmGPKZeP2SBHTcGxQGDzKlrbHQp2vALVelDonziOCNmowpook8zKRGWD2fPeUoouFLLVLVgwWZuC4jQhMH9ECyME5k8htb_T3UebF2GuPES3xsaMmiNuQj-K8-v8PF-tpC8/s640/hotel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvPyJ-anQlb_ttOyb-0noiDy5ubgu3wc4U60-QUlmiGlVfFv3T-W2YQXEzv2SCqcbLQ2NX8HTXGFt4NB7UVnTXFuqD8fBtJHxroqCQnbYccMfrLdz8L2hhnSk0s4bVhCwXX_i4Oepriw/s1600/hotel2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvPyJ-anQlb_ttOyb-0noiDy5ubgu3wc4U60-QUlmiGlVfFv3T-W2YQXEzv2SCqcbLQ2NX8HTXGFt4NB7UVnTXFuqD8fBtJHxroqCQnbYccMfrLdz8L2hhnSk0s4bVhCwXX_i4Oepriw/s640/hotel2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29cy7_2ZqNMRP_WEAloARXib6yCdrdb_jolBuqF7BMUaHcRfDChX-ZD3YmdGOzwGRsY9a0bgKSdzvqGfXQ0MaYcw-t_Ux8ebv6ncqAdMjb5uCwGyr8C0YWVpcbBrAXlHsNjUMxOBMj-s/s1600/pools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29cy7_2ZqNMRP_WEAloARXib6yCdrdb_jolBuqF7BMUaHcRfDChX-ZD3YmdGOzwGRsY9a0bgKSdzvqGfXQ0MaYcw-t_Ux8ebv6ncqAdMjb5uCwGyr8C0YWVpcbBrAXlHsNjUMxOBMj-s/s640/pools.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We drank A LOT of Italian Sodas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuInyBUm2oJfV1jVTzZCncEC77kME4MqXyH7zK9boC49PIEJHifCu9L4UtxTHzSW6oYxhwRb8cTG9pHOq1ED86hQEwIO9csKvIa4LSwEJLCgF2n9fwfS9JNlfi0Y2131XXlBhe1OZGIxc/s1600/italian+ica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuInyBUm2oJfV1jVTzZCncEC77kME4MqXyH7zK9boC49PIEJHifCu9L4UtxTHzSW6oYxhwRb8cTG9pHOq1ED86hQEwIO9csKvIa4LSwEJLCgF2n9fwfS9JNlfi0Y2131XXlBhe1OZGIxc/s640/italian+ica.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ate breakfast for dinner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Twice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXWasSjoJR5PtjZZdvh8C2-y4bNEwGkWQkkxzI3uESr9_4mrAZGUylYerVvh12qMQpAaYLar8XDMldCZ652oaXo_CyqXpvgaEDAGobeyol4l0wGLEmxBiSku1MbUL0zf2ciA18YJPv5o/s1600/eggs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXWasSjoJR5PtjZZdvh8C2-y4bNEwGkWQkkxzI3uESr9_4mrAZGUylYerVvh12qMQpAaYLar8XDMldCZ652oaXo_CyqXpvgaEDAGobeyol4l0wGLEmxBiSku1MbUL0zf2ciA18YJPv5o/s640/eggs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spent a lot of time poolside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rhett was beyond thrilled about that. :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4O7CL1QRxEzB4LHsOYYJfPBxC1S_FxMJBn9sMP61MagblSukqOFL8UdOQVw07D5-5Sa-rlQ-Uqwd49dn4hJEDwXlX6xGBmgxbJGNPYKUD15cqNl6jrzhK5KVjSi5MzhPqZh5EKBwX8LE/s1600/little+trip5Garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4O7CL1QRxEzB4LHsOYYJfPBxC1S_FxMJBn9sMP61MagblSukqOFL8UdOQVw07D5-5Sa-rlQ-Uqwd49dn4hJEDwXlX6xGBmgxbJGNPYKUD15cqNl6jrzhK5KVjSi5MzhPqZh5EKBwX8LE/s640/little+trip5Garage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E6ahFD_iqqdrDRxuJ9kIb2Fit2qeNe5VxfYsrCkPvmhnRW5pxrG422drCIpxquILEyVjo7odYTSQFU-z-F9CwZmwyUUd5D9Fm_OMIOHj4JES2y3opOg0_hAYyVEhGDi0SacxUy3QJMA/s1600/little+trip6Garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E6ahFD_iqqdrDRxuJ9kIb2Fit2qeNe5VxfYsrCkPvmhnRW5pxrG422drCIpxquILEyVjo7odYTSQFU-z-F9CwZmwyUUd5D9Fm_OMIOHj4JES2y3opOg0_hAYyVEhGDi0SacxUy3QJMA/s640/little+trip6Garage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoyed lots of walks along the water front and exploring some unique little shops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEx4HE3Dkgysv5WTkAuWinH-6zoDH1jDq7e9alpk30kPkn7n87pdcjX_SX1xbMhL8DQlUidcSXHwc0RgoSZKoL_BUkeFxSj_SyQLd4UZQKoThW3uYkiD0d9291jTBnn4spdLt4HTH6gPs/s1600/little+trip2Garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEx4HE3Dkgysv5WTkAuWinH-6zoDH1jDq7e9alpk30kPkn7n87pdcjX_SX1xbMhL8DQlUidcSXHwc0RgoSZKoL_BUkeFxSj_SyQLd4UZQKoThW3uYkiD0d9291jTBnn4spdLt4HTH6gPs/s400/little+trip2Garage.jpg" width="265" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvew9pZ8vCcX5CILcavmKk4om7L2pGxX8nVno5syFL12PMMMGAIiRiDcdJjFXUsz83pJfwJlIhyphenhyphenVGHL-zfL-bbMLHHVv6M-IiYJPiBr9vQB6ReUKFu93RSLR3-6z1-EpMQlNNixl791Pk/s1600/little+trip3Garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvew9pZ8vCcX5CILcavmKk4om7L2pGxX8nVno5syFL12PMMMGAIiRiDcdJjFXUsz83pJfwJlIhyphenhyphenVGHL-zfL-bbMLHHVv6M-IiYJPiBr9vQB6ReUKFu93RSLR3-6z1-EpMQlNNixl791Pk/s400/little+trip3Garage.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Became owners of two phone "doggies" that Rhett wanted to walk, pet and feed 39 times a day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3uIMUAlH8gKxGeOIrwr7DL1DLlWgNRaK09sUzpxDXU0ONoK_3uT0p9sOponTL8cdS9pjeqdHs0mkvVKSSN4ZWszh8yjhzAPKBBv4dXlmEtqTT3WOqglM2YnimMXuF3G8qlp-tn6YT1w/s1600/little+trip1Garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3uIMUAlH8gKxGeOIrwr7DL1DLlWgNRaK09sUzpxDXU0ONoK_3uT0p9sOponTL8cdS9pjeqdHs0mkvVKSSN4ZWszh8yjhzAPKBBv4dXlmEtqTT3WOqglM2YnimMXuF3G8qlp-tn6YT1w/s640/little+trip1Garage.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And even got to meet some <i>real</i> doggies. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrEGFRr0yM7LCONoBXxR4-sPDtqYcklTj_vzvqqQ_zxW2hA2WnpZoekcKjUiFPV2LhxagQ6qnkn7LjCAcVvUw_uqcK91ZV2hJqITq04LNtjI7Eev6zfBOTbrn_F5p7-ebuhl_n0-sLZ8/s1600/little+trip4Garage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYrEGFRr0yM7LCONoBXxR4-sPDtqYcklTj_vzvqqQ_zxW2hA2WnpZoekcKjUiFPV2LhxagQ6qnkn7LjCAcVvUw_uqcK91ZV2hJqITq04LNtjI7Eev6zfBOTbrn_F5p7-ebuhl_n0-sLZ8/s640/little+trip4Garage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now we are home sweet home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only downfall to being home is that I am really craving a raspberry italian soda.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And our apartment complex doesn't have roomservice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Drat. :)</div>

a little trip

Last week we took a little trip to the Aston Montelago Resort outside of Las Vegas, all courtesy of Jake's work. (Edward Jones) We drank...

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