I recently had the opportunity to take a week long vacation out to NJ where I was able to visit the home of TGC and hang with my friend J. As it turns out, she and I were able to get into PLENTY of trouble while be unsupervised which is always fun right??
First things first, Upon my arrival, TGC picked me up and we headed to NJ to get ready for a family dinner. Now this wasn't just ANY family dinner for TGC, this was "meet my mom" and other very significant and important family members kind of dinner...which I think I did pretty well. I did get a lot of "wow, you sure are brave" comments, so that must be a good sign right? All in all, I loved meeting them all and hope to see them again very soon! The dinner was beyond nice and it was so nice to meet TGC's sister, brother-in-law and his wonderful nieces. I can see why he is so close to them!
After the dinner, TGC and I went home to rest and relax as we had plans to visit friends in Point Pleasant NJ the next day. I have to say this...the beach is definitely different on the East Coast. Well and so is the weather climate, but regardless of the fact that things are different, it's always nice to embrace change right? I love every bit of Point Pleasant !! We had a wonderful meal made by JJ and ate so much!! After dinner, we HAD to walk it off somehow so our host recommended that we walk the boards in Point Pleasant !! It was great fun!! My favorite part? Trying to win a frog!! Not to give TGC a bad reputation, but he could get some better aim!! Maybe he needs to practice for the next time we go out there!! I wanted one of those stuffed frogs SO bad!! LOL!!
My plan for the week was to hang with my brat buddy J and clean up TGC's house!! What this meant was to clean out (translation = throw away) anything that I felt was not needed (translation: clutter! LOL!) The bottom line was that we were about to transform TGC's home from a single bachelor's home to an actual "home". Now here is the catch...TGC was NOT going to be there when we made all these changes!! CAN YOU IMAGINE??? Now, I know what you all are thinking out there...WHAT WAS TGC THINKING?? LOL!! Well I think he was thinking and hoping that he'd come home to something "wonderful" and "special" which in my opinion is EXACTLY what happened!! But I get ahead of myself...:)
I have to admit, I was a little hesitant as to where to begin. J knew what she had to do, but where was I going to start?? In my mind, I had five areas to tackle...kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, closets and dining room. So naturally I started with the downstairs closets. OMG shoes!!! I thought I was bad until I saw his shoe collection!! Once I got a handle on the shoe situation, the closet came out pretty nice...the next closet...BAGS!! OMG!! Who has this many travel bags? LOL!! But I managed to get them organized and when I was done, it was looking pretty good. J was pretty surprised and laughed so much at me as I complained as to WHY TGC had so many PENS!! (makes a mental note to get post-it notes to put up ALL over TGC's place that reads..."why so many pens!!")
After that cleaning spree...I needed a chocolate break!! J concurred and we decided to head out to the local "WA-WA" for some treats... but OMG...did we not get lost?? IN THE DARK!?!? LOL!! Yes we did and we laughed so hard!! Hurry get the GPS out...LOL!! Alas, I got my barrings and realized where we needed to go and laughed again at how close it actually was and how off we were LOL!! Just a preview of things to come my friends...double trouble at its finest!!
Being done for the night...we headed to sleep and noted that the next day I would tackle the bedroom/bathroom and that meant only one thing: THE MALL!!! Yes, be very afraid!! LOL!!
Once at the mall, we walked to every department store...I was in search for something nice for the bed. Something that TGC would like and that I liked as well. Something neutral for the both of us...and I found the perfect ensemble!! Next it was on to Wal-mart for towels and bathroom stuff. I was on a decorating ROLL!! All in all, I think it came out pretty nice...at that point I couldn't wait for TGC to see all the changes...but I still had work to do. The bathroom (equipped with a jacuzzi tub) had freshly hung art and a battery operated clock along with candles. I was able to locate some very nice decorative towels which offset the bathroom nicely. YAY!! The decor and the bedroom arrangement complimented each other very well!!
The next day...(more like morning as I was making coffee) I decided to make the kitchen my next project. Now you need to get a mental picture of this in your minds eye....Each cabinet had a plethora of tupperware containers!! It was like the tupperware container capital of NJ!!! I yelled for J to come and see...and we both sat on the floor laughing...there was just so much of it...(most of it from take out, but still) OMG!! He had plenty and I made the executive decision to get rid of most of it. He just doesn't need that much food storage stuff...right?? LOL!! Little by little, each cabinet got taken apart...things got thrown out and finally there was some sort of organization. Seasoning and spices were in their rightful place and at that moment...I felt like peace had settled in the kitchen LOL!!
The living room got a minor overhall with bookshelves being banned to the garage and the dining room got its own style of cleaning not to mention the bar. When all was said and done...I thought the place looked pretty great. The final test would be what TGC thought when he got home....and to my surprise...HE LOVED everything that was done...with the exception of ONELOL!! Only one thing you need to know about them...DON'T use them!! LOL!!
The rest of the weekend we spent with friends in PA relaxing and enjoying poolside fun. We BBQ'd and laughed and of course played!! My favorite part? Getting spanked in the pool!! All in all, we all had a great time and my week long vacation came to an end. It's going to be interesting the next couple of months but I'm excited to get get started in a new adventure...
Until then....
~maria fbg~
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