Finally the kitchen is done!

The kitchen is finally done. After replacing the microwave, fixing the garage door, and replacing the tilt door hardware, we are finally done. You can see the before and after photos below.

Before


After


Before


After

Heavenly Shower

Since everyday can't be like a vacation, at least you can bring some of Westin's comfort back home. We finally replaced our builder grade showerhead with a speakman showerhead that is just like the heavenly showerheads at the Westin. Just $36 at Lowes.



Old showerhead


New speakman showerhead

Finally some color

After years of living with white walls, we've finally decided to put some color on the walls. After about 10 testers, we finally decided on 3 colors.

Sabbatical

One perk of working at Intel is the sabbatical where you get 2 months off. Being our first sabbatical, we decided to travel for a good 6 weeks. The first stop was a cruise down to Mexico. After that was 2 weeks in Italy and then another 3 weeks in Africa (South Africa, Zambia, and Botswana). Here are just a few pictures from our amazing trip.

Cabo

Venice, Italy

Venice at night

Florence, Italy

Roman Forum, Italy

Coloseum

Capetown, South Africa

Franschhoek, South Africa

Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Zambezi River, Zambia

Victoria Falls, Zambia

Botswana

Chobe National Park, Botswana