as if you didn't know...

I am a woman ahead of my time! Here's my stairs (sans carpet):



And here is a picture from this month's Domino Magazine:

I am very happy with how the whole project turned out. Everyone who has seen them loves them...and apparently so does Domino!

that b*tch holly...full of encouragement

Here's an email that I got today from my trainer, Holly. Yesterday I did 10 "full" pushups in a row. What's a "full" pushup, you ask? It's military style, no knees-down-girl-style but straight-out-boy-style. Seem easy? Try it...

Hi Christie,

I hope you're having a great day! Just wanted to send a quick email and say
congrats! Congrats on hitting a new personal record - 10 pushups. Yesterday's
workout was tough and you pushed through and did awesome. You always give it
100% and that's why we love working with you. Great work! Have a great
afternoon and we'll see you tonight!

Holly

I've been doing the knees-down pushups since I started at Holly's. The most I've done in one training session is 170. She says that when you do a knees-down pushup you are lifting 40% of your body weight versus the straight-out pushup, where you are lifting 70% of your body weight. Big difference! Seem easy? Like I said, try it...

paint debate, part 3...the one where i completely change the color...

Okay, so if you've been following along you know that my entryway had recently been painted a lovely brown called Toffee Crunch...as seen here...

Well, truth be told, I have never quite felt comfortable with the color. Don't get me wrong, I like the color, it just didn't "go". So, after finally figuring out what bugged me (the brown didn't complement the adjacent room colors) and many consultations with my personal interior decorator (aka: mom)off to the Home Depot we went, armed only with a yellowing dead leaf from my philodendron plant...seriously...ya gotta take inspiration where you can get it...



The color is Squash by Behr and it is PERFECT. Do you know how I know? It just feels "right"...you know it when you feel it. Coming soon...wait till you see what I did to the stairs!