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mfer · 20 April 2009, 12:19 PM

Well, I haven't been around to much lately. Just got a new project at my company. Working more hours than normal as I'm responsible for the project. I was looking forward to catching up on my TRF this weekend, but my fiance said she packed the suitcase and we are ready to go, but ready to go where?

This happened just seconds after I put my original bezel back into my sub. I got this watch about a year ago for my birthday and I thought I'd like it back to original for my birthday again. Well we get in my car and she starts driving. She fakes like we are going to the airport and we end up downtown at the Four Seasons Hotel. We get checked in and go up to our room on the top floor. No sooner than we hang up our cloths, the doorbell rings. (Yes a door bell in a hotel room!) And here is what greets me!

Turns out my fiance planned the weekend out for me for my birthday. The hotel is AMAZING. The best service I have ever had in my life and the hotel is not to shabby either. Nothing overly special, just very very very clean and contemporary. The people there felt genuinely kind and incredible attentive. So we share my little cake and then head downstairs for my next surprise. We have a 90 minute Swedish massage. Again incredible. This massage was in my top 2 massages ever.

We go back upstairs, completely relaxed and I'm thinking I'm hungry. My fiance has my clothes picked out for me, I get dressed (I snap a pic or two) and we are out for dinner.

Dinner was very good (Italian) and the view was better. We had a great bottle of wine, some steaks and chocolate souffle.

The view.

So, then we realize we are at the newest casino in town and neither of us have ever been (not really big gamblers) but we go to check it out. I sit down and lose $100 in like 10 minutes on blackjack. I kid you not I won 2 hands! Oh well, we check it out. Walk around a bit, talking and having a beer. I tell her, maybe your luck is better than mine. She wants to play roulette, but the line is long, so she goes to the machines *shudder*. Anyway, she goes to a $5 machine, does one pull and wins $100. Back to even!!!! She is done and we leave back to the room. An incredible day and night thanks to my fiance!

So we wake up today and have a wonderful breakfast and checkout. We then have lunch with her parents and its back to the real world of weekend chores.

We go home and decide to get a jump start on our kitchen remodel. Don't know why we decided to do it today, but we did. This thing is gonna go!

The work is messy, but doable.

Only took about three hours to get to this point. Hey you can see the TV I hung up last week. Let me tell you, running wires in an insulated wall is not fun, but the end result is worth it!

While we were doing this, we took some videos of the demo. I gave her the hammer to put some holes in the wall. Truly entertaining. She is a gem! I'll try and post them sometime, but it would take forever at home.

Here are the colors we have ordered up for our future kitchen. The floor is already in, the cabinets are dark alder, the counter is quartz and the sink is also quartz (biscuit colored).

We haven't decided on backsplash yet. We are changing the layout, adding an island and a powerful hood. We do a lot of cooking with a wok, so we need ventilation.

Thanks for sharing with me guys and gals.

Viva la TRF!!!

ijen0311 · 20 April 2009, 12:21 PM

How nice!

That cupcake

chriseskew24 · 20 April 2009, 12:25 PM

Looks great you may want to try a stone tile back splash. Thats what we did and it looks great.
I will try to post a pic on this thread tommorow so you can see what i mean if you want.
It's 4x4in tiles from the counter top to the top cabinets looks pretty good.

Carolina · 20 April 2009, 12:25 PM

Sounds like a lovely weekend!

I like the new colours you picked out.

p.s. - never demo in flip flops!

kcmo · 20 April 2009, 12:29 PM

Looks like a great packed weekend, Mik! Your fiance is a gem!

mfer · 20 April 2009, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ijen0311

How nice!

That cupcake

The icing was really good cream cheese base!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by chriseskew24

Looks great you may want to try a stone tile back splash. Thats what we did and it looks great.
I will try to post a pic on this thread tommorow so you can see what i mean if you want.
It's 4x4in tiles from the counter top to the top cabinets looks pretty good.

Cool, let me know. PM or post it here!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carolina

Sounds like a lovely weekend!

I like the new colours you picked out.

p.s. - never demo in flip flops!

Thanks! Yeah, lucked out with the flops!

mfer · 20 April 2009, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcmo

Looks like a great packed weekend, Mik! Your fiance is a gem!

Thanks Karis. She definitely is.

Lion · 20 April 2009, 02:06 PM

Mik, what a great surprise and celebration for your birthday. Now it's up to you to up the ante for her B'day!!!

chriseskew24 · 20 April 2009, 02:10 PM

Here is those pictures. Maybe not your style but we like it.
You would probably need to use diffrent color tyles as your cabinets would be darker.

Also happy birthday Looks like a cool resturant you went to.

Lisa · 20 April 2009, 02:18 PM

Mik, your weekend sounded wonderful. What a great gal you found - I'm very happy for you both.

JF23 · 20 April 2009, 02:26 PM

Mik, great post! Happy Birthday.

swatty · 20 April 2009, 08:06 PM

Happy Birthday Mik

, sounds like you have a great girl

iSellJerseyShore · 20 April 2009, 09:28 PM

Happy Birthday!!!

Good luck with your remodeling!!

-Frankie

seantk · 20 April 2009, 09:34 PM

Looks like an awesome weekend!

Sean

mfer · 21 April 2009, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lion

Mik, what a great surprise and celebration for your birthday. Now it's up to you to up the ante for her B'day!!!

Yeah I know I'm on the hook. She mentioned how much she loved it (she got a massage, etc). We love relaxing. I'll find something.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chriseskew24

Here is those pictures. Maybe not your style but we like it.
You would probably need to use diffrent color tyles as your cabinets would be darker.

Also happy birthday Looks like a cool resturant you went to.

Thanks for the pics. I'll run them by the "boss". Not my fiance, my designer!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisa

Mik, your weekend sounded wonderful. What a great gal you found - I'm very happy for you both.

Thanks Lisa. This has been the best year+ of my life.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JF23

Mik, great post! Happy Birthday.

Thanks Joe!

Quote:

Originally Posted by swatty

Happy Birthday Mik

, sounds like you have a great girl

Couldn't be better actually!

Quote:

Originally Posted by iSellJerseyShore

Happy Birthday!!!

Good luck with your remodeling!!

-Frankie

Thanks Frankie!

Quote:

Originally Posted by seantk

Looks like an awesome weekend!

Sean

Thanks Sean!

redshirt1957 · 21 April 2009, 12:28 AM

Sounds like to me you guys derserve each other and, of course, I mean that in a good way. What a weekend.

mailman · 21 April 2009, 03:04 AM

Looks like a great weekend Mik

Good luck with the remodeling

20 April 2009, 12:19 PM	#1
mfer "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Real Name: Mik Location: USA Posts: 13,724	Thought I'd share my weekend with you... Well, I haven't been around to much lately. Just got a new project at my company. Working more hours than normal as I'm responsible for the project. I was looking forward to catching up on my TRF this weekend, but my fiance said she packed the suitcase and we are ready to go, but ready to go where? This happened just seconds after I put my original bezel back into my sub. I got this watch about a year ago for my birthday and I thought I'd like it back to original for my birthday again. Well we get in my car and she starts driving. She fakes like we are going to the airport and we end up downtown at the Four Seasons Hotel. We get checked in and go up to our room on the top floor. No sooner than we hang up our cloths, the doorbell rings. (Yes a door bell in a hotel room!) And here is what greets me! Turns out my fiance planned the weekend out for me for my birthday. The hotel is AMAZING. The best service I have ever had in my life and the hotel is not to shabby either. Nothing overly special, just very very very clean and contemporary. The people there felt genuinely kind and incredible attentive. So we share my little cake and then head downstairs for my next surprise. We have a 90 minute Swedish massage. Again incredible. This massage was in my top 2 massages ever. We go back upstairs, completely relaxed and I'm thinking I'm hungry. My fiance has my clothes picked out for me, I get dressed (I snap a pic or two) and we are out for dinner. Dinner was very good (Italian) and the view was better. We had a great bottle of wine, some steaks and chocolate souffle. The view. So, then we realize we are at the newest casino in town and neither of us have ever been (not really big gamblers) but we go to check it out. I sit down and lose $100 in like 10 minutes on blackjack. I kid you not I won 2 hands! Oh well, we check it out. Walk around a bit, talking and having a beer. I tell her, maybe your luck is better than mine. She wants to play roulette, but the line is long, so she goes to the machines shudder. Anyway, she goes to a $5 machine, does one pull and wins $100. Back to even!!!! She is done and we leave back to the room. An incredible day and night thanks to my fiance! So we wake up today and have a wonderful breakfast and checkout. We then have lunch with her parents and its back to the real world of weekend chores. We go home and decide to get a jump start on our kitchen remodel. Don't know why we decided to do it today, but we did. This thing is gonna go! The work is messy, but doable. Only took about three hours to get to this point. Hey you can see the TV I hung up last week. Let me tell you, running wires in an insulated wall is not fun, but the end result is worth it! While we were doing this, we took some videos of the demo. I gave her the hammer to put some holes in the wall. Truly entertaining. She is a gem! I'll try and post them sometime, but it would take forever at home. Here are the colors we have ordered up for our future kitchen. The floor is already in, the cabinets are dark alder, the counter is quartz and the sink is also quartz (biscuit colored). We haven't decided on backsplash yet. We are changing the layout, adding an island and a powerful hood. We do a lot of cooking with a wok, so we need ventilation. Thanks for sharing with me guys and gals. Viva la TRF!!! __________________ member#3242

20 April 2009, 12:25 PM	#4
Carolina "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Watch: it, Bubba! Posts: 6,271	Sounds like a lovely weekend! I like the new colours you picked out. p.s. - never demo in flip flops! __________________ . .Member #5380 .

20 April 2009, 02:06 PM	#8
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Mik, what a great surprise and celebration for your birthday. Now it's up to you to up the ante for her B'day!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

20 April 2009, 09:34 PM	#14
seantk "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Sean Location: West Florida Posts: 2,671	Looks like an awesome weekend! Sean __________________ "Life is frittered away with detail... simplify, simplify!" Henry D. Thoreau

21 April 2009, 03:04 AM	#17
mailman TRF Moderator & SubLV41 2024 Patron Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: . Watch: 126610LN Posts: 35,510	Looks like a great weekend Mik Good luck with the remodeling __________________ JJ

20 April 2009, 12:21 PM	#2
ijen0311 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Jen Location: Jax, FL Watch: Sea-Dweller Posts: 3,977	How nice! That cupcake

20 April 2009, 12:25 PM	#3
chriseskew24 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Real Name: Christopher Location: fort lauderdale Watch: Bunches Posts: 1,860	Looks great you may want to try a stone tile back splash. Thats what we did and it looks great. I will try to post a pic on this thread tommorow so you can see what i mean if you want. It's 4x4in tiles from the counter top to the top cabinets looks pretty good.

20 April 2009, 12:29 PM	#5
kcmo "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Real Name: Karis Location: USA Posts: 19,377	Looks like a great packed weekend, Mik! Your fiance is a gem!

20 April 2009, 02:10 PM	#9
chriseskew24 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Real Name: Christopher Location: fort lauderdale Watch: Bunches Posts: 1,860	Here is those pictures. Maybe not your style but we like it. You would probably need to use diffrent color tyles as your cabinets would be darker. Also happy birthday Looks like a cool resturant you went to.

20 April 2009, 02:18 PM	#10
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	Mik, your weekend sounded wonderful. What a great gal you found - I'm very happy for you both.

20 April 2009, 02:26 PM	#11
JF23 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: S Florida Posts: 1,899	Mik, great post! Happy Birthday.

20 April 2009, 08:06 PM	#12
swatty 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Peter Location: Sydney Watch: The Game Posts: 17,415	Happy Birthday Mik , sounds like you have a great girl

20 April 2009, 09:28 PM	#13
iSellJerseyShore "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Real Name: Frankie Location: NJ - JerseyShore Watch: GMT-Master IIc Posts: 1,023	Happy Birthday!!! Good luck with your remodeling!! -Frankie

21 April 2009, 12:28 AM	#16
redshirt1957 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Real Name: Bubba Location: Bitsyville! Watch: Blue YM today! Posts: 10,053	Sounds like to me you guys derserve each other and, of course, I mean that in a good way. What a weekend.

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