Flip House Pics & Randomness :)

Sometimes these are my favorite (probably everyone else's least favorite) blog posts... just a whole bunch of randomness! It is usually when I have slacked in blogging and want to share stuff so have to cram it all in together into a random bloggy :)

First and most important... the before and after pics of our flip house... :) Finally done and on the market!
Chris has worked SO HARD on the house, doing almost everything himself!
I just got to do the fun part which was picking out the new stuff inside ha.
At one point I think I tried to prime the kitchen cabinets which lasted all of two hours before I was over it lol
Please pray for a quick sell for this house :)
I am ready to move on to the next one (Only this time it will NOT have a tenant in it when we start lol)

Drumroll please.... :)

Exterior
"Before"

Exterior
"After"

Kitchen
"Before"

 Kitchen

"After"

Family Room

 "Before"

Family Room

"After"

Dining Area

"Before"

Dining Room

"After"

Master Bedroom & Bath

"Before"

(note the pink carpet ha!)

Master Bedroom & Bath

"After"

Some more pics from after we got done...

A potted flower, painting the front door black and a new "Welcome" mat really makes a difference!

It may not look like a whole lot but we did so many little (and some big!) things to the house to enhance it's value, look and curb appeal! I think it looks fabulous! It was probably more fun for me than Chris, ha, bless his heart, but we enjoyed doing it together and just seeing it all come together at the end!

Most of the finishes came from Lowes... vanities, appliances, tile, light fixtures, etc.

What do you think??

Know anyone who is looking for a ranch? LOL

CLICK HERE for the actual MLS listing for more info!

Now for some randomness...

Ella is finished with her first year of swim team and she did so awesome! She absolutely loved it (at least that's what she told us when she was at our house!) and said she can't wait to swim again next year so hopefully that means she enjoyed it. I know practices in the mornings were rough but it was a good experience for her and gave her something to commit to for the Summer :)

These were taken off my phone so not that clear but... Ella before her banquet dinner...

And then her and Chris after receiving her award :)

So cute!

Now onto Frankie... I am thinking of planning his 3rd bday party... I will do a separate post of his 1st birthday party so you can see how popular he is and why I am still considering if I want to do this again...lol Last year for his 2nd bday we just had a "family" party and he got to blow out a candle and eat his cake on the Dining Room table haha

However, this year since he will be 3, which in human years = 21... I feel like we should have a blow out for him!?!?! So I am trying to see if I can muster the energy to have another party in the month of July ha even though after the last one I told Chris when I mentioned having something else at our house for the next 3 months to please tell me NO! lol

I couldn't find Frankie the other day, searched all over the house... then went in the girl's room... and here he was... blending in with all the stuffed animals on Ella's bed ha I had to look twice to find him! What a stinker!

Love him! So precious!

I found an amazing product for all you ladies out there looking to obtain the Carrie Underwood leg shine that I believe PinkLouLou blogged about once before...

Now I am not saying your legs will look exactly like Carries' haha unless you've got a personal trainer and keep a food journal... BUT the shininess is so great!

When Chris gets home tonight I will do before and after pics and post them with the product!

Love it!

Be excited!! :)

July Newsletter

So I recently decided that facebook, texting, blogging, emailing, postcards, etc might not be enough to remind all my past, present and future clients to think of me when they think of real estate! :) lol

So I decided to come up with yet another fun, cute and creative way to inform them of things going on in the Lexington Real Estate market AND keep them thinking "Dana Gentry" when they think "Need to buy or sell a house!" I wanted to share to get your alls thoughts/feedback on it, and of course if anyone out there would like to be added to the monthly mailing list, email me your address and you shall receive! :)

It was a front/back newsletter but I saved it as a jpeg to show you all so it's two separate pages...

Page 1:

Page 2

Ok, how cute is that?

Any suggestions or constructive criticism?

Hope you all like it and I hope all the people who received one in the mail liked it too :)

Realtor by Day, Party Planner by Night :)

Happy Tuesday!
I have been dying to upload all the pics from this past Saturday night and finally got it done! We hosted a Couple's Shower for my BFF Stephanie and her future husband, Levi at our house... we literally got home from vaca that day at 4am and ALL day I ran around like a crazy person getting everything ready for that night! Thank goodness for Chrissy and Kelly who ran errands, help me set up, and made the entire thing happen! Couldn't have done it without them! XO

We had a MAJOR food table! We had catered pulled pork and chicken from Sarah's Corner Cafe off Winchester Rd... Mmmmm so good! Also had her famous Cheese Casserole too, so yummy. Then just cooked a bunch of other BBQ type dishes... baked beans, potato salad, mini corn on the cobs, fruit, etc!

Another Amazing Cake & Cupcakes by Confused Confections Bakehouse (FYI on Todds Rd)! :) Love those talented ladies, what a great job and such yummy cakes! Also this time we did 3 dozen of their chocolate covered strawberries and O.M.Gsh they were so good, my mouth is watering typing this and thinking of them! Ha!

How cute is that???

I printed a few of their engagey pics done by the FABULOUS Alicia w/ Aesthetiica Photography and used to decorate around the food table! :) Her engagey pics are super cute.. totally make you feel like you are watching "The Notebook" all over again ;) Click HERE to see a few on her website ... they are so super cute!

For the decor, we rented black chairs and black tablecloths and went with lime green accents since that is kind of "uni-sex" and it was a couple's shower :) My absolute FAVORITE thing we did was buy lime green tuell (thank you Emily for finding it! XO) and tied it around all the backs of the chairs for a little bit of color! Loved it! I bought flowers from the Fresh Market and the silver tins from Garden Ridge and just put the flowers together myself for centerpieces along with some balloons here and there.

Turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself :)

Shoutout to Chris who went and picked up those tables and 40 chairs in the sweltering heat and set them up!<3

Just a few candid shots from the night...

The happy couple :)

With a few Marley Lilly goods haha ;)

Look who made a special guest appearance.. Connor Jackson :) Is that the cutest smile you've ever seen?

Hahaha this quite possibly could be my fave pic of the night... Whitney is so creative with the tuell lol What a beautiful scarf you have there :) Funny thing is I am pretty sure she was sober during this classic photo op!

I hope Stephanie and Levi enjoyed their evening as much as I did! It was a fun night and I am so happy for them and wish them a blissfully happy future together! Love you guys! XO

Ok so who is game for starting a part time party planning business in the evenings? LOL

So fun to play and do these parties!

 (Even though if you asked Chris or Chrissy how I am an hour before these little shindigs start, they would tell you to either run, and steer clear and don't talk to me, just leave me in my "zone" to tend to my tasks at hand) haha! ;) 

Vaca!

Last week Chris and I went to the beach.. just us...no kids or family (even though we missed them!) but it was fun to go just the two of us and be together. We went to a little island close to Boca Grande, about 2 hours south of Tampa.

In my last post we had enjoyed the 4th of July there, had a great time having dinner and watching fireworks! The next night the worst thing happened... I got a stomach bug! Literally this is where I slept...

In the bathroom, on the floor, hugging the toilet, vommiting for 12 straight hours. It was the most miserable thing ever. Thank goodness it only lasted for one night. The next day was much better! :)

We went to the beach... so pretty ...

I laid out in the sun while he fished, then he drove up on shore to eat lunch with me :) So fun!

I got to enjoy my new hat!!! Loved it!! It was PERFECT for the beach! Everyone needs one of these! :)

We went to eat at our favorite place down there for dinner one night...

and let me introduce you to the best things in the world...

Corn Nuggets!

You dip one in ranch, take a bite, and look whats inside... haha

Cream Corn! Mmmm love these! My fave! So good!

Chris and I on the boat :)

Ok this is random, but all the girls will totally understand why I am so glad I ordered this and hopefully not think it is TMI lol ... when you go on vaca what do you do with your dirty panties? I'm always putting them in a pocket of my bag, or luggage... in a Target bag, etc ha. So one day when I was at a store in Lex called "Caught Ya Lookin'" down on Clay Avenue, I saw this and knew I had to order one!

Voila!

Perfect Panty Keeper! It has a zipper on the top... with a divider down the middle! It's a pretty good size too and they have all sorts of patterns of fabrics you can choose from! Love that store!

We came home at night and were flying right when the sun was setting and I snapped this picture that I just think is so beautiful...

The sun was going down and we were above the clouds and it just looked sooo pretty! :)

We got home at 4am and all day yesterday I had a party to plan.... We hosted a couple's shower for my friend Stephanie and her fiance Levi last night! This is a whole nother' post in itself so once I get the pics uploaded I will post...can't wait for you all to see the cute decor! It turned out so stinkin cute! :)

Oh and I haven't even blogged about Casey Anthony... ugh! Is everyone as ticked as I am about her? I sat in the condo in complete SHOCK when they read the not guilty verdict. I have a great article I will post about that too in a seperate one...!

Hope everyone had a FAB weekend : )

Happy 4th of July from Sunny Florida!

Sorry it has been a few days... but we are on VACA! Yayy! We made it to the island on Saturday after our terrible day of flying with Delta.. ugh.. it was unbelievable. What was supposed to be a 4 hr flight trip turned into an over 10 hr day! I was on 3 hours of sleep and 4 hours the night before so needless to say it was a rough day. But, we made it just in time to get our boat and over to the island for sunset :)

Chris is such a good little boat driver... the island we are staying at you have to take a ferry to get to the main land (only thing on island are the condos, no stores or anything, I mean literally nothing people. Ha) So thank goodness Chris and his dad keep their boat down here so that we don't have to wait on the ferry to go anywhere! We can just hop on the boat!

On the night before the 4th they have an island parade! It was so crazy... everyone on the island decorates their golf cart and then there is a MASSIVE parade and the carts get judged. Now this was my firts year for the experience, since we normally come down in June, and I am not kidding it was wild! People went ALL OUT on their carts! I wish I would have been warned because I could have planned something amazing for our cart... but it still turned out pretty good...

Note the bow on the front and lays around the headlights :)

Chris was a pretty good model lol ;)

I have so many pics from the parade but here is one I took from my phone...

There were golf carts everywhere!!

This is the craziest one... I am pretty sure they should win for creativity LOL

How funny is that??  Loved this one! Those boys were hysterical!

Last night we went down to the beach for an awesome fireworks show...

Today I will be laying on the beach until dinner tonight :)

Hope everyone has an awesome day!

Oh one last thing... go over and see my girl Shasta Ann for a majorly awesome give-away...

I am wanting one of these sooooo bad :) Maybe I will be the winner!! Cross my fingers!!

Happy 4th Everybody!

Joplin Pic

At church yesterday they mentioned the destruction in Joplin from the terrible storms and tornadoes that hit a few weeks back... and they showed this picture... and I just thought it was so cool... I had to share. You have may have already seen it, but I hadn't, and I loved it!

No buildings left standing in the entire area, everything totally demolished, but the one thing standing firm was the cross in the background that I'm assuming was on a church.

So neat. Reminds me that during storms and trials, no matter what kinds, HE is always there :)

Hope this brightens your day!