Brim Palmer Linzey: June 2006

Ice Cream

I had $150 in gift cards to William Sonoma that I had been wanting to use. So, yesterday Chris took me to the store in Norcross. I only needed two more pink spatulas, so I didn't know what to spend the rest of my money on. Chris and I decided to buy a Krups Ice Cream Maker

. :) We took it home and put the bowl in the freezer. It says to keep it in there for 24 hours before you make the ice cream, but I didn't want to wait that long. So I kept it in there for about four hours. We went to the store and bought whole milk, oreos, and heavy cream. Then, when we got home from church we made it and put it the freezer. This morning we got it out and Chris tried some. I guess it was his breakfast! :) He said it was very good. I haven't tried it yet, but I can't wait to!

Our New Car

Needless to say, Chris needed a car before he started work in two weeks. Driving to Buckhead every day in the 1993 Astro van without any air condition would not be practical- especially when he got stuck in Atlanta traffic.

Neither would it be very good for the clients he works with when he tries to take them out to lunch! :) I can't wait to get a ride in it!

Bench for bedroom

Rachel take a look at the bench for your bedroom

More Kitchen

Our Kitchen

Here's our kitchen. The wall color is called "Asparagus" by I would describe it as "Candy Apple Green." The other main color is light pink! I have three Kitchen Aid appliances that are from the Susan G. Komen, Cook for a Cure collection - the mixer, blender, and toaster. I also got a lot of Kitchen Aid utensils in pink. My favorite kitchen store is William Sonoma!!! I still have gift cards to the store that I got from the wedding, and I can't wait to go use them! We got the kitchen furniture from Kmart. The table, chairs, and china cabinet are all from the Martha Stewart Everday Collection. I absolutely love it all. It's beautiful, functional, and sturdy. It came in a box and had to be assembled. I put the table together all my myself, but Chris put together the cabinet. Our every day dinnerware came from Target. Chris actually picked them out himself. They're white and square - very modern.

Honeymoon - Part 3

I'm not sure what kind of flower this was, but all the flowers and trees were so beautiful.

The resort has what they call a Jitney Service. The had "bus stops" around the resort where Jitneys would come by and pick you up and take you to where you wanted to go. Unfortunately for Chris, we did not use them hardly at all - maybe twice. I preferred to walk everyhwere, so we did. :) I had Chris let me take his picture next to one of the signs. I also thought it was funny that they have sign around the resort that say, "don't pet or feed stray cats." I don't think anyone ever did, because we saw several cats on the resort and they were all very, very skinny!

This is the restaurant we ate at on our last night at the resort. It was so romantic. It was right on the beach. Our table was out on the pier, as you can see. The candle light, tiki tourches, jamaican music, and the sound of the lapping water made it perfect!

Honeymoon - Part 2

We had such a wonderful time! I'm trying to convince Chris that we need to go again next year. Ha ha ha! So far I have not been very successful. Actually, we were thinking about going to Charleston, SC for vacation next year. If anyone knows any good places to stay down there let me know!

One of Chris' favorite parts about the resort was that it was all inclusive. He could drink and eat whenever he wanted - without paying a thing or tipping. He took full advantage it it, as you can see. This was his afternoon snack (nachos and cheese) before dinner.

Most of the day we stayed in our swim suits but it was fun to dress up and go out at night for dinner and walking on the beach.

We stayed at a Platation Villa on the resort. We had our own suite with a living room, bathroom, master bedroom, kitchen and balcony. We also had this pool right outside our villa. It was ours and we shared it with three other suites. It was really nice though, because no one else was ever there when we went to use it during our stay.

Honeymoon - Part 1

Chris and I at the Rennaissance Concourse Hotel, which is right next to the Atlanta airport. Everyone was really friendly, and one of the bellhops offered to take our picture.

Our first night on the beach

. We went to Jamaica. We stayed at the all inclusive Sandals Resort at Grand Ochos Rios! We had a wonderful time!

This is Chris sliding down the tile slide at the Manor Pool in Jamaica. The resort had 100 pools, but this one was our favorite. We spent a lot of time there. It was actually two pools with a slide connecting the two!

This is me on the way to the beach. We saw a banana tree on the way (my favorite fruit) and so I had to stop and have Chris take a picture of me next to it!

Our Bedroom

Hey everyone! This is our new bedroom. Chris and I, with the help of family, have put a lot of work into it. When we bought the house the walls in the master bedroom were a deep red, which really made the room look small. We put on two coats of Kilz and then two coats of "Pale Shrimp" by Behr at Home Depot. We also had the carpet replaced throughout the whole house. We bought most of the furniture at Target and we have been very pleased with the quality. We still have a Shabby Chic headboard and hope chest coming...Grandaddy repainted the dresser near the corner and added Shabby Chic knobs to it so that it would match the rest of the furniture in the room. It looks great! We also have the ringbearers pillows that grandma made for the wedding on our bed. We take them off at night, of ocurse. Speaking of beds, we put a down topper on the mattress and it feels fabulous! I would recommend that everyone get one! Well, that's all for now. More pictures to come! :)