What's Hap-"Pinning" Wednesday {#25}

Sorry for my absence at the start of the week--it was just a bit chaotic, and being at my work training yesterday (which was actually productive--thanks to those of you who showed me some love!) I knew I wouldn't have time to blog or respond to everyone so I took two days off from blogging. But, I'm back for what's hap-"pinning" Wednesday, to share what I've been up to this past weekend!

My weekend highlights included:

~Friday after-work bday HH for my friend, which was much needed after a not so pleasant encounter with another teacher

~getting &pizza for dinner

~prepping our bedroom for painting the next day. The before:

everything was this beige/yellow off-white...boring

~some wine and essential oils to relax into the evening

~a morning and afternoon of painting the bedroom, including both MG and myself up in the alcove in our bedroom to tape and paint

you can kind of see the color a bit better in this photo than later on

~We were supposed to be getting our screen doors delivered and installed, but Home Depot continued to prolong the process by not being able to find a key part of the whole thing, so that was delayed again (it's already been 2 months...)

~Finishing the final coat of paint, and hanging up new curtain rods, for a totally complete and cozy room (it looks more gray in these photos, but it's a soft gray/blue/green color in person:

~Cooper even got a new dog bed to go in the bedroom, which he immediately started playing in once we brought it home ($20 at HomeGoods!)

~Sushi for dinner on Saturday to reward ourselves for all of the hard work we did on our master bedroom

~Sunday morning stop at Starbucks before running errands

~Our first snow flurries of the season on Sunday...nothing stuck though

~Went out for several test-drives on Saturday afternoon and then all day Sunday afternoon. Tried out the Nissan Rogue, the Honda CRV, Mazda CX5, and the Hyundai Tucson. The Tucson was my favorite, but a bit out of our budget, so we're still deciding...

~Made the lasagna soup that Jessi posted about the other week....oh my goodness it was SO good, and a huge hit with MG!

And now I'm back at work today, with kids, hoping for a snow day on Friday since we're supposed to be getting hit with the start of a "blizzard" that day. We'll see what happens on that front, but in the meantime, it's your turn to link up below and share what's hap-"pinning" with you!