Hi Friends!
Last week, John and I celebrated 16 years of marriage and went away for a week for, I believe, the first time since our kids were born (11 years). Call me cheesy, but I love all things Anne of Green Gables and have been wanting to visit Prince Edward Island for years. I’ve heard all about the red, sandy beaches and red cliffs. I’ve watched the movie about the lake of shining water.
So off we went!
One of my favorite stops was at the Cavendish Cliffs… they we so red, bright and beautiful! I loved them so much!! We had the convertible top down, the sun was shining bright, and we soaked up the beauty all day long.
Of course, we started the first day of the trip with all things Anne of Green Gables. The museum, the house she wrote the book about, the Avonlea village, the restaurant Dulvay by the Sea. The musical Anne and Gilbert (which was amazing by the way!).
We took a day to go light house hunting… there are so many on the island, but we ended up getting to see about 3 because we made other stops on the way.
Last, but not least, we went on a food walking tour of Halifax. Halifax wasn’t what I expected. I thought it would be more like Martha’s Vineyard, but it was more like if Boston and San Francisco had a baby. It felt like the size of and look of Boston but with some hills like San Fran. It was a fun day!
People kept asking us how fun it was there… I would say PEI is relaxing more than fun. There isn’t a lot to do, but the views are absolutely breath taking and if the weather is nice (which it was for us), the drives and hikes are perfection! Our life is so much fun on the regular so a week of relaxing is more what we were looking for. We went with nothing planned. No schedule. Took every day as it came. Slept in. Laughed. Talked about life goals. It was a sweet, much needed time for us.
Thanks to our team back home that kept everything running smoothly while we were gone. We feel so blessed to have trusted, hard working staff that do their best to keep things under control so they didn’t have to interrupt our time way.
I know it’s not a Tuesday’s Treasures post without a transformation, so I also wanted to show you the before and afters of a new secretary desk that is available on our website now!
Before:
We painted the outside with Benjamin Moore’s Black, lightly distressed it, and sprayed it with a protective clear coat. We also sprayed the hardware a different color.
If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.
Ready for the transformation???
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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)
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