After weeks of construction, our new kitchen is finally complete. It is wonderful getting our kitchen back! We can hardly remember the old kitchen. It is fun to post our kitchen remodel pictures. I knew exactly how I wanted our new kitchen to look. At the top of the list was to design a kitchen […]
Week #7 of our kitchen remodel has been the worst week so far. After dealing with the sink issue last week, I thought all the bad stuff was done. The week started hopefully. Progress was being made. Only a few hours into the new week and optimism turned to despair. As readers of my remodeling […]
Week # 6 is all about painting, installing kitchen cabinets and creating the quartz template. First on the list was to get the ceiling painted. I thought I could get away with one coat. We ended up applying three coats of ceiling paint. Next came the walls. Behr Marquee paint was used and it covered […]
Week #4 and I can finally start seeing what my new open concept kitchen will look like. Work this week included adding new insulation to the walls, moving up the kitchen window to accommodate the taller counter tops and starting the dry wall process. You can see the mother of all beams in the picture […]
Hello, I am Veronica Mayo. I was born in Westerly, Rhode Island (only because that is where my mother’s doctor practiced), grew up in Connecticut. My parents were Portuguese immigrants. Growing up in a strict Portuguese household taught me the value of education, hard work and the love of food. Moved to Texas for a few years for work. Ended up staying over 30 years. Had a fabulous marketing career with American Airlines. Inventor and patent holder for the system that most of you know as Gogo Inflight. Lots of stuff in between, but met my husband Dave, moved to Bellevue, WA.
After leaving the corporate world, I thought life would slow down. It has not. Love to travel, so designed a cosmetic bag that makes it super simple to keep the inside of your cosmetic bag clean. It features a snap out liner for easy cleaning or replacement. Ok, I am a neat freak and am germaphobic. Now the holder of my second patent for the unique design of my cosmetic bag.
I enjoy a good glass of Merlot, try and limit my intake of sugar, especially chocolate and experiment with converting all my recipes gluten-free (one of the downsides of aging). Flip flops are only shoes I really need, my flat iron is always packed in my bag and can’t visit Ulta without spending money. I have lots of lipsticks. My new passion is documenting my family history.
I have learned not to be so hard on myself. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Scottsdale, Arizona is my new happy place when I go to unwind and enjoy the sunshine. I write about travel, beauty and being organized on my blog called Traveling with Lipstick. I also share some of my favorite recipes. Food is in my DNA. I am so happy you stopped by. Veronica Mayo