Bathroom Remodel (Part 2)

Since we have decided to stay put in this house for another 18 months I convinced Brett into fixing the shower in the bathroom. It really wasn't built to have a shower in there so what we had was just not my favorite. It was really hard coming from a brand new home to this 1970's house that needed updates. So after a year of making due we finally remodeled the rest of the bathroom. I love love LOVE how it turned out. Brett did such a great job on the plumbing, framing, glass block laying, drywall and hanging the bead board. He said to me, "Sheesh! How come you wouldn't let me do this earlier.." Which is a total joke. He didn't really want to get into this project in a house that's not ours. Now that it's done he and I both are so glad that we did it. I'm so glad to have such a handy husband. Oh yeah, the controls to the old faucet in the bathtub were backwards. You know how the hot is usually on the left side? It was flipped so that took some getting use to. Brett fixed that problem when he was reworking the plumbing.

Tifany and Ryan came over and helped with framing up the new wall and when then Tifany did the tile around the window. Tifany even came over today and did the second coat of cutting in for me. She had to make sure that the blue she helped me pick was the right color and I think we did pretty well. Ryan and Tifany both have mad remodeling skills!

Here are the photo's of this project from start to finish. I still have to hang my fabric shower curtain to completely complete the the bathroom but for the most part it's all done. (Sorry I couldn't get these photo's to rotate. Just turn your head to the side and you'll get the general idea.)

Bathroom Remodel (Part 1)

(We did this part of the remodel back in October 2008)
When we first moved in the bathroom was really in need of some TLC. The guy that we are renting the house from had purchased the home after his first divorce and since married and moved their combined nine children into a larger home. When he told me that they all lived here in this house for a few months I wondered how they all survived. He didn't have his three boys all the time so I'm sure that made it easier but still with the other four kids it couldn't have been easy either. Anyway, back to the bathroom. The sink in the bathroom had some rust stains and hard water stains so I thought that I could use some lime away and make it all better. I poured some down the over flow on the sink and that started the yuckiest mess ever. The lime away kept bubbling up and no matter how much water I poured down there it kept coming up with more yucky rust. The sink ended up much worse than it was when I started so that alone was are motivation to fix the bathroom. Not to make light of the fact that there was only ONE electrical outlet in the entire bathroom and the bath and shower are another matter all together. At first we thought we would try to remodel the entire bathroom but in the end we just concentrated on the sink and vanity. I'm so glad that Brett is handy and he is able to build things and knows about electrical and plumbing. I'm sure that our landlord is glad too because he didn't have to pay someone to do all of the work. We figured if he (the landlord) would pay for the supplies that we would do the work and then it would be nicer while we were living here.

Gymnastics Class

Madi started taking gymnastics a couple of weeks ago. I think she likes it. When we first get to class she tells me that she wants me to stay with her. It's the same thing she was doing at her tumbling class. I think it's just an act because she is anything but shy. It's a lot of fun watching Madi do all of her moves at gymnastics class. There are a few moves that we need to work on but she did pretty well at the low balance beam. When it was time to walk on the low balance beam she didn't hesitate at all she just jumped right on. I took this video at her very first class. I really think that this kind of class is more her thing since she likes to jump around. It's also really good for her because she has so much energy and hopefully this class will help her use up some of that energy. I think it will also help her learn how to follow instructions a little better.

Madi already knows a couple of the girls in the class. Claire (who we met at tumbling) is in the class and Kylie (who we met at tumbling) is also in this class. I'm really glad that we get to watch the girls practice it helps when I want to be able to practice with Madi cause I know what they do in class. This dance school has been a lot different from the last school that Madi went to. I think she really likes her teachers, they make class a lot of fun which helps Madi want to go to class.

Slacker...

I have so much catching up to do on the blog. There are things that I haven't written about that happened months ago.. What's my deal! I guess I have been a bit busy lately. Anyway, as soon as I get my butt in gear I'll be posting some stuff.. Like what you ask? Well, Madi started ballet and gymnastics a couple of weeks ago. Oh and some other stuff. If I keep talking now I might as well just tell the whole story and I have to do some things before I go to bed so it will have to wait until later. This is mostly just to give my blog a little love. I think it's lonely when I don't write on it. Just kidding!