January 13, 2007
The Unveiling ....
Here's some peeks of the bathroom -- we still have to paint the shelves in the cabinet the baskets are on. My dh wants to get "real" doors -- he just painted the old ones that were on there. The middle area will stay open.

Remember this ia our Acme 101 bathroom -- trying and succeeding in cutting costs and getting items on clearance. We did have to dish out for the floor tile and the new sheet rock -- but figured if we did it - it needed to be done right. It took a while to save it all up!!

The shower curtain was found at Wal-Mart. Love the colors in there. Makes me anxious to add some color to the rest of the house. We need to find a shelf or cabinet to put on the wall opposite the toilet and vanity. We have seen ones we like but they don't come in that dark - walnut type color. Thinking about buying one bare and painting it ourselves. (well, dh will paint it!!) LOL!

Here's some of the blessing ... the vanity, sink and mirror were $18.00. Total.

The surround shower thingy was $10.00
New toilet -- $10.00
Heater/exhaust fan/light -- on ebay ... not sure how much but cheap!

They have been collecting in our barn for about a year ...

This house is not our retirement house but rather one where we will make a profit on and use it on the house we most likely will stay in for the rest of our lives. It was a great deal -- but also needs a lot of remodeling. Mainly -- eye sores. Ugly stuff -- and sheet-rock.





Need to find some type of towel holder for the sink ... short on space and ditch the pink soap for a matching color! The pink does smell good. Guess who picked that one out? Also something for the toilet paper ... Sarai and I like the one that sits on the floor but her dad thinks it will constantly tip over. Like this.


That tan basket on the toilet is finding its way to a new home ... need a darker one.

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January 12, 2007
The Ugly Bathroom
I don't have a great photo of the bathroom BEFORE the budget remodeling project has happened ... let's just say it was beyond ugly. LOL! Hated it. I guess I should have taken one. Josh took all the ones of the "construction". I need to scrap it.

You can see the old "vanity" {if you want to call it that?} Circa 1970.

I have this photo of Josh when he first put a razor to his face and maybe you can see some of the ugly bathroom in the back ground .... like the window curtain in the shower area? Blucky.


When we go over who does what chores periodically -- no one EVER wanted the bathroom. Sarai had it before she went to college, and then when she was back -- she volunteered for ANYTHING but that! LOL! Dad had it while she was gone and then Stephen ended up with it. It's time to change the chores again ... I might pick it, but we'll probably argue over it. It's not too bad to clean now.

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December 29, 2006
How Hard?
Could it possibly be to find a new shower curtain? We have had the old one ... well... forever!

Anyone know of any good online places ? Been to most stores in KC Metro area. Nothing. We {I} am wanting to go with these colors ... chocolate, a tan, and a robin's egg type blue.

We don't want green ... kitchen is that! Bedroom is that ... LOL~

Off to do weekly chores ... forecast is rain for the entire weekend. We need it.

P.S. Bathroom tile is all done. Yeah!

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December 27, 2006
Blog change ...
What do you think? Drop me a comment and let me know if I should change it again! LOL!

Back to work today for me and Sarai. I didn't brave the stores yesterday except to get the essentials. I have a few things I need to return.

The bathroom is coming along nicely ... we can't agree on a shower curtain. I want to go with a robin's egg blue, and chocolate brown type of color scheme, but he does not.
Still need to finish the grout on the floor and then paint the walls the colors we eventually "agree" on.

I am listing a lot of Quickutz dies on ebay tonight. It will include the Marisa Classic Size Font, both upper case and lower case, plus a few miscellaneous dies; the blue binder and sheets. I picked up a couple of Cuttlebug alphabets and well ... these need to go! My user ID is rowdyboy1. (after my horse!)

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December 23, 2006
A Sneak Peek
My husband has been putting in some llooonnngg days! We are usually up by 0430 and he has been working on the bathroom until midnight most nights.

For him it is also a gift for me ... a true labor of love. Thanks babe.

Here's a peek. (its still not painted and no water comes out of the faucet but ... it has a mirror and LOTS of light!!

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