Guest Bath Sneak Peak

by Laura on January 30, 2010

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So you have heard all of this talk about the remodeling of the guest bathroom and I know that you are all on the edge of your seats just waiting to see exactly what we are doing. Okay, so maybe you aren’t just falling all over yourselves about it but just let me think that my life is that interesting okay. I thought that I would give you a little sneak peak of what we working on and what we have gotten done so far. No pictures, those will all come with the great reveal, just my inpiration. My inpiration came from an issue of my new favorite magazine Better Homes and Gardens that I picked up months and months ago while we were still in Germany.  As soon as I found out that we would be coming home I starting scowering the magazines looking for ideas of what I wanted to do with our house once we got home.  I had no faith that our renters well maintained the house and they didn’t, but that is a completely different post.  So I found this picture and promply ripped out the magazine and have been holding on to it forever just waiting to get home. 

This idea was originally going to be for out master bathroom but I decided that this would be an even better look for the guest bathroom. This vanity I found at Lowe’s for just over $400.  Don’t worry I am not a yellow gold kind of gal.  The faucets, still undecided, will be in brushed nickel.  I love silver and white gold but I am not a fan of shiney.  The brushed nickel is perfect and actually is found in every room of the house as we are remodeling.  The door handles, all of the lighting fixtures, even the cabinet handles will all be brushed nickel.   I love the expresso color of this cabint and the classic feel with a bit of a modern twist to it.  The bottom shelf will get some cute little baskets that can be used for storage with out displaying off little girl things that I am sure Riley is already plotting to throw in there. Four of the draws are usable space and really, you can never have too many drawers in the bathroom.  The lights, another great find at Lowe’s for just under $50.  These have been installed.  I also removed the broken heater that was on the ceiling and replaced it with a new light fixture more than doubling the available light in the room.  There have been a few little snags in the road but nothing serious just time consuming for me to figure out.  So far I have done all of the work myself.  I have never tackeled a project like this on my own so it is a learning process for me which also means that it is taking me forever.  It has been almost two weeks since I began work.  So far the bathroom has been gutted, the ceilings and walls painted and the light fixtures installed.  This weekend I will be working on preping the floor and getting my ceramic tile installed.  I am also debating if I want to add in some crown molding.  It is a lot of work but I am so excited to see what the end result is going to be.  I have a really bad feeling that after I have put all of this effort, blood, sweat and tears into this house I am not going to want to sell it, ever.  Don’t worry Johnny.  Marty isn’t going to let me off the hook that easy.  You will still get at least one more house sold from us.

By the way if you are in the Killeen area and need a realtor  Johnny Vacca at ERA Colonial is hands down the best realtor ever!  Seriously.  No exaggerations.  He is amazing.  If you want his number let me know and I will gladly give it to you.

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Lunch with Ellie

by Laura on January 29, 2010

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I am getting really behind in my blogging but I have been rather busy.  I have been a single mom all week while Marty has been out playing ‘Army Men’ in the field.  I am taking a Spanish class.  I am remodeling the bathroom.  Then there is life.  So maybe I should cut myself a little slack huh.

Back on Monday the kids and I made a trip to Austin to meet Anna and my sweet baby niece Ellie for lunch at the ever so yummy Kirby Lane.  We had a great visit.  Ellie slept most of the time, Gavin ate most of the time and Riley played and got into stuff all of the time.   Gavin had pancakes, for the first time, ever and I had the best turkey and avocado sandwich.  Thanks Anna for putting up with my ever so crazy clan.  We had fun and can’t wait to do it again.

I just realized how bad Riley really needs to get her hair cut.  This weekend it will happen!  And you know that I just had to make a trip to The Container Store since we were so close.  I grabbed this awesome new expandable silverware organizer.  I love it!

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Terrible Two Meet Terrible Three

January 28, 2010
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A long time ago in a world that seems so far away I have a beautiful baby girl. She was so sweet and just perfect. She never cried, she was always happy, she was the center of my world. She laughed, she played, she entertained herself for hours. I would put [...]

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How to Eat a Cheeseburger

January 27, 2010
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Since we were out and about this morning running errands I decided to just run through Sonic and grab lunch for me and Riley.  Besides it’s been like 3 days since I have had a Cherry Dr. Pepper and a girl can only go so long.  I have never ordered Riley a cheeseburger before and [...]

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Flat Stanley

January 26, 2010
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My cousin Kaitlyn is working on a project for her Language Arts class. They just read a book called Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. The book is about a young boy named Stanley who is accidentally squished “as flat as a pancake” when a bulletin board falls in him. Stanley is very [...]

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Getting Busy

January 22, 2010
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My life has just changed. I am now the mom of 2, t-w-o, mobile children. Gavin started crawling on Saturday and hasn’t stopped since. He still hasn’t gotten it all down just right yet. He is still pretty uncoordinated in his crawling and he often trips himself. I am sure [...]

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No Phone Zone

January 19, 2010
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Millions of people text, talk or e-mail on their cell phones while driving—a recent survey finds that 71 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 49 admit they text or talk on the phone while they drive.
If you think you can call, text and drive at the same time, you cannot. That message [...]

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Poneyville Bribery

January 17, 2010
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Whoever said that you can potty train a toddler in one day or 3 days or even three months has obviously never met my daughter. Riley started showing interest in the potty when Gavin was -2 months old. Here we are 10 very long months later and we still are not to where [...]

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Things Are Going Awry

January 13, 2010
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I have a list or I guess I should say that I have been working on a list.  I started working on a list of 101 thing to do in 1001 days.   I am putting a lot of thought and a lot of effort into this list.  Some of the things on this list are [...]

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Gearing Up

January 11, 2010

As most of you know by now Marty is gearing up for a deployment.  In about 3 months he will be deploying to Afghanistan for 12 months.  So it’s time for me to start gearing up for a year all on my own and being a single mom to 2 kids.  His last deployment, my [...]

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