Master Bath Update

Remember this post?? Well... despite my lack of blogging, progress still has been made!!! Fortunately things don't stop just because I fall behind on blogging. :-)
Here's a rundown of what has been accomplished:
A pocket door was installed~
The new bathtub area was framed in~
The exterior side of this wall got the drywall patched~
The floor started being laid~ (and it is breathtakingly beautiful!)
Plumbing was roughed in ~
Flooring was finished!

And the shower (to the left in this photo) was framed in.
Isn't it amazing!? :) Isn't my HUSBAND amazing?! That's ALL his handy-work!

Monster Jam!

A few weeks ago P & I spent a fun evening at the Monster Truck Jam... I think it was therapeutic, although some earphones would have been a good idea! :)
Usn's
The all-famous "Grave-Digger"


T'was a fun, LOUD evening!

Master Bath DEMOLITION!

(and a few other things)
P. rebuilt and replaced the crawlspace access door in my closet... no more drafty, cold, gappy sheet of drywall! Yahoo!
And finally... our last BIG project is underway!! Here are a few BEFORE pictures - please excuse the very messy counters. I promise when we have a nice, pretty, new bathroom I will keep it tidier. :)
View as you walk in the door from the bedroom:
Left side view from entry door: (WHY would you put shutters above the tub??)
View from the corner of the tub:
The privy:
View from the bedroom... again WHY shutters??
Shutters... GONE! The first big improvement! :) This will be a solid wall eventually and the vanity will be on this wall instead of the tub. Make sense?
Tub's out!
Inspector Dozer checkin' things out.
Another wall bites the dust! The shower will be extended into this wall space giving us about an extra 12" of shower space!
Shower's gone! Tile's gone!
Vanity's out!
Toilet's gone!
Linoleum (which was under the tile) is up~
New sliding door is installed! This will hugely help with space since we won't have to worry about the swing radius.
That brings you up to speed! We have a beautiful corner jacuzzi tub sitting in the garage right now and the AMAZING vanity is supposed to be delivered on Tuesday!!!!! :)

I know it's been too long since I've blogged, when...

... the last time I uploaded photos from my camera was 3 weeks ago!! Sorry about that folks!

We spent Christmas this year with K&L at their place. I don't know what we'd do without them!
L's momma sent this cute little tree, and she scored quite a few other goodies from her family and friends back home. L & I exchanged stockings this year: t'was much fun!
Sweet Lizzy~
Opening our presents!
K's contribution to my stocking. :)
Mom sent me a cinnamon roll recipe, which I baked for dessert...
...as if we didn't already have enough food!! Can you believe there were only four of us?! Oink, Oink.
Okay, we just might have over-done it with the eats... but isn't that what the Holidays are for? :)
...Mmm... Certain to cause cavities AND clog your arteries. :)
Frostin' the cinnies!
Finished product. It took 5 days to polish off that pan, but we sure did it! :)
After meeting on Sunday we went down to some new friends, J&S and kiddos with K&L to play some games... and eat some more! Isn't it interesting (or maybe sad?) that all of our good memories revolve around food??!
L, S & I decorated gingerbread houses with the kiddos -
- While the boys played a board game called 'Epidemic'. -
All in all, it was a perfect Holiday weekend. Going back to the real world on Monday was a bit difficult, but now we're looking forward to family visits this year (hopefully, hint hint!) and another tropical scuba vacation with K&L mid-year. Happy 2011 to YOU!

Christmas 2010!

Merry Christmas from our home to yours!
Sending hugs and holiday happiness to you!

5 Year Anniversary Weekend

This weekend my dear hubby and I headed off to Annapolis, MD for a short jaunt away to celebrate our 5th wedding Anniversary! It was pretty cold and windy, but we had a nice time & enjoyed relaxing and catching up on some sleep! :)
Maryland Inn - the oldest Inn in Maryland... there's a shot further away, later.
There's a US Naval Academy in Annapolis which you can tour, but I forgot my ID so we couldn't go through it.
Water scene~
Someday maybe we'll have one of these for a vacation home... :)
The highlight of the trip was a Segway tour we took of the town. It was completely last minute, and unplanned, but they fit us into the 3:00 tour and we had a blast! It was neat to get the historical tour of the town. An added bonus was that we got it 1/2 price too!! The Segways are SO fun to ride!
John Paul Jones is buried here (these are US Navy grounds)
St. Johns College
Maryland State House
Maryland Inn - Again. :)
The smallest house in Annapolis - this used to be an alley-way. There was a dispute between the husband and wife who owned the house to the left, so while one of them was away the other had this "house" built. So the story goes anyway. :)
Sorry for some fuzzy photos - we were pretty shaky during our Segway tour as we were SOO cold! :)
Here's to 60 more happy years!