Quiet on the blog means busy in our house

Lots of priming, painting, and all that trim we cut that needs primed and painted.  It seems I wear my painting clothes daily.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by Soulemama If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Bathroom remodel

I feel like we have been stuck in the bathroom forever.  I guess that is why I was dreading it for the last year and half.

We ran into a little problem.  The shower head was in the wrong place and we had to call the plumber to come back out and move it up.  I finally got all the drywall up and patched and sanded. We celebrated by starting the floors.  The plan was to rip out the 2 layers of vinyl and then put down the new vinyl tiles on top of the 1/2 inch subfloor that was there.  Once the old floor was pulled however we noticed that the subfloor was in bad shape. It looked like the toilet had some issues and leaked.  That meant removing the plywood and while the person that installed the drywall skimped on screws.  The person who put down the floor was a strong believer in screws every four inches.



Our youngest came to help having done this job before and this time he came armed.  A strong magnet from his collection.  He would run it over the floor and it would stop at any screws covered by wood putty.  It worked so well that while it took most of a day to free the plywood it was much quicker then the hallway we did that same thing in.



Now we are back to the original boards and they are pretty rough shape.  Solid, but lots of gaps for a bathroom.  The new plan is to place 1/4 inch subfloor down and then place the new tiles down.

My hands

Father's Day

We were so busy on Father's Day, we had planned on going out to the lake in the afternoon and then grilling in the evening. Before we could go however my Love had some work to do and I finished up the tile in the tub surround in the bathroom. Tried to finish it.  I ran out of thin set on the last two rows.  I only need a tiny bit more but I had scraped the bucket clean. So we ran up to the only hardware store that is open on Sunday and found some. Then we took a load of construction debris to the dump.

Finally we made it out the door to the lake. We parked at a new area and found the Dog Beach.  We knew dogs weren't allowed on the beach so we never bring the dogs, but we had no idea they had a separate little beach for them. I'm so excited for the dogs!

We stayed a little while watching the big waves, and the clouds then headed home to grill. The meat eaters had Flank Steak with Lime Marinade and I had Portabella mushrooms with the same marinade. So good with a side of Santa Fe Black Bean Salad. I very good, busy Father's Day.