So I guess I have a Blog: It has been a while.

We've been very productive around the house lately. Most recently David and I tackled the bathroom wall tiles ourselves. Because our bathroom reno wasn't exactly budgeted for, we had originally decided to just put up a tub surround(those cheap plastic things that you glue and caulk onto the wall), for the meantime rather than doing the whole bathroom reno right now. Anyway we bought the surround, but it was repulsive. Also, we had just spent the money on the tub and hardware it seems a shame to surround such nice things with such junk. We then decided that we would just have to do the tiles now, this also means putting in a potlight now. So I volunteered to do the tiles. I figured how hard could it be if we research it and plan it properly? David reluctantly agreed and we set out to find the tiles that I had envisioned for our new bathroom. We started putting them up on Saturday night and we finished the tiles last night. Right now David is prepping to start with the grout. We produced a work of art. Our job is almost flawless if I do say so myself. David was the main brain behind the op. I told him what was required by me design wise and precision wise and he figured out the game plan. He squared everything all out with patient, careful planning and I placed them with a pleasure much like I get from scrapbooking. I loved the entire process and am so incredibly proud of us. David does this type of thing all of the time, but for me, this was huge. I have started thinking differently now and there is no lid on my box anymore. I am learning that most of the limitations that Iusually think are the reasons that hold me back, are merely "perceived" limitations much of the time. Anyway the payback on this is huge. We did our tiles for about $400 + our time, which was all enjoyable, I get to get into my tub everytime with pride and I got the bathroom exactly how I wanted it.

Anyway, the rest of the bathroom reno will be saved until we can find the funds. We will be retiling the floor, painting, wallpapering and I am planning on making a new bathroom vanity by ourselves. This will be done once I find what I want. I'm going to start going on the hunt for a piece of furniture that will work as a vanity, we will remove the top or cut a space in the top and either put granite on top and a bowl or fit a bowl on top or in said furniture piece. I want to find something CHEAP(not like particle board cheap)! I might paint it white depending on what the finish is. This way I'm not limited. I might just wait until fleamarket and garage sale season starts. I bet I could find something perfect by the end of summer. I could probably wait that long. We'll see... So this whole renovating experience is so gratifying. We have lived in houses that weren't ours up until this one, and have been patiently waiting in this house until we had the chance to do all of this. We have been together for 9 years this July and this is the first time that we our doing everything our way. I am on top of the world!

On a lighter and funnier note, David came home last night and proudly announced to me that Andrea(David's sister)'s friend had seen a picture of David and asked "who that hottie" was? So David can officially be called a hottie now. He was literally beaming as he told me. Anyway, I keep calling him a hottie now. He laughs it off, but I can tell he's loving every second of it.

SO now, a million pictures to share:

Valentine's day with Nana, Ella proudly showed off her Kinder eggs and her first Barbie. Which incidentily became her first disabled Barbie as well. As Owen was trying to get Barbie's dress off to see if she had any underwear on, he popped off one of Barbie's legs. Luckily Ella was a good sport about it, in fact she even took one for the team. When she got home she popper her other leg off too.
Owen got a Porsche: