Drum Roll please....

So we're feeling mighty proud. I'll leave this one up for photos to explain.

First off - on Chris' day off on Veteran's Day he installed the new floor in the laundry room. That is the same floor we'll use in both the bathrooms.

And now for the most recent project...

Before:

 

 

During:

Goodbye back splash

 

Goodbye counters

 

Goodbye sink

Look Mom - no counters!

Measure twice -

 

Cut once!

 

I love it already!

 

We didn't notice the counter was warped when we bought it... and the clamps wouldn't fit.

I was there for a long time...

Switch!

Oh boy... so close!

TA-DA!!!

 

New faucet with the pull out spraying thingy!

And in case playing demolition in the kitchen wasn't enough, I painted the bathroom this weekend too!

It's a blue-grey (goes with the guest room). It's only painted 3/4 of the way down the wall because we're going to put in white wainescotting. No paint around the shower because it is awaiting tiling.

Stay tuned for a new bathroom floor, counter, sink and faucet... Perhaps you won't recognize this place next time you visit :) Good thing we went back to work on Monday so we could get some rest!

See (most of) you guys on Thursday! (And the rest in January :)

L-A-Z-Y

This has to be our laziest weekend since the wedding (well for that matter long before the wedding)... I got to enjoy my first two day weekend in a long time.

Friday night my friend Sarah came over for pizza and a movie (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - funny chick flick, sorry Chris). Nothing exciting, just a low key night.

Saturday we slept in, then crawled to the couch, poured some coffee and watched another movie (Speed and Angels - documentary on two fighter pilots, very good). It felt so good to just spend a lazy Saturday morning lounging around. We took for for Tacoma that afternoon because Chris had drill. I dropped him off at Camp Murray then headed to Auburn to spend some time with Kyanne. We cruised around the Southcenter mall and managed to not spend much money. But we did spring for some .50 cotton candy. It made our teeth hurt just looking at it. That evening we picked Chris up after his gig (ps - Kyanne, that black suburban we saw parked while waiting for Chris was Christine Gregoire's.) Headed to Auburn and met up with mom and dad for a bit.

 

This morning Chris and I both slept in really late. (hey, 9 is late when you're normally up by 4:30) After a bit of lounging we decided we shouldn't waste our Sunday too. The day was spent scrubbing floors, cleaning windows, dusting shelves, oiling the wood, blah, blah, blah. All those chores that were well, well overdue. Little bit of grocery shopping, homemade chicken dumpling soup and here we are at the end of the weekend.

I got on to update to a cool Thanksgiving background but got sidetracked by this one - why not throw it up to honor those men and women that won't be home to spend the holidays with their families?

- thanks for the sacrifice so we can sleep safe at night.

We're Alive!!

First off - sorry about the drop off the face of the earth. I'm too busy enjoying my 10 hour/6 day a week work schedule (topped off with physical therapy, Spanish class and all those other little life obligations) to get much blogging in!!

Since I left you guys we've been pretty boring, but here's a recap...

Eileen was up on business so we caught up with her and helped her family fill sandbags to protect their house against the leaky Howard Hanson dam upstream (see mom's blog for better detail).

That's right - hold your water Howard!

Hi Dad!

The next weekend Eileen spent Friday night with us and we went out for Caribbean food at a local restaurant. Complete with our own private steel drum bad (ok - we were the only ones at the restaurant). Saturday I worked and Sunday was recovery!

Last weekend we celebrated Halloween in Long Beach with Mom & Dad. I had to work on Saturday so it was a short - but worth it weekend!

No Book family Halloween is complete without Spidey Dogs.

Bat Dog made an appearance

Somebody needs to tell this dog he is not lap-size anymore

Mom & Chris duked it out Wii style

We made a trip to Cape Disappointment, but couldn't go to the lighthouse because the Coast Guard was having firing exercises. What a disappointment.

Hey look - what are all these good looking people doing in one place?

Somebody enjoyed his trip to the beach -

 Nothing overly exciting on deck for this weekend. Chris has drill, I'm working on Saturday and Mom is coming to visit on Sunday :)