Bathroom Redo

The upstairs bathroom is pretty much complete- at least if you want to take a bath. Hopefully we will have the shower rod and curtain up in the next day or two. I will also put on the drawer pulls as soon as I finish this post. Had to stop by Lowe's and pick up a template so I drilled in the right place. 

 Oh, and we also still need a mirror. The one I like from Restoration Hardware is $246, which is just insane. So, I make frequent trips to Home Goods in the hopes of finding something similar. 

 Here is the nearly gutted before pic. I thought I had taken photos of the nastiness that came with the house, but maybe I deleted them.  Just an FYI, cast iron tubs are heavy and quite difficult to remove.  

And, my attempt at Sarah Richardson style, After...

What I've Been Up To

People probably wonder what I do all day while the kids are away. I've been working on multiple projects while our bathroom renovation is coming to a close (finally.) Pictures of that hopefully in a day or two. 

 Once complete I will tackle Carlie's room. I've spent most of the summer refinishing furniture acquired free or almost free on Craigslist. My latest project was refinishing and reupholstering a cane back chair the previous owner of our home kindly left for us. 

 This is what it looked like before, although I had already taken off the nasty green, stained, felt like satin fabric that was on the back of the chair. Eww.

Here's the after. I think it turned out quite nicely, and all that really matters is that Carlie loves it.

And with a pretty pink pillow...

Fabulous, is it not? Off to go paint some baseboards for the bathroom.

 

First Day of School

It's taken awhile, but here are some pictures of the kids from their first day of school.

Wildcat Country

Sorry for the delay in getting these posted. Another great visit to Wildcat Country. 

Once we have a house, 

I'm going to steal Grammy Dobbins' idea of the stepping stones. 

Thanks to Aunt Casey for making the long trip down to see us. 

I see the moon, and the moon sees me.

Checking out the morning moon.

Preparing to make the stepping stones.

Grammy steps in to assist.

It's a messy job.

Nicely done.

Time for one more.

Messy can be fun.

I can't believe how big she is getting.

The finished project.

Everyone gather round for a group photo!

Oxford Trip

The kids and I went to Oxford with my parents to visit my wonderful sister, Becky, late this summer. I'll try to post the trip to KY pics tomorrow. 

Maybe Sunday I'll post all the goings on and 

why I haven't been able to post much. 

We are just B-U-S-Y, and I think we will be eliminating some things soon. 

Here is our trip via photo captions...

Lunch at the Taylor Grocer.  Best fish around, y'all.

YUM!

Price is Right Model in Training

Or possibly, photographer in training

Don't know what Faulkner wrote.  I'm so uncultured.

The Campus

The Kappa Delta House

The Grove.  I felt like I was on a cruise ship tour as our driver wouldn't stop and we had to take pictures through the window.

The condo of a certain Fox News correspondent.  I edited out his/her address so some whack Liberal doesn't start stalking him/her.

Again with the window and the late afternoon sun.  The beautiful southern plantation of a certain MVP QB. 

Another pic of the house from the conservative stalker.

Home of a Hollywood executive and Miss America Chairman

Playtime at an Oxford park

This sweet little girl pushed the kids on the swings.

And so ends our visit to Oxford. We had a great time and hope to get back there soon but will probably make a trip to Omaha first.

Back in Session

First day back to school. 

Noah came home and declared, 

"I do not like kindergarten, I LOVE kindergarten!" 

And, after Carlie complained all summer that she didn't want to leave 2nd grade, 

she had a "Great!" first day in 3rd grade. 

So, we're off to a wonderful beginning.