So, besides house renovations, we haven't posted much about us in the last few months. It's been a roller coaster of events over the holidays. But we do have to post about the positives. We were blessed to spend great time with our families. After much discussion and Chris's great persuasion, we decided our house needed a Wii.

Boxing is really intense, and besides the "ohh" when you step on, telling you that your BMI is way too high and hi-lighting the work you need to do to become healther, Wii fit is really cool.

For Christmas Chris was VERY spoiled and well deserved. He enjoyed the year of the tools:

Here's to more fun in the new year, including more time with friends and family!

Bathroom Almost Finished

So after 7 months of having a very torn-apart bathroom, we finally got the new toilet and vanity put in today, and I am finally posting a new entry. I had a ton of fun getting the old toilet flange out and putting a new one in, as well as making sure the wax ring set properly (it took 2 tries). Now all thats left is the accessories (like towel rack, TP holder...) and oh yeah, the tiles in the tub. This series shows some painting, installing baseboard heater cover, toilet, and vanity. As always the before-sies and after-sies...

kids, always remember to say no to crack

Lets see if this works

Notice Anything Different? (other than less clutter)

before

after

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after

Not-So-Upper-Crust Aspirations

These will be our country club profile photos for someday when we belong to a country club. *Note that there is probably no chance of us ever belonging to a country club, but if we did, these are the photos we'd use.

Maybe there will be a country club that has a mini-golf course instead of a regular golf course.  That would be cool to belong to.  And they would only serve Pabst Blue Ribbon and buffalo wings.

Last Call for the Fishes

Last call for these guys to eat before the winter.

I Got One!!!!

I want so badly to do harm to this little guy who got on the back porch, but I took the high road.