Month: February 2013

Project: New Bathroom – Day 8

Projects / 11 years ago

Drywall, texture and tile – oh my! It’s so close to being finished we can taste it…it’s chalky but it’s delicious!

We are digging the hexagonal floor tiles. They’ll receive their natural gray grout by the end of the day today; this should make them pop!

We opted for an orange peel texture on the walls. After the texture dries, the contractor will apply the primer. Painting will be underway tomorrow!

When asked for an outward display of excitement over the progress of the new bathroom, Adam gave the camera one of these:

Project: New Bathroom – Day 6 & 7

Projects / 11 years ago

Things are taking shape rapidly. Our contractor believes the job will be wrapped up by this coming Friday; that’s a full week ahead of schedule! Behind the drywall in the following pictures are the finalized (and inspected) electrical connections as well as all the plumbing connections.

Below is the little stub wall that will provide a little privacy for the john or the loo or the pot…

Below is the connection for Adam’s sink as well as the pipe for the tub (coming up from the floor).

Tile goes in shortly and the walls are about to get primed and painted! More updates are coming soon!

Weekend Update

Celebration / 11 years ago

We had a full and fun weekend. However, late Sunday night, Adam’s grandmother passed away. Her name was Leola and she was 96 years old. She lived a life of service, one full of travel and good experiences. She will truly be missed. We will be celebrating her life this coming Saturday.

Here are a few highlights from all the celebrations that took place on Friday, Saturday and, of course, Super Bowl Sunday.

A group of friends and family gathered on Friday night to celebrate Adam’s birthday.

Adam got a bow tie from Kacy and Andrew. It came in handy the following evening at the Great Gatsby party.

The Great Gatsby party was held to honor friends of friends that became our friends by the end of the night.

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Fancy ladies.

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Dashing gents.

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And a little romance.

Then came a much more casual affair…the Super Bowl party!

The most important thing you need to know about our super bowl party experience was that rules were declared before kickoff. For example, whenever a beer commercial aired, we had to yell ‘Beer!’ and take a drink of our beers. Layne declared an off-the-cuff rule regarding the rarely occurring safety:

That’s right. She declared that, if a safety occurred, the loser of a rock paper scissors tournament had to streak in the street. Like that will happen, right?

Right! In the last four seconds of the game! Brother Andrew lost the tournament and while Kacy captured the whole thing on her iPhone, we thought it would be inappropriate to post on the internet.

For now.