So, I guess you can say Mitch and I watch WAY TOO MUCH
HGTV! Or that I make Mitch watch it 24/7. While watching all those great shows, we see all these awesome bathrooms and look upon them in envy. We want our bathroom to look that fabulous! So what do we do? We take a week vacation and remodel our upstairs bathroom! Crazy, I know...
We first were just going to replace the toilet. We took it out, cleaned up the area and looked around... that wasn't enough! So then we took out the sink and vanity and just put the new one in its place. Again, not enough... SO then we take out half the wall!! We demo-ed the plaster on the walls up to 52" and put up concrete board to lay the tile on. It took FOREVER and it was a very messy job. That little white door there by Mitch is the laundry shoot. Let's just say that I will be cleaning out plaster from our laundry for quite a while! building experience for the both of us! More pics to come soon!
UPDATE: The tile is up! Here are some progress pics! Thank the lord for the rental department at Home Depot!
Who knew you could rent a $1500 tile saw for only $61 a day! That definitely made the job a lot easier!
We would like to introduce everyone to our new family member, Eisenhower Shadow Neddenriep. More commonly known as "Ike". The middle name came about because he follows me around EVERYWHERE! He loves his mama! We adopted Ike from the Capital Humane Society (here in Lincoln). He is a 1 yr old Harlequin Great Dane. He was surrendered to the Humane Society because his previous owners were moving and could not have pets at their new place. What a shame for them because Ike is the sweetest dog. He isn't the smallest dog around. He weighs about 100 lbs. and measures about 32" at the shoulders. He is quite underweight for a Great Dane. Mitch and I believe that the shelter fed him just enough to get by. The vet wants him to gain about 20 to 30 lbs! BIG DOG! Mitch and I are amazed that he is such a laid back dog! All he does is sleep! We love it because Mitch and I love to just lounge around. Unfortunately, Ike is deaf. It's common for Great Danes that are as white as he is to be born deaf. That is certainly not a set-back for him though! We still think he can hear certain pitches because he perks up whenever a big truck drives by or when I scream really loud just to see if he can hear. He loves being around us and cuddling. Can you imagine Mitch, who is 6'5", me, I'm 5'10" and Ike all in one bed? You better believe it! He keeps our feet warm at night!
