Issues

I'll start with saying "Poor Jeff". I love this man--for many reasons, but one is because of his persistence! He is on leave for a few weeks and wanted to work house projects---finishing trim in bathroom, replacing bathroom counter, etc. Finishing the bathroom---main focus. However....that was not the focus of "The House with Issues"!!!!

1. New countertops back/side splashes shorter than old crappy ones = putting up MORE drywall.
2. Putting up more drywall = open walls
3. Open walls = more plumbing to be replaced (Yeah!)
4. Along the way....something electrical "pops" and causes more issues
5. Electrical issues = attic work in the middle of the summer

I could go on...but it's boring. All I can say is I want out of the house and Jeff just keeps on pushing through. I don't know how he does it.

Then, last night, the tip of the iceberg with Internet issues. End note: problem solved (hello...aren't you reading this right now???), but the 1st guy we talked to for an hour kept having us do the same thing over and over and over to find the problem. Funniest moment: when he told us to go to another Internet address, such as "DoubleeeDoubleeeDoubleee.Yeah-hooo.com"---Yeah-hoo. Not Yahoo. DoubleeeDoubleeeDoubleee. Jeff and I were just giggling and had to put the phone down. You know all the Tech Support people you get are not from "your country of origin" and when they say things like this it just makes you laugh. And yes...we were mean and made him repeat it. At 11:30 last night after being on the phone for an hour already, we needed the laugh!

Side note: the "advanced tech support" guy helped us in about 5 minutes---and we're thinking he was in America! Go figure!

Pictures--Finally!

Okay--I didn't go overboard with pictures (like I could!), so enjoy!

1. What every girl needs: room for shoes! If I double up, most fit---I've done a LOT of cleaning out! There are also built-in shelves for our clothes on the left. I also now have a double hanging section AND a long hanging section!

2. Vanity--still have to change out countertop and knobs, but now instead of getting to look at this lovely sight from my bed, Jeffery built a wall, so we could enclose the entire closet/shower/sink/toilet area instead of it looking like the 70's hotel wanna-be that it was! Jeff also put in another outlet and towel bar so a husband/wife would actually have their own area! I don't know what the people before me did for the past 30 years with only one!

3. View from the closet to the toilet/shower (on the left) area: I don't even have enough junk to fill up the shelves! Amazing! And no....you don't hit your head on the shelf when on the toilet---many people have asked!

New Bathroom/Closet

Jeff finished my closet/bathroom remodel and I'm now able to move back in!!! It's been a long time coming, but it looks great and thanks to the help of "Tile Master" Brent, it's all done---minus a few little details that don't affect me moving in! (yeah!!) Jeff does such a great job at getting everything to look perfect, and this new remodel is just what this master bed/bath needed. Now it doesn't look like an old 1970's house where you look at the vanity from the bed! Everything is now completely separated and can now actually fit a husband/wife in there instead of just having one of everything. He's added new electrical outlets, more closet space, more storage space, and new lighting--with switches (which is great since now my closet doesn't have the "pull chain" light anymore!).

We're hoping to do more to hopefully increase the value of the house, but not get in over our heads. The brass is now almost completely out of the master bed/bath, so that's a plus! We ARE NOT brass fans, so anything that has it is either being changed or spray painted! Thanks HGTV!!!

I walked around the house the other night as I was organizing/cleaning my new bath/closet and realized that this house is finally becoming what we want it to be, which is really exciting! We've put a lot of sweat into it, and with the help of family and friends (and new carpet after a tax refund), it's completely worth it!

We treated ourselves to a little "house break" this weekend by inviting some friends over for game night last night too, so that was fun---and helped us work on our hosting skills---we weren't bad! Even Chip behaved himself for the night. Patio furniture is now on the list of things we need, but we made do with what we had! I'm all for waiting for the sale, so it doesn't bother me at all!

Pictures will come later this week---I just tried and they're not rotated the correct way and I've got to grade papers! This too, will come in time!