Bathroom Redo

We (as usual Marcus poured the sweat into the reno while I was the gopher girl and Ian entertainer) renovated our bathroom!!


Before:

recessed toilet paper holder where a December 1994 Playboy,
toilet bowl brush and a live electrical wire were found

 

During:

 

 

re-running electrical wires so lighting can be above the mirror

a before and after of the tub area

AFTER:

curved shower curtain rod (hello elbow room)

lights above the mirror make a huge difference

 

what I'm leaning toward to for rug and towels
(got the project manager's approval!)

 

What's left:

• install hand towel bar
• recessed medicine cabinet
• install 6 panel doors
• purchase rug and new towels
   

 

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Up North at Silver Lake, MI:

just like it's 5o'clock somewhere it's 80 somewhere

helping Grammie and Papa Jim work off dinner

making burgers



view while on a morning run

more burger making

Ground: 100,000,000 vs  Ian: 0

burger stand on the move
 

 

 



successful ride



hatched a dinosaur from an egg



proud dinosaur hatcher



 



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Well go with an Ian update first:
We have started the stage of asking "why?" and I'm already over it, and sometimes instead of asking why he will say "tell me about it".  We have also entered the stage of "Ian proofing" our words as the lil parrot just says whatever we do:/ 

Now to document via pictures these are all from my phone from the past couple weeks (next couple posts we will be working backwards to play catch up):

now the proud owner of his Great Great Grandpa Wright's wallet
(pressures on not to let anything happen to it)

Play date with his BF Alice

they had a BLAST!!

lil boy in a big bed

 



I feel like it should be spring time with the froggy hat and rain coat but it's fall



asked Ian to clean up his toys so he pushed them under the couch

What happens when your child isn't wrangled in the cart

such a stylish guy

modeled for Courtney Bock Designs and Little Fins Swim School

feed ducks at Notre Dame

someone crawled into bed to cuddle with me and I couldn't resist
not hitting the snooze and delaying my morning workout to soak up the cuddle time

laundry shoot fun

he calls this his "work clothes"

decided he finally liked last years halloween costume

FaceTime with his Sis

A very sweet woman from my work made Monster Inc
PJ pants for my boy and he is ever so happy to have them!












 

volume volume volume

I seek volume on a daily basis. No, not as in hearing volume but as in hair volume.  I crave volume and I dirty my hair up on a daily basis in an attempt to acheive such volume. Last week I visited my hairstylist and of course I came with pictures. After looking at my pictures we discussed which route to take where again she reminded me that I have "fine flat ass hair" meaning if I want to have the below hairstyle I will require Oprah type team to tease, spray, tease and spray on an hourly basis. I really wanted Katie's hair (yes, we are on a 1st name basis) for those who don't know Katie is the picture on the right. But my hair texture or lack there of would leave me highly disappointed. So we opted to give Heidi's style a try.

A try we did with volumizing shampoo and conditioner, root lifter, volumizing gel, blow dryer a big roller brush, followed up by big rollers and sitting under a dryer. Then onto teasing and spraying and teasing and spraying. This is approximately an hour later:

Yep, doesn't look like Heidi, but at least if I want to style my hair the results aren't all that bad as long as I can escape to a restroom and re-tease every hour or have a ponytail band on my wrist and a couple bobby-pins and I'm good to go.