Well hallelujah......I'm back!

I thought this blog was lost forever.

Not that I've really had any time to document our life, but there were a couple of times I was going to download pictures so you can see what we've been up to.....but the computer would never let me log back into it and kept spinning, and spinning, and spinning!

I'm excited.....I can start jotting down all the boringness of our life again.

But now right now..........we're off on another boring adventure.

That's not true.  We're off to fill up the BBQ propane tank and look at a hot water heater shelf.

See what you've been missing.  Are you even still here?

I can't wait to start writing again.

We're not Millionaires

Back from Vegas, but we have no exciting stories to tell of BIG jackpots to tell you about.

We've been running at full speed since our return, but we found 10 minutes this afternoon to try and get everything done (finally) in the downstairs bathroom. 

Ta da.......here's a sneak peek at the (almost) finished product:

Jut a couple more things to do and then we'll be finished.  We love our new bathrooms!  In fact, we always say that when we walk in them they feel like they should be in another house and not ours.

Can't wait until we get the rest of this old house remodeled.   But of course.......Pizza Zone is first priority on our list right now.

I can't wait to find some time in the next couple of days to get my pictures on here.  I have to do it soon.......before I forget!

Getting the job done

To take off a few days means you have to work your butt off to get things done.

I started a "to do" list a couple of days ago so that I wouldn't forget anything:

 

Here's that list today.....had to add a couple of things to it......but it's nearing completion:

 

(I seriously have no idea why this wants to load upside down.....

maybe because that's the way I feel right now.) 

 

And then of course.......there's this cute little distraction!

I've even got a list started for when we get back.....too many things I can't forget to get done:

 

(so now this list wants to load sideways???????  Seriously.....strange things happening today)

See ya on the other side of our vacation.  But when we get back...............oh we have so much friggin work to get done to get that new store open (unless I win a million bucks and decide to retire there)

Wow!

I'm still here.

I still want to blog.

Time is just not my friend.

Busy with new location, remodeling, kids visit, catching up, getting my house back in order, and just plain busy-ness just makes it impossible to get it done.

I have so much to share, but no time right now.

I'll see what I can do before the end of the week.  Although, I have a trip to Vegas to get ready for...........

In the meantime.......here's my favorite pic from the past month!

Funny story about this picture.....Paul stopped someone and asked him to take this for us.....after the picture we noticed he had a Bengals jersey on and we had just beat them.  Ha ha!

Here's a couple of other pics that I also love:

Wrigley in puppy prison.  The cornhole board makes good prison walls when the workers were here!

Another Texan game day picture of my awesome family!

 

We've also been picking out new signage for the new location

 

And here's some more progress pictures of the new location. 

The demo after they knocked all the walls down and finally opened the space so we could finally see how much space we had.

 Back kitchen dishwashing area and prep room

 Front kitchen and dining room

 Digging a trench in the front kitchen for the plumbing lines

 What a mess!

 Yayyyy......we've got halls, walls, and doorways!

I still have the amazing bathroom pictures to share, but I haven't had a chance to get all the stuff put back up in them yet.  Don't want you to see them "naked".  I just need to clone myself!

The end is near......I hope

The end of week 2 and I'm still stranded at my house.

Each day is a new surprise of who is going to show up and what they are going to do.

I'm so ready for this to be over.  I have a house to clean.

Here's the latest updates as of yesterday:

Tile got installed in the downstairs bathroom

 The upstairs bathtub got tile installed......minus the border and the soap shelf

Tile installed on the upstairs bathroom floor

Today the tile guys are here finishing the shower up and supposedly going to be able to grout the tile today.  We'll have to wait and see.  But it looks like it's going to go on for another couple of days.....and THEN WE"LL HAVE BEAUTIFUL BATHROOMS!  (well I hope they are beautiful)

However, being stuck at home has it's advantages.  Not only have I got a butt load of work done --- I also got all my Christmas shopping done.....ONLINE.

Renovation Road

I think I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.  In fact, I think I can finally see the end result of these bathrooms.  We've had a couple of minor hiccups and I need to talk to the contractor again tomorrow about the painter......but it's coming together.  I'm excited......I think they are going to be done by Saturday.....yay!

Here's what's happened since you last saw me:

Upstairs bathroom has been painted

The downstairs bathroom has been painted

The upstairs vanity has been transformed into a beautiful dark brown

The upstairs linen closet has been painted.  I personally think this looks amazing!

 

And today the waterproof board was put up around the bathtub.

Tomorrow is tile day......it will be another major drastic addition and bringing us closer to the final product.  After seeing what we started with, I'd be lying if I said I'm not thrilled with the transformation.

Can't wait until we're done!

The disruption of our lives

Well we are 4 days down in the reconstruction of our bathrooms.

Our house is in turmoil.  We have only 1 toilet and it's upstairs.  Hopefully, this will all be over by the end of next week.  * crossing fingers *

This is as far as the remodel progress has gone as of today:

We have a bathtub installed upstairs.

We have smooth walls in the bathroom downstairs:

We tried a new recipe for leftover turkey last night:

Was quite good and took some of the boredom out of eating just plain old leftover turkey

It's been a couple of years, but I decided to decorate for Christmas and our company this year:

I ordered a complete set of new dishes for myself.  I've waited a long time for a complete and matching set for all my company.

The mess from construction is still around.  New towel cabinet for the upstairs got built by Cris when he was here for Turkey dinner.  Thank you Cris!

And the living room is throwing up Christmas decorations.  There is boxes every where!

Welcome to my crazy life.  I can't wait until all this mess is gone!