Jul 31, 2010

EVER HAD ONE OF THOSE FRIENDS?

You know, the kind that you don’t see for 20 years but you just pick up where you left off and have the best time ever.

Back in High School I had a best friend. Her name was Elaine. She was tall and I was short. We were known as Mutt and Jeff. (You probably have to be at least as old as I am to know who the are.)

We did the things best friend do. Our hair was the same, we dressed the same and we took the same classes.

Here we are in I think 8th grade…

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Me…

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I think these are 12th grade…

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She moved away the summer before 12th grade so needless to say we were both pretty lost for that last year of high school but we survived. She went on to become a school teacher and had 4 children.  I went on to become and Mom of 7.

I ended up in Utah and she stayed in Canada. They visited us once 17 years ago and that was a fun visit with all our kids together. 

This time just Elaine and her husband Richard came to visit. We had the best time ever just reminiscing and talking about our families.

Look at us now…

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Still Mutt and Jeff.

I loved her so much that I named my second daughter Rebekah Elaine

Elaine had a daughter, Janina who was the same age as my Rebekah but unfortunately she died at the age of 4 from leukemia.

My Rebekah named her daughter, Hailey Elaine and we were finally able to get the three Elaines together…

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My two had been camping in the dirt all weekend but they still look beautiful.

It was a wonderful visit. Next time I hope it isn’t 17 years.

You can follow their whole trip on Elaine's blog.

Jul 29, 2010

I FINALLY HAVE PROOF

I’ve often thought that living by an Air Force base and having jets fly right over the house all the time was the cause of my constant strange behavior.

Actually I’m quite normal. It’s the rest of you that I worry about.

I blame my poor misshapen body on it as well and my tomatoes are total proof…

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But I love them, warts and all…

Jul 28, 2010

I HAVE A TUB!

I’ve been busy…
I had to figure out what to do with all this stuff…
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To make it work with this…
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But I did it….
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I got it in there…
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At this point I stopped and took a bath. 
(Warning, very sexy picture!)
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Then the surround went up. Wait, where’d my window go?
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Ah, there it is…
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Now to add the toilet…
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Now for the vanity… (I’m tired of washing my hands in the tub…
I’m loving it so far.

Jul 17, 2010

MOVING RIGHT ALONG

I have made lots of progress since Darryl and Darryl visited me.

New flooring…

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New window inside…

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And out… (Note the beautiful brick colors!)

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New light over the bathtub so I can read and soak…. (Thanks Troy)

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New switch to run the lights…

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New vapor barrier…

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New green board…

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New bead board on the walls…

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New grandson…

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New granddaughter…

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I’m having so much fun!

Jul 12, 2010

HOW TO GET A 350 LB CAST IRON BATHTUB OUT OF YOUR HOUSE.

I have been wanting to redo our front Bath forever.  I put a new toilet in last month and it just made everything else look really bad.  So I went camping and left a note for my basement dweller…
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And came home to this…
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The tile was off the wall and yes, in the bathtub. I guess I should have been a little more specific.
So I grabbed my little red wagon and …
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Filled it up load after load and dumped it into the trailer out back.
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Ahhh, nice a clean…
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Okay, so now how do you get it out of there?  You place an add in your local online classifieds for a free bathtub and next thing you know, you have Darryl and his other brother Darryl there within 20 minutes to take it out for you.
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I took these pictures with my phone because I didn’t want to be too obvious…
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They loaded it up in their truck and took it away for free! I was happy and they were happy.
So now I have an empty spot…
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No more bathtub and this vanity which was a thing of beauty to behold…
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Is gone!!!
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And my new toilet is in the hallway…
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Now what should I do?

Jul 1, 2010

THIS LOOKS LIKE “SHED”

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UGLY, UGLY SHED!!! (Cute Kid though)
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I’ve been wanting to paint it forever. I even posted about it HERE.
Well, I DID IT!!!
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No more procrastinating…
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No more waiting for one of my “professional painter” sons to do it…
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I grabbed a wired brush and two gallons of paint and went to work…
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And then I “OVER DID IT” until it was just right…
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I LOVE IT…