My wife has seemed to lost her marbles! Abby is usually on task pretty well but lately she has been forgeting things a little to much and just seems out of it! Last night she came with me to Famous Footwear so I could get some new shoes for school and I was talking with her in the car and asking questions and she just had this look on her face the entire time like she didn't know what was going on. I bet if I would have asked her where she thought she was in the world she probably would have said 'the pool!' or some other random thing. I know I know she's pregnant and her body isn't running normally... But I want my wife back!!
Anyway time for pictures.
I recently finished tiling above the shower in the downstairs bathroom. I had to do some plumbing and electrical but mainly tile. The ceiling tile took forever! If you ever plan on tiling a shower don't plan on finishing in one day.
Just a look at the sheetrock when you come into the bathroom. There will be a vanity in here shortly. I just stained the last part of the vanity tonight and should be ready to go in by tomorrow evening. Got a new faucet to put in and the bathroom will be fully usable.
I don't plan on taping the sheetrock anytime soon. I plan on doing all of the work in the basement by myself but taping and texture the walls and ceiling is where I draw the line. So when we get the rest of the basement rocked then we will have a crew come in and finsih the rest.
Just a look at the floor tile. For being the first time I have tiled alone it turned out pretty well.
In other news I finally put the crib together after sitting for a week. I was waiting to finishing the bathroom so I could then take the office crap out and move it downstairs. So the crib is up and we will be working on this project on and off as the baby comes.
Abby origianally wanted to do cloth diapers but after some dreams and thoughts she decided that we should just do regular diapers since we will both be working a lot and won't really be able to keep up on the cloth. So we found this diaper genie on craigslist for $15!! It is basically brand new! The lady said she hardly ever used it.
Friday was Abby's 27th birthday and on Wednesday for part of her present I took her to a Sporting game. We are not much of a soccer fan but it turned out to be a really cool time. We bought tickes for the south end stands and you don't have assigned seating, you can just sit anywhere so it's a pretty relaxed enviornment.
Also I have finally picked up BALL GOLF! I am a pretty big disc golfer and have only played real golf a handful of times but have really wanted to get into it. When Abby and I went back to GB for Jordan's bday party he and I went to the driving range and I got hooked! Then the week after we went to Wichita for Rubles baby shower and I ended up playing 18 with the guys. There happens to be a driving range 5 minutes from my house and the guy that owns it is a golf pro and one of the nicest people I have met. I went there with some clubs Josh gave me and next thing you know the owner is out scouting for some 1" longer clubs for me. He called a week later and I now have a 3-9 and a PW and SW. Troy gave me a bag so all I need is a putter and a few drivers and I'm set! I always thought golf was super expensive which it is compared to free disc golf but it is not as bad as I thought it would be. A teacher friend of mine said he plays at least twice a week this summer and never pays over $30 when he goes. $30 is $30 but still I always assumed it would be $50 every time you went. So I am excited for the next time Dan, Jordan, and Jared come up so we can go crush some local courses.
Last thing then I am going back to working on school prep. Ever since we got the sprinkler system fixed (which was a post or 2 ago) we have needed to get the heads replaced. I think from just sitting for so long that they just don't work as good as they used to. The watering is never as even as it should be and I have worked with the old heads for quite some time and just can't get it right. So I have been waiting for a deal and one hit big today! So I am going to start replacing the heads soon and I got all of these below for $63. In case you don't know sprinkler lingo that is a ridiculous deal. The Orschelens close to our house cleranced the crap out of these so I decided to jump on it while I had the chance. The ones in the boxes only cost $5 and there the really nice ones!!! The biggest savings are the hose adapters. I picked those up for 10 cents each, should have paid $17 for them and only ended up paying a little over $2! All in all we saved $100 by getting these on clearance. Not a bad way to redo a sprinkler system if you ask me. I'm pretty pumped up about this one.
That is it for now. I'm going back to working on school stuff and you should be hearing from Abby soon. She has been working on a new cover for the baby rocker and she will be anxious to show you.
