We took a trip to Terre Haute two weekends ago. We visited Fowler Parks Pioneer Days. Here are a bunch of pics of our day...Warning...Photo Overload. I couldn't just pick a few.
Fun with light....
Good-bye 1800's
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
I'm So Excited!!!
Business is really good right now. I am totally booked for the month of October and already booking some dates in November! I've been struggling with my current camera, The Canon XTi. It's a great camera, but I've pushed it to it's limits and I'm ready to move up. Today I ordered this sweet little thing. It's the Canon 50 D. It's Canon's newest release, so new that I had to call all over the place just to find one in stock. I found one and it ships today. I can't wait!!!
If you're a camera geek like me, you can go check out the specs here:
Sunday, October 5, 2008
17 Years
Today my honey and I celebrate 17 years of marriage. We were just talking today about how fast it has gone by. Here are some photos of our wedding day October 5, 1991 and a picture of us today taken by our son Logan.
Friday, October 3, 2008
The Bathroom Remodel
The long awaited time has come and I am so glad to be finished with the powder bath remodel. When we had this house inspected during the purchase process we found that the powder bath toilet had previously leaked (14 yrs earlier when the builder installed a damaged toliet flange) The homeowner found the problem and fixed the leak (a year later) but never replaced the wet boards. Well over time the boards dried out and rotted away. Instead of having the original homeowners pull up the tile floor and fix the problem, only 2 weeks from our move in date, we said that we would do it so that the job would get done right. The following are pics of the process.
When we got to the toilet area the tile popped right up and there was nothing much underneath. So basically the toilet was being held up by the cement board underlayment, tile and morter.
Here is the floor stripped of tile and you can see the damaged area.
A close up. YUCK!
Dennis cutting out all of the rotted sub-flooring.
There we go, much better. After this step I bleached everything out to kill any hidden mold.
A new support system was built underneath and new subfloor was placed on top.
A fresh coat of pain
Dry fitting the tiles before taking them to Lowes to be cut. (they cut for free, good deal!)
The new tile floor all laid and grouted
The new toliet, comfort heigtht and water saving efficient
Ok, the vanity was so short you had to bend so far down to wash your hands. We bought 6 inch legs from Lowes and cut an inch off the tops and painted them black. We intalled them under the vanity to raise it up to 35 inches and make it look like furniture. The countertops come later this week.
Ok, the bathroom has been done since spring, but I've never gotten around to taking the final photos. So here's the finished product, except there's only 1 photo in the 3 frames. I'll get around to processing and printing the other pictures soon.
That's it. Thanks for looking!
When we got to the toilet area the tile popped right up and there was nothing much underneath. So basically the toilet was being held up by the cement board underlayment, tile and morter.
Here is the floor stripped of tile and you can see the damaged area.
A close up. YUCK!Dennis cutting out all of the rotted sub-flooring. There we go, much better. After this step I bleached everything out to kill any hidden mold. A new support system was built underneath and new subfloor was placed on top.A fresh coat of pain Dry fitting the tiles before taking them to Lowes to be cut. (they cut for free, good deal!) The new tile floor all laid and grouted
The new toliet, comfort heigtht and water saving efficient
Ok, the vanity was so short you had to bend so far down to wash your hands. We bought 6 inch legs from Lowes and cut an inch off the tops and painted them black. We intalled them under the vanity to raise it up to 35 inches and make it look like furniture. The countertops come later this week. Ok, the bathroom has been done since spring, but I've never gotten around to taking the final photos. So here's the finished product, except there's only 1 photo in the 3 frames. I'll get around to processing and printing the other pictures soon. OK, HERE'S THE BEFORE PIC
lots of green ivy and green and white floor tiles. Green marble countertops and a gold light fixture, faucets, towel holder and cabinet knobs. (oh and no tp holder!)
ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS
That's it. Thanks for looking!
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