Thursday, August 5, 2010

New Posts

Okay so I am now caught up from June 2009 until August 2009. Two days and three months. Look at me go. Hopefully September will be tomorrow:)

Blogging...

So it was Brock's birth that did me in. In blogging that is. I was all caught up and then he was born and I would slowly write a post here or there but never posted them because I wanted them all be in chronological order and writing about his birth always was a stumbling block for me. Time passed and here we are over a year later and my sweet hubby says it's time to post what I have and move on. So here I go. Welcome the Larsons back to the blogging world.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Angels Game

LA Angels of Anaheim. It was probably the biggest scoring baseball game I have ever been to, the Angels won, and the mustache made it all a great day.

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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Bathroom Remodel

Our toilet was getting old so I figured we would want to replace it with a water-efficient toilet. And while I was at it, I thought I would try my hand at replacing the stained linoleum and put in some tile. It would be my first time putting in tile, but really, how hard could it be? Turns out, it just takes time and if you screw anything up, then you have to shut off the water for a whole day and pay a plumber $240 to come fix it on a Saturday (pipe in the wall was leaking water). After all that, and a week later, I ended up getting it all done and it looks pretty good. But I could have just replaced the toilet and been just as happy since it is a small bathroom and the bathroom mats cover most of the area anyway. I guess I did get some experience, and that is worth the $500 that went into it right?

Before

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There were 4 layers of linoleum
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Do you see the sacred picture of some guy behind the wallpaper? We really didn't draw this. I would say we should make a shrine in this room now, but I think the toilet takes care of that.
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The bare cement floor
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Putting in the mortar and tile
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The finished product
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