Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Our Trip to the Zoo

This morning we took advantage of the beautiful fall weather and went to the Cypress Park Zoo near our house. Bailey had a BLAST! She loved seeing all the "ammals" (mostly animals native to this area) and making their animal noises. Bailey especially liked the raccoon, who proceeded to splash us with water; the wolves which Bailey thought were puppies; and the ducks that followed her wherever she went. But her very favorite animal of all was the huge, ugly warthog who was snoring. Go figure!
Bailey at the dove cage. Tweet! Tweet!


Look, it's a pony!

The goat was very interested in Bailey!


My little dear and the deer


She does too!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Home Sweet Home- Remodeling Part 1

So we've lived in this Money Pit, I mean wonderful home, for about a year and a half now. If you know us well, you know what we've gone through with this house. It's been a chore! And having a baby right after moving in did not speed up the process either! But we've worked (yes, we've done almost ALL of the work ourselves!) and we've survived. Here are some before and after pics of some rooms. More to come later!


**You will have to forgive me because I played with the formatting on this post TONS of times and it never would do what I wanted it too. I know it looks stupid!**


Guest Bedroom- Major remodeling tasks included:

  • Textured walls, Painted walls, ceiling, window/door trim, crown molding, baseboards
  • Installed window/door trim, baseboards, crown molding, and quarter round
  • Ripped up carpet and laid hardwood flooring
  • Patched holes in walls
  • Installed routed windowsill and window blinds
  • Installed ceiling fan
  • Replaced bedroom and closet doors
  • Removed shelving along ceiling walls








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Master Bedroom-
  • Textured walls
  • Painted walls, ceiling, window/door trim, crown molding, baseboards
  • Installed window/door trim, baseboards, crown molding, and quarter round
  • Ripped up carpet and laid hardwood flooring
  • Patched holes in walls
  • Installed routed windowsill and window blinds
  • Ripped out old closet shelving and added new bars and shelves
  • Installed ceiling fan
  • Replaced bedroom and closet doors
  • Removed bathroom pocket door and replaced with new wider door
  • Handmade drapes and bed pillows

Unfortunately we do not have a BEFORE picture for the master bedroom, but I will give you a mental picture. Like all of the other rooms in the house, there were holes all in the walls and gum in the carpeted floor. The room was painted an irredescent purple that glittered from certain angles (David says it looked like a bass boat!)



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Kitchen- If the kitchen had not already been somewhat remodeled, this house would have totally been a no-go!

  • Painted walls, ceiling, window/door trim, crown molding
  • Repaired water leak under kitchen sink
  • Replaced kitchen sink faucet
  • Repaired attic water leak and patched ceiling
  • Installed cabinet knobs and drawer pulls


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The pictures don't do this room justice, but it was a lovely shade of orange!







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AFTER