Time for Celebration

My shower is finished....except for my shower door, which will hopefully be installed once we can find a cheap one at Home Depot or Lowe's. Any other suggestions on where to look for a cheap shower door?

All of the tile and grout were finished Friday night and they came back again early Saturday morning to seal it. Hooray! I was able to get my house back. I spent most of Saturday cleaning the bathroom and vacuuming everywhere. Ugh, what a mess everything was! I'm happy to say things are almost back to normal, and I have a clean house once again.

We put the shower curtain back up so at least I'm able to use the shower until I can get a door. It's such a nice luxury having a fancy tile shower that will actually clean up well. I love that it's spacious and has shelves and a corner bench for shaving. :) I also absolutely love my trim...slate, glass and other such fun small tiles. Okay, so maybe I'm in love with just about everything. I will have to post some pictures soon.

Almost done?

Remember my remodeling that I started a week ago Monday? Well, it's still not finished. There have been many problems along the way, and luckily they were solvable. The day he started laying the tile we find out the wrong trim has been ordered. We had to take it back to the store and ended up picking out something entirely different since what we had originally ordered was back ordered and we didn't want to have to wait. Then we find out the also gave us the wrong floor. We had picked out a brown tile...but later switched it to a cheaper one. They gave us the one we really wanted, but that we had not ordered....so they also discounted that price. Yay for mistakes that turn out better in the end.

When my shower was started I was told it would take about 5 days. Are you kidding me?! It's been about double that! They are finishing up the tile today (I think) and will hopefully grout tomorrow. My dad will then seal it Saturday. We then have to order a shower door and have that installed sometime next week.

I'm so tired of my house being a complete disaster, and really really hope they are finished and done soon. I'm tired of people and mess and crap etc. etc. in my house! I'm also not looking forward to deep cleaning and getting rid of all of that dust and other such mess when they are finished. I just have to keep telling myself how great it will be and how much I will enjoy it when everything is back to normal.

My Five

Five things I don't leave the house without:

1. Cell phone
   
2. Lip gloss
   
3. Gum
   
4. Keys
   
5. Jewelry (earrings, necklace, watch, rings...)
   

Five cartoons I watched when I was younger:

1. Jem and the Hollagrams
2. The Smurfs
   
3. Gummi Bears
   
4. Strawberry Shortcake
   
5. Fat Albert
   

Five things that terrify me:

1. Scary movies
   
2. Loud noises
   
3. SPIDERS
   
4. Anything creepy and crawly
   
5. The dark
   

Five things I dislike that everyone else seems to like:

1. Onions
   
2. Peppers
   
3. Spaghetti
   
4. Broccoli
5. Scary movies
   

Five things I want to do before I die:

1. Be a mommy
   
2. Be totally debt free (car, house, everything...sorry Heather I copied)
   
3. Go to Paris with my honey
   
4. Have a secure and happy marriage
   
5. Germany, Italy, England, Australia, need I say more.....
   

Five people I tag:

1. Liz
   
2. April
   
3. Jan
   
4. Arianne
   
5. Lisa
   

Demolition Day

My shower remodeling is beginning today. Hooray.....I think. It's taken a lot longer than I thought to get everything figured out and ordered (not to mention the frustrations and annoyances along the way), but the day has finally arrived. I've covered my floors in sheets and removed all items from my counters in the bathroom. Oh geez, it feels like it did when I first moved in. My fabulous dad is playing "overseer" while I'm work all of this week. Love you Dad! What would I do without you? Today would probably be the demolishing day, ripping out the old shower/tub combination and hopefully the more exciting tiling parts will be starting soon. It's suppose to take 5 days....cross my fingers. I would love to have the mess over with by this weekend so I can put my bathroom back together again. I will have to take pictures and post them.

Conferences

Tonight is Parent/Teacher Conferences. Definitely not my favorite time of year. I hate being at work for 12 hours today....and another 12 hours tomorrow...and still having to come into work on Friday. I'm quite jealous of those traditional teachers that get Friday off. I do look forward to see those cute kiddos in my class that have been trying so hard and have progressed since the first of the year. I love seeing their grades going up, and their smiling faces. :) Some things do make me proud. However, I will be glad when these two days are over and I can catch up on my sleep this weekend. Wish me luck!

Life is.....

Have you ever wondered why life turns out the way that it does? Why sometimes no matter what we want and what we feel is best for us, it doesn't always go that way? Why it can't just be easier? Sometimes it seems like life is going great, everything is going our way, everything is going smoothly, when BAM....it takes us in a completely unexpected direction. This new path just might be the best way after all, make us happiest in the end. But of course we fight it, we don't like change, we don't want it, it's too painful, it's too frightening, it's too lonely and unknown....whatever. It's so hard to see the end result of any of our choices and decisions in this life.

I like immediate gratification. I want what I want now, today, this moment. I have a hard time waiting, knowing my happiness or wants will come sometime in the future. It seems unfair that some people seem to have everything that I want, yet take it for granted or don't seem grateful. I don't feel like I'm that horrible of a person not to deserve such things. I know I've made plenty of mistakes and wrong choices in my life, but know that I'm at least trying or working towards correcting and righting some of these wrongs.

It is hard to see the end of my path....since it's so far away. I do get discouraged and frustrated when it seems like I'm trying and yet keep falling and feel like I have to start all over again. I'm grateful for Sundays and being able to go to church and get that added boost and optimism to help me through the rest of my week.

I am grateful for the family and friends in my life that have helped me get where I am today. Even through all of my good and bad moments, I have such wonderful friends who have not left my side in my moments of need. In times of greatest trial there are always things and people that I am blessed with.

Monday....Ugh!

I always find Sunday nights to be depressing. Why, you may ask? Because the next day is Monday, the start of a new, long week. Awful things always seem to happen to me Sunday nights. I might have an emotional meltdown, I might have horrible, terrible nightmares, I might not be tired and go to bed way to late, I might wake up in the middle of the night and be unable to go back to sleep, I might have many or all of these things happen. No matter what I do to prepare myself for a Monday, the night before is always awful! I rarely get enough sleep Sunday night. I rarely wake up having enough rest (and pay for it the rest of the week). What do you say to skipping Mondays, and starting the week out with Tuesday?