Thanksgiving

What did we do for Thanksgiving this year? Well, we went swimming. My parents just put a pool in at their house and we tried it out for the first time over Thanksgiving. Both of our parents live in San Antonio, so it’s not really a question about where we’re going, more of a question about who’s house we’re staying at. Last year for Thanksgiving, we went from Houston to San Antonio to Lake Travis to Austin (for the game) to San Antonio back to Houston. It was not a whole lot of fun, so we decided that we would spend the actual holiday with one family or the other. This year we spent actual turkey day with the Patenaudes. But the day before we were in an outdoor pool. That’s right. That’s why we live in Texas, thank you very much. It was rather strange because when we got in at 4 on Wednesday (I ducked out of work an hour early since there wasn’t anyone calling) it was like 75. By the time we got out it was in the 50s because of a cold front. The pool is heated so in the pool it was almost 90 the whole time. It was very nice. T-day was spent eating lots of food and spending time with the Patenaude family (immediate and extended) and giving thanks for every way that we’ve been blessed and they have been many.

Bathroom Redo

 

So I decided that we needed to have a big birthday bash for my wife. She's been wanting to redo our guest bathroom for a while so I decided having a set date (the party) would give me the motivation I needed to actually get the job done.

 

Here’s what we started with. Those “tiles” on the floor are actually vinyl tiles that have been glued down. We ripped those up and replaced them with ceramic tiles. It took quite a bit longer than I originally planned. Between the extra drying time that was needed (I had to do the tiling in two batches) and the extras that had to be done (taking out the baseboards, the toilet, repairing the cabinets, repairing drywall, etc) it didn’t go exactly as planned. We had planned to have the cabinet painted, walls painted, and baseboards painted, but we only got the tile in, the toilet back in and part of the cabinet painted (the part we repaired). We also had to repair some drywall holes (one caused by someone ripping out the towel bar, one caused by me because it was rotted). So this is what it looks like mid project (almost done).

And here it is, as it stands today:

Left to do? Sand and paint the cabinet. Paint the walls and baseboards. Caulk.

A big thank you to a certain friend (who shall remain nameless unless he wants the credit) for coming over to help with the toilet and the baseboards.

Now, who wants to come over and paint?