Nobody has posted in forever! It has been a crazy busy week for me and I am sure it has been for you girls as well. My momma came over Monday through Wednesday and we had many adventures. Paul drove us around to Goodwill in Kent and Tukwilla, The great wall shopping mall in renton, Value Village in Kent, Uwajamia, and Ikea. We got picture frames, spoons for stamping with metal letters (i'll have to show you sometime), a kitty bed, another basket for our other toilet to hold toilet paper and bathroom spray, and um, probably more stuff that I don't remember.
Here are all of our goodies from the asian grocery stores! Yogo is like a light yogurt drink, pretty good! We spent a lot of time in the candy aisle buying lots of goodies, including Strawberry Shortcake flavored Kit Kats! Oh and see that tea, it is the most beautiful vibrant delicious tea ever. It is orange cranberry and I am in love with it! 
On Saturday Paul and I drove through the rain to see the kitties we are going to adopt, they are current living with a lady who fosters kittens (the one I showed you before) in Tacoma. We get the two we want and we get them in about two weeks! We are so stinking excited!
Our little garden starts are doing so so so well, look at them grow! It makes me excited to go do yardwork outside so that we can make a garden area...right now it is kinda covered with weeds, sticks, and rocks. Soon to be a wonderful garden though. 
When my mom was here we decided to tackle to bathroom. Now this bathroom is small as you can tell from the pictures, and it was hideous. Gold, border, and mauve walls. Ew. Ew. So off came all the fixtures. We bought a new toilet paper holder and hand towel rack, but just spray painted the light fixture and it turned out amazing!
We spent two whole hours removing that wall paper with both of us working the whole time. We didn't even start working till like 2:30, so lets say we were a little behind schedule. I thought the whole bathroom would be done in a few hours, but really we finished putting 2 coats of paint on at like 9pm and then had to put another one on in the morning. The white had covered the mauve pretty well after two coats, you could just see that it was more white where the border used to be because it was white there to begin with.
Her is the almost finished bathroom, just waiting for paint to dry, and then the mess we made in the house in the process.
Here is the finished product! I just took these pictures minutes ago while talking to my little bro on the phone while my best friend slept in the next room. Hence the awesome phone tucked into the ear and my awesome facial expressions. I moved the basket I got for the upstairs bathroom downstairs because I like it better than the second one I got, and I think it fits really nicely into this room. I love how everything is brushed silver now (except the facet because Paul and I need to pick out a new one together). I love how I no longer hate to walk by that room. I love that I finally have a towel rack on the wall. (the drywall screws that came with the hanger um..they went straight through the wall and I had to fill two gaping holes, and repaint, then get good drywall screws and start over. Now it is hung sturdy and I love my finished bathroom. Someday we will probably get a new counter in there, but for now I don't even mind the counter now that the hideous border and wall color are gone. :)
Ok did I talk enough about our mini bathroom remodel this blog? Probably not. Haha.
Yesterday, which would be Saturday, Paul and I went with his friend Vincent, my friend Sara, and her friend on a hike on exit 47 off of I 90 to granite mountain. I wish I had pictures, but I was too busy trying not to complain and trying not to die. We climbed through snow, snow that if you accidently stepped a couple inches off path would let your leg sink knee deep. I had no idea the conditions we were going into and was wearing all cotton and shoes with mesh on top. So not prepared. We made it, 8 miles total, and I could barely move when it was over. I am actually ok today (Sunday) better than I thought I would feel. It felt good to go out and work out. Then we all went out to eat at Pho Thai and I didn't take pictures there! Looks what happens to me when I am tired, I slack. Lame. Haha
I hope all you girls are having a fabulous week, I miss hearing from everybody!
I'm glad someone posted! Oh your pictures make me miss living in Renton(a little bit), all those stores were in my backyard! I definitely miss the Asian markets too - we don't have anything out here!
ReplyDeleteHa Nice job on the hike! I haven't been on one in almost a year. I hate that when you don't expect the weather to be what it is - way to go! I would've struggled to not complain too. :)
Your little garden is making me excited for spring! And your bathroom looks great! What a lot of work that must've taken. Love all of your pictures and hearing about your week! This week has been one huge week of entertaining and meetings, but it has been awesome and such a blessing...and its still going! Not sure if I'll get much of a break before next week.
Hope you are ALL doing well!!