Birthday party and tiling the floor!!!

It was a typical birthday party at our house!!! My son turned twelve the day after Thanksgiving but we had his party yesterday.(He was actually born on Thanksgiving Day !!!) My husband decided he would finish up on our bathroom project during the party.It involved laying down the dura rock and he decided we NEEDED the clawfoot tub in the bathroom so he could cut the hole in the floor for the drain pipe.My oldest son was here for the day . Hubby had him call a friend to help w/ the tub.My husband was getting impatient waiting for the guy to show up so he was figuring out a way for me ,my neighbor,my dad (who is 70+ and him to lift this thing.It is super heavy so I was not happy about it.Luckily my sons friend showed up to take my place !!!!!! All went well,it took 5 people to lift this tub upstairs and turn the thing into our bathroom. About two years ago the night before we had a birthday party for my youngest,we tore out our kitchen wall.It was just exposed beams when guests arrived.(That year I had to clean all the plaster during the night so our house would look decent!!!! It has been a theme to have some major renovation going on during a party!!!!Sometimes our guests help out too!!!!!! After the party I tiled the floor where the claw foot will go.Today we will tile a few rows that we need on the wall.I will take some photos later today!!!!!

Mini Tree

I have had a xmas tree in our kitchen the last two years.This year I wanted to put a tree but now the space has changed.We have the huge armoire where I had put the tree before.I found a cute mini tree that I can place on the counter.It is a lavender/pinkish colored tree.The kids decorated it . So the tradition of having more than one tree continues!!!!!! The other one is in the living room.Here is a photo of the kitchen mini tree.

Bath tub update

On our days off this week we worked on re-enforcing some support beams we discovered were cut through by previous owners.It was an ordeal to re-support.Our house is in a sad state right now with the saw dust and mess!!!! My husband woke up with a sore neck after doing all the re-supporting and had to go see our doctor .He couldn't move his head and was in a lot of pain After wearing an anti-imflamatory patch and alot of pain killers he went to work .I am working on cleaning the house and making it presentable since we have clients that come to our house.I am hoping we can start tiling this weekend.We did get the sub foor down.I am also trying to decorate the house for xmas!!!! I wasn't going to put up much of anything this year but because we have two younger kids I decided to start decorating. Hopefully they will stay dust free!!!!!

Thanksgiving Day

We had a very nice Thanksgiving dinner.We stayed home this year.We had a great time cooking but my favorite is setting the table!!!!! I didn't buy anything special for the table .I gathered my favorite candles from around the house and used my pretty dishes that I bought a few months ago.The table is in the living room right now .We are working on the room that is going to be converted into our dining room My table is almost 8 ft. so I also used seating from all over !!!! A settee on one side and a bench on the other and chairs in between.I love to mix and match!!!!!! Here are photos I took while setting the table.

Bathroom demo!!!!

Once again we are living in a construction zone!!!!! We had to rip out the old bathtub from our main bathroom.It had a crack that kept getting bigger and bigger!!!!No worries ,I hated the tub and have a clawfoot waitng to go in!!!!! This room is tied into our project from down stairs(it is directly above it).We are opening up the wall downstairs and will be moving pipes for this bathroom.At least the mess downstairs is hidden from anyones view at this point since we only demolished one side of the wall ( I can close the door and not see the mess!!!! Now the bathroom on the other hand is very visible!!!!! I will be cleaning up the mess today and the rest of the house for Thanksgiving. Here are a few photos.

November Roses

I was shocked to find my roses in bloom today!!!! It is amazing since my roses barely bloomed all year!!! A nice surprise for Thanksgiving !!!!!!

Loving life!!!!

Today I came home from a very inspiring seminar!!! It was about living in the moment. I was surrounded by people with great energy.My husband and I are super charged!!!!!!We have been in the car a lot lately.We drove to Tennessee last weekend and Michigan this weekend both for seminars. House projects will start up again in the weeks to come!!!! Here are some pictures from the Tennessee drive.