Weekend Warriors: 1/2 Bath

The best little helper :)

We are so excited to be done with some (seemingly) quick & easy changes to our half bathroom (aka The Poop Bathroom). We had bought a mirror and replaced the vanity top a few weeks back and I had a paint sample stuck on the wall and spent a ridiculous amount of time mulling this over. "Nothing is permanent" so we went for it!

Before:

Everything about the fixtures and toilet just screamed out-dated

We changed out the vanity top & found that mirror but wanted to finish!

Progress (end of day Saturday):

This is 2 wax rings ... should only have 1
We also found a Gatorade bottle with water in it in the tank of the toilet to reduce the water usage...
Oh Linda......

Hot damn!!! Look at that sexy toilet.

After (mostly):

Charlotte's feelings on not having full attention on her:

"You no take my picture."

In other news, we also decided to buy new windows for our ridiculously inefficient home. The other day, I could feel the draft from the windows while on the couch. We bought new furnaces and air conditioners within the first few months of living here but I'm excited to see the difference good windows can make as well. Unfortunately, windows are not cheap! We're throwing down several thousands of dollars and any hope I had of a vacation is gone, but we have a fire pit now and I love being home with my fam jam so I guess it's not such a bad thing to make our house a home. ;)

We're ready for summer nights out on the deck & spending time relaxing with our family & friends.

Mama Porch

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It is not 1950; I do not vacuum in pearls.

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Porch, Charlotte, and I are excited to share that we are moving! If you follow us on Facebook, you know that we put our house up for sale on Thursday. By Saturday afternoon, we had 3 offers on the table and we accepted! I can't even begin to express our shock, our joy, our excitement, and our nervousness about the months ahead. We put an offer on a house closer to my new job as Charlie attends the center and being closer means that Porch can drop her off on my early shift (6am-3pm) and pick her up on my late shift (9:30-6:30pm) so Charlie isn't spending all of her waking hours in child care. We're ridiculously excited, yet cautious. The new house has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and is begging for a series of updates. There are a number of projects that await us but we're so excited to call this new place home and to make it into something that's truly ours. A home we can grow into. A home we can share with our family over the years and create ...

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