plumbing problems & teething pain

chalk art in the evening

cupcakes (even though this one was for the husband)

little baby pig tails

i don't know if you're anything like me, but it's so easy to get caught up in the things that aren't perfect that you loose sight of the simple things that are. 

recently, we've been having trouble with our plumbing in this old house. we got a sprinkler system installed a couple of months ago and the weirdest things have been happening since. for example, sometimes when the sprinklers turn on the upstairs shower will start running and it can not turn off! dan says that we have a poltergeist. i just think we have a crazy house. the other day i flushed a toilet and the same thing happened with the shower. and the sprinklers weren't even on. anyway, we had to have all the water turned off in our house for about 36 hours while we waited for the plumbers to come. i know that these are totally "first world problems" but i get really angsty when i don't get a shower first thing in the morning. it is so tough to get moving and i just wind up sitting on the couch in my pajamas for most of they day. and ruby has been absolutely miserable with those molars. they are pretty much all the way through the gums, but she is still really uncomfortable. those two things combined to make a really tough day. 

this really was going to be a more positive post! the plumbing got fixed and ruby is happier today. what i'm trying to say is that it doesn't really matter if you get a shower first thing in the morning because that really doesn't matter. there are so many other things that are good and perfect. i am so lucky to be able to be there to comfort ruby when she is scared and hurting. i am lucky that we can call a plumber to solve our problems. it's so important to remember that these things that seem so bad are just a small blip in the general timeline of life. 

(but so are the really good things. they'll be distant memories before we know it.)

This is what my kitchen looks like right now...

 Yep, so after a year of turning the kitchen light on and off at the breaker box, we're installing a proper light switch. The previous owners decided to cut the wall in half (in order to let in more light? we're not really sure) and in doing so, the light switch, the outlet for the refrigerator and pretty much the power for the whole kitchen were compromised. The fridge is still plugged into an extension cord but that's the least of our worries right now! Soon we're going to have a real light switch, a finished wall and probably even a cute little chalk board over that breaker box. It'll be SO much nicer than switching the breaker every time we need some light! 

No cooking in here! Looks like we're having cereal for dinner! 

It's hard to tell, but Dan is standing on a ladder propped up on the stairs that go down to the cellar. Super unsafe but it's a tricky area to work in. He really should be wearing a hard hat or something for this kind of construction! He's so brave and turning into quite the do-it-yourself handy man! 

A House Tour

Here it is! The House Tour you all have been waiting for! We LOVE our house and it's been really fun fixing it all up. We're nowhere near done, but isn't that one of the joys of being a homeowner? 

When we first looked at the house, it was completely empty. We totally had a blank slate to make what we wanted of the space. 

This is the BEFORE

Looking for a better Television Stand Solutions - I like the idea of an Entertainment Center or Hutch, but that'll be a future project! 

Dining Room: 

Kitchen: 

Done with Kitchen Befores - Time for Afters!

Future Projects include: Curtains and a Kitchen Cart/Cabinet

Dan's Office:

 

Master Bedroom: 

This is the only before picture we had! 

Okay, there are also two bathrooms, two other rooms and a loft. But, they are construction zones or look like bombs went off. So, as those rooms get fixed up we'll post pictures. Hope you liked the tour!