Saturday, June 25, 2011

Had migraines the last three days straight.  Slept until 12:30 yesterday.  Migraine left sometime late afternoon FINALLY, but then I couldn't sleep until sometime after 3am.  I had plans today!  I had things I wanted to do!  I hate my body.  It probably hates me, but I don't know what I'm doing to cause the issues.  I'm doing the best I can, Body!  Work with me!

The best shoes ever in the world

Dior Cannage Stitch Peep Toe Pump

Bathroom destruction

Let me just say now that I am firmly opposed to bathroom overfitters.  The people who installed our shower did not seal it right at all and there were TONS of molds growing between the plastic overfitted floor and the tile floor.  I wish I had gotten a picture, but I didn't.

So this is the shower floor - plastic on top of lovely white subway tile on top of concrete.

This is the awful white plastic overlayed shower parts.  TONS of horrible adhesive strips, but none around the drain.  Morons.



After breaking out the concrete...

Where the toilet was...

Former sink & mirror area 1. Lovely peach wall color, eh?

Former sink & wall area 2

Dangerous hot wires! 

Bathroom windows went in...

... at the cost of Rick's pinky nail.

Norwex

If you haven't heard of Norwex and you have any allergies or respiratory issues of any kind, you should check out this company and their cleaning products.  The basis of their offering is microfiber cleaning cloths embedded with silver.  Microfiber picks up things as small as bacteria, and holds them until the cloth is rinsed with hot water.  Silver is a natural antibacterial and antimicrobial that kills those evil things when they are picked up by the cloth, therefore preventing them from being redeposited. 

The cloths were developed in response to the increase in medical resistant bacteria and viruses for use in hospitals.  Check out more at Norwex.com.

First step - new windows installed

At the cost of Rick's fingernail via the circular saw.  Sam did not faint! 

Bathroom before pictures

Bath fixtures

This is what I'm going with. 

Both from FixtureUniverse.com, Torino collection.  Will probably go with the matching towel bars and robe hooks too, but that can wait until everything else is done.

Paulette Servers

Love this.  From BallardDesign.com

Bathroom remodel

So far, this is what is planned for our bathroom remodel:

Main inspiration: this tile

Nantucket Dune from Tile Shop

The tiles are 1/2" wide, held together on a mesh screen.  It is really lovely stone and glass.  The light colored stone matches the 19"x19" tile for the walls and floors.  The shower floor is slightly darker than the rest of the tile in a 2"x2". 

With this sink/console (not sure about faucets yet)



Lexi from Home Depot



Home Depot is lovely - free shipping, free returns to the store if we don't like her (Lexi, the sink).  I hope we like her because she is the closest to what we want in the price range that we want to pay. My ultimate sink was from Restoration Hardware, but of course that was going to be 4xs as expensive.  So sad.

With this storage cabinet, which we will have to see how well it fits and matches Lexi.  If we keep her.

Amanda by Home Depot

And heated floors, and adding 2 small windows above the shower.

Still to decide:

• Paint color (probably a dark beige, tan, light brown color)
• Faucets - sink and shower
• Glass shower doors/enclosure
• Toilet (yes, this is a decision)

We were going to try to get a trough drain, but it is way more expensive than we thought, so just a normal drain. 

So, there you have it: our bathroom remodel so far.  The cost is choking me, but we are not DIYers, therefore we are just contributing to the economy... of our friends and family who know how to do these things! 

Piercing Mug

This amuses me.

 

 

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Piercing Mug

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"Oh great, another piercing. Well, at least it's not another tattoo or the blue hair again." The Piercing Mug ($26). For those of us that never got to tap into...
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Tangy Peach Trench Coat

This is gorgeous. But I have a trench coat that I love, and a desire not to have 2 trench coats. No, wait, I do have 2 trench coats; a longer one in khaki and a short one in black. 1 too many already.

 

 

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Tangy Peach Trench Coat

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Khaki? Olive? Black? Do you really want your jacket to be as drab as the weather you're protecting yourself from? Tangy Peach Double Storm Flap Trench Coat ($180)...
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Firefox has a problem with Windows

Finally found something that explained how silver is antimicrobial

When SmartSilver nanoparticles come in contact with moisture, they release very low levels of silver ions that prevent the growth of microbes that cause odor and material degradation. This same mode of action is responsible for the antimicrobial properties of silver coins and spoons.

Smartsilver.com/how

 

I need to understand how things work – I don’t believe anybody who doesn’t have proof any more.  Been fooled too many times.  But Norwex seems to have a good product.  Norwex.com

 

[Overheard in the Office] Recommendation: Oh, Lord.

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Title: Oh, Lord.
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Cleaning for a Reason

Just got this email sent to me:

 

If you know any woman currently undergoing chemotherapy, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE housecleaning - once per month for 4 months while she is in treatment. All she needs to do is sign up.  Cleaning for a Reason will have a participating maid service in her zip code area arrange for the service.  Not all areas are available.  This organization serves the entire USA.  There are people out there that care. Please pass this information along.

http://www.cleaningforareason.org/

Grow mushrooms in coffee grounds

Are you a coffee drinker like me? Feel bad throwing things out that could be useful? Maybe this is the answer:

http://www.dailygrommet.com/products/back-to-the-root-mushroom-kit

I love Cheetahs

I don't know why. I fell in love when I found the Cincinnati Zoo's cheetah blog, cheetahdays.com. I read through all of their back log one day last summer, and have been in love ever since. If I had know at a younger age that the trainers live with the cheetahs in a house, I would have made this my career.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/18/smithsonian.cheetahs/index.html?hpt=C2

It's amazing how docile they are. They are endangered because farmers in Africa shoot the them when the cheetahs attack their herds. Education efforts are underway to teach the farmers that all they really need is a big dog with their herds. When the dogs spot the cheetahs and bark, the cheetahs flee. They are non-confrontational animals, unlike some other big cats.

Allergy season already?

According to pollen.com, allergy season is starting already. I am so not ready for this.

Forecast for CINCINNATI, OH (on a scale of 1-12):

Today's allergy levels:
Friday - 4.8/Low-Medium

Today's predominant pollen:
Cedar/Juniper.

Tomorrow's allergy levels:
Saturday - 3.2/Low-Medium

Testing the email option

If this works, there will be no stopping me.