quitter

i'm doing it.  i'm taking a page from Just.Lovely.Things and quitting my personal Facebook page.

whew.  it's kinda weird to think that i won't have that connection with people, but really, it's time.  i've been thinking about it for a long long time.  Facebook can be and more often than not, has been, a blackhole for my time.  it's gotta go.

anyway, so my personal one will be gone, but i'm still on there as Little Mookie for my fan page, Little Mookie.  please come over and let's be friends!!  it'll be mostly business which will (hopefully) in turn help me focus more on what i love doing.  sewing.
speaking of sewing... i sewed up something HOT for my hub's bosses for Christmas...

 sexy hotpads!!  

clearly, they both love them.  ;)

i hope you have a wonderful New Year!!  here's hoping i'll be seeing you here more often!!  :)

Kitchen Floor re-do

Carpeted bathroom, carpeted kitchen. Why not? They're both totally easy to clean if something spilled, right? WRONG. Apparently it was a trend, but no longer!!

The flooring under the carpet and padding was in pretty good condition all things considered. We got foam underlament for the kitchen with all the nails and staples. We pulled most of them out, but some got hammered into the floor as much as possible. So just in case, the underlayment went in. While it's only 1/8 inch thick, I can tell the difference. Walking in the kitchen is ever so slightly more cushy than walking in the bathroom.

We did all of this (kitchen and bathroom) over a weekend and I'm so happy we finally got it done! We talked with the owner about replacing the floors before we moved in but I kept putting it off thinking it was going to cost us (up front( a bunch of money. We're able to take it off the rent, but I was still nervous that it would be costly. Turns out I was wrong! It was only $250 (vinyl planks + underlayment) for both rooms! Yay! Of course, they're both small. The kitchen is a measly 150 sq feet and the bathroom a tiny 20 sq feet, but it worked out really well.

I'm so happy my hubs is handy in so many things and I like working with my hands. Put the two together and we made a pretty good team! We had our neighbors/best friends helping us out too when they had time. I'm not really good at man-handling big appliances. ;) A big thanks to them for all their help in these last minute projects!!

Now if only it would all fit in the garbage can... ;)

Bathroom re-do

Kids. (And adults too I suppose)
A few nights ago, we told the girls to go in and go potty before bed. Next thing we heard was crying from Miss and Milee yelling, "help! The toilet!"  Sure enough, Miss had used too much toilet paper and the toilet was flooding.

Onto the carpeted floor. (This is where the adults come into play) Who carpets a BATHROOM? How does that equal out to being sanitary?? Cause it certainly wasn't now. And I after pulling out the carpet/padding myself, I can personally guarantee that this was not the first time this had happened. Gross.

But at least there was awesome red and cream marbled tiles underneath. What the?? What could they have possibly done to the walls to match?? Oy.

So we laid done some vinyl planks and it's so much better now! And it wasn't nearly as expensive as I had originally thought! Bonus!

Mookie really likes the new floor. :) He just walks in circles, stops to laugh and keeps circling. Silly little dude.

While we were doing the bathroom, we figured we might as well pull up the carpet in the KITCHEN. Seriously? Who does that?? Anyway, pictures to come. :)