He is almost housebroken,  and will sit, lay down, and give up a toy (or whatever he has picked up from the floor) on command.  We have just started teaching him to behave when on a leash.  He is a really good puppy, and has LOTS of energy.

So my husband and my brother in law just installed a new side door last week, and I wasn’t going to post about it until it was all done, but I love it and I want to share

Here is the new door. The inside door is going to be painted blue. I was going to paint the screen door, but I found out that you can’t because of its coating, bummer.

There are some additional shots on my flickr page

(Shout out to Dwayne who made it all possible)

Also, the screen door is super cool (if you haven’t guessed from the post title) it has a screen that retracts up into the door.

It is called Easy Vent. The door is from Larson, and we bought it from Lowe’s. Both doors and all the extra stuff (locks, foam, wood) cost us about $500 bucks, 153 for the entry door, 199 for the (super cool) screen door.

I love this screen door so much I made a video of it in action…

I may be lame, but this door is not.

So there’s progress.

I am having trouble with choosing the floor. The one thing I liked (see earlier post) was WAY to expensive (it would be about 400 to do our tiny 27 sq ft) So I am going with a cheaper option from Lowe’s and mixing in a few of the expensive glass tiles. Picture more of the blue tiles throughout the beige….

The light tile is $2.68 a sq foot at Lowe’s, and the glass is about $20 a sq foot. I think I will need approximately 2 of the glass sheets to put into the light ones (thats 3 glass tiles in every sheet) Here is a close up of the glass…

This will cost about $125 to do, which is better for my husband and (my) mental health. What do you think?

He is 8 weeks old, and his dad is a Great Pyrenees (140 lbs) and him mom is a black Labrador (70 lbs) He is going to be a big boy! Right now he is only 7 lbs…

this sticker was stuck on one of his toys, and he got it on his head!

So I would like to start the remodel in earnest, and my plan is as follows-

1. Paint away the pink. This will be changing to a blue/white
2. Replace the fixtures in the tub and shower
3. Tear out the toilet, sink/vanity.
4. Tile the floor.
5. Replace the toilet, sink/vanity with a toilet that don’t whistle like a tea kettle when flushed, and a sink/vanity that is not awful. Right now my sink is shaped like a shell, and my faucet has wooden handles. Boooo.
6. Replace medicine cabinet
7. Install a light over new medicine cabinet.
8. Install fart fan. (yah, I said it.)

Somewhere in there we need a new window, but I am not sure when that is going to happen, so consider it a footnote the the official list.

So the paint has been done, check out the white/blue. (much better than pink!)

So now I have to figure out what I am going to do about flooring to match the mint green wall tile. I can’t bring myself to commit to ripping the walls out, so we are just going to make it work.

This is what I have, you can see my current floor, the walls, and the samples I received in the mail (really quick too!)

This is what I think I want, it’s a glass tile, and I think a green would go best. (White would look best, but I can’t bring myself to do it, it’s so hard to keep it looking clean with the random cat hairs…)

http://www.glasstilestore.com/category_s/23.htm

These are the 2 I like best (the 2 on the left)

I think I am going to go with the frosted green glass one.

Next step is measuring and ordering!

The great name debate is on.

I would like to name him Aneto, after the highest peak in the Pyrenees Mountains (where the Great Pyrenees breed comes from, go figure) or Shadrach, a Babylonian name meaning “Command of Aku” (the Babylonian moon god).

He threw out suggestions like Viggo, Gunther, Brahman, and (the ever so creative) Max.

GUNTHER?

Well, the topic is still open to debate, so we will see. In the meantime, check out this super cute picture of the little guy.

This picture is from 2/10

This picture is from 2/14

I have finally started a personal blog.  It is interesting to me, at least, that I have waited this long.  I am in charge of running a blog as well as other social marketing thingys at my work.  But then again, after working all day at Micky D’s, you don’t want a Big Mac for dinner.  So we’ll see.

A little about me then… I am 24, and I was recently married on June 30th, 2007.  My husband’s name is Sam (he’s the best).  We bought a house in October, 2007.  A brick bungalow built in 1951.  It had one owner, who was a bachelor, and though he kept the house in wonderful condition, nothing has been updated.  See that pink and sea-green bathroom in my header? Yep. All mine.

I am just finishing my BA in marketing, and I (thankfully) have a job in marketing which I love.  I work with some really creative people, which is always nice.

I also LOVE to read and play video games.  It takes up a very large amount of my time.  Which is time I am sure could be used more constructively, but never is.

My intention is to post about the some of the things I enjoy the most,  being a (new) wife, being a homemaker (though I do have a job, and I am a full time student, I still do a lot of “homemaking”), and being a new homeowner.  So a never ending list of posts on home improvement projects, crafting, cooking, and living will follow.

So if you are reading this, either

1. Your randomly came across this blog in it’s infancy
2. In the future I am writing something worth reading(at least well enough to have some readers), and you went back to see what I wrote about first.
3. You are my mom. (hi mom!)

Either way, welcome.  Leave me a comment.  I want to connect with people who have a passion for the same things I do.