Family Bonding

So nice of my husband for taking us out to the Botanic Garden today. We had a pretty calm walk at the garden today. We didn't do anything except taking a nature walk with our baby which I appreciate so much for I know it feels good to breathe some fresh air, walking at the same bonding with both of them. Nothing is precious than having a good time with my family in a cooler day like today. Here are few of the pictures I took...

.......... getting into the woods...

.....resting for a while by the pond with a fountain..Jadyn was leaking in this picture

...........husband and baby with the 200 year-old pecan tree

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and myself and the baby by the pumpkins outside the conservatory

Concrete And Fences Are Up

These are the finished work here, the first picture is the side fence facing to the road, they put new panels there just because they have to make gate door..


..above is the fence that divides us from the neighbor, we call it as privacy fence...
..right here are paved pathway..above photo is where the back porch is gonna be built...


....back of the house..now we're comfy walking here...

Hired Mexican Workers

I ought to post these photos a long time ago but for some reason I kept holding them up. Since I feel like posting them today, let me go ahead and explain what's going on in these photos.

It was my husband's idea to put concrete in the backyard so we don't have to walk on the dirt when we go around the house, another thing is that he wants to put a back porch so we can sit comfortably outside during Fall and Spring when the weather is nice. I must admit, I was quite reluctant at first because it bothers me how expensive it would cost him for that project. 5,125 US dollars is the total amount after all the job is done this of course including the cost of the fence.

These are days during the construction of concrete pavement and metal fence pools, very far from finishing...took them 4 days to completely make the job done.

...... leveling the ground, removing the old bricks that were in there and put some dirt to make it plain
.... such a big job that my husband needs to hire a couple of workers to do it in behalf of him...
... the new old fence will go right here giving us privacy from the neighbors...
...... this is the front view of the side fence taken from the outside...

...last but the least, obviously this is going to be concrete here too

Summer Fun And Driving

We beat the heat of summer yesterdy with the sisters Annie and Irish in Bedford Boys Ranch. It was a sort of farewell pool party for Irish for she is leaving tomorrow back home to Pennsylvania. We had a blast really. Four hours of soaking our body in the pool water seemed not enough. We stayed there until the closing, if they didn't turn off all the water fountain, we wouldn't leave the area for we were just lovin' it there for a price of five entrance fee, sulit gajud.

Well, to get to Annie's place it takes us 30 minutes drive and take note, I was the one driving going to her house. I know I have been saying that I am driving now on the freeway and that I am no longer scared driving along with other fast cars. Weeee I seemed to develop an immunity to it. That was the longest and farthest drive I've ever driven so far. Way to go myself!

Furthermore, Tony- Annie's husband was working yesterday so we had no one to drive us to Boys Ranch which isn't far actually. It only takes 2 minutes when driving but we walked our ass to where the pool is. So we walked for more than ten minutes under the hot scorching sun with kids and other heavy stuff in tow. We were so exhausted and we exclaimed that we'll never do it again for it wasn't easy at all. When we got there we were so happy and thought the long walk was worth it after all.


.... us by the street resting for a while for it really was so hot...
..... can you tell we are having so much fun
...Irish, Bigail and I after hours and hours soaked in the water, we turned into a charcoal
.....with my baby on the noodle.
.......she has her own world, contented of playing by herself

Bathroom Faucets

..........below is my husband caught in action working the plumbing under the sink. He installed the faucets in our bathroom sinks but he isn't finished yet, lacking some parts underneath that would make the two hot and cold water tubes connected to the main plumbing and gets the water to flow. Hopefully, he can do the job right to avoid paying someone to do the job for him. I know it's going to cost and as much as possible we do the work that we capable to do to save money.

New Flooring And Toilet Installed

After a quiet a while of waiting to change our bathroom flooring, it has now installed. Two weeks ago the flooring guy came over for the third time to finish Jadyn's bathroom installing the floor and just last weekend, my husband installed the new toilet. I felt relieved for I no longer have to deal with slow flusher old toilet.
....... above is of the new vinyl bamboo look flooring in the second bathroom... and below is the not so fancy shiny new toilet that Jadyn is going to use when she is potty trained.
... photo below is of the master bath which I include here for you to peek. It used to have a dark red carpet here that looks gross...

Master Bath Makeover

Here are the BEFORE and AFTER photos of our master bath. When I first entered this bathroom before the makeover, it felt spooky and dark and didn't like it. So what we do here is totally changed the color of the wall, removed the wallpaper and painted with white. The floor is replaced with bamboo style vinyl.

BEFORE PHOTOS

.... you see the dark walls here and the very old toilet...just disgusting... not to mention the carpeted floor in the bathroom... hello??? nothing more yucky than having an old rotten kind of damp maroon carpet where you relieve and shower yourself...

AFTER PHOTOS

.......... and here's the job we did in the bathroom. We changed the wall into white, I painted the cabinets with white, replaced the toilet with a new one and have some color coordination in this area which is green.
.... photo below is a shot taken from my side of the sink looking into the shower. I painted both sink walls light blue that matches the color in the hallway...
So tell me if we are doing a good job here lolz.. more home improvement photos to come in the future.

A Day Well Spent

Just a quick post for tonight. Just wanna update this blog of how our day went. It was indeed a well spent day for us at the Arboretum. Seeing thousands of beautiful tulips really made my day!!! Few pics of 'em here...

To view related photos of these blooms, click Thankful Friday and enjoy!

Before And After

Photos below show the difference of our study room. My husband did a good job in transforming our study from dull to refreshingly cool room. He even carefully culk the cracks that run across the room in between the wall and the wood paneling .

....below is the old study room shot, as you can see it looks dull and very dark, the yellow carpet which is over ten years old that looks gross.
.......this photo is the current look of our study. hubby just finished working in this part of the house. he painted it meadow light and white ceiling. we used light blue curtain here to match our hall way which is also light blue. the carpet and wall definitely are a match too!

Messy Bedroom

I really thought my baby doesn't know how to make a mess in her bedroom but one day she just learned how to open the drawers where all her clothes were placed. The time I took this photo of her caught in action making a mess, it wasn't that bad yet and as days passed, her bedroom was becoming like that of a pig pen. So messy that when I go to her bedroom I tripped to any of her hard plastic toys that almost killed me. Accidents do happen anytime anywhere and I am afraid that will happen to me.

What I did yesterday is clean up the mess, taped the plastic containers so she can't go through her clothes and scatter them then emptied all the drawers so she has nothing to mess with and put the clothes under her crib. So if ever she wants to make a mess, it will just be her toys and no more clothes.

Our Accomplishments last Weekend

I feel relieved knowing that we finished painting in Jadyn's bedroom now. We colored her room as lavender on the wall, white ceiling and pink closet. Colors inspired from Disney color of Behr paint brand. What is lacking in that room for now is the decoration, her crib, toys and clothes then everything will be perfect.

Another big job we've done last weekend is painting the master bedroom the desired color both me and my husband agreed on, the pale or really light green. Next time we will go there, we'll apply the second coat in our room then we are going to start working in the master bath as well as our two closets, still in the same room. Weewwww still a long way to go pa but atleast we're doing big progress in our house now.

..... looks pretty now, ain't it?
...her closet and some of her pink stuff

....... here's photos of my husband doing the edge of the room. I painted this wall myself and he finished it by doing the parts that the big roller can't go. Sorry poor quality photos here, the new paint isn't so clear because of the glare coming from the windows.

Finished The Pink Closet

Two days working on the pink closet and now it's finally done. Applied two coats already and weewww nice is the feeling to be able to accomplish things bit by bit. My baby girl sure would love to see her pink closet in the long run. For now she doesn't understand the significance of coloring it pink hehehe.

Hopefully, next weekend we can start painting in her room or in the master bedroom. We really need to get it done so we can have carpets installed before moving in. Bahala nalang the rest of the house nga d mahuman basta comfy lang mis bedrooms!

...... photos captured when I worked on it during the first day applying the first coat..

...photo below shows the final coating have been applied, nice looking pink closet hmm... next target will be coloring her bedroom with lavender... hope we can get it started next time we go there...

.....this is going to be Jadyn's room.. excuse the messy wall eh lolz.. the ceiling is done and I'm not gonna change it..it's too exhausting to do the painting job ya know?

Painting of the Ceiling and Wall Paper

I feel very tired and frustrated today just because of the idea that I didn't accomplish anything! It's our second day we're working on the ceiling and taking off the rest of the wall paper in the living and dining rooms and I feel like I am not doing enough work for it. Well, it's my husband who painted the ceiling actually. He finished the master bedroom ceiling, Jadyn's room as well as the second bathroom ceiling. While on the other hand, I was struggling with the wall paper in the dining area.

I spent so much energy taking off the damn wall paper, wasted half of my day doing the job but I did not succeed. Pisses me off! Plus the fact the baby was with me the whole time nga nakapadungag kadali sa ako trabaho! I'm gonna have to try again tomorrow though.


...photos below were taken yesterday. I did a good job removing the wall paper off the wall in the living room area but today it was just pure hell for me. geezzzzzz

Parts Of The House That Need To Be Painted

Posting the parts of the house that we need to work on especially putting on a new paint to make it look fresh and livable. Time is running fast and we're not even halfway of our job. Haven't started painting in any of the rooms either geeeeeez!


.... the third bedroom facing front of the house, so dark is the wood paneling...
........ future Jadyn's room, definitely wanna color it with lavender and pink to make it look girlish.
......... family room which gets very dark at dusk.. wanna paint light color here
master bath needs new toilet, flooring, painting on the wall as well as the two closets..

... third bathroom needs new toilet and new flooring

...... the living room which needs to be painted with light blue as well as new ceiling paint
....... dining room here, wall paper needs to be taken out looks gross
.... fourth bedroom need new flooring, new painting on the wall etc..
.... hallway looking the master bedroom needs new painting.. so far we've painted the the trims here as well as Jadyn's room.. that ugly carpet has long been gone so don't be bothered by it when looking at the photo.
.... second bathroom needs new flooring, new painting on the wall and cabinets

... same view of the kitchen facing to the backyard, windows need to be replaced, cabinets and such
...... from the front door to the back door, needs light painting on the wood paneling..so dark eh

.... old fashion kitchen cabinetry, we need to change that.. need new flooring and new appliances as well

... family room ceiling needs new painting, as you can see there are some staining on the wood part here.. we have no idea how did that happen..