Catch up!

So it's been a while, and we (Emily) apologize. It's been my turn to blog and I've been lazy. We won't discuss the fact that I am addicted to a game called packrat on Facebook..... it's a sore subject! :) (right Hillary?!)
So we've been busy! We've had some gourmet meals. Yes, hamburgers are gourmet when you have them with wine! I also tried my hand at homemade steak fries. They are VERY simple, and turned out quite delicious! I can't remember what wine we were drinking with this, but it was good as well.

Yeah, it's not the best photo, but you get the idea, we're fancy!

We've been very busy with other projects as well. A couple of months ago I got the itch to redo some of the downstairs bathroom. We affectionately call it the "Playboy" bathroom. Unfortunately I don't think we have any before pictures of the bathroom, but I'll try to describe it for those who haven't seen it.
1) There was a giant mirror.... It covered the entire wall above the sink and toliet, I believe it's dimensions are about 2 feet tall by 4 feet wide. But I'm not positive. It was big.
2) There was a giant mirrored light bar above that, it would hold about 9 clear glass globe lightbulbs. That bathroom isn't the size of the Taj Mahal. Really.... 9 lightbulbs!
3) The black tile and toliet don't help the playboy image.

Ok, so here's what we did. We took down the giant mirror and large light fixture. We replaced it with a small 2 light fixture. There used to be a recessed medicine cabinet on the wall to the right of the sink. We took that out and patched the hole. We patched a couple of other small holes discovered behind the mirror and from where the old light fixture was. Then we added texture to match the rest of the walls and painted. We hung a new medicine cabinet over the sink, and a couple of decorative shelves over the toilet. Topped it all off with a new towel bar by the sink.

It wasn't a huge project, but we're pleased with the result and glad it's done!
I have to admit I don't know when we would have gotten this done, but a phone call from my Dad, who was ready to come visit, that was a great motivator!

And finally, we hung some curtains downstairs. This was a HUGE remodel last year, we do have before and afters for this one. Looks a little different now! And finally today we hung the curtains down there.TaDa! No more house projects for the next week or so I think..... hehehehehe But soon.... the mailbox! (I loathe our mailbox!)
Thanks for checking in! Hope all is well!

Back Home Again in Indiana

Hello all,

Emily and I made it home for another trip. It was really good for us to see the families. You'll have to get an update from Emily on her trip but here goes mine.

In an effort to save a couple bucks on the tickets we flew out pretty early so we got into town in time to actually do something. The parents and I stopped at their new Whiz-Bang grocery store. It looks like something right out of Boulder, Colorado! They had a fancy version of just about everything like potato salad, chocolate, turkey, and even pre-burnt wood (cowboy charcoal). We got a little bit of all but the chocolate. I have to admit the turkey was better than the Oscar Mayer stuff I had later in the week. It was pretty nice and if your looking for fresh food they'll have it. But, that place will never be able to say it was the place where David Letterman had his first job.

We hung out at the house then headed into theBroad Ripple Brew Pub for some beverages and to throw some darts. As lame as it might sound hanging out with my parents friends at a bar really is a good time. The beer there is good, and I wholly approve of drinking locally (ehhem Budwieser). To top it off Kelly and I killed it at darts, despite being an underdog team! We won 3 of the 5 games we played! Beating my Dad and her boyfriend teamed up. The last two we lost I think mostly cause we had too much aiming fluid, Dad had an advantage being a the driver! It was a good time though. Nice to see that your parents are normal people with friends and hobbies, despite being parents.

We spent most of Friday day getting ready for the upcoming cook out on Saturday and trying to get some shade set up for the deck, Dad will have to start a blog of his own to explain all that. After that we headed down to the Canal downtown to gauck at some people. There was a guy down there with a remote controlled sail boat, pretty neat little gadget. There were all kinds of people doing strange things for our entertainment. Finally we headed over to Victory Field for a baseball game and some fireworks. The game was pretty fun and we had a good time watching the fireworks. Then a mad dash back to the car to dodge the downtown fireworks traffic and called it a night.

Saturday we got the rest of the house and food ready for the cook out. Had a great showing from the family and had a really good time. All the food was good and had a good chance to catch up with all the family. Thanks to everybody that came out. It means quite a bit to me to know that everyone took time out of thier busy schedules to see me. Even though I'm selfish and moved away. I snuck out to my buddy Dave's house for some late night hanging out playing pool and video games. Indy brings me back to high school, I guess.

Barely made an early flight to Denver, Silly I-69 shootings almost got us in trouble. But made it home and picked up the dog, and got back to normal life, after a 4 hour nap.