I got bored... again.

I am good at starting things. I get bored. So didn't feel like posting pictures of the bedrooms... they're not very exciting. That's why. The rooms I posted are exciting. And we use them lots. And I like them lots. But our bedrooms... they're just kind of there. And used to sleep in. 

And so I didn't post anything.

Know what's coming up fast? April. Know how I know this? Because I have a plane ride with an almost 2 year old to think about. I do not particularly like planes. Often I have a miniature panic attack before we board. It makes my head hurt. And then we had a kid. It makes it so much worse. Now I'm not only worried about falling out of the sky, I am constantly thinking about what will make getting through the airport easier, how will we entertain a small, extremely active child for 4 hours on a plane (after a 3 hour car ride) and how will we get him home happily. And last year I need not have worried at all. He slept. But he's older now. And I'm scared again. Also I'm flying back alone... my arms might get tired.

So I am working on yet another project. This one doesn't necessarily have a finish so when I get bored, my husband can't make fun of me. Or constantly suggest that I work on that *enter unfinished project here* whenever I ask what I should do. But Caed has the working of a quiet book.

I knew I would make him one at some point. About a year ago I was helping my parents clean out the house we lived in for...... 18? years... a long time anyway. There was A LOT of stuff in it. So. Much. Stuff. Memories. So many memories. And we came across quiet books, that I believe my Aunty Kathy made us when we were little. (If it was you who made them, and you are not my aunt, I apologize. And I will correct this story.) I still remember playing with them... until we lost a bunch of pieces. But such is life. Hopefully I can keep up with any missing pieces from our book and just replace them.

It's fun. I like finicky sewing. I do not want to make clothes or anything else that needs some element of perfection. That is not me. Not even close. But if you need some sort of something in the shape of a triangle. Done. I can do that. So, since I'm artistically lacking in the drawing abilities I was a little bit worried how I was going to make it, you know, look like something. Let alone semi-nice and so that maybe Caed might kind of want to look at it, let alone play and learn. But I found the most wonderful lady of all time. She IS artistic, and then she shares with us unable. I can trace like a pro!! I change somethings up. But mostly, I'm just a great instruction follower. Thank-you Stephanie! (Ya, I just linked her blog twice. She's that wonderful.)

I made my own, all by myself today. It was a counting one. I couldn't find any number pages I liked anywhere... so I took elements of ones I found and made it up. I could only do this because I printed out numbers and then cut straight lines. But I think it turned out good... I may be biased.

I still have an unfinished afghan I was knitting for Caed before I knew he was a Caed.

(I don't think I remember how to knit anymore...)

The bathroom.

I think this was maybe one of my favorite rooms to redo. Granted, I didn't have anything to do with the plumbing and I definitely had a lot of help with the tiling. And I didn't demolish, frame anything or insulate or put up drywall or install the wainscoting.... But I did most of the mudding, painted and, the best part, picked everything out. Except the tub. Josh picked it out. I like it a lot. Good pick, hubby! I have probably posted too many pictures, but I think it was a pretty cool transformation. You may have seen some of these before.

 The cupboard looks out to the hallway. If you're looking through it you can see our bedroom door on the other side. I actually looked into a closet with the washer and drier. It's placed above a shower-less bathtub. I'm really not sure what the point in it was...

 

 The wall to the right is going to come out! As is the window.

 

 All openned up. We took out the closet in what is now Caed's room as well as the laundry closet in order to make the bathroom bigger. The laundry closet both openned up the bathroom and allowed us to put a closet back into Caed's room, albeit a bit of a smaller one.

 

 The brothers finishing taking out the closets. The picture is taken standing in front of the bathroom window so you can see the two bedroom doors there as well as part of the hallway to the side door.

 

 Taken from Caed's room. The big opening is where the closet was and the smaller opening to the left is Caed's now closet.

 Stripped to the studs! In order to re-insulate and put a water resistant cement board in.

 The bathtub. It's in what was once Caedmon's closet.

 

 Cement board in and partially mudded.

 Paint.

 In-floor heating. By far the best part of the bathroom. Thanks dads for helping me put it in!

 

 The controls to keeping my toes warm.

 Adhesive to stick down the water-proof barrier. (I'm sure it has a more technical term.)

 

 Dad mixing the grout.

 Ain't this bathroom getting moldy or rotting! The previously mentioned water proof membrane.

 

 Starting to tile.

 

 Brother Josh giving tiling a go.

 

 Before it's grouted.

 Grouted and wainscoting is starting to go in.

 

 Everything is installed and the bathroom is pretty and ready to use.

 Lived in and used daily bathroom. The finished product!

Well. That is our bathroom. It isn't huge, but I think it's a nice size. No en-suites in this house so it's our one and only right now. But we like it and since the Caed only uses it when I make him bathe we get along just fine.