My Orange Bathroom

It has taken a lot longer then we thought to get this far on our bathroom.  I should learn my lesson, but I always hope to get a project knocked out in a weekend.  We are still not finished completely with the bathroom but it is close, and most importantly, functional.

I chose to do a bright, light, color because the room is small.  I am planing on painting the cabinets white, but not at the moment.  And it is okay if you don't agree on my light orange.  I love it and have already been made fun of multiple times :)  I wish you could see in the bathroom better, it is just too small to even take good pictures.

 For the last little while, my kitchen has been full of power-tools and sawhorses.  I am looking forward to getting all the tools out of my house for a while.

I can now take a bath, in my jetted tub.  I can also take a nice shower in my bigger space.


My favorite thing about my bathroom is the shower curtain.  We purchased a rotator rod, shower curtain online.  It rotates so you have more space showering, and when you are done, you have more space in your bathroom.  It was only 10 bucks more then the curved rods at home depot, but it is so much cooler.

Rotated in, more room in the bathroom.

Rotated out, more room in the shower. 

My shower curtain is so cute, I love Targets cute styles.  

Bathroom

This weekend we found a new tub on craigslist.  The owner purchased it, then decided to put a shower in instead, due to convenience.  Our old tub, had some cheap metal all around it, every time you turned on the water, there was a yucky metal smell.  It creaked so bad, there was also a big dent in the floor of it.  Water pooled and just would sit in this sink hole.  We have had it on our list to replace it.  When we found this nice deep tube, we decided that it would be a perfect weekend to redo our whole bathroom.  Thanks to Richard for helping us out, we owe you one. :)

Okay, so the weekend is over and all that is installed is the tub.  :)  I am hoping Kade will get the rest of it finished this week.   Yup, lots left to do but we had to build a frame, install an outlet, and move the plumbing over.  I can't say enough, how much I love that my husband is handy.

The picture is of my bubble bath, with jets I had tonight.  I love it already, it is nice and deep, I feel spoiled.

Premiere Jewelry Party

In an effort to get my house fixed up and cleaned up, I decided I needed an event at my home.  A few months ago, my aunt had a jewelry party, it was high-end more expensive jewelry.  I decided the only way for me to afford what I wanted, I would need to have a party.

It was fun, and it was mostly family, thanks for your support everyone.  Anyway, I wanted my cabinet doors hung before the party.  I had been living in a kitchen without doors for a few months, it was okay but the kids and dust wouldn't keep off my stuff.  We had everything ready for the night before, come to find out the hinges were wrong...GO ME!  So the day of, my husband ran to town, got the right hinges, and hung them by himself.  It took hours and he was a trooper!  But they turned out very nice.

I used gel stain and used this blog. http://www.monicawantsit.com/2012/02/staining-oak-cabinets-espresso-color.html
Thanks to pinterest, I wouldn't have ever found out about gel stain.  My only complaint was that I thought they would be black when they were done.   They are a dark brown :( that is okay, but I would have preferred black, that's what I wanted.  But with pictures, and lighting, I should have known better.  They still look SOOOO much better, and took so much time and work.

Gel stain, at least this brand is awesome.  A little goes a long ways and it is so easy to use.  It is a full-coverage stain, did i mention I LOVE IT.  Now, general finish needs to come out with an actual black stain and I would be happy :)


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One of these days when my house is clean again, I will take more pictures.  I just don't want to post my disaster of a house at the moment.  You may notice the holes by the oven, I still have no drawers in my kitchen.  Maybe I should call the carpenter and see where we are at :)  The drawers that were there, were plastic with a wood face, they were TERRIBLE, so we took them out.

My busy September

I have been in school 6 weeks now, not that it feels that long.  I am taking two online classes, a Gothic literature class and Philosophy 101.  Both of these are required classes and they honestly are kicking my butt.  Before, now I have never been so intimidated by a class and a professor as my Philosophy class.  I work harder and longer on his assignments and I still don't come out as well as I hoped.  Basically, I am just hoping to pass this dang class.  We started with over 30 students and now we are down to 12.  So, I am not crazy.  Gothic literature on the other hand is going more smoothly then I originally thought.  There is a lot of reading, and they are scary books, so lots of nightmares hahaha.

Before third crop of hay started, I was watching 2 girls for about 50+ hours a week.  So, I was busy and behind on my house work.  YUP, boxes are still everywhere.  I was also doing school, but only able to work on it at night.  I had also done a few photo shoots I needed to edit.  I felt really exhausted and busy and knew it would get worse before it got better.

Then the long days of hay started and it rained randomly, I hoped to be done in a little over a week.  But it stretched into almost 3.  Had one flat tire this crop as well. The last week I caught a flu, like I have never had, and I was very sick for over 10 days.  The kids had it before me, but I didn't realize how yucky it really was.  Addyson had a diaper rash that wouldn't go away, we finally treated it with anti-fungal and it killed it dead.

swathing my backyard :)

This 3rd crop has been interesting.  Shyla watches the kids and the last two crops they would get upset when I left.  This time, they would run to the car when I told them where we were going.  They had so much fun playing with their cousins once spud harvest started.

Tomorrow Shyla and I are leaving for a conference in Utah, I am looking forward to some vacation time.

I'm Back!

We moved out of Craig and Patti's and into our wonderful, new, and little trailer home.  About 3 weeks ago, we moved and have not had internet since.  Honestly, I have gotten so much more around the house done, without internet.  But it has made going back to school a nightmare.  I have had to go and "borrow" peoples internet...what a pain for them and for me.  WE ARE BACK ON THE GRID. :)  I am back in school, back babysitting 50 hours a week, and back on the internet. I'm feeling a bit busy.

Our home is such a mess.  Because of its size, if we have any boxes in the room it is crowded.  Sadly, with other peoples kids at my house and homework up to my eyes I have had no time to unpack.  Our house looks the same as it did a week ago.  I will get there (eventually).  I am still decorating and painting and trying to finish my kitchen cabinet doors. Although, it is hard to work on your house and live in it, I am still glad to be in my own house again.

The last three weeks we have watched the movies Finding Nemo, Coraline, Hotel Transylvania, Puss in Boots, and Despicable Me a million times.  I am glad to have my Netflix again :)


Here is a little preview of what has been going on in my house "improvement" wise.

We finally have our living room drapes hung, it keeps the house a little cooler and more private.
I painted the kitchen and a wall in my bedroom.
I painted the cabinets in the laundry room, white.  I also painted the laundry room blue.
We hung out tv on the wall (we all know whats most important right).
We got our dishwasher, microwave, and garbage disposal installed (although the dishwasher still needs worked on).

I feel like I have done so much more, but I guess that is about everything.  I hope to have our front steps and mailbox put in within a few weeks.

Here are some pictures from my phone, when the house is more put together I will post better ones.

Laundry room, I haven't put the doors on the cabinets yet because I need new hardware for them.

Kitchen, the left wall was green...a yucky green.

The kitchen is officially YELLOW.

This was a side project.  My mom gave me a lamp and no offense I didn't love it.  It was free and I have seen a ton of these redone on pinterest.  So I gave it a shot.

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A new lampshade and some spray paint.  I did it all silver first but hated it...so I put some black on it.  I think it turned out so cute. 

Lots of painting done, and a lot more projects to do.  I'm feeling like there is some hope for our little house.

Carpet Time!

YES! We officially have carpet back into our trailer.  It looks great, I am excited! Although it is light, it isn't as light as in the pictures it is a tan color. If you look at the last picture of the blue room, it is more accurate because there isn't as much sunlight overexposing the picture.

And I would have loved to gotten a darker color, but the darker the more expensive.

So, more problems came up.  Kade has to redo the plumbing in most of the house, so we are waiting for that.  But we have a new toilet installed, although I don't have a picture. HAHA imagine that.

We also I working on finishing (staining) our cabinets.  So, we won't move in until I have revamped our kitchen.  But I would say a week or two until we are living in Monteview.

So, as always nothing goes as planned and there is always more work then initially anticipated, but we are excited that the carpet is in and that the house already has a different look/feel. :D

living room

Drake's Room

Addyson's Room

Our room.

Update for May and June

I feel like I haven't blogged in a while...although it hasn't been too long.  This last week feels like a month has gone by!  So, I don't remember what I have posted about.  We were supposed to be moved out  Friday May 31 from our rental, but it took an extra week for things to happen. We had everything moved but the house needs some cleaning done, on the smoke covered walls.

So aside from boring house updates, we have kept busy.  On memorial day, the hubs and I went four wheeling with Annie, Paul, Jake, Trecia, and Chard.  Everyone rode a bike/four wheeler by themselves, except Trecia.  She had me on the back of hers.  My mom was awesome and watched our kids and I had so much fun.  We had some close calls, a cow jumped in front of us and we almost tipped the four wheeler but that is part of the adventure.   I sadly didn't take any pictures.  I was worried about keeping my camera safe, I will bring it next time! We were so dirty all of us were caked in dust. We looked like we were wearing dirt foundation.  It was quite the ride, clear up a butte, but not busy with the memorial day crowed like I had anticipated.

Then Tuesday of last week the 28th I got my hair cut and colored (for family pictures).  So I just stayed at my moms with the kids and got it done.  I really like how it turned out this time.  Every time I trim my hair I want to cry, it just seems so short.  :)  But I think this is the longest my hair has gotten, it has a tendency to break off.

Then Friday May 31st came and we moved in to Kade's parents house.  Just a few cloths, not much.  And I have found that I really enjoy nap time.  All 5 kids in the house are quite and I can think.

Saturday, June 1st I went to Lava.  The hubs was kind and helped me with a wedding shoot.  It was a huge stress, and I am glad it is over.  Weddings are a little stressful. :(


My mom was awesome again, and watched my kids for me. :)






While in Lava I tried Thai food for the first time, it was a great experience.

This first week of June has been busy.  We are gone every night to clean the rental or work on our future home/trailer.

Then the 10th I started the scariest thing for me, swathing.  Tony my brother-in-law asked me a year ago, I brushed it off because I didn't think I would have a babysitter.  But they took care of that and I survived first crop and really enjoyed myself.  Alone time is golden.

I finished first crop on the 17th around 11pm and was relieved, but as soon as 2 days passed I missed it.

The only picture I took all of first crop...the flat tire.

I have kept busy since, editing wedding pictures...O MY that is taking a long time :D

While I was swathing, most of the house/trailer work came to a halt.  We are waiting on electrical to get carpet and move in.  We waited on the power company for a while.  Finally, we got it working on the 15th but couldn't get carpet scheduled till the 27th.  We have been working on replacing broken plumbing and toilets.



Wednesday the 12th Kevin proposed to his girlfriend  Harmony.  They are getting married August 30 in California.

Thursday the 20th we took family pictures.  I am excited to see if they turned out. Sneak
peek.  And a huge thanks to Alyssa from Alyssa Richardson Photography for the pictures.   https://www.facebook.com/alyssarichardsonphotography?ref=ts&fref=ts

I took these last two

Then this last Sunday the 23rd my cousin Colton gave a talk in church.  He is on his way today to London England South mission for 2 years.  It was good to catch up with my extended Kunz family.

Wow a month in review it looks like.  Man I hope I do better this month with blog posts :D

A Bad Luck Day

We were supposed to have carpet installed yesterday.  I was really excited too.  When the installers got there they just seemed to not want to work or something.  They gave me some excuses about how they wouldn't install that day and left in a hurry.  I had no time to argue or figure stuff out.  So, the day started out not so great.  Now, we can't move in and we are supposed to be out by tomorrow.....

I then got a flat tire on the Monteview highway.  I also had no cell phone with me, because I forgot to grab it! AWESOME.  As I was getting our stroller out to hike to Shyla and Tony's to call my husband someone stopped and changed my tire for me.  Yeah, I would have never been able to get that done with screaming kids in the car.  So, it could have been worse. I was very blessed.

Getting home I figured my bad luck would be over...but Addyson decided to slam my finger in the door.  I didn't have enough curse words to express the pain I was in.

Kade's truck is non working because he needs a new radiator.  We thought we would get it Friday, then Saturday, then Tuesday.  Yesterday, they damaged the package during shipment and shipped it back.  Yes, moving without a truck! Perfect timing. :)  It will be at least another week before we get it, BOOO!

Later yesterday night I was cooking dinner and we are in the middle of many boxes.  One of the kids had laid a pack of earrings on the floor.  Without noticing I stepped on them, piercing my foot in 3 places.  Lucky for me Kade was home to pull the earrings out of my foot for me.  I have a very sore foot today.

Okay, so we have had some bad luck.  I am hoping everything works out. Who wants some pictures?

Drake mimicking his dad and kicking the spare tire.

We got a lot of painting done on Saturday and Tuesday night!  A huge thanks to my sisters, mom, chard, and  my brother-in-laws!  Also thanks for helping at crunch time to the whole Sauer family.  You all helped so much and we are really appreciative

Beige and green in the living room.  Not crazy about how the green turned out.  But with carpet and decor I hope is all good.

Did the same light brown in Drakes room.  Couldn't decide so I just kept it neutral.

Addyson's very bright room. 

The untouched kitchen.  Where the carpet is being stored. 

And the grey blue that Kade chose.  I am not a blue fan, but it is more neutral so I will deal :)

My biggest disappointment is that the rooms look unfinished because there is no baseboard or trim.  I am hoping my husband will be true to his word and install some after a while. 

Some Inside Trailer Pictures

I'm sure everyone is dying to see my 70 style trailer!  LOL, but because everything is happening fast and changing I am glad I got some before pictures.

I thought Drake had flushed my memory card down the toilet, but I found it. :)

The outside looks so much better with the skirting on it, like in this picture. 

When you walk into the trailer you can go left or right.  If you chose right you walk right into the living room

  

In the living room there is a bar that is connected to the kitchen.

If you continue right you find a hallway connected to two bedrooms

Both bedrooms share a half bathroom. 2 doors to the bathroom. Don't you love the yellow????

Here is bedroom 2...this yellow carpet had to be cut and cut to get it up.  So many staples.  Not to mention the very large blood stain on the carpet pad. 

This bedroom's closet is huge, it use to be part of the bathroom with a second shower I believe. 

Back to the front door.  If you go left instead of right you run into the kitchen.  And I have already sanded down the cabinets and am staining them black!  I am really crossing my fingers that it turns out okay. 

A scary green that I will fix. :)

If you head past the kitchen there is a small full bathroom.  So small that I had a hard time with pictures.

Tiny!

Across from the bathroom a laundry room, bigger then the one I am currently using. 

Not a great picture but It is a pretty big room.  And the back door is attached to the laundry room.  This door needs help, it doesn't wanna close. 

At the end of the house is what will be our bedroom.  Nice big closet.

Now the house is all torn up lol, we need some magic for sure.