Should have bought Google

Google has improved upon their google maps for smartphones. Previously, you could check traffic and look up restaurant or businesses but you had to know where you were located. The new version will locate you based on the tower location that you are connected to. It's surprisingly accurate too. It can usually locate me within a few miles.

Finally some food!

Lauren is tasting her first solid food, rice cereal with milk. I don't think she really likes the taste or doesn't understand how to swallow food yet. Most of it comes back out and onto the bib.

Bathroom Day 4-8. Dust and more dust

They installed the drywall and also put in cementboard for the shower area. The drywall still needs some more work but that will come after the holidays. You can also see the two vanities too.


Here you can see my handiwork cutting out all the holes for the plumbing in the back of the cabinet. I also wired an outlet inside the cabinet so that you can plug in things without having the cord show.

I'm 6 months old now!

Where's my rice cereal?

Desert Botanical Gardens and Tempe Town Lake

We just visited the Desert Botanical Gardens and Tempe Town Lake when one of Christy's childhood friends came to visit. It's finally cooling down here.










Here you can see Tempe Town Lake and some of the luxury condos and offices they are building.


Lauren is eyeing the Starbucks. You can just see the straw. :)

Bathroom Day 3. Fishing...

Here you can see my attempt to fish the yellow wire from the switch box up into the attic for the recessed cans. I borrowed my neighbor's glowstick and proceeded to make as many holes as it took to fish the wire up into the attic. Luckily for me, Lauren napped for a good 3 hours.

The plumbers also returned to fix the drain they installed (the overflow was leaking) and to move the temperature valve up 4". Where they had it just seemed to low.

Three turtles

Bathroom Day 2. How many people does it take to install a tub?

Our new Toto cast iron tub was put in and the rough plumbing was completed. The tub weighs over 300 lbs and they managed to get it in with only 3 guys. They did remove quite a bit of drywall to get the old tub out and the new tub in. I also installed 2 recessed lights over the vanity and a new panasonic exhaust fan that is really quiet. Although maybe we would have been better off getting a slightly louder fan for our guests.

Bathroom Remodel

Finally after 8 years, we are going to replace our ugly fixtures. Not only are they from the 80's even though our house was built in the 90's, they are impossible to turn when your hand is wet. Demo finally started today on the guest bath. Once that is completed, they'll move onto the master bath.

Before




After day 1

The tub should come out tomorrow when the plumbers arrive and remove the plumbing.

All aboard

Lauren eyes the kiddie train as it passes by. One of the parks near us has this train for kids. It's actually pretty cool and I can't wait to ride it. Um, I mean Lauren can't wait. :) They have a caboose that the kids can ride in too but it sort of looks like a prison car.

iRobot T1000

Just as in terminator, the iRobot 550 from Costco is a significant improvement over their last model. The bigest improvement is that the iRobot slows down before it hits an object. It also is much quieter than the previous model. The light towers are also improved in that they turn on whenever the robot is turned on. Previously you'd have to go to each unit and turn it on if you wanted it to do an unscheduled clean. You might be asking where the old iRobot went to? Well luckily Costco has a very good return policy.

Boo-tiful

Ha ha. Get it Boo-tiful for Halloween! :)


I love Halloween! I haven't tasted any food yet but I can tell these are going to be messy and delicious.