Kitchen remodel day 2

Day 2 of the kitchen remodel was July 20, 2010. I was at work until 8 p.m. so couldn't help much. Before work Rillz and I checked out places for tile. We heard from Jeff this place called Daltile that had a "yard sale" section. Pretty much tile that was left over from projects and discontinued tile. There are stacks of tile and you have to buy the whole matching set. We lucked out and found a stack that we could live with and was at a great price. There were enough pieces to do the entire kitchen and some. It is porceline tile and was .75 cents for a 13x13 piece. And .10 cents for 6x6. Original prices for the 13x13 is $6.50 for one piece and the 6x6 pieces were originally $7.50. We paid $200 for approximately 200 square feet of tile and all the extra little pieces. If we paid full price it would have easily been over $1,500. Talk about savings.

Our stack of tile for the floors, possibly countertops/backsplash
Malu wanted to show off the tile too.

The rest of the day did NOT go so well. Ren came over to help with electrical. The electrical was old and I guess very difficult. They successfully got it done though.

Kristi, Jeff, and the boys stopped by because they were in Boise anyways. Well, Gunnar started acting kinda strange and telling Rillz the side door HAD to stay shut. Then Gunnar would lock the door. Rillz thought he was acting strange. Come to find out, Gunnar had let out Simon and didn't tell anyone. Let me tell you, when Simon (our little black dog) gets out it takes a while to get him back in. Since Gunnar didn't tell anyone that he had been out, Simon had been roaming for a while. Everyone searched the neighborhood for hours. Nobody could find him. I got off work and searched. Nothing. I posted a lost dog ad on craigslist. I was crying and could not sleep last night. I said a little prayer at 10:40 pm. to help Rillz and I sleep and pray that Simon was ok and had water. At 10:42 my phone started ringing. It was some lady who had found Simon and picked him up. She happened to find my craigslist posting! Oh and Simon didn't even have his collar on. It was such a blessing or else I would have gotten no sleep. Yesterday was a long day and I was glad when it was over!

Welcome home Simon.

Doggie haircut

Simon, my dog, has human type hair instead of fuzzy normal dog hair. He needed a haircut bad! I took him into the groomer one morning before work. The groomer lady asked if I wanted him to have the "Cairn Terrier" cut. Thinking I knew what that would look like I happily said "sure why not". I left and came back hours later. She went and got him and I seriously did not recognize him at all. I kindly said thank you and paid and left. I got in the car and uncontrollably started laughing. He looked soooo dumb (in my opinion). I called Rillz and told him he had to see this cut cuz it is too funny! I seriously just laughed and laughed. Since then, I have adjusted to it and don't laugh everytime I see him (just most of the time). You be the judge of this fantastically laughable haircut.


He looks like he has a little skirt of hair from the middle down. Very odd I must say.

My furry baby

I just thought I would share to everyone my house companion. This is my baby boy Simon. He is a Cairn Terrior, the same dog as Toto from the Wizard of Oz. He is around 3 years old. Terriors are known to be stubborn and hyper. Wow he definitely lives up to his breed. He sleeps in my bed and we wake up every morning at 7:30. He doesn't let me sleep in. His favorite place to lay is anywhere on me and he loves to knock down my cat, Elliott. He only weighs 19 pounds...I love my Simon!

I don't want to cut his hair because he looks like a little hippie dog and its so cute and so me!

This is Simons best friend ever! Noni is my parents dog and she is BIG. They just play and play and play....never stops.


This is Kaylia, my parents other dog. She is older and a bit grumpy. Simon used to try and play with her but learned pretty quick that she wants little to do with him.

These two just give each other kisses all the time. Get a room

My dad always lets me bring Simon over to their house, even though Simon ALWAYS poops somewhere in the house. I get so frustrated with the dumb dog when he does that...not to mention he eats his poop if no one is around. Yeah, makes me want to throw up. My mom and dad are just so nice and helpful with him. They babysit him when needed. My dad wanted Simon to stay at his house most of the week last week. My mom and dad both have popcorn parties and any food parties with him. And, my dad likes to rub it in my face that Simon likes to sleep in his bed when I am over. Dog stealer. If Simon gets out of the house without a leash he runs and thinks it is a great game to not listen and come back... thats the terrior in him. Well thats my dog and I have nothing better to write about lately.