Fresh Az Im Iz.

My bathroom is done. Cop this:

Before

Before

Before

After

After

One word: Clearance. 20 cents per bulb. Get at me if you need any.

ASB Firenze Bathtub Instruction Manual

Got a new tub. But had to pay another 80 bucks or so for the other stuff necessary. [The title is for SEO purposes, I know it is boring]

Here are the instructions for the tub:

See you guys at the top of Mission Peak.

Mission Peak.

It is now turned into a weekly thing as I am not manual laboring it. I really cannot wait to do the flooring and get back into the mix of things. Returning the tub at 7:30 AM tomorrow and hopefully our bathrooms are done. Finally! It is Mark's birthday tomorrow, I told him to take it off [but I didn't really mean it]. Just a heads up, I kind of put my foot down today and blew up on him today when he asked me for money for his birthday. I said "How you going to ask for money when shit ain't done?" Sigh. I like the guys, but I just want the god damn bathrooms to be finished so that we can move onto texturing and flooring. Hope all goes well at THD tomorrow morning. That's The Home Depot, btw.

Who thinks this out of shape terrorist can make it to the top of Mission Peak in less than 70 minutes? I don't. =X

Time To Face The Music.

I am picking up Mark at 9:30 tomorrow to go to The Home Depot and see what we can do about this broken tub. I really hope this works out. I just want the bathrooms to be done so we can texture and paint already.

Here is what happens when you think outside the box [or cheap...]:

Before

[After]

Thomas' Repainted Vanity. The top better be in tomorrow, I told him no more joking around and all loose ends need to be tied up.

Wish me luck.

Problems...

So these last couple of days have been filled with...problems. At least we still like Jay-Z, we got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one.

First this week, I take a look at my tile and realize there are about 200 grey tiles and 20 beige tiles...what the fck. I want to go on a huge tangent, but long story short. I bought 320 tiles from Lowe's in boxes of 40, all of the boxes were "grey" but someone returned back a box that was half beige and half grey. I did not go over every tile [which is slightly my own fault] and they were installed at night, where you cannot see the difference. It bothered me a bit in the beginning, but at this point I don't think it is worth redoing the wall as we need to move forward. I need to talk to them tomorrow and ask when the job will be complete and if the deadline cannot be met, we will go with someone else and pay a little more for the texturing and the flooring. Sigh. Headache huh? Here is what I am talking about:

You really have to squint, but the tiles on the left of the cubby are beige [and a couple through out].

Next, is the REAL problem. We show up at the house today to set up for Ankit's Birthday and Mark informs us that Thomas might punch him. Thomas' brand new tub cracked. I just show you pics. I want to fire someone real bad.

I fcking passed out last night while this was uploading. Oops.

Happy Birthday Ankit.

It is 4 am and I realized I did not update last night or today. I will have tons tomorrow. Lo siento. That is sorry in Spanish.

Slowly But Steadily...

It was brought to my attention that it seems like I have slowed down dramatically on The Lamsion. Yes. But it is not my fault, I tried working on the other items while the contractors are in the house. It is near impossible, you run into each other, you trip over each others stuff, you can't find your stuff, it is just all in all FRUSTRATING. So I have decided to let them finish [at their slow pace, but I've been told 2 weeks for 2 bathroom is OK, even though most people quote 1 week, Peter said his took two months. So I am thankful for Mark/Steve.] They should be out of the house by tomorrow because look at this:

Looking sweet? Thomas' Bathrooms.

Goodnight. Sleep Tight. Oh by the way, want to see my lunch?

Yep, I ate all 10 and half of that quesadilla. Then ate Frozo's for dinner.

Classics Are Timeless...

I really wanted to save this title for a later post at the end of our process, but nope I have a perfect tie in for today. I have been playing softball for a bit now, I think 5 years or so? I was really into it when I first started. I'd play 4-8 times a week and try to get as many games as possible. I would round guys up and play pick up on weekends and get in batting practice. Once I got to the point where I did not think I could get any better, I slowed down, stopped practicing but kept on winning. I then took half a year off because I had a huge temper and yelled at a lot of teammates. I returned with a much cooler and mature attitude and I think people actually enjoy playing with me now. I am nowhere near a great softball player is, but I am happy with the level I am at. This is just to get to my point, even though softball is just fun now, winning is ALWAYS in style. We won tonight. That is all.

I get old. Jeans get old. Your face gets old. Winning NEVER gets old.

So these two brothers are working their asses off. I like it. I might have to re-hire them for the next job. Thomas' grout is done, his bathroom is textured and paint should be on by tomorrow morning...which leads us to the title of the post. We picked our paint today. Just think about this...you walk into The Lamsion and it just seems like our walls go forever, thanks for the Behr Wave Crest 540E-1. This thing is beautiful. We got semi-gloss for the bathroom but will go with an eggshell or flat for the rest of the house, sans kitchen. I cannot wait to see what our bathrooms look like painted.

If serene could be color coded, that would be it.

Thomas' Shower Wall Grouted [is that even a word?]

Hard to see, but it is our medium texture. Shit is hot.

My walls are grouted too. I need to work on my camera work. Sorry.

My Bathroom Floor. Man, shit be fresh.

Meet my homeboy, Dale, I mean Steve. He is working on my bathroom. He is about to install my S pipe to my god damn WATERFALL shower head. You can call my bathroom the Niagra, cause water be pouring on yo face.

Goodnight. Bike & Tacos tomorrow.

The Room Is Bright, Just Like My Future.

Mr. Tang took time out of his busy schedule today and helped me pick up our brand new Green Low-E Double Pane Argon Gas windows. [I just know they qualify for a credit and help decrease our energy bill]. Him and his brother in law are effecient. They showed up at 11, left at 2:30. Took out 4 windows, installed 4 new ones and cleaned up the mess. Oh by the way, when you do hire a contractor, remember to make CLEAR how the garbage is handled. Cause let me be honest with you, it ain't free to throw shit away. I am going to learn very soon. I got a bathtub, toilet, sink and basically a room with no walls in my backyard. So if you want to haul and will do it cheap, GET AT ME.

Here are the before and afters:

My Bedroom [before]

My Bedroom [after]

Kitchen [before]

Kitchen [after]

Thomas' Bedroom [before] Love the green eh?

Thomas' Bedroom [after]

Thomas' Office [before]

Thomas' Office [after]

See that .30? When you buy your windows make sure its .30 or less to get the 30% tax credit! OBAMA!

The Step Brothers are putting in the grout and I gave them until Friday to finish and get their stuff out so we can have a BYOC Birthday Bash for Ankit. BYOC is bring your own chair in case you from the 90's. Shit. 

I want to remind you that I am all about safety...check these nice boxes I built for my lights so our house doesn't go up in flames:

Path to Heaven, no really if you EVER see this I am pretty sure that is the last time you will see real sunlight.  [jk, that is from Thomas' closet to where I work]

Tell me that ain't clean son.

I got a little artistic today.

Mid-Day Photo Update...

So Dale and Brennen [Step Brothers reference] got some work done last night. I like it.

My Walls are almost done!

Tum's is done.

Thomas' bathroom is primer-ed.