The Blarg

Our summer keeps on trucking along. We’re slowly getting things done on our bathroom. Our tile guy should be able to start in the next week or two, and in the meantime we’ve been deciding on a vanity and counter top. Today we ordered the counter top from Lowe’s. We went with a quartz counter top, mainly because we like the way it looks a lot more than granite. From what I’ve read, it also holds up as good or better, but doesn’t need to be sealed every year. Ordering it was really easy too. They’ve got a page with all the different options from how long it should be, how deep, where you want the sink centered, what side splashes you need, what kind of sink, and the edge of the counter top. Here’s the color we went with:

The tile we picked is a pretty neutral tan color with some dark gray glass, so that will match, and we also wanted something to go with a white cabinet. We think we’re getting this style, but in a 48″ version.

The bigger size should basically look the same, but with 4 drawers on each side. They also sell some nice mirrors that match.

When we’re not looking at bathroom stuff I’m still trying to beat FF7. I’m now on disc 3 and only have my big battle with Sephiroth left. I haven’t gone all the way to him to see if I can beat him, but I’m going back and getting any materia I missed and leveling up. There’s some pretty awesome stuff you can only get by doing some chocobo racing and breeding, so I think I might take the time to get all that before I beat on Sephiroth. When I’m not playing that, it’s fun to jump on Battlefield 1943 for a few rounds.

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I’ve been enjoying summer so much that I forgot to blog! Now where to start…

The biggest thing we’re doing this summer is remodeling a bathroom. Originally I had dreams of remodeling it all by myself…but now we’re looking at maybe half the work. A friend’s dad will be tiling a new shower for us, and then I think I can do the rest. We went today to look at new vanities and countertops (oooh, quartz is pretty), and I might try my hand at tiling the floor. I had dreams of redoing both bathrooms this summer…but we might have to settle with one. We’re doing the bathroom in Luke’s room though, so once it’s all done we can start on our own. We’re doing that tile on the walls, a smaller 6×6 inch on the floor of the shower, and I’m going to try and put in an 18×18 on the floor. The glass/mosaic tile we’re going to use to make a stripe horizontally in the shower, and then also to make “diamonds” in the walls. Big thanks to Amanda and Kurtis for helping us pick it out!

Over the fourth of July we drove down to San Diego with Andrew and Sarah to see the Dodgers beat on the Padres. It was also the night Manny came back from his suspension, which was really interesting. Felt like we were witnessing a part of history. Every time he came up to bat the entire stadium was on its feet. It was half cheers, half boos. It was fun to spend a night away without the baby (thanks Grandparents!).

I’ve also been playing a game called Evony a lot. It’s an online, flash based game, but it’s far more advanced than you would think. You run a city (or multiple cities), collect resources, amass troops, and can attack other people. I’m in a great alliance with some other people, so it’s fun to protect each other and attack our enemies. If you want to sign-up, go here! I’m on world 5, in lower lorraine.

I have to put some Luke in here! We went a couple weeks ago for his 15.5 month check-up. He’s now 25.5 lbs, and 32 inches long. The kid eats like crazy…it’s like he’s never full. Our favorites are bananas, watermelon, strawberries, cheerios, goldfish, ritz crackers, cheese, and chicken. Come to think of it…he eats whatever we give him. He’s also letting us enjoy our summer mornings by sleeping in. The kid will go from 8pm when we put him to bed, and won’t wake up until 9am! Here’s some recent pictures.

Otherwise we’re taking it easy and enjoying summer. Stacie is headed to Las Vegas for two nights on Sunday, so it’ll be me and the boy! Should be fun, and tiring. Stacie’s going to put $20 on the Dodgers while she’s there, so Luke and I will watch the game and cheer them on.

In case you’re wondering, that caffeine counter is still accurate. Haven’t had any in two months now. Overall I wouldn’t say I have more energy…but I feel more balanced out. There are no highs and lows, just a nice normal all the time. I miss my friends Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper, but they’ve been replaced by Sprite. But somedays I have a couple sodas and then I feel gassy all day, so I might give that up too, haha.

That’s all for now. I’m promising a super cute video of Luke very soon!