side note: I LOVE frogs!! i always thought there was something magical about them as a child... after all they live with the gnomes, faeries, dryads, and nymphs! (not to mention smurfs... ;) )

maybe this one is some great great great great ......... great grandfrog of one of the ones I tormented with love as a child...



And now, on to the house!
A lot has been going on here!! We had a work crew there today, so big stuff happened! Like the master shower is totally gone! and they moved that doorway! and there's an ARCHWAY now!

We have a new roof! Isn't it lovely?

more of the roof!
we just need to paint the exterior now! in the 100 degree heat!
(we're thinking of hiring someone...)


the roses are recovering nicely!
what should we plant under them? I'm thinking smaller jasmine - the type that grows low to the ground and explodes with blossoms...


We even have a bloom!!!!



Anyone know how to get rid of rust on mini blinds? They are in lovely condition all except for the little bit of rust along the bottoms...


they moved the doorway over! but thanks to that little black pipe, we cant have a pocket door anymore. :( but there will be a full sized shower!!)


all the nasty old insulation from the master bathroom
(its on the floor where the shower will be... Blech)



no more cabinets in the bathroom...


that black pipe is the reason we cant expand the shower back into the linen closet.
sad times.

the patch on the wall where the work crew busted through the shower
to the outside of the house!!





I started sanding down the guest bathroom cabinets today


we have an ARCHWAY!!!


isn't it soooo much better???

(simple joys.)


Ever wonder what the back of your shower plumbing looks like???
tee hee




and there's the front side... it has to be moved
currently its smack dab in the middle of what will be the new shower!


Anyone know anything about gas ranges? we're talking about getting one (the gas line is right behind the cooktop) but they kind of scare me, I've never used one!