Making it happen in the next two days. Mostly spending money :(.
#132
To Do List By WB’s Arrival:
- High time we get a dining room table.
- Making our bed. Like, making it.
- A few new light fixtures.
- New towels, other misc. shopping.
- Coffee table.
Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Master
We I painted our bedroom. Grey. I love it. Pretty much anything would beat the forest green that it was when we got here. Then I primed and painted the trim white. Painting trim attached to a wall with a carpet under it sucks. We’re eventually going to replace all the carpet and trim so it was just a for-right-now deal. It was miserable.
Upon finishing the room and basking in the cool freshness of it, I turned toward the master bath and gagged. With the green bedroom, the bathroom just looked off-white. With a grey bedroom, the walls turned to manila envelope dirt walls. So I painted them grey too. Just the bath area, not where we will eventually be redesigning the master closets. They’re going to get some white, eventually. Even half-finished, the bathroom has gotten a facelift. We took down the light fixture, tore off the mountain tree scene (we live in the mountains, it happens) flipped the fixture upside down, and painted the mirrors that were already there white too. Even though in the spring we will give this place a major renovation, with the plan being black stained awesome tile wall to wall and a walk in shower, no tub, closet wall to wall in the corner from Ikea- for now it has gone up in usability 80%. MK has even stopped using the basement guest bath to get ready – we don’t have pictures of that since it’s the only room we didn’t have to do anything to besides buy a rug.
It’s been forever since I lived in a place with a carpeted bathroom. Why would you ever DO that? I am vacuuming all the time to get my hair off the floor. It’s awful. Really looking forward to pulling that all up. Vacuuming is funny – I’ve done it more in 2010 in this house than probably the last three years.
The pictures don’t do the rooms justice. It was hard to find a good angle!
The Blue Bathroom
Every time we talk about the blue bathroom, I feel a little guilty. We found this room with a moose and bear shower curtain, red walls, and a blue toilet and shower. It was the worst room in the house. It worked perfectly fine, there was nothing wrong with it, but it was blue. And technically, it still is. We need a big strong man to come visit and help MK install a new potty. Until then, I had to make it useable.
I painted it green with leftover living room paint just to stop seeing the maroon. I ripped down the shower curtain. After the trim was done we decided there was nothing wrong with a glossy all white bathroom, and repainted the whole thing. We got new door handle hardware for the cabinet under the sink and the doors to the closet.
MK replaced the sink faucet and we bought a new mirror and light fixtures. It’s the nicest, cleanest, most done room in the house now. It’s so nice you don’t even notice the blue toilet or shower. But they’ve still got to go. Soon, I hope!
Duh, comments reminded me you might want to see the potty. Funny story: That shower curtain matches perfectly. We’ve had it in storage for three years.
Never thought I’d see the day – a toilet. My toilet, on my blog.
The Man Gets Electric
You might not care, but I’m forging ahead with house updates. The snow is melting too fast and as much fun as skiing is there’s not much to say about it besides I’m getting better, and we rarely take pics on the mountain, since I’m the least attractive thing there.
So where were we? I think before the holidays I told you about our adventure in furnace-breaking and fixing. The point was to figure out what circuit breakers did what. Having accomplished that, MK set about changing all the outlets and switches, to make sure they were grounded and update the house. We started with a mess of random ugly wood of all different hues, and ended up with sleek screwless faceplates that add a modern touch to the rooms.
You might be surprised if you’ve never checked (maybe only if your house is as old as ours) how much air was coming in the cracks of the outlets. MK sealed them all up tight to prevent any heat loss.
Then, some of the wiring was a total cluster. More MK expletives.
But he got them all changed out, and they look super nice.
There were a lot of switches to replace. Lowe’s is still out of stock in two stores.
Busy Bees
I don’t feel too bad, over the holidays I posted plenty of house stuff and no one was wandering around the site. It’s still so much slower than usual that I have taken some time off from the internet to play. We had friends in town and got to ski Brighton and Snowbird for the first time. Even without a ton of snow, we are finding plenty of fun.
There’s no down time though, even apres ski beers have to end and we end up painting and doing house work. Will have tons of pictures eventually, we’ve gotten a ton done since we have our first visitors to our new home coming Sunday. Can’t wait!!
What Game?
Also, don’t look at the last Friday Fives, #1 sucks.
#131
Thursday Was Fantastic Because:
- Met the biggest UT fans in all of Utah. Seriously.
- Bacon Cheese Fries
- A Bar Named Sue
- I sang karaoke?!?!?
- Super glad we didn’t go to Vegas.
Problem Fireplace?
Not a problem anymore, not here. You tell us it’s messed up, we rip it out. Or, more accurately, MK does. Before I’m even out of bed. The two fireplace guys said the woodstove was a lost cause. So now it’s sitting on the porch, we hope someone steals it, it’s very heavy.
Auction Action
This post is a long time coming and you’re still without some of the photos that make it hilarious until I kick MK, and he’s too tired from house work to be kicked right now.
First, there was the desk auction. The desk ended up being worth 5000$. We, as you might imagine, got an insanely good deal. So we went to a day spa auction. It was a total rip because one guy wanted all the hutches that had caught my eye, and the rest was no exactly what we needed to furnish a house (although if someone knew how to give massages the table for that might have really come in handy after skiing). Then there were some fun ones.
First, some guy that spend 3 million upgrading and renovating and furnishing a house in Park City had I don’t know what happen to him. The house was foreclosed on and going for 1.5 million, and his stuff was auctioned off. ALL his stuff. Poor guy, unless he did something bad, in that case he is totally get what you deserve guy. All the furniture/house stuff was auctioned off, including some notable items such as this moose head – it went for 1400$.
A longhorn (like a dead one’s head, like the moose, which I DID BID ON but did not win. Thought it would be funny but in reality wouldn’t have even fit on a wall in this house). And a USC helmet autographed by BOTH Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart (those are the two USC Heisman guys right? I feel blasphemous even mentioning their names, Hook ‘Em). That helmet went for 240$, which I would imagine to be a good deal but what do I know about that stuff. I was bidding on it early on and was planning on taking a baseball bat to it for a YouTube video because it would have been funny. For 10$, not 240$.
We got an awesome table. Out of all the stuff I wanted, people were going above and beyond what you could buy the stuff new for. Getting a little too caught up in the excitement I think.
Then, today, we went to a car auction preview. This one is nuttier because if half of what we’ve heard is true, the owner was buying one outrageous automobile a day to launder his drug money until he got caught and either murdered a witness or FBI guy (that part is too muddy) and they seized the hundreds of automobiles. There were some of the craziest cars I’ve ever seen with my own two eyes.
(pictures of cars)
There were so many cars they have to have two auctions and we have a buddy coming in to shop too. I can’t wait to see how this goes. Unless MK comes home with the DeLorean, then he’s grounded.
The Best And Worst Of Times
We interrupt all the boring house talk (don’t worry, it’ll return tomorrow) to tell you about our NYE 2010.
We had an AWESOME day skiing with a snowboarder friend from San Diego. I told you I wasn’t super fond of PCMR here last year, and trust me, it wasn’t any cleaner and we waited in line 45 minutes for one lift. But I’m a better skier, and we found some unpacked parts of the resort. We dodged the crowds and the newbies. What a difference it makes. The only catch was we were skiing runs that totally should not have been open. We were hitting ice patches, rocks, and grassy wet spots in some places. The pressure of opening the resort as fully as possible to get the tourists in over the holidays is too much sometimes. Mother Nature didn’t give us enough snow for this week. That being said, again, we had a GREAT time. I was as good as (I humbly state ‘if not better than’) the company, which makes an enormous difference. We skied until 4 or 5, super late in the day for us. So that was the best of times. Taking 2009 out with a bang up ski day.
MK loves NYE. It might be his ‘thing’. Holidays in general are his thing, NYE and July 4th especially (I know, crazy right?). He really wanted to go to Vegas with some friends but I had to lay down the law and say that since the fireplace guy quoted us a million dollars for new fireplaces (or he suggested burning the house down and starting over) this house had to be our priority and I didn’t want to spend over a grand easily for one night. Maybe some other time.
So we got tickets to a bar party here. We plowed the driveway first, and I cooked a huge steak dinner and made some really good hors d’oeuvres to take next door. Our super awesome neighbors in their super awesome house had a bunch of super cool friends that we got to meet. We had a wonderful time getting to know them and look forward to hanging out in the future*.
We excused ourselves (in hindsight, should have stayed!) and got ready to go out (threw on a mini dress). It was a super cute dress and I don’t have one good picture of it. I might just wash it and wear it tonight and take some pictures…Anyway. We were told that Harry O’s is the most night-clubby nightclub in Park City, and it would be a good place to spend NYE. Some Pussycat Doll was hosting and I’m not going to say the DJs name due to where I’m going with this but I bet you could figure it out in a few minutes searching online.
This bar, this party, the people who worked there, the host, the DJ – I mean, I have nothing good to say.
MK and I will have a good time no matter what. We are determined people. Especially when we spent money to get in, in a line that took forever, where the retarded door girl just stared at us for a couple minutes before doing her really hard job of looking our names up on the list. Then the guy wouldn’t stamp us since working a STAMP is hard. Then, to check your coat was 8$. I don’t care what holiday it is, we live in a COLD place. Don’t charge that much (IF AT ALL) for a coat check. That is LAME. The bartenders were acting like you were lucky they were even there at all. I’m not sure if people don’t tip well in bars in Utah, but I do. There have been a few bars here where these bartenders are so. put. out. to get you a drink. On NYE? Come on.
The host girl was totally cracked out of her mind. She did what you can barely call ‘burlesque’ if you’ve ever seen anyone that knows what they are doing. If she was really a PCD, I now have no need to ever she that kind of show. Her eyes were rolling back into her head, she couldn’t talk coherently, and I’m pretty sure the thing that was supposed to be so ‘hot’ – her in a bathtub – was almost a disaster, since she looked about to topple over at any second.
The music was the WORST EVER. If you’re a renowned DJ, don’t come to Utah and act like you’re DJing for Mormons. There are plenty of people traveling. And if that’s what you play when you’re in LA, SD, or Las Vegas, crap, anywhere, you should get booed and shut down.
Now get this: The DJ and whoever was yelling over his awful mashup almost missed New Year’s. How do you mess THAT up? We literally got treated to a FOUR SECOND countdown. 4,3,2,1. Done. Sucks for you if you were in the bathroom.
At this point I am off the dance floor and making my way out of the cheesy crowd ASAP. People that thought they were big deals were climbing up on stage. Girls must have forgotten you could SEE UP THEIR DRESSES and were doing things I hope they felt bad about the next day (Note: Don’t wear your grannie panties with teddy bears on them if you’re going to dance like that!). People were actually ON PURPOSE pouring their drinks on people, which mystified me. The whole crowd was nuts. Maybe in a state where it’s hard to get booze you suck at drinking. Even in the most nutso bars in Austin, LA, Vegas, drunk people dance and hug on NYE, not pour drinks all over the place.
So we found a nice empty bar upstairs and things got better until a guy doused us all in his champagne, again on purpose. Don’t they know that’s alcohol abuse? Drink it. Then I’m not kidding, a guy a friend was dancing with BIT HER ON THE NECK.
Sticky and overwhelmed, we went for our coats. Which we got a dirty look for not tipping for – don’t work where they charge 8 DOLLARS A COAT and maybe you’d make a tip. We went to our friend’s hotel and hung out until almost 4 laughing about the night.
Next year we might have to do Vegas. Because I thoguht hard about this rant. I’m not too old to have a good time. I wasn’t wasted, but I was in a good mood ready to have fun. This placce was totally a train wreck. There’s not getting around it.
*Which will test my skills. Holy cow, when they all were asking why we moved here and we said “to ski”, I thought that was a totally normal answer – like, why ELSE do people move here?!?! But these people taught me there is SO MUCH MORE AWESOME STUFF to do here. These guys all ice climb (I don’t even get that idea), snowshoe, hike, bike, ride rapids, etc. etc. I told them I’d try everything once as long as they knew I’d be bad at it, not matter what it was!
2010
Because that’s how my brain works.
#130
Five 2010 Predictions:
- UT will win the BCS Championship game.
- My friends on Facebook will finally start using spell check.
- Everyone will fall in love with “Chuck” upon its return.
- I will be able to ski mere seconds behind my husband.
- My littlest brother’s 21st birthday will be the most talked about family event of the next 10 years.
Cat Killfoil 