Phase 2: Complete!

Yesterday we completed phase 2 of our basement project. The floors look great. The walls are tan and then the floor is a darker brown. It turned out fabulous!!!

First we scrubbed the floor. Then we scraped and scraped and scraped. Lastly, we used special chemicals to clean. Painting was a project, but thankfully we are finished!

 

What's next?!?! Trim. Hopefully Brad and I can make a trip to Lowes on Sunday to pick up the necessary supplies. Stay posted; however, things will progress slowly now since the paint takes 5 days to dry and more importantly, we are no longer on vacation :(

Favorites

Here are some of our favorite Bible verses that carry us through life, in a world God created perfect and yet man destroyed.

Lifehouse/Daughtry Concert

One of the many perks to working for Spectrum Health is occasional 'FREE Stuff'. Last week, Spectrum was handing out free tickets to the Lifehouse/Daughtry concert at FifthThird Ballpark. So, I figure that would be a fun thing to do while on vacation. So, last night Brad and I made our way on over to the concert. Doors opened at 6:00 and thats about what time we arrived. Opening band started at 6:30 and Lifehouse didn't start until about 7:40. Lifehouse did a fabulous job. We both enjoyed listening to them. But...Daughtry wasn't starting until about 9:00, so we actually took off. Lame? Yes. Apparently we are kinda old and not big into concerts. However, we had a great time for the 3 hours that we were there.

After arriving home, we got back to our painting project (floor basement). Pictures coming very soon! Stay tuned.

Chicago

The past EIGHT days has been incredible! Brad and I have both been off work which means we have enjoyed a fabulous vacation together.

Our first adventure: Chicago.

Brad is waiting for the train in Michigan City to take us downtown Chicago.

Off we go!

Train arrived and we were on our way to our hotel to check in.

Beautiful downtown. We were on our way to Shedd Aquarium, but didn't want to wait in line for an hour. So, we kept on walking :)

Next stop: Millennium Park. Of course, we took our picture at the bean.

Then we went over to Navy Pier. Sorry, no pictures due to the mass amount of people. Well, we actually did stop to eat at Bubba Gumps...highly recommended!

All in all, one fabulous trip to Chi-town. It was great just getting away for a couple of days. Bailey spent time at Camp Bow-Wow and loved it.

Basement Remodel-Phase 1 COMPLETE!

We have a great Michigan basement. Unfinished, lots of storage, and it is nicely about 10 degrees cooler than the main floor. Well...we decided to tidy it up a bit down there. Over the next 2 months we plan on having 4 phases. Phase 1-paint walls. Phase 2-paint floors. Phase 3-put up trim. Phase 4-decorate! (Aka-my favorite part because I get to be creative; however, this will also be the longest phase).

BEFORE:

 Phase 1 complete! Brad and I spent the first day emptying out the entire room. Then we had to sand down the walls with paneling and scrub the cement walls in preparation for painting. Lots of prep work! Paint eventually came. What a night and day difference to have clean, freshly painted tan walls instead of the old dirty yellow.

Let Phase 2 begin! We have to scrub and  remove all of the old paint, so that will be a HUGE project for us. Stay tuned!