Relaxation

I feel like today is a Saturday night. Okay, maybe a Friday night because I still have the feeling of getting up at 5am and working all day. Regardless though, it's been an entertaining day with good or exciting news and a relaxing night. I come home to find that the fence people have started! YIPPIE! All of our post are up! We should officially have a privacy fence by the weekend. Then I take an hour or so and go and get my hair cut. I went to a beauty school to have it done and no, it's not my favorite haircut I've ever had...But it'll do. Hey, for $5, I'll take it. Then I get home and get a call about Keagan's birthday cake for this weekend. She went over all the details and it just sounds like it is going to be soooo awesome! I'm just so grateful that a friend of mine offered her sister's services. :D Now I'm here, getting tired, all alone because Aaron is at another softball game, Keagan is in bed, and I'm watching biggest loser. I'm not having to carry on conversation, watch something on tv that I don't want to, or stay up any later than I want too...
March has been a good month! It started with a nice snow storm on the first and a nice calm, relaxing night on the 31st.

Baby Blue

Now after a series of me playing around with the faceinhole website I thought I would post a real picture of my beautiful baby boy! We had a lot of fun today. We decided to go out searching at different campgrounds for the perfect place to camp...I think we found one about an hour away that we're going to try and hit up either Easter weekend or a weekend soon after that.
This was us on our way home trying to keep each other entertained beause it was turning into quite a long day in the car. We played muscle man, we played tickle me, tickle you, I sang and sang my ABCs and Bringing home a baby bumble bee...And each time he would laugh and laugh. It's amazing how such small things entertain these little guys. Right after this shot was taken I squeeze his cheeks and when they made the funny noise that it makes he had another laughing fit over that....I love it!

The hunk I married!!

Create your own FACEinHOLE

Buddha Kid

Create your own FACEinHOLE

Wicked Witch of the East

Create your own FACEinHOLE

War of the Fences

Have I mentioned that I can't stand my neighbor!!! My Dad sent me an email and it was a picture of a for sale sign that said, "For sale by owner...Because my neighbor is an asshole" I NEED THAT SIGN!

So rewind a little, we are getting a privacy fence next week (mainly because of my neighbor, mind you) and it just so happens that the people behind my neighbor are also getting a privacy fence next week (shouldn't that tell him something??) Anyways, he keeps bugging me about where we are going to put the fence and I know why...He wants our fence to match up with the fence to the neighbor behind him. Bill (my neighbor) was saying that he's already spoken to the fence guy and he said he could make it happen no problem. Well of course Bill wants that! He already has a fence on one side...This will be the two other sides he needs to get a fenced in back yard for FREE! All he'll have to put up are the gates in the front.

Today I'm bringing in groceries in the rain and he stops me and asks AGAIN where we are putting the fence. And finally I said, "Bill, I am not worried about whether my fence connects with the other guys fence! I think it is great if you get a free fence out of this but I am not going to go out of my way to make it happen." And all of a sudden he says, "Well you know those branches to your trees are over on my side of the yard and Aaron has begged me not to cut them. If I have to put a fence up myself then I may just have to cut them." I immediately cut him off and called him out on it and told him that Aaron would not be caught dead begging him to do anything! If he wants to cut our branches on his side then go right on ahead! I told him though that if he wants to play games, I can play games! I told him it was War!! And I said how about this, "You go right on ahead and cut those branches....We don't care! But you know what, all of a sudden I'm not feeling so nice anymore so I don't think I'm going to let you connect the front of your gate onto my fence. How does that sound for games...." He then asked me when Aaron would be home. I told him and he said he'd talk to Aaron and walked away.

What an Ass! I'm sorry...This man knows just the right buttons to get my blood boiling! And this fence can not come soon enough!! I think we need to put up a sign on our fence that says, "Beware of Bill" instead of Beware of Dog....

Cake Walk

Why does it have to be so hard to find a cake.....I recently found out that the person that was going to make Keagan's cake for his birthday is going to be busy out of town. I knew Easter weekend would be tough... but I didn't think it would be that big of a deal that she was busy because I would just get a bakery to make him a really neat cake....Well I can't find one...I don't understand! Someone in Greenville/Spartanburg must make cakes around here...Don't they?

My week

I feel like my week has just started today! I'm back to normal. I'm the cheerful person I normally am. I think I just needed a good night of sleep. Last night I finished a great book. This morning I woke up in a good mood. Went to work and had a pretty good day...came home and grilled out nice, fat, really good looking Tbones and enjoyed the 70 degree weather before it starts to rain for the rest of the week....Man, its just been good.
I'm getting really excited about Aaron's first softball practice tomorrow and I also found out today that he signed up at Church for the Christmas in April program. I wasn't able to sign up for it because we don't have a babysitter and he must have done it while I was picking Keagan up from Sunday School. But its awesome....On April 4th (Happy Birthday Dad) Aaron, and several others from Church, will be going over to an old widows house and doing all sorts of repairs. Yard work, bathroom floor work, roof work, etc. The list goes on. They needed several volunteers and it was a nice surprise tonight to hear that Aaron had signed up to do it.

Roots

It is supposed to be 71 and sunny here and I should be feeling sunny and cheerful inside but I'm not. Instead I've been up since 3:30 this morning thinking-Heck I'm sitting here blogging and my clock doesn't even ready 5:30am yet... I just need to de-stress. We've been so busy working on the house, or entertaining guest at our house (we've had company the last three weekends),and working, working, working, and I don't think we're taking anytime for US! I think we're missing something and need to get back to the roots of our relationship and what makes us happy. I don't feel like I've had a good gut-wrenching laugh in weeks and I feel like Aaron and I are fussing at each other way too much lately. I think its time we just get away. Maybe this weekend would be a nice chance to go to Asheville. My Mother in Law is supposed to be here again this weekend but I don't think it would be rude to say, "here is a key, make yourself at home." Do you?? I think it would be good for Aaron, Keagan, and me. I think its what we'll need to get the root system of our family of three back in order.

Bathroom Pics

So I am finally posting some pictures of the bathroom. We still don't have a mirror up yet because, well, we can't agree on one. I think we need a nice new framed one and Aaron thinks we need to save $100 a take the one we have....So as for now-we have nothing. These before and after pictures will give you an idea of what we started with and what we have now...

To list a few of the changes:

24 year old laminate floor changed to slate tile

24 year old flowery wallpaper (which I don't have a picture of) changed to green beadboard and cottage white walls, 24 year old lighting fixture changed to a nice new modern fixture. We also replace the vanity, stained the cabinets, put new hardware on, a new faucet, and all new baseboards. It still has some touch ups I want to do and of course come to an agreement on the mirror. I also want to get a new door. I want one of the doors that has a nice full length mirror built in. I want to get one of those curved shower curtain rods to make the shower feel bigger and so many other things....But this gives us a great start!

A tragedy hits the town of Moore....

So we got word last night from a neighbor that a little two year old not far from us had wondered away from home and was still missing. I immediately turn on the news to find out that a mom had left her son in the backyard "for just a few minutes" and when she came out she saw that the back gate was open and the little boy was gone. I know her sense of panic. I'll admit. I'm guilty of that. I've left Keagan in the backyard playing in dirt for just a minute while maybe I go stir dinner or I go to the bathroom and I've come out and not seen him and my first reaction is panic! The news was asking for any and every volunteer to please come out and help find this little boy. Aaron, Keagan, and I hopped in the truck without a second blink. We get there and I really couldn't be much help because they needed trucks and folks who could go in the woods and in the dark with MY TWO YEAR OLD I didn't think that I was meant to be there. Aaron came and dropped me off and back out he went. He said it was amazing. The whole town practically pulled together and showed up to help find little William. He came home later in the evening with no luck or good news in saying that the boy had been found.

All day today I've been checking the news via their website. Almost every hour on the hour and finally new information had emerged. They found him. They found him dead in the river that runs straight through our town. They said they saw the little footprints on the bank and what looked like he must have slid or tripped down and ended up in the water. I couldn't help but to start crying. I cried my whole way home from work. My heart literally aches for this family! My heart aches to know that some precious innocent little boy the same age as mine had to live through such hell. Imagining the guilt that his mom will have to live with for the rest of her life is almost unbearable. How quickly a few minutes can change the course of the rest of your life.

On a positive note it showed me how awesome my little town is. A lot of times you don't think about my area being small because we're right outside of the hussel and bussel of Greenville & Spartanburg but on the brink of a tragedy we all pulled together like we were family. And that's what we are. This whole town is mourning tonight.

Go Green

So day #5 in my 101 ways book is called "Celebrating the Little Things." This could not have fallen on a more appropriate day then St. Patty's Day, or as Keagan so confidently corrected me this morning, St Potty's Day, since this day is known for celebrating. We may not have enjoyed our day with green beer or a night out at an Irish Pub but.... as the book says, a family should get into the habit of celebrating the little things in life such as the first snow of the season, the last day of school, etc...

So we went out and celebrated in honor of our famous "Green" day-Our green grass on a gorgeous 70 degree day. The green on the trees as the little leaves start to sprout, the green marshmallows in our lucky charms, and pointing out how many green cars we saw on the road on our way home.

I thought the tip to celebrate the small things was a great idea. Doing fun little cheap things like having a picnic by the fireplace during a storm or handing out Hershey kisses to the family at dinner time, just because you love them, is the perfect way to find joy in the unexpected places.

High in the Air

How can I not love these boys....? This is a normal night at the house. Aaron is so good with Keagan...And Keagan just loves him! How lucky I am!!

Day # 3 of my 101 ways book....

Cultivate Quiet Moments.

This is something that I don't get that often!!! The book talks about how people and kids are bombarded with a constant bugging of cell phones, video games, tv, radio, toys that talk and buzz, squawk, & wail. Constant company and activities going on~Well children as well as adults need the peace that is found in quiet.

Today has not been that day for me. It started at 12am when Keagan decided that he needed to get up 3 times in the night for whatever reason was waking him up. Next on to a playdate with a friend of his to Monkey Joe. Those of you who don't know what Monkey Joes is...It's an inflatable slide park that is super fun but has kids running around screaming constantly. Then on to McDonalds for the boys to have lunch and a stream of conversation taking place between us and the other couple.
We get back to town and go straight to looking at houses for my Mother in Law and the next several hours is spent with "house" talk and whining from Keagan because he never got the nap he needed.
Now we're back home-it's getting late, I have the background noise of the washer, dryer, & dish washer going...A movie that Aaron is watching way too loud. No clue what it is but all I hear is screaming and gun fire and Keagan and Boodro running around playing, screaming and growling.
If I could just put ear plugs in my ears and have FIVE minutes without a word, a cry, an appliance, a movie I think I would be a new woman. Tonight about as close as I'll get to that though is when I finally surrender to the day and go to bed. My nice cozy, quiet, bed...Until the next day hits and I do it all over again.


ssshhhhh....

Soundstracks of Life

So all these notes and quizzes about music have been showing up on myspace and facebook. I haven't done any but its really made me think about what music has influenced me in my life and what a variety there is. Everyday on my 45 minute drive to work and home I hear certain songs or groups and it makes me think of certain times in my life or certain people....I just thought I would share a few.

Growing up as a young child: Bruce Springstein, born in the USA, Juice Newton, Angle of the Morning, Bon Jovi.
Living in Camden with my mom: Metallica, The Black Album
Living in Myrtle Beach with my Dad & Linda: Phish
Living in Charleston: Hootie and the Blowfish
Living in Georgia: Red Hot Chili Peppers and a song by Kenney Chesney, Have another beer in Mexico. We used to sing, "Sit right here and have another beer on Lake Lanier.
My Mom: Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge over Trouble Water
My Dad: Aerosmith, Ragdoll...I remember him jumping around the livingroom to that song
My "Other Mom" Linda: Garth Brooks
My sister Jacq: Most 80's rock, Pearl Jam, Gin Blossoms, Def Leppard
My sister Heather: Queen-Bohemian rhapsody
My brother Michael: Kid Rock
My Mother in Law: a song called, "Find out who your friends are..."
My marriage: Any song by Brad Paisley. I can name so many-Get a little mud on the tires, she's everything, I'm still a man, just about every song he has come out with!
Aaron: A couple of songs by Tim McGraw-"Just country boys and girls getting down on the farm." "I'm a real bad boy but a real good man." " Where the green grass grows"
Keagan: Rodney Atkins song, "Watching you"

There are so many other good artist and songs! When I hear a song it acts like a timeline to me. Most cases I can remember a time and place when I heard that song and a memory to go along with it.

Toothpaste Incident

YUK!!! So tonight I was cooking, a dinner by the way that I've never cooked before but that I am super excited about, and Aaron was outside rounding up Boodro because he had gotten out. I thought Keagan seemed mighty quiet but sometimes when Spongebob is on TV that holds his attention enough to where I don't have to worry about him for a while.

Well Aaron walks in and all I hear is, "OH NO! I think he got into your lotion." Turns out the closer we get to Keagan the more we can smell the stench of mint. And for those of you who don't know...I despise mint! Every thing that has to do with mint! I make my poor husband use cinnamon toothpaste because I can't stand the thought of having to smell the smell. Where Keagan found this mint toothpaste, I will never know! Maybe Aaron secretly brushes his teeth with it when I'm away. :) Anyways, turns out Keagan was trying to brush his own teeth and I suppose that got a little boring so he went about putting it on his whole body! On his face, belly, hands....What a disaster! Fortunately enough for me, I didn't have to clean it because Aaron knows I wouldn't be able to handle the mint! So I was in the clear! But what a mess it was.....and my house still stinks from it! :(

101 ways....

So I bought a book today. I spent all of $0.30 on this special book and not only bought it for myself but bought it or something like it for 3 other girls at work. It's called 101 ways to be a great mom....No, I don't feel like I need a book to tell me how to be a good mom. But I picked it up and started reading a few of the ideas and they are actually really neat. So I decided that I'm going to read it. I'll read one idea a day (Its really hard not to skip foward and read the whole book in like a day) and then I'll try to practice whatever idea it give me. Idea #1 was kind of eye opening. It was called, "Walk a mile in your children's sneakers." It told you to ask yourself whats important to you, as an adult. Then picture yourself being a child. How simple their minds are and try to think of whats important to them. I started thinking about Keagan. Importance: milk, mimi, trucks, his movies, etc. It went on to say that empathizing with your child's joys and sorrows will deepen your insight and expand your patience with them. I've been practicing this tonight and it really is kind of neat how it helps. I started trying to pick my battles rather than win everyone.

On another note, those of you who have been keeping up with my stapler ordeal...It's now over. Long story but my stapler has been returned back to it's home. :) Other than that...Things are just crazy. I feel like my life is a whirlwind right now. I have so much on my mind and the pretty weather isn't helping. I get home and have so much to do and all I really want to do is enjoy myself in the outdoors. I have however started some of my cooler weather plants for my garden which is exciting. Spinach and cabbage. YUMMY! I hope to be able to grow enough in our garden this year to actually be able to go out and pick enough to make our own salads at night.

What a Monday...

Wow, where do I start-I woke up hard because not only was I exhausted from my weekend away from home but then my body was still adjusting to missing an hour of sleep. I had set the coffee pot on Sunday night not knowing that the house had lost power over the weekend and Aaron set the clock back right on it but not the timer-so I had ice old coffee because the coffee brewed at midnight. I get to work about 10 mins late because of some reason and I still can't figure out what went wrong there. Work was going okay but then somebody stole my stapler....Better put, they traded it in! For those of you who don't know-this seems to be a history as of late. My bike when we first moved into our house was traded in. The person who stole it left me their piece of crap bike in trade for my nice one. Well that's what happened to my stapler today. They took my NICE, full of staples stapler and left me their empty piece of crap...I'm still hot over that. I leave work and spill my left over cold coffee all over my white shirt! Grrr...And then I get to daycare just for his teachers to tell me that I can no longer send him there with flip-flops on. Which I still don't understand. He wore flip-flops there everyday last summer. Back home, I'm so happy to be home and then Aaron puts his feet up (while he still has his dirty boots on) and I accidentally bump into him and dirty diesel fuel rubs all over my work pants. I AM HOT!

But then something happened. We started talking. We haven't had a chance to have a conversation without our company all weekend. It was great. He started telling me about the church service I missed and how he couldn't wait for me to watch the DVD he ordered. He started talking about the parking job that he helps out doing, and how he can't wait to start softball with the church....Going to buy the cleats, bat, helmet, etc.... He was telling me about how he was stuck in traffic today and he was right behind someone with a sticker from our church on his car. He just kept going on and on and I could hear his excitement...It made me forget all about every crappy, stressful thing that had happened today and made me realize what an awesome Monday I was having. I have laughed so much today. I cracked up over my stapler even though I'm still peeved. I had lunch with three girls from work-which is a splurge for me because I never do that. I got so much accomplished and I also found out that my mortgage department just got some of the best new in the history of the credit union....Today is a good day!!! And I just want EVERYONE to know!

Letting it go...

This weekend will be a very interesting weekend. I've decided to leave town and go visit my brother for a couple of days while Aaron and his Dad finish our bathroom. For me, this is hard. I like to have some sort of control! I have no clue what I'm going to walk back into on Sunday morning. All I know is that my bathroom should be pretty much done. If they decide to put the bead board up that I bought then great, if they change out my mirror...well then they do... We'll see. I'm sure it'll be great. Aaron's dad has tons of experience with putting in tile and redoing rooms so I think its a positive thing. It just makes me a little nervous.
In the mean time Keagan and I will be enjoying a nice weekend with my brother and his family.

Shower

Such a small task for such a little boy. Keagan has decided that he no longer wants to take baths anymore. He has now graduated to a big boy shower. I remember when my Dad used to fix for me a "Bower" it was a mix between a shower and a bath! And I loved it!!! Of course Keagan couldn't go anywhere without his trucks and after he got out, my little tadpole turned into a big mean shark!!

21 Questions about Aaron

So many of you only know parts of Aaron so I thought I would do a little Q & A tonight....

1. Your spouse is sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, Sports, or CMT
2. What’s one food your spouse doesn’t like? Seafood
3. You go out to eat and have a drink. Either a beer or if he is really feeling frisky a margarita
4. What size shoe does he/she wear? 10
5. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? He collects any junk he sees sitting on the side of the road.
6. What is his favorite type of sandwich? tuna, lol...kidding...Roast Beef
7. What would this person eat every day if he could? Steak, taters, and salad
8. What is his/her favorite cereal? Boring ole' rice checks....or maybe some corn checks. Whatever happened to Lucky Charms??
9. What would he/she never wear? sweaters…tighty whities
10. What is his/her favorite sports team? Go Dawgs, of course
11. Who is his/her best friend? I would have to say me. When do everything together!
12. What is something you do that he/she wishes you wouldn’t do? I'm sure snapping at the drop of a hat would be one of them....but I think he would rather that then me hold on to grudges for weeks at a time.
13. What is his/her heritage? His dad is Amish (German??) and his mom is adopted...so really not sure. (American?)
You bake him/her a cake for his/her birthday; what kind of cake? He's boring. He doesn't eat cake...
14. Did he/she play sports in high school? He ran cross country track
15. What could he/she spend hours doing? anything using tools.
16. What is one unique talent he/she has? He has incredible mechanical skills. He was born to fix anything and everything!
17. Does he/she prefer to drive an automatic or stick shift? stick shift.
18. Given a free trip anywhere in the world, where would he/she choose to go? any island. He would love to move there for good one day.
If you spend a lot of money on a special gift for him/her, he/she would like? 50 acres with a bunch of cows, a black fence around the whole property and a Barn with all the bells and whistles….a big wrought iron gate at the front of the property with an Arch that says “Schrocks Farm”
19. Is he/she near-sighted, far-sighted, or neither? Neither. He is colorblind but otherwise has perfect vision
20. If he/she had to choose a different occupation, what would it be? Farmer and I think that would be cool myself!
21. What is most attractive about him/her to you?
His dependability. If he makes a commitment with you he will do everything to keep it. His unconditional love for me. I'm a difficult person...Not to say he isn't but he has the biggest heart of anyone I've ever met. He was born on Easter day and I think that is a special symbol of the person he is, in its own way.

Mexican Lasagna

I got this recipe from a girl at work. I haven't even tried it yet...It's in the oven cooking but was so easy to make and looked so good while I was making it that I thought I would share it while I had a second.
Grocery List: 1 jar of Ragu Pasta Sauce
1lb of ground beef. (I actually think I used a little more than that)
1 can of whole kernel corn, drained
4 teaspoons of chili powder
6 flour tortillas
and about 2 cups of shredded cheese. (Preheat your oven to 350)

Now time to cook!
Reserve about 1 cup of your Ragu sauce to the side.
Brown your beef ( I added onions), drain, and then add your corn, chili powder, and the rest of your pasta sauce.
In a 13x9 baking dish spread about 1 cup of that mixture on the bottom. Layer two tortillas, then add half of the beef mixture that is left, top with cheese, add two more tortillas. Layer the rest of the beef mixture, a little more cheese and then two more tortillas. Top with your 1 cup of reserve Ragu sauce. Bake for 30 mins. Take out, layer with the rest of your cheese and stick back in the oven until the cheese is bubbling...

Okay, if its not good then I'll let you guys know because like I said, I haven't tried it yet....But it sure does smell good!
ENJOY!

Our bathroom

Aaron's dad is staying with us tonight and everything we showed him we've done to the bathroom or are doing to the bathroom he looks at us with disgust. Oh well, someone with a beard down to their chest probably doesn't have good taste anyways. Maybe that's why Keagan calls him-Grandaddy in the Woods...
The End-Ranting done...

Is his name Keagan or Boodro??

Okay, we have hit a new milestone, if you will, with Keagan. Today in both Lowe's and Home Depot Keagan was convinced that he was our dog Boodro. He would only come if you called him by that name and he walked around both stores the entire time on all fours with his tongue hanging out. Some folks passed us by laughing because I guess they thought it was amusing (those must be the people who have also had a 2 year old in their lifetime) and some walked by us like we were totally crazy for letting our son crawl around Lowe's and Home Depot on his hands and knees. Personally, other than the fact that it really slowed us down in our shopping, I found it cute, amusing, and a stress-free break from the never-ending shopping that we're having to do for our bathroom.

Welcome to March

WOW! What a loud entrance March made!!! Yet again they were calling for snow here but we never really believed we were going to get any. Last time they called for it here we woke up to not even a sight of white anywhere. So at last, last night the long awaited snow arrived. It started snowing around 5:30. Of course we went out and played some but mainly we sat under our carport in amazement at the size of the snowflakes and at the rate they were coming down. By the time we went to bed we were up about 4.5 inches. Morning comes and I could tell that there must have still been snow on the ground because it looked like daylight coming from the blinds it was so bright. Took one look out the window and WOW....It was everywhere! I think total we got about 6-6.5 inches on the ground! Of course all schools, daycares, and a lot of jobs were closed for a big fun SNOW DAY! Sometime during the night the temp slipped from 36 degrees to a bone chilling 25 degrees so the roads were a mess. We were watching CNN Headline news and they were reporting from our very own exit we take to get home. Miles and miles of 18 wheelers were stuck on the interstate not able to make it up the hill due to ice. They said there had been upward of 300 wrecks overnight and warned that if you decided to drive that you were taking it into your own hands. If you wrecked it would probably take hours for rescue squads to get to you. So of course there was no driving. We did however have to take a walk to the store. We didn't prepare for this snow we knew that we weren't going to get so of course we were out of milk, dog food, breakfast items....All sorts of must haves....so off we went on our mile and a half trek there and then a mile and a half back. I was starting to think we were crazy for walking but we passed 2 other couples doing the same thing!! It was crazy! Once we got back we treated ourselves to a little steak and eggs on the grill and then headed inside where it was nice and toasty. We've ventured out some throughout the day today to go play in the snow but mostly have viewed it from afar. I love it while its here. And I love a really good snow once every year or so but then I'm ready to get back to nice warm weather. I hope this was Old Man Winters last little hoopla before spring finally arrives.

Colorful Day

Today has been a day!!! We started out skipping church because we had so much to do and headed to Lowe's at 8:40am. We had a list of things that we needed to get for the bathroom but we never imagined that between Lowe's and Home Depot we would be there for 4 hours! I have come to the conclusion that I am not good at this. We bounced back and forth between Lowe's and Home Depot about 4 separate times trying to decide on a vanity top, paint, etc....Finally at 12:30 and absolutely no patience left in my body AT ALL we make our exit with everything in hand. It's all still a work in progress but I think its going to look so good. A while back we bought some beautiful multi-colored slate tile for our floor. We bought a dark rich stain and stained our cabinets and bought a beautiful white marble vanity top. The top color of our wall that we just painted today is called cottage white and then we bought beadboard that we will be painting hopefully tomorrow. The color of that is a gorgeous green called rejuvenate, that catches hints from our slate. And then of course we had to buy a few other detail items like a new faucet, a new shower rod (the curved kind) and well....That may be it for now. Still needed is a new mirror and lighting system. I had no patience left to go through picking out those today though..... Keagan in all of this was really good. He tested me a few times but what can you expect from an almost 3 year old in a hardware store for that long. I think we only made like 6 trips to the potty with him....lol. :) And when we got home and he saw us painting he wanted to paint a picture himself. So seen above is the masterpiece that he made for his Daddy. Hopefully we'll be done with this bathroom soon and I'll have pictures of it to post. (Fingers crossed!)