Jacuzzi Tub Love

One thing C and I always dreamed about having in our future home was a a jacuzzi tub.   I love taking baths and C would too...if he could fit.

One of our first decisions when we bought our new house was to of course, put in a jacuzzi tub! We honestly weren't sure of the costs at all, so I called a friend who does some interior design work. her brother actually does remodeling, so I pretty much hit the jackpot there.

To start the process, we searched through tons on tile options, tons of tub options and tons of faucet and accessory options. I mean seriously, there are so many choices out this.  It's quite a scary process too, because its really hard to get a good idea of what the final will look like with just a small piece of tile in front of you. After making our fnal choices, the cost was totally under what we were expecting, so we went for it. They started the work as soon as we left for our Honeymoon.

Previously in our master bathroom (which is pretty small, womp womp) there was a stand up, enclosed shower.  It looked about 20 years old, full of grime, mold and rust.  Not pretty.  Plus, the water faucet was to low for C, he had to bend his knees for it to get water to the top of his head. He also had a tough time moving around in such a small enclosed space. Heck, I did too, I can't imagine how bad it was for him!

I wish I would have taken better "before" pictures but this is all I have:

You can see where the shower was, all that is missing is the glass (plastic?) enclosure. Also, you'll notice that there is a cabinet to the right of the shower. Unfortunately that had to go to. With the disappearance of that cabinet (really the only storage in the room besides the small sink area) I choose to move my "getting ready" place to our guest bathroom.

From there it moved on to this:

And then this:

Which, holy cow.  That a little tough to see while you are halfway on the other side of the world!  I guess its probably better that we weren't home though.

The good news though, is when we got home, it looked like this:

I love it! I'm not sure it could have looked any better in my mind.  The colors of the tile bring in all of the browns on the wall and cabinets, but the greys easily match the grey theme we have going on in our adjoining bathroom.  Not to mention, the shower head is super high.  C won't have a problem at all! We also chose to update the accesories in the bathroom like the towel bars and the sink faucet, so the whole room flows nicely.  I am so so happy with it!

Anybody have a jacuzzi tub?  Any tips or recommendations for me?  I've already learned the hard way that bubble bath (no matter how little you use) is not a good idea.  Yeah, I did that. Whoops!

It's Ours!

Well you guys, its all final.....the house is ours!!!!

We got our keys on Thursday and started moving some of our stuff in over the weekend. We are going to take the process slowly because C is still playing and we don't want to overextend him. He needs his rest.


Its nice to be able to take a few weeks to move in and get everything set up, but I also just want it to all be done right now! I want to be living there already :) 

Speaking of C, the Rattlers won their first playoff game last night!  Woo hoo!  It was a really tough game and his team won with an interception in the last 5 seconds, but hey, a win is a win!  Their next playoff game is this Sunday evening.  If you've ever wanted to watch him in action, the game will be on ESPN 2!

C's got the white sleeves :)

How was your weekend??

Currently

Time for another life update!

C

Well C’s team has clinched both playoff games at home (assuming they win the first one) which is awesome.  The bad news is that they have lost 2 games to some really tough teams and they don’t have the best record in the league anymore.  That means that if they make it to the Arena Bowl….it might not be in Arizona! Boo! I really don’t want to have to plan a trip across the US just two weeks before my wedding….but I totally will if I have to.

My arm looks huge...eeeew

C has been talking like this might be his last year playing football but I don’t want to believe it.  I think he is just really sore and tired right now, but come next February he will be ready to go again! At least I hope…I really enjoy going to these games and seeing him play.

Playoffs start this weekend, so fingers crossed they do good!

Books

I finished both Matilda by Roald Dahl and Dark Places by Gilliam Flynn.  Matilda was actually not like I remembered.  It was surprising to me how many bad habits it might teach kids about getting revenge!  It was still cute though and a very easy read. 

Dark Places was very….dark.  I honestly wasn’t sure what the book was about, but I knew I liked Gone Girl which is written by the same author.  There were some slow parts to it, but I really liked the storyline and it kept me interested which is great. 

I can’t really say that for the book I am currently reading though, which is In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.  I am supposed to be finished with it by the end of the month for my book club and I doubt that will happen.  Right now I am on the fence about just giving up.  I rarely give up on books, but this one is really testing me.  I keep hoping it will get better and the action will get more intense, because its terrible right now. There is sooooo much extra gunk to read through that I don’t think is relevant to the story.  It’s really driving me nuts!

TV

Well, I have to say that this season of the Bachelorette wasn’t very exciting.  I dislike both of her final choices.  I can’t get past the feeling that Josh is a complete player who knows all the right things to say and do, so I guess I like Nick better.  Which really isn’t saying much.  We will find out who she chooses tonight!

C and I have started watching Scandal (Finally!) and we love it.  We are halfway through the second season now.  Gotta love Netflix!

Another fairly new show we love is the Cabanero Effect.  Have you guys seen this show?  It’s basically a magician who plays practical jokes on people who basically think they are going nuts by what they are seeing.  It is HILARIOUS!  I highly suggest it :) 

What books and TV shows are you loving right now?!?  

House

Well after A LOT of inspection issues and thinking we may not actually keep moving forward…..its official!  Its ours!   Eeeeek!  The seller agreed to fix around $6,000 of problems, which we just can’t believe. We close on Wednesday, which is just crazy. I will be posting pictures hopefully sometime soon!

Well that’s my update!  What do you have going on these days??