Snow Day!!

Last night we got snow, and because of the resulting ice, I wasn't able to go to work today (the office was closed), so I stayed home. Unfortunately, Lauren wasn't so lucky and had a full day of work. (that's her car leaving the house on the left)

We're supposed to get even more ice tonight because all of the melted snow from today will ice over in the 15 degree temperatures. Lauren's hoping she gets to go in late because of that. At any rate, the pictures below are of the snow, including one of Connor. Its amazing how much better you can see him when there's a white backdrop. Problem was that there was very little light. He actually has a lot of snow on his mouth, but you can't see it even if you zoom in.

I thought this last picture was interesting. That's actually our backyard, although it looks more like I stopped on the side of a country road to me.

Lauren's Hair and more Home Improvement

So first things first, Lauren got her hair cut and colored. I knew shew as getting something done, but I didn't think she'd change it this much. Fortunately, it looks GREAT!

On to home repair. I finally was able to repair our master bathroom shower, with the help of Lauren's dad. We had to go to a shop in the middle of a bad part of town, in the back of a building, underneath a "performance" auto shop. It was an interesting store, and they seemed to have everything. The shower doesn't leak now, though there are other things that need repair later on.

As for the painting, we finally finished the painting of the hall bathroom. It is the same color as the half-bath downstairs, but its bigger, so the color looks better, I think. We still need to replace the tile on the floor, but the bathroom looks so much better than it used to.

We also painted both the front hallway and the hall/stairway that goes up to the top floor. We went with a beige color called "Toasted Cashew" which looked a little pink to me at first, but after painting the stairs, it looks more beige.

I think our next project is going to be our bedroom. To this point we've been painting common areas so we could have friends over if we wanted, and now we're ready to do something painting-wise for ourselves.