Thursday, September 2, 2010

Bathroom is Done! Fo' Rizzle

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Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
Click on any picture to enlarge it, by the way.

My world is now complete. For this nanosecond.
Want to win the lottery? No thanks!
Want to be Oprah for a day? Nuh uh.
Looking for engagement? NAH!
A big white wedding with roses and overpriced bad-tasting cake? Nope!
Want to cure cancer? I would actually love to, but, well, TODAY....

the bathroom was finished. Life is complete. Towels are practically FLOATING in place on the wall with appropriate bars and hangers. It's like an entirely new dimension for me. I've been 'roughing it' since August 15... so, if you do the math, that's like FIVE WHOLE WEEKS. Or something.

Seriously! Can you contain yourself? Look at the muted, neutral hues... I bet you are so excited you won't be able to sleep tonight. And seriously - wrap your head around the fact that towel is staying in place RIGHT there, not draped on a door edge or sink - CRAZY!!!!!! ARGRHGHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! WOW!


Lights in the room I shower? F*ck ya, I got that.

And the demanding, whiny client (me) said "Let there be light!" and maybe even "I can't see my body parts to fully wash them, either". Ha!



A toilet paper holder roll (not a loose roll that moves its way around the sink on its own)? BOOYAH!
Hand for display purposes/effect only. NOTE: I was not on the can at the time. I swear.


Mirrors to watch the toothpaste spittle run down my chin (while winking at myself... "hey baby" *wink*) Come to Mama!!
How's THAT for a mirror!?! And it was from IKEA, so it only took me 40 hours to assemble, stain, glue and solder myself!


Doors that latch? Awwwwww yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea.  Mould-less grout? I ain't frontin'

A shower curtain rod I can reach? Hells yeah!
Crappy, illegible, not to scale comparison.


All this excitement is exhausting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


SO remember how I was SO EXCITED to move all my stuff back in the cupboards, set up my toiletries, start using my hair tools again so I look (sorta) professional at work, and get this bad boy totally done?

Yeah, screw it, I'm totally going to bed. Pin It Now!

Everyone Has Felt This Awkward At Least Once... Hyperbole and a Half: The Four Levels of Social Entrapment

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This girl is freakin' genius. I had to share.
This happens at work ALL.THE.TIME. (Sometimes I am the annoying one, and I KNOW I have been the soya bean girl many a time...)

Hyperbole and a Half: The Four Levels of Social Entrapment


And thank goodness since I moved to a larger city, the grocery store thing is not nearly as common. I used to HATE it. I would blush and want to run in the other direction.

Ahhhh.... Pin It Now!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Eclipsed by Shower Rod

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No, Shower Rod isn't a dude. Or a vampire.

It is another component of our bathroom renovation, as previously posted about here.

The contractor had to listen to me whine about an imperfection here, or a missing item there, or a totally effed up tile that had a 1/2" gap that the new guy must have cut.

BF has been away when I have had to tell the contractor about things we see that concern us. Lucky bastard... (no, not the contractor, I feel sorry that he has to listen to all my complaining).

But the one thing that I do not understand is the height of our shower curtain rod. I can BARELY reach it to put a towel over it to dry. I am just under 5'-8", which is reasonably tall.

The rod is 7'-3" from the ground!!!

You'll have to click on this bad boy to read it, I think.

BF's mother is very short. There is no way she would be able to reach that!
I have been to at least 8 stores now, and have not found a single shower curtain that is longer than 72" (which is what we have now). Can you tell I am cranky???

I feel like I am camping without the fun of a bonfire or alcohol. It's amazing how disruptive not having towel holders, a toilet paper holder, mirrors and a light in the bathroom can be to someone as Type 'A' anal-retentive as myself.

Horrendous flood in Pakistan? (Don't forget the government will match your donation dollar for dollar)
World famine?
Ongoing wars for land and oil?
Loss of loved ones?
Chronic illness diagnosis?


And here I am blogging about my obsession with a generally quite well done (but still incomplete) bathroom.

I am so ridiculous sometimes I even shock myself. I am severely agitated with my lack of bathroom lighting. I just really want to be able to move my shit back into the cupboards and drawers. And shower with light. Even though I know this is so unbelievably trivial, I can't stop the crazy!


YAYYYYYYYYYY! He just called and will be here tomorrow!!!!!

I am somewhat shamed about this, but will still go hit that 'publish' button. If this is the first post of mine you have read and you have made it this far, please read one of the other, better ones. Pin It Now!