This past weekend I was part of one of ~100 teams that ran the 2021 KT82 relay race. This has been a bucket list event for me and when someone posted on a local Facebook group that they were looking for one more runner on their team, I literally jumped at the chance. The Race […]
How to Install and Waterproof a Walk-in Shower
Remember that basement bathroom project I mentioned almost 5 months ago? Thanks to delays and other issues, our timeline has been waaaaay extended. This was suppose to be our winter project and it has quickly turned into “can we get this done by the end of 2021?” project. But First – Delays & Trial & […]
All Aboard to the Transportation Museum
This past weekend we checked out the National Museum of Transportation here in St. Louis for the first time while my parents were in town visiting. It’s been on our St. Louis to-do list for a couple years now. Even though the weather was a bit cooler, we all had a great time. We arrived […]
Our Next House Project: Remodeling the Basement Bathroom
Oh, basement bathroom – how I really dislike you. It’s actually the only room in the house we haven’t touched since we moved in just over three years ago. Not even paint. Actually we removed the hideous light fixture and left just a single bulb. It’s very classy looking. We were lucky with getting a […]
Our Annual (Postponed) Trip to Florida
Every March we take a trip to the Naples, FL area to visit family and attend a couple Cardinals spring training baseball games. It lets us escape a bit of the winter weather (because March is still winter in the Midwest) and soak up those sun rays. Well that March trip was cancelled due to […]
$500 Master Bathroom Refresh
We’re coming up on being in our house for three years and I feel like we have made SO much progress in that time. However, there are two rooms that have virtually been left untouched: the basement bathroom and the master bathroom. After we moved in, we went back and forth on whether we gut […]