Updated Bathrooms!

Over the past couple weeks our neighbor has been painting 3 of our bathrooms: and they turned out really great. She does great work, for a stupidly low price. If you live in St. Louis and are in need of custom painting, let me know and I will get you in touch with her.

We also replaced all the toilet paper holders, towel racks, etc with brushed nickel instead of the 15 year old gold ones that were there. On a side note: the previous owner used a 3 inch screw with a butterfly anchor for the toilet paper holder: Why I have no frickin idea but it pissed me off and took me forever to get it out of the wall. For those who don't know: they're not made to come out of walls without a large hole. ARRGGGGG.

Here are some pictures of the bathrooms: You can click on any of the pictures to get a bigger view.

This is the 1/2 bath on the main level.

This is the guest bathroom upstairs. She drew all the rings by hand. We actually painted the base color and Sherry did the trim, which is nice. We also replaced the mirror to match the 1/2 bath.

And for the coolest bathroom in the house: The Man Cave Bathroom, which is only lacking a urinal to be complete!

That is the 7th hole on Pebble Beach

I finally got rid of the ugly gold light fixture and the gold around the mirror.

I also begun to replace all the light switches to white, which most people do not notice, but for some reason, the beige outlets and switches bother me. I decided to get the decorative switches instead of the normal style: as you will see from this picture.

In the kitchen to match our stainless steel appliances, I put stainless steal cover plates, and it turned out much better than I thought it would.






Emily has also started the long process of painting all the trim, doors and baseboards white. Currently they are all a cream color, which makes the house seem blah: well we thinks so at least.

So, as most of you know, it is a never ending project. We should have everything painted and outlets swapped out this week.

Hope all is well in your world! Keep on Keeping on....mrrrrrrrr

I got a golden ticket

Just a few random thoughts about American Idol. I try not to have my blog be filled with many opinions: just updates on our lives, but I am posted this because I am curious to see what other people think. So, please leave a comment and let me know if you agree with me or not.

I do not like Kara DioGuardi, the new judge. It has nothing to do with her talent or what she has done in the music business, which according to her Wikipedia page, she has been quite successful! I think she is annoying, arrogant and almost just plain bitchy. I think that Randy, Paula and Simon worked very well together and they didn’t need to throw in another judge. I don’t think she has said many useful things this season, mainly just bitch about Simon.

I don’t sing well, I know this because I get booed off of Guitar Hero World Tour on the easy setting. But if for some reason I thought that I sang well and told Emily that I wanted to try out for American Idol, she would want me to sing for her. I pray that my wife would tell me that maybe I should stick to sales, not singing. And just in case she would lie to me and tell me that I am awesome, please someone stop me and tell me that I am not a singer. My point is: Where the hell are these people’s friends and family to tell them that maybe they shouldn’t be a singer? There are some people that I have seen that are horrible; just plain horrible. As they walk away they are surprised that all four judges were horrified by their singing. Shame on their friends for lying to them.

Other than that, I am enjoying the season. The kid who lost his wife 4 weeks prior made me tear up and, and I hope he does well. Don’t worry; I won’t throw my opinion around this blog that often. Please comment and let me know what you think of American Idol.
Keep on Keeping on…mrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

A New Job for Me!!!!!!!

That’s right, a new job for me! After 6 months of looking for a full time job, I have finally found a job that I will enjoy selling a product that not only excites me, but I believe in.

The company is Fill n Thrill (follow the link)

Here are the basics. We are putting TV monitors on top of gas pumps at gas stations and running a Television network and I sell the ads. There will be weather, sports, news, traffic and local events mixed in with commercials. We are the only company in St. Louis doing anything like this, and to be in on the startup is real exciting to me. Everyone in the company, including the owner is learning as we go, and to be with a company where my input matters and what I do impacts the company directly is one the main reasons that I took this job. It will be like starting a business from the ground up, but I don’t have to put up the money for it. Since we are the only company in St. Louis right now, we are moving quick, fast and in a hurry to get as many TVs put up. If you are reading this and are interested, please contact me.

The price is actually very very low.



For the next month I will still be with Planet Cash making collection calls and waiting on Herman to close out the deal. I put in my notice with Water Way and I will admit, I was a little nervous telling Gino that I was going to leave. He put his stamp of approval on me for this job and I basically walked into a job that 15 other kids there would have loved to have. I did tell him from day one that I was still looking for a job, but after 6 months of nothing, I assumed that I would not find a job right away. He was real cool about it, and seemed very happy for my new job. I am very appreciative for Gino giving me a part time job. I actually enjoyed working at Water Way for the few days I was there. Being able to walk around and talk to different people was a lot of fun, and I was pretty successful at it. It gave me the extra confidence booster that I needed to land this job at Fill N Thrill. So, thanks Gino!


Over the past 6 months I have had a couple of job offers that I decided to turn down. I was in the unique position to not have to take the first job that was offered just so we could pay the bills. I do feel sorry for the people who have lost their jobs and are desperately searching and hoping that they can stay afloat: I wish them the best of luck! There were times that Emily was frustrated when I would turn down a job because I didn’t feel like it was a good fit. Looking back I am very glad that I was picky. I feel lucky to have found this job; I think it is going to be a great opportunity for me.


So, I have started my new job as you read this. I am training and learning the product as fast as possible. This could really blow up into something huge, or it might just fizzle out in a few months, but based on West County, I think this is just going to explode! I am able to work from home, go in when I want, leave when I want: as long as I am making sales, I can make my own hours: the perfect job for me.
I will keep you posted as the job progresses.

In the mean time: Keep on keeping on….mrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

A couple movie reviews

To start, if you have not voted on the poll to the right, please do so. Thanks!
A couple Movie reviews.
I have never posted movie reviews and nor do I find myself to be an amazing movie critic, but we did watch 3 movies in one week, which is quite a lot for us, so I figured I would pass on our thoughts of the movies.

Marley and Me
I actually did not see this movie; Emily saw it with her Mom and sister. But, Emily did say that it was one of the saddest movies she has seen. She cried real hard at the end, along with her Mom. And not just a few tears, sobbing. Emily says it is worth seeing, just bring Kleenex.

Tropic Thunder
I had heard both positive and negatives about this movie. Some say it was real funny and others hated it, but none-the-less, I have been wanting to see it. The overall movie was pretty funny, not Super Bad or Christmas Vacation funny, but it had some funny scenes. Robert Downey Jr stole the movie from Ben Stiller and Jack Black. He plays a 5 time Oscar winning actor playing a black guy. “I’m a dude playing a dude, dressed up as a dude.” Tom Cruise also has a supporting role and he made the movie. I knew Tom Cruise was in it, so I was looking for him, but he does not look like himself at all. Just for Tom Cruise alone the movie was worth seeing.

Leatherheads
I have been wanting to see this movie for a while. John Krasinki from The Office is in it, along with George Clooney. The movie is set in the 1920’s when pro football started. It was a pretty good movie, not as funny as I was expecting, but well directed and well casted. George Clooney did a real good job. It had the O’ Brother Where Art Thou feel. I would have to say I liked Leatherheads better than Tropic Thunder. Emily did not like Tropic Thunder at all and says that Leatherheads “wasn’t bad.”

I am currently watching Howard the Duck on Hulu.com. (you can watch movies and all the TV shows for free. Check it out)! Can't wait to finish it.

So, there are my movie reviews. Until next time: Keep on Keeping on. mrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr