Almost Done with Flooring - Bathroom Done - Transitions Done

Happy Tuesday!!!

This is going to be a flooring picture-filled post...get ready!!

This amazing board match-up under the door was measured and fitted by my amazing sister!!! She should have been an engineer - she thinks (and measures) just like my Dad!!! She matched these up perfectly!!!!

This is her position for most of the day!! She was chief engineer and she helped me sooo much!!! We got a ton of flooring done!!!  It was like working with a professional!!
 

 This is a view from where we stopped for the day! We worked for an entire day and only had about 20 feet left when we quit. We could not bend over one more time that day! I am SOOO grateful for her help!!!

 After we quit working we hit Eat n Park for our free super burger!!! It was free since the Steelers had a sack in the second quarter of the game on Thursday!!  Everything tastes better when it is free!!!

Later in the weekend, after my sister went home  and my body got a little rest I decided it was time to start tackling those transitions. Transitions are where your flooring meets tile or cabinets, etc. I have watched many videos and I bought the four way molding to make my job as easy as possible as I have heard horror stories about installing these things. 

I bought a concrete drill bit to drill holes to screw the track in and the concrete would not cooperate! So I called Pergo and they said I could attach the track with liquid nails also.

Dad to the rescue! He brought me a tube but said he was not sure how old it was. I cut it open and it was hard as a rock - LOL!

 When I looked at the bottom I saw why! LOL! Expired in 2004! HA!

I loaded up some of the extra boxes of flooring (I bought 84 boxes and only used 45 so far - LOL! I WAY over estimated what I would need) and headed to Home Depot to return them and get a new liquid nails.

 I ended up with this instead....sounded much better! LOL!

 And these...I'll explain later in the post...

 So I got to work on gluing down the transitions...Here is the Pergo to Pergo...

And Pergo to vinyl...

And Pergo to tile...

I also installed all the white molding around the baseboards for the part we had finished and painted any scuffed areas.  A lot was finished!!! Here is a close up of a closet transition.

So, the vinyl shown above...I decided that I should update my bathroom vinyl before I installed the transition to the Pergo so I selected new tile and completed that as a side project! I love how it turned out! 

Before...(the white was very scuffed up)

And after...

It truly was a productive weekend!You will all probably be very happy when I get done and you do not have to hear or see anything else about it! HA!

PS-Update on the dishwasher craziness~I just got a call from the Lowe's installers insurance company today and they are now investigating! UGH!! Again, never use Lowe's for appliance install!  They will damage your home and you will wait FOREVER for them to fix it! The destruction happened on 7/27/18 and we are still waiting to get paid!!! CRAZY!!!

Oh What a Weekend and Liar Liar Pants on Fire!!!

What an eventful weekend!! I had a busy one planned and then it actually became more eventful with a revelation and tire blowout! UGH! Life happens, right?

So, lets get right to it! I was so excited to stay home for a weekend and have my family come into town and then get to chill and spend a little time with my friend that is recovering from a stroke on Sunday.

So......Saturday morning I dressed in my Steelers best and met up with my parents for the game. I left my car at a local mall and we drove to Heinz Field in one car so we would not have to pay for parking for two cars.

We always like to get into town early and get lunch at a local restaurant. We decided to eat at Soho (which I love)!!! It was delish!!! They have a special game day menu that includes all the favorites. We had lamb gyros and tuna melts - everyone's food was soooo good and it was the perfect day to eat on their patio. If you live in Pittsburgh you should give Soho a try!!! Here I am with Mom and Dad!!

After we ate, we walked to the stadium and we made Dad pose in the Antonio Brown cutout - cute, right?!??!

I then made Mom get a game day spirit tattoo on her cheek...do you see a theme here (I made.....). Before the game even started they begged me not to "make them" be in any more pictures - HA HA!

Here is a quick shot of warmups before the game started ...

And this is our view from our seats! It is electric in Heinz Stadium on game day! Even for preseason games I never understand how people would rather watch from their homes on TV because I LOVE to be there with the crowd and players!! SOOOO FUN!!!!!! You can see the tip of my new shoes!!! They are Sketcher's I saw in Costco and they are crazy comfortable. LOVE them!!

We met up with this adorable family at half time! This is my brother and his family.  They used my friend's tickets and my parents and I used my sister's tickets.

Here is the whole gang when they came to visit us at halftime! It was preseason so a lot of people left at halftime so they joined us in some empty seats in front of us. Aunt Sara was the skill behind this group selfie!!! Great job getting everyone in!

I love this picture of my nephew. He LOVES sports!!! Antonio is his favorite player and I swear he was swinging his terrible towel the entire game!! He tried so hard to get onto that jumbotron but it just did not happen!  It is so much to be there with fans that get into it!!! Such fun!

After the game, my brothers family and Mom and Dad were headed back to my parents house for the rest of the weekend. We decided to stop and eat dinner together before they all drove home so my parents took me to get my car at the mall where I left it and we were going to meet my brother at my family's favorite restaurant Eat n Park in Robinson, PA. I got my car and my parents were following me to the restaurant and I blew out a tire!!!! UGH!!! It was crazy and scary but I was able to get off the first exit and my Dad put my donut wheel on my car for me. Thank Goodness they were following me!!! Thank you Dad!!

So my Sunday ended up being spent getting tires for my car at NTB. The tires on the car were the ones that it came with and they were all ready to go (there are 25,000 miles on my car now) so I ended up being safe and replacing them all. I took my friend to breakfast and made an appointment for 1PM to get the tires on. As I was hanging out with him the "selfish him" came back and he was griping about me having to leave and get tires (what?!?! are you kidding me?!??! like I want to go sit and get tires?!??!) and I noticed a cupboard above the refrigerator that was open halfway...it was where he used to hide his weed. When he left the room, I opened it and GUESS WHAT?!?! There was weed and a pipe there!!! I confronted him and he swore up and down that it was from before and it was not his.  The reality is he is such a giant liar it is no longer even sad or pathetic. It is scary how easy it is for him to lie to me looking right into my face!! I feel nothing at this point except disgust in the fact that he had two strokes and he is still smoking weed!! What an idiot...and lying about it on top of that! I flipped out and told him that he is going to definitely have another stroke and he just kept lying and saying it was not his...LOL!!
I am going over today after work to go for a walk with him but I am not even sure how long I can continue to be his friend. This weed crap is getting so old at this point and it is a matter of time until he kills himself so I am getting really close to tapping out of his life again. I am going to pray on what to do but at this point; I may not even have the patience for a friendship with him!!! Thanks so much for letting me vent - UGH!

Here are my pretty new tires though - HA HA!

So that sums up my weekend!! HA!! I love my family and I thank God for them everyday! You can bet I will not be slating any more time in my life to stay home and spend time with my friend. Especially when he is not even trying to help himself!

Any advice?!?!? It is always welcome from you guys!!  How was your weekend? Ever have a tire blow out? Ever have to deal with an addict?

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Hi Yinz all!! 

Happy Monday!!! 

I am going to update you on the weekend backwards - just for fun! HA! 

I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and my siblings all grew up here until college and then one by one they all moved away (including my parents) and left me. I am still here representing in "The Burgh"!! They all still love the city and love to visit so we gather here whenever possible!

Since everyone was in town for the REO Concert on Saturday night (post to come later in the week) we decided to go to a Pirates game on Sunday! It was my brothers idea and I was not all in but I love spending time with my family! HA! I am not really a baseball fan - it is hard for me to follow. My favorites are Hockey and Football but I wont ever pass up family time. I told my nieces I was there for a hotdog, peanuts and them! HA HA!

As soon as we got downtown and parked, my niece and myself needed a restroom - LOL! We took the potty people and ducked into the Renaissance Hotel across from the parking garage. On the way out we decided to get a cute selfie while we waited for the walk signal to change so we could cross the street and catch up with the rest of our peeps. So cute...

 They saw us getting a selfie and decided to get one of their group..not nearly as cute - LOL!!! These are the strong bladder people in our family! HA!

 

As we walked to PNC Park (The Home of the Pittsburgh Pirates) we encountered the Cookie Cruiser!!! My oldest sister is obsessed with Eat n Park restaurant!   She loves their salad bar and cookies and the do not have Eat n Park restaurants in her town in PA. Every time she comes to town we have to eat here. HA! So here is the obligatory pose with the Cookie Cruiser!!!

And just the boys!! They were giving out free smiley cookies from the cruiser!!!  See how cute -the boys and the cookies are - they make them look a pirate for the Pirates games! Super cute!

Close up of the Eat n Park fan! Eat n Park: hear me now: Do yourselves a favor and open a franchise location in Harrisburg...my sister alone will keep it in business! HA HA HA

We decided to each lunch on the way to the game so we stopped at McFadden's - we go here a lot on Steelers game days! On days when the Steelers play, it is  packed with fans in their black and gold...not so much on Pirates game days but the food is great!  Picture of the whole crew waiting on food!!!

Finally we made it to the game!!! This is my niece and myself in the stands...

 And some of the crew during the game!!!

 

Toward the end of the game...my niece and myself moved up to the very top row of the stadium. It was so breezy and cool up there and EMPTY!! We had a little foot rest too! So we spent the rest of the game up there! LOL!!! So comfy away from the crowds~~

It was such a great weekend!! Cram packed with family and fun! I love these people to pieces and cherish all the time we spend together! We have little spats and annoyances with each other but we get over it and move on - we are truly family and I could not have picked a better group of people to have in my life FOREVER and ALWAYS!! PS - We lost the game 1 to 0 in favor of the NY Mets.

I hope you all had an amazing weekend filled with you forever people!! I am looking forward to going to bed early tonight! LOL! Thanks all for stopping by and for caring enough to read my babbling!

Do you schedule extended family time? Are you close with siblings or nieces and nephews? Do you like baseball? What did you do this weekend?