Faucet that!

I’ve changed the vanity light and the faucet in the guest bathroom, vanity light in the half bathroom, and painted the pantry.

Throughout all those projects I did not have a light since I was either working on the light, under the cabinet, or in a room (pantry) where there was no light. I had to borrow Paul’s Joby GorillaTorch which you can see in the following photos.

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Guest Vanity Light

Guest Vanity Faucet

Half Bath Vanity Light

Pantry

After waiting and waiting and waiting, we finally broke down and purchased the Joby GorillaTorch Switchback Light/Lamp

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So, here I am with my new Joby GorillaTorch Switchback Light/Lamp. So, so, soooo excited that I get to use it.

Can you tell I’m smiling? I am SUPER smiling because I’m so excited to be using my new light. =)

First things first. Let’s start with some before pictures.

Faucet before.

Under the sink before.

I thought that I could use the faucet connectors that I had purchased for the master bathroom. But when I brought them down I realized that they were too short. So I took a trip to Home Depot to get the right length and then got started.

One thing I learned from installing the guest bath faucet that I should have some plastic placed underneath the sink for all the gunk that will be coming out. Remember this? Blech!

Which is why you (hopefully) can see plastic at the bottom of this picture. After I removed the faucet and old pipes, I installed the new threaded connectors which you can see here. Also shown in this picture is the removed u-shape drain. I had some trouble removing it so my DH helped me.

I removed the drain and then felt like puking again because of all the nastiness that came off with it.

Do I know how to gross you out or what?!?! Haha.

Here is underneath the sink after.

The faucet after.

Do you like the new color? It matches all the accessories that replaced the ugly chrome/builders grade stuff.

And now for some close-ups.

That’s that. Now all I have left are the two in the master bathroom.

Until then….

Happy Monday and thanks for reading!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

Holding hands.

A weekend favorite.

We watch tv, play on the computer, and just sit together. Holding hands.

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Instafriday

Linking up my weekly cell phone photos!

I got this adorable hat from GroopDealz and the petal pusher from The Pleated Poppy.  My first time wearing it and I’m in love!!

Had a lunch date and then a meeting with my favorite guy.  Love.  <3

Went to the eye doctor and saw these Roxy glasses.  I ended up going with a pair from Sam’s Club that have Transitions lenses.

While at the Drs office I saw this Highlights magazine and it reminded me of when I used to get them in the mail.  And, yes!, I did look for all the hidden pictures and I did find them all!!!   It must be the kid in me!!!  =)

If your car is broke down, don’t fret!!  Just take the tractor!!

Lunch of champions!!  Miss Vickie’s Jalapeno chips and chicken noodle soup.  mmmm…

I accidentally cut my thumb and got this band aid from the first aid kit.  It was strange that the band aid was blue but it worked out great for my weekly photo challenge which you can see here.

The rain had been overflowing in our gutters.  We tried to clean them out but it still was overflowing.  So we took down this one and replaced it with a new one.  This picture helped me know what pieces I needed at Home Depot.

My new favorite breakfast food.  Chobani greek yogurt and Honey Bunches of Oats Just Bunches.  mmm….!!!

Saw these whale studs at a store in the mall.  They’re so cute!!  I really want to get them but I decided to hold off for now.

Isn’t this camera so cute?!?!!?!  I just love it!  Since I didn’t want to spend the money this picture will just have to do.

I had some Key Spouse training Thursday night.  It’s the beginning of a new…life.  Haha.

Other things going on this week:
We stayed in and watched the third season and part of the fourth season of Chuck. That’s about it. We’re pretty boring here. =)

Hope your week was great. Happy Friday!!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue

Band aid.

This morning while chopping up some lettuce I accidentally cut my thumb.  I cleaned it up and went to get a band aid.  It was so strange that they were all blue.

But it actually worked out perfectly since this weeks challenge is Blue.  I was thinking of taking a picture of the sky or my car or a dasani water bottle but thought the blue band aid was more unique.

Hope you’re all having a great start of a new week!

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Faucet this!

I had purchased this faucet sometime in November 2011, hoping that I could get my bro-D to help me install it when he was here for Christmas. Unfortunately, our time together went by so fast that I didn’t get a chance to ask him for his assistance. The box sat in the cabinent until mid-March when I decided that enough time had passed and I should get on with it myself.

Home Depot was offering a class on installing bathroom faucets which I attended and was the only student. It was great! I got to ask all the questions I had without feeling stupid. Even though I went to the class and learned all that I could, I still was a bit hesitant and put it off for a few weeks.

I even gave you a sneek peek in an instafriday the week that I went to Home Depot for the lesson.  But as I said, I decided I should just get on with it.

Here’s what I started out with. Builders grade bathroom faucet. Yuck!

Drain.

Faucet connector and bolts.

I un-bolted the connector and bolts to remove the faucet. It was a little gross underneath the faucet so I cleaned it up and this is what I was left with.

And a close-up because that’s how I do it.

Then I started on removing the drain. OH, BOY! This was hard!

And GROSS! Double, even TRIPLE GROSS!!

It took a little while for me to get the drain off but when I did, I felt like a champ! And then I felt like puking because of all the grody stuff that came out with it.

And…another close-up fo ya!

I cleaned the drain hole up and then got started on putting everything back together.

(Sometime between removing the old drain body and installing the flange, I installed the new faucet and faucet connectors. And I forgot to take pictures of it so you’ll have to just wait to see the finished photos.)

Here is the new flange prepped with some DAP.

I got the flange in place and then started installing the drain body.

After the drain body came the stopper and the ball rod.

Here is a picture of the whole portion underneath the sink completely installed.

And another point of view, which also shows the connector and bolts to the faucet.

The new faucet in all its glory!!

And, of course, another close-up. =)

That’s it! We checked for leaks and found none.

Now all I have to do is install the two in our bathroom and the one in the downstairs bathroom.

And when I do, I’ll be sharing that experience with you.