It's the Simple Things

It's a tough job but someone has to do it....

 A must-have for any bathroom remodel...an easy-to-load toilet paper holder. This was my hubby's contribution, it is the only thing he really wanted in our "new" bathroom. I finally found one at K-Mart.

 Amazingly easy...simple enough for the whole family to use.

....the upstairs bathroom...need I say more?

Bathroom Remodel

A while back I mentioned to James that I would like to do something to the downstairs bathroom.  Every time I was in there I would see something that would make me gag, okay not physically but it would speak to me and it was saying "people see this every single time they use this room and it's really gross".  It was mostly some water damage and old porcelain tile that I didn't like.  This led to one thing after another, if I change this then I need to change this, etc, etc.  Several months ago I started buying this here and there, if this was really going to happen there was no way I could afford it all at once, so every once in a while I would pick something up and store it somewhere until I could talk my hubby into "getting to it".  A few long months later and here it is!  The before and after...and one in the process! ha!

Down to the studs!

 Cameron said he liked the light house motif better, he didn't actually use the word motif...

 Christian got a kick out of a cross being directly above the toilet....didn't think about that but it probably needs to be there because some very unholy things go on in here.

 Crown molding makes everything look better :)

 Notice there are pictures (bath pics of my baby boys) those may return, muahaha!

I am so proud of my husband and all his hard work.  What a blessing he is, he came up with that mirror trim all by himself.

Fore!!!

Look out!  It's Golf Season!

My two handsome sons had their first golf tournament/meet yesterday.  This is Cameron's first year playing (since he's a Freshman) but he started playing a couple years ago.  He got to play Varsity yesterday, very exciting.  The tournament ended early due to rain but they got in 6 or 7 holes.

Christian has been playing since his Freshman year, he got to compete yesterday against one of the best players in the state for a 1A school.  It was in the Sedalia Democrat this morning.

Christian loves....really loves...golf.  Even though the scores didn't count today, it's the start to a new season and hopefully many wins by the Hoagland boys.

Another Driver in the House!?!

Cameron got his permit and we are now on the road!  Notice he is driving on our gravel road, he is not quite ready for the highway.  He is much more timid than Christian was but he will get there.  I don't know if I have mentioned this before but I am the parent that has to teach these kids how to drive.  Is it my amazing skills?  My nerves of steel?  My patience?  Nope, James will throw up.  He does okay on the gravel roads but that is the limit.  But I'm okay with it, I will have him drive back and forth to school, once he is comfortable driving the backroads.  I will gasp, slam on the imaginary brake, hold on to the handle above the door, and let out the ocassional squeal.  They should not be offended by this because I do this with the seasoned driver as well...just ask our van drivers on our New Orleans mission trip, Steve and Joni, their new catch phrase for me was "We're gonna die!"

I'm looking forward to Cameron getting his driver's license in October, but are you???

52 Books.....seriously???

If you recall, last year I "attempted" okay, I said I was going to attempt to read 52 books, or some books.  I really do love to read, I just don't have time!  I sit here now trying to remember what books I read in 2011....hmmmm...I know at the beginning of the year I read a sweet little fiction book, can't remember the title though.  I read the beginning of several books.  I did read "The Help", loved that one!  The movie was very disappointing...maybe if I would've watched it first but I don't think it was even worth watching....so sad, I know the book is always better but this one did not even compare to how great the book was.  Okay, I'll get over that now.  I read one short story around Christmas time, pitiful.  Well, let's just move on then.  2012, so far I have a few sitting by my bedside.  I am currently leading a book study so I had better read that one for sure, it's by Dr. Kevin Leman "Have a New Teenager by Friday" and it is good.  I started "Heaven is for Real" and "The List" by one of my favorite fiction authors, Robert Whitlow, I'm sure I will have to start that one over because it's been quite a while.  And then I'm going to read "Not a Fan" by Kyle Idleman, it was given to me to read so I'm agonna.  If I finish those, that's 4 whole books, lol, pitiful.