This Moment Is Your Life!

It's been 25 days of renovations going on at our place. We're Rona's #1 customer for the past month. All the employees at the Welland location know us.  The Manager, Jesse told us the other night, that he's bought a new car with all the money we've spent (LOL). We even got a friends and family 15% discount, wahoo! When we're done the reno's, we're having a Rona party (Brian's calling it My Ra Rona - sing to the tune of My Sha Rona). 

Now let me tell you, with all the different plumbing, electrical, drywall, roofing and flooring jobs going on, it's hard for one to be happy! We're sharing one bathroom, we're all pretty cranky. We work all day, we come home work all night. But I keep reminding myself, it'll all be nice when it's done! Looking forward to this day!

Looking forward also to having our normal lives back. In the meantime, we're still doing MonaVie, sharing the berries and the opportunity of better health and wealth with everyone we meet. One of the guys at Rona is drinking right now actually. Told him if he likes it and sees the value in the product, we can show him how to drink for FREE!

My husband hasn't stopped doing his church Minister work either. We're putting in the full 160 hours of work in the week, leaves very little time for sleeping. Now on top of this we've still got to cook and clean and do laundry even with the dust everywhere. My father-in-law is the handiest handyman there is. He's done all our plumbing and all our electrical. He's moved the hot water tank and made our laundry room bigger. The bathroom downstairs is turning out to be the cadillac of bathrooms. Brian's really looking forward to this.

The other night, our handyman Cyril said he is so looking forward to his January Sandals vacation. I told him I was just as excited as him about it because I knew that means he will be done and complete here. We'll have our house back and life will be good.  Life is good actually, just a little tiring right now. The offer still stands friends, come on over, check it out, leave your shoes on, grab a beer and a paint brush!

What A Mess!

Oh my what a mess, I'm pulling my hair out. It's day 2 and 3 of the renovations. Everyone who knows me, knows I can't stand a mess, dust, dirt & drywall everywhere. I swear I can see it in the air, feel it in my throat and smell it. But they keep telling me "think of what it's gonna look like when it's done".  I can't wait. Looking forward to Molly Maid coming to clean when it's all done!

We've got the sunroom windows in, they're beautiful. I spent the weekend ripping up carpets and tiles, we're now down to concrete everywhere. We went to Rona tonight, picked up all the plumbing and the electrical.  Brian's dad, the handyman, the plumber and the electrician, wonderful man that he is worked his tail off today. The bathroom is destroyed.  He ripped out walls and left the toilet in (remember we got a new one a month ago). It's pretty funny, you can go to the bathroom, there is no door to shut and you have to go wash your hands in the kitchen.

Here's some "during" pictures .... don't mind the mess!

I talked to Dave the painter, he's the best, he's done work for us before. He does a great job and cleans up his mess. He's coming by on Sunday to see what needs to be painted, I told him we've got a week's worth of work, if he wants it. He's pretty excited about that.

Tonight, we took the old tub out and put it on the front lawn. We were going to throw it in the dumpster but Brian told his dad, you know someone might take it, they always do when you leave stuff out front.  Let's see if it's gone tomorrow, our ugly 40 year old tub. Yuck!

Time for a cold one and an hour on the couch ... or should we go in the hottub. Yeah better idea, relax those muscles. Good night friends!

The Day I've Dreaded For So Long!

Now that's an understatement because at the same time as the day I've been dreading for a long time, today is also the day that I've been so excited for and waiting for it to arrive. Construction started this morning ..... yep, it's time for the house renovations! Been looking forward to it for a few weeks now since we got to buy all new stuff, two bathroom makeovers and a complete sunroom makeover (gonna be a 4 season sunroom finally). On the other hand, our family knew this day would come, that it's gonna be a mess, that we're going to have major clean-up and clutter everywhere, that we're going to have to share 1 bathroom. Oh my, how are we going to do it with a teenager LOL

The past three weeks have been really fun shopping with my husband, picking out our new bathrooms. We were at Rona one Saturday and spent over 5-6 hours there, I want this, I want that. Only to find out it didn't come in the sizes we needed or the door to the bathroom was not wide enough to fit it in. Choosing vanity, shower, flooring, taps, lights and so much more. As any woman can attest to, let your man go crazy in Rona and you've got one happy husband.

Picking out the paint colours though for each room, is like pulling teeth. Ouch that really hurt, no one can agree on what we want. We've decided since we're doing these reno's, may as well have the whole inside of the house painted, make it all fresh and pretty.  Here we go back to the paint store for more swatches. I think I'll go alone, pick out what mom wants and everyone will just have to live with it (smile)!

I told my husband though once the whole project is done and the house needs cleaning, I want a Molly Maid (it's actually Aunt Jean - she's our cleaner) and he agreed. So needless to say, tonight I can handle the mess a little easier knowing what the end result is going to be.

Now for the ugly part, pictures below....going to be doing some "before" and "after" shots, don't mind the mess.

While I was at work today, my husband (works from home) sent me a text "honey, your contractor is here, the house is a mess" with a smile. A few hours later, when Rona delivered everything, I got another text "honey, your bathrooms are here, your house is getting messier" and smiled again. As I was driving home from work, I couldn't help but wonder what am I going to walk into when I get home.  It wasn't as bad as I expected, I must say. We have boxes everywhere, there will be no dinner at the dining room table for at least a week, it's gonna be grab a seat wherever you can.

Bathroom colours - I like the orange family ... Brian likes the purple. What do you think, what shall it be?

Now to my friends and family, if you come to visit, the rule is "keep your shoes on" ... no cleaning going on here until it's done. Pick up a hammer ... I have cold beer!

Learn More About Us!

So proud of my husband, creating our website for financial freedom so that we can share it with our friends and family. We are living A More Meaningful Life and you can too.

To learn more about us, click on the link.
http://www.explorefreedom.com/morethanjuice/

There is something better out there! We say NO thanks to this type of pyramid scheme. We know that if you really want something bad enough, it is out there and we can make it happen, we are working on it right now. You can too - WE promise! One of my favourite quotes "If it is to be ... it's up to Me!"

Brian even created a You Tube account (of course named MoreThanJuice). Think about it for a minute ... what is MonaVie? ... it is MoreThanJuice.  I love the name, I love the website and I love him!
http://www.youtube.com/user/MoreThanJuice

Once again, to learn more about us and see Brian's website, click the link below and watch the videos. It will be worth it!!
http://www.explorefreedom.com/morethanjuice/

I Am MonaVie - Testimonial

Click on the picture of us to make it appear full screen and then you'll be able to read our recent testimonial that appeared on the MonaVie website.  Exciting!!!

 We Are Living A More Meaningful Life!