On Friday night, Adam went ice fishing after work. He caught some fish, but has decided that lake is a bust for how far away it is (down by Prior Lake). Puppy and I just relaxed together until he got home around 9.
On Saturday morning, we were rudely awakened by my alarm. I had set it for 8:15 because Brewer's tickets went on sale at 9 am. After sitting at the computer and constantly refreshing for 20 minutes, the virtual waiting room was open at 8:41. I got in to buy tickets right away when they went on sale at 9 am. Woohoo! We're going to two games of Brewers vs. Twins in Milwaukee. I'm excited.
As soon as I was done buying those tickets, it was time to stalk the Twins website. Luckily, I had picked up a few games earlier in the week in the pre-sale. We'll be taking my sister to a game on my birthday in July. I also got tickets for a game in April. But I wanted to get some tickets for sitting in the Grandstand. It's probably one of my favorite sections for some reason. I don't think I could ever be a season ticket holder because I would get sick of always sitting in the same seats. I like the different angles and views from around the ballpark.
ANYWAY, the virtual waiting room opened at 9:41. I was the first stick man in line at 9 am in Firefox and third in line in IE (Yes, I had 2 browsers open just in case. Yes, Adam made fun of me for it). I finally got in at 9:40 in Firefox only to have it error out on me when I want to purchase the tickets, and no, the time had not run out. When I went back in to the calendar, it said I had already completed my transaction or there had been an error and I couldn't get any more tickets. It was ridiculous. I was kind of mad, but glad I had left IE open. Five or so minutes later I got in via the IE so I was fine. We didn't get the best Grandstand seats (ie not 1st or 2nd row as I had hoped), but they're not bad. We're seeing the Phillie's in June during the week - Adam's choice.
So once all that baseball ticket buying fun was over, we started on the grout. Which wasn't too bad really (more details below).
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| Left side has grout, right side does not |
Then, we met my friends at the bowling alley. Oh, how I suck at bowling. It was embarrassing. I don't think I've ever been that bad. So so many gutter balls. It was ugly. And humiliating. I'd be happy to never bowl again. But we still had fun, and that's all that really mattered.
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| Adam has good bowling form. I do not. |
Since it wasn't even 10 yet, we all went to The Groveland Tap next. Lucky for us, it was happy hour. Adam enjoyed a few beers and I enjoyed a few deep fried pickle spears. Delicious!
On Sunday, I planned to work on removing the grout haze on the tile, but I had a headache and just didn't feel up to it. Instead, we relaxed, watched a movie, and I read a bunch of my latest read - Fall of Giants.
And of course, here's the full kitchen update.
Day 27 (Thurs)
1. Pick up tile end piece at HD (Adam)
2. Make some special cuts (Adam)
3. Back butter and put up the last tiles
4. Rejoice because all the tiles are up!
Day 28 (Fri)
1. Stop at Ikea "quick" to pick up a bar and hook to hang utensils
2. Get increasingly frustrated because Ikea is also renovating and nothing is where it normally is or where the signs say it will be
3. Finally find it upstairs in the showroom
Day 29 (Saturday)
1. Clear counters & put down the special construction paper so as not to get the counters dirty
2. Watch a few YouTube videos to refresh how to grout
3. Wipe down the tiles with a sponge to clean
4. Grout (Adam's lucky job)
5. Wipe off grout on tiles with sponge
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| Chester was especially curious of our bucket of water |
Day 30 (Sunday)
1. Plan to work on removing grout haze, but skip because of bad headache
2. Waterlox the sink hole more (silicone was drying when I finished the counters so I couldn't then)
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