New light fixture

This is a lot of rambling... things I want to remember about this new adventure in our lives! So if you just want to skip the reading and look at the picture that's perfectly fine. :)

We got a new light fixture for my bathroom yesterday. And just like the wallpaper project, Steven ran into some problems. [Sure signs of how torturous -yet rewarding- this home makeover's going to be.] He took the old one down and the hole was off-centered! So he had to remove a tile from the wall, [the bathroom has tiled baseboards] and cut it in half, so he could then move the vanity over so the light would be centered. So weird that it wasn't!

Then came the difficult part. The box that's inside the wall, that you mount the fixtrue on, is obviously old- its circle shaped and the newer ones are square. So it took him awhile to get it all figured out, he finally did and the screws were too long because of the mounting unit being different. So he had to cut them. What should've been a simple project ended up being over an hour long ordeal. Sheesh!

I want to either get a framed mirror or somehow frame this one. The edges on this one are slanted, so I don't know if I can frame it. We can't move the fixture up but the mirror needs to be lowered so the light's not reflecting directly off of it. I'm also switching everything to bronze and Steven and his Dad are going to texture the wall so all the patches will be covered. So much to be done!

My head's been spinning! We've been at Lowe's sooo much lately. We bought a new garbage disposal yesterday- its so strange how I get so happy over things like that! We've been having problems with the one we have right now for so dang long! But I can't use it yet, pointless for Steven to install it now since we're going to be replacing the sink anyway. And we found the place that carries the backdoor I've been wanting! Just need to take the measurments in so they can order it. Yaaay!

We already discovered a problem with the flooring. Steven's dad extended the kitchen years ago, where the original kitchen ends, the floor goes up like 3/4 an inch- its not perfectly even. With tile its not an issue but with the flooring we want it is because it snaps into place. We knew we'd have to level the kitchen out, but what we didn't think about was where the kitchen and living room meet- now the that entry way is going to slope up and be uneven just like it is in the kitchen. So we're going to have to have some sort of step down/slope down- which sucks.  New carpet's an option- we both love carpet, it gives it such a homey feel but its soo gross at the same time. It stinks its not going to be perfectly, evenly flat. This is turning out to be way harder than I thought! So many decisions to make. Its fun and stressful at the same time. But I'm so happy to be in this position. :)