A little background: my original iPhone (the one that I bought at my last renewal in December 2011) has been without a cover since March. I've been meaning to scour Amazon for an Otterbox (??sp??) and just haven't gotten around to it. I think we all know that an iPhone without a cover is an accident waiting to happen. So, last Thursday while getting Aaron out of his car seat, I lay my phone on the trunk and BAM- it hits the pavement. Aaron runs over to pick it up and all I hear is "uh-oh, Mommy." Screen shattered. I mean shattered so bad the fiberglass is coming out in pieces. Plus, I quickly realize that the sound has been lost when I can't hear Adam on my emergency freak-out call. Luckily, my sweet mom had just gotten her iPhone 5 and was able to pass on her old iPhone 4 which (of course) was in mint condition because she actually takes care of her things (unlike me). Last weekend I popped over to Verizon, got them to transfer my number and contacts to her old phone and was set. Easy peasy. Cut to this morning when I'm in the tub shaving my legs, my text message notification dings, I pick it up, and PLOP- phone's in the tub with me. Seriously?!? I jump out of the tub as fast as I can (I literally thought I was about to be electrocuted), and run my pregnant a$$ into the kitchen, stick my phone into a plastic bowl, and pour a whole box of rice over the phone. Freaking out. After observation I see the phone's still working, however; the sound is not (shocker). After trying a few tricks (i.e. googling "my phone fell in water and I can't hear a damn thing!") like twisting a q-tip around in the headphone jack, etc. phone still was not working. Grrrrr! Aaron Mo and I ended up driving up to the Apple store where they informed me there was nothing they could do: I could either wait it out and see if the sound would come back, or they would trade in an exact model for $160. I chose the latter. I called Adam when I left and all he said was "order an Otterbox (??sp??) now!!" Some days I feel so bad for Adam that he got me; today is one of those days.
In other news, we (as you know), are in major house-hunting mode. We still haven't found anything we're in love with yet, and we are not going to settle for less. Really, really hoping the right house with the right price will pop up sooner than later, but in the meantime I can't stress about it. With all of that being said, we've decided to put a little money into our house to make it more updated. We definitely can't afford to spend an arm and leg to remodel the whole house, but we feel there are some tweaks we can make without breaking the budget. Our first project will be our kitchen floor (hopefully). We've had this beige linoleum since we bought the house in 2006 and I've despised it since the moment we've moved in. We're thinking we want to tile the floor provided it falls within our budget. Our kitchen is relatively small, so while it won't be cheap, I don't think it'll be horribly expensive either. Adam's going to measure the kitchen, write an estimate, and we'll go from there. The other "tweaks" on my list include:
- Re-tile bathroom floor in master bathroom (again-super small bathroom so I don't think it'll put us in the hole).
- I'd like to put in a new bathroom vanity in the master bathroom, too. I'm sure this probably would be the last thing we do.
- Instead of installing new kitchen cabinets (would love to do this but that would most definitely be out of the budget) we're probably just going to put new hardware on. Our cabinets are already white and I think going any darker would make our kitchen look smaller.
- Another thing I would love to do but is not cost effective is new interior doors. Hence, new door knobs! Less expensive and I heard new doorknobs can do a lot for interior doors. Have to check the pricing on that.
Have a good day!
~LL
Hi love! Sorry to hear about your iPhone situation (s) although I can relate :) As far as HD or Lowes, both have different prices on everything - like, the same exact item can be a lower price at HD, but then something else would be cheaper at Lowes. That doesn't help much, I'm sure, but just shop around....as you know, Z loves DIY projects so he's constantly looking at both places! We also love Floor & Decor for tile - it's close by so ya'll could pop by and say hello to us :) Good luck and take pics! :)
ReplyDeleteHey boo!! Makes sense. Aaron & I went to Lowe's this afternoon and I'll prolly head to HD tomorrow to compare prices. I'm excited about your DIY project(s)! Wish we lived closer so Z could help Adam and we could sit around sipping mocktails. ;) Def need to check out this Floor & Decor place. Thanks, love!!
DeleteJessica beat me to it, but we bought our tile at Floor & Decor in Morrow (across from Southlake)! Sometimes Lowes and HD have different sales so we did actually get our bathroom tile at Lowes on special, but Floor & Decor has awesome stuff at great prices! And in redoing our house, doorknobs made a huge difference on interior doors so you should be happy about that! Good luck!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jess! I think we're going to have to make a morning out of it & head up there. This place sounds awesome! And I'm so glad the doorknobs made a difference- we need a new look for those old doors. Sometimes the simplest things end up being big changes
DeleteGood to hear from you! I hope wedding planning is going smoothly! :)
you better get pinteresting! tons of great cheap home reno ideas! see if y'all can steal paw-paw away from his regular activities to check out the floors and all, you know he does everything known to man! lol! hardware on cabinets is easy peasy and a super quick update! think about lighting, too.. that's usually a selling point to have updated fixtures!
ReplyDeleteGurrl....I have been. That's where this new house updating obsession began- lol! Yes, PawPaw would be great- might have to offer him food & lots of it! ;) And thanks for the fixtures idea- hadn't thought about that one...
DeleteAlso, I have not forgotten to write you back. Been waiting for a time where I don't have a 3 year old demanding my attention. I promise I will! Miss you!
You and your iPhone sound like me and mine. A new iPhone 4 is only $160 switched out by Apple? That's cheaper than my insurance to get a refurb. I'm going to check on that because mine is BUSTED so bad (although, mine hasn't been through quite the trauma yours has). We are so on a huge home improvement kick. They have so much cool tile out there now - I love the stuff that looks like wood. Have fun with all of that!
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