Pipe cleaners…

So I attended a Sexual Assault Advocacy Course this week at KCSDV in Topeka.  It was very informative, and makes me realize how much I enjoy working with sexual assault survivors.  However, they give people things to do while listening to speakers to entertain themselves, because regardless of how interesting people are, it’s hard to sit for 4 days straight and listen to presenters.  Some of the things to do were: plastic slinkies, play dough, and pipe cleaners.  I got a little carried away with the pipe cleaners, and this is what I created:

Yeah, it’s a playground.  It all started with the tricycle, I was inspired by the red and white pipe cleaners, and it all went down hill from there.

So here’s by tricycle close up, with my sandbox turtle beside it:

Here’s my tricycle and wagon, the monkey bars are in the back.

My sandbox close up:

B-ball court:

This is my least favorite, was supposed to be like a tornado slide, or tunnel slide, but kinda turned out poorly:

Teatherball, actually functional.

Swing set with slide.

Monkey bars (I actually think this one is my favorite.  Simple, but effective.)

Teeter-totter.  Actually teeters.  And totters for that matter.

Merry-go-round.  Does spin, but not well.

And that’s what I did for 4 days while listening.  Little carried away, but it was fun.  I gave them to the immigration attorney that works for KCSDV to give to her daughter to play with.  I didn’t want them to go to waste.

I’m back…

It’s been awhile, but I wanted to show off the downstairs bathroom project. 

Here’s it on Thursday with the nasty carpet that was in there when we moved in 2 years ago…

 

Then Cody ripped up the carpet and there was nasty green tile underneath it…notice there is no tile near the toilet…

And a close up of the tile…

Then Cody and Andy installed nice ceramic tile Friday evening, and grouted it this morning, and voila!  Pretty bathroom floor…

This was the neatest cut Andy made, I was very impressed with this cut.  It had 6 cuts to fit perfectly around the door frame.

The grout is still drying, so that’s why it’s uneven in color, it’ll be the lighter color when it dries completely,but it looks 110% better.