"Kyle and TracEY"

We geared up last week for our big premiere.  All of our friends, family and coworkers were tuning in or setting their TiVo's, and with Paisley on my lap (not kidding, our 50-lb baby thinks she's a lap dog) we hunkered down with our phones and Facebook pages to watch our big debut and connect with friends during the episode.

I have the say, it was a surreal experience watching ourselves on television!  We felt pretty important for 30 minutes of our lives as our phones were "buzzing" off the hook with text messages and phone calls and our Facebook pages were bombarded with comments.  If you know me, you know I never mind being the center of attention, so I was in heaven.

That's when "KYLE AND TRACEY" flashed on the screen, and I came down from my cloud.  My one and only 15 minutes of fame and you spell my name wrong?!?!?  Really?!?!  Or should I say, Holy Hell?!?! Most of the world would not have noticed or cared if it said "Jack and Jill" on the screen but knowing how much this experience took over our lives for the past 6 months (and how many friends and family were watching) it was a little disappointing.  While they didn't show the clip of my sister-in-law and I doing push-ups on the icey driveway to stay warm, our friend Scott shattering the shower door on the ground next to the dumpster or our own little Paisley cocking her head while looking at the new tub; overall, we made a solid showing.  Just too many great moments to cram them all in!

For those that didn't get to see the episode, here are a few before and after shots that should help portray our bathroom transformation.

This last picture shows the new color that we painted the bathroom after the cameras stopped rolling. :) It's a more neutral taupe that "quiets" the room and makes it a bit more cozy.  Given that we had little influence on how the bathroom turned out, there are a couple tweaks we plan to make (the paint color being the most urgent to eliminate the neon sea foam green) but all in all, it was a really nice upgrade and a total blast of an experience.

There will be a few repeats of the episode on the DIY Network, and if you are a Comcast customer, I think you can log into your account online and watch the episode.  We are also getting a DVD of the show someday and will do our best to copy or share that as we're able.

Thanks again for everyone that tuned in and shared the experience with us.  HUGE thanks to Emily, Cody, Scott, Gary, Adrian, Josh and Christine who lent a hand during the demolition of our old bathroom and also grabbed a few minutes of air time.  We couldn't have done it without you guys.

We have appointments at a photography studio to get our head shots next week and for $5 plus shipping and handling, we are offering autographed pictures to anyone interested.  :)

Our Premiere

Our big day has been set ...

on Monday, May 7th at 9:30pm Central on DIY Network

Kyle and I will be the stars of Bath Crashers - Rustic Renovation with a Modern Twist. 

Tune in, set your DVR's, tell your friends! 

It'll be interesting to see which moments they choose to put together the 30 minute episode.  Fingers crossed that little Paisley makes the cut and that the camera doesn't really add 10 pounds.

Winter Wonderdog

Leap Day, 2012 ... Our first (and probably last) snow storm in Minneapolis during the current winter season.  We got between 8-10 inches in our neighborhood - enough to delay our work day. 

The locals have been split ... some are happy that we've had a warm winter, less long commutes, fewer hours spent shoveling/snow blowing, easier to get around - others have been seriously bummed by the lack of cold and snow, short ice fishing season, little to no chances for snow mobiling, and countless cancelled winter festivals.  Kyle and I have been somewhere in the middle - really glad the roads have been good (especially since I have a 25 mile commute in my Camry) but we had a trip planned up north for me to try snow mobiling for the first time that we had to cancel.  Either way, not complaining.

There is one person in our family who has really been missing the snow.  Well, since she's so good at enjoying the little things, she hasn't really pined for it (distracted by extra walks and ice cubes from the freezer) but boy did our little Paisley embrace last week's snow storm.  Judging by the pictures we captured, she was definitely on cloud nine.

If it makes our baby this happy ... we'll deal with snow storms all season long.  :)