**Designing the Perfect Bathroom**

One of the key decisions that needs to be made when renovating a bathroom is the type and size of tile to use. In this case, the homeowner and their partner, Ryan, are considering three options: smaller marble tiles, medium-sized marble tiles, and large marble tiles. The homeowner has ruled out the larger tiles due to a slight "baiji tone" that doesn't appeal to them.

The homeowner is leaning towards the smaller size of tile, while Ryan prefers the larger ones. This difference in opinion highlights the importance of considering individual preferences when making design decisions. In this case, the homeowner's preference for a smaller tile may be influenced by their desire for a more intimate and cozy feel in the bathroom, while Ryan's preference for a larger tile may be driven by his desire for a statement piece that makes a bold impact.

**Dealing with a Partner**

The conversation between the homeowner and Ryan highlights the challenges of working with a partner when it comes to design decisions. The homeowner notes that they often have to negotiate with Ryan in order to get him to consider their opinions and preferences. This process can be time-consuming and frustrating, but ultimately leads to a more collaborative and effective decision-making process.

The homeowner also shares a tip for dealing with their partner: using the book "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" by John Gray. The book provides insights into the differences between men and women's communication styles and behaviors, which can help partners better understand each other's needs and preferences. By reading the book together, Ryan is able to appreciate his wife's perspective and respond in a more empathetic way.

**A Quick Beauty Hack**

In addition to discussing design decisions and relationship challenges, the homeowner also shares a quick beauty hack with their audience. She reveals that she uses false eyelashes but finds it uncomfortable to wear the full strip. To solve this problem, she cuts off the front and end of the lash band to create a shorter, more comfortable option.

The homeowner explains that this hack allows her to still achieve the look of longer lashes without feeling self-conscious about wearing the full strip. She encourages her audience to try it out and experiment with different lengths and styles to find what works best for them.

**Grilling Sunday**

The article concludes with a mention of the upcoming Grilling Sunday, where the homeowner and Ryan will be firing up the grill and cooking up some delicious dishes. The homeowner reveals that they have planned a variety of options, including grilled chicken, shrimp, lobster tail, and stuffed peppers. They also share a photo of the lunch spread, which includes a selection of tasty dishes that are sure to please.

As they sit down to enjoy their meal together, the homeowner reflects on the importance of spending quality time with loved ones. She notes that Sundays are a special day for them, where they can relax and recharge after a busy week. The article ends with a promise to share another video on Sunday, which promises to be an exciting one.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello guys I am finally back with another weekly vlog it has been over a month since I posted one and that is because my camera was out of commission but it's back we're back better than ever I had so much talk to Chris about so and this week's project is going to be the patio we're doing a little makeover out there because it's the end of the summer now is the time to think about outdoor furniture grills stuff like that because everything goes on sale and everything that I'm showing you we got for 40% off so the rug the dining set everything was on crazy sale okay so this is our current situation we have in the backyard so our patio area so what we have going on this set we got from Home Depot a couple years ago it was at our old apartment we brought it here we really like it it's comfortable the issue we have is that we decided we want a dining table with chairs because we've been grilling almost every Sunday with friends and family so we want to set up where we can eat outside play board games all that stuff so that arrived today and we are going to build it tomorrow so stay tuned a new patio set is in progress we have the rug the new rug moment of truth okay I'm liking the rug we're liking the rug here is the set coming together work in progress the man of the hour Quentin putting it all together couldn't do any of this without him the Vassar ladies know how to do online research doesn't my mom look so pretty today I want to do the challenge called transforming my mom into me give you my signature look here it is the big reveal our new patio area I love how it turned out this is an 8 by 10 rug I want to say this from overstock I will link to everything I can down below but really love the rug and this set is from Amazon because of course it is but the reason we picked out this set is I wanted something that we can sit at eat at play games but it would still be comfortable so these are the nice cushy comfortable seats but you still get your table here so it's the best of both worlds in my opinion and then over here is Ryan's new grill which has since gone on sale like big-time at Home Depot so she definitely got a grill now if you've been thinking about getting one the other thing we did out here is we added a little screen a sunshade to above this gazebo to provide more sun protection during the day so we can sit out here and it's not quite as hot and these bestir lights we already had them but I love them because they add really nice ambiance and yeah that is what we have going on over here we put these chairs temporarily for now we have these two chairs but we're probably going to have a different little seating setup and we're going to be putting a fence up within the next month or two for safety precautions for the baby Ryan always has big plans for the house he does have you guys heard about my fountain yet think of the Bellagio in Vegas only bigger I have to show you guys he will try to talk on the phone I just wanted to see if you would talk to Carter I'm doing my lunch meal prep now it could not be any easier we had these pre-washed pre-cut fajita mix so no chopping involved so that's gonna put some mushrooms and also a whole lot of spinach so I just get that going in one big pot and we're gonna have some brown rice and this pre cooked pre shredded chicken so again no chopping is involved super easy this takes like half an hour to make your lunches for the entire week our veggies are done so Carter is eating his sweet potato puree that I made but the new development is that I got this little baby spoon that helps them learn how to feed themselves so it has these little ridges and you go like that you see some baby food gets inside of that you feed yourself yeah there he goes and so now he can learn how to feed himself do you think okay so we're here at Lowe's looking at tiles and look at this little guy's this is his cart protector so it protects him from germs and then there's the little clips for his toy and he's all stratas big boy in the cart it's what we're kind of thinking for a sink not this faucet but sink style this is what we're the key for the bathroom tiles so it's like a marble Dre alright so I want to show you a little sneak preview of what we're working on for the master bathroom a project we have been saving up literally for a year and a half to finally have this happen I'm so excited you have a new idea so here's the master bathroom how it currently looks there's nothing wrong with it at all it is fine but I wanted it to be my dream bathroom so the first thing we are thinking about doing but I'm not sure is the floor I don't actually mind this gray tile I just don't love the border so option one is to keep the light gray floors and just try to match up the tiler on the edge that's the easier option kind of what I'm leaning towards right now the other option is to do a dark slate floor which I think could look cool because it would contrast really nicely with everything else probably going to keep these cabinets the way they are Ryan wants to paint them white but I kind of like them how they are so I might just keep that countertop will be white quartz with pretty fixtures mirrors not sure yet probably keep those new light fixture over here is where things get interesting okay so what we could do what I'm leaning towards is just keeping the tub and the shower that we have and redoing the tiles what Ryan wants to do is get a standalone tub here and a new shower but that costs a lot more and I tend to be more on the budget side and Ryan's like crazy so the tile that we're thinking of is between these options we have the smaller marble the medium-sized marble or the large marble tiles we've kind of ruled this one out just because these tiles have a slightly baiji tone to them that I don't love so we're choosing between these two I'm preferring a smaller size and Ryan is liking this larger sized one so let me know what you guys think what do you think would look better in here I love getting your opinion on stuff it really helps me out so let me know if you guys think option A or option B for the tile okay how are you still ask for Thalia I'm five four he's six foot five feet eleven and three-quarters oh my god come on give me that quarter-inch not five 11 and a half five eleven to three quarters automatically rounds to six yeah that's that's just science all the ladies watching I have a huge tip for you for dealing with your man this tip will actually change your life do you know I'm gonna say no do whatever you need to do I mean whatever it takes to get your man to read or listen to the book men are from Mars Women are from Venus I negotiated with him to listen to the book well he's driving in at the gym and every day he comes home and he is better than the day before it's a good read is definitely couldn't read it's funny how it explains like what we can say or what men say and what they like what they really mean they stay away from this book is that women more than anything just want to be listened to they don't want someone to solve their problems and men are problem solvers and for the man what he needs is to be appreciated he doesn't want to be criticized you guys I need to show you my new eyelashes hack cuz I like to have false lashes on but wearing the full strip is uncomfortable for me so what I do now is I just take the art doll whispies I cut off a little bit of the front a little bit of the end so it's like 3/4 of the strip and then I just wear those so it gives some fullness to the ends of my eyes makes them look nice and fluffy and it's super comfortable you can't even feel it handsome boy are you aving hi see this is I'm trying to crawl he's rocking he's going through the rocking phase good job CD good job there you go there he goes okay it is Sunday which is our grilling day yes what does the grill master have going on oh I've got quite the selection quite the SH morges mortgage Borg and this this is gonna be delicious old okay here's our lunch spread so we have our veggies Ryan's special crispy grilled chicken Brussels sprouts what else shrimp we have lobster lobster lobster tail full family walk the boys walked behind the girls are in the front Oh going on here hope it's a pea it's just a pea how's this handsome boy very handsome today honey good smile there there was a mouse where is it where did it go it lives in our front yard a family the okay there it is there it is what is that really go we I could zoom in even more oh my gosh okay wait hold on this is like National Geographic stuff yep it's a mouse eating something just be grateful with some mouse it's not a rat whoa I could like see it boy all right so for dinner tonight we were making some stuffed peppers this is always an easy and tasty thing to make I make it all the time so I'm gonna pop these in the toaster oven for like 10 minutes at 400 the cool thing about stuffed peppers is you could stuff them with whatever you have so I have this leftover rice beans squashes in here just for added protein I'm gonna put some little strips of our leftover barbecue chicken I know this might seem weird and like it doesn't go together but it tastes good good night and it is let me see you Eric I said that's really it for this week's vlog if you did enjoy it please give it a thumbs up I was really on the fence whether I wanted to continue doing the weekly vlogs at all I didn't know if they were boring or not so I asked you in my last video majority of you guys said you wanted me to keep them and you want me to keep everything all on one channel so that's what we have it going on for now and with all that said thank you guys so much for all of your support and I will see you on Sunday with a new video it's gonna be a good one so get excited from it and I will see you then byehello guys I am finally back with another weekly vlog it has been over a month since I posted one and that is because my camera was out of commission but it's back we're back better than ever I had so much talk to Chris about so and this week's project is going to be the patio we're doing a little makeover out there because it's the end of the summer now is the time to think about outdoor furniture grills stuff like that because everything goes on sale and everything that I'm showing you we got for 40% off so the rug the dining set everything was on crazy sale okay so this is our current situation we have in the backyard so our patio area so what we have going on this set we got from Home Depot a couple years ago it was at our old apartment we brought it here we really like it it's comfortable the issue we have is that we decided we want a dining table with chairs because we've been grilling almost every Sunday with friends and family so we want to set up where we can eat outside play board games all that stuff so that arrived today and we are going to build it tomorrow so stay tuned a new patio set is in progress we have the rug the new rug moment of truth okay I'm liking the rug we're liking the rug here is the set coming together work in progress the man of the hour Quentin putting it all together couldn't do any of this without him the Vassar ladies know how to do online research doesn't my mom look so pretty today I want to do the challenge called transforming my mom into me give you my signature look here it is the big reveal our new patio area I love how it turned out this is an 8 by 10 rug I want to say this from overstock I will link to everything I can down below but really love the rug and this set is from Amazon because of course it is but the reason we picked out this set is I wanted something that we can sit at eat at play games but it would still be comfortable so these are the nice cushy comfortable seats but you still get your table here so it's the best of both worlds in my opinion and then over here is Ryan's new grill which has since gone on sale like big-time at Home Depot so she definitely got a grill now if you've been thinking about getting one the other thing we did out here is we added a little screen a sunshade to above this gazebo to provide more sun protection during the day so we can sit out here and it's not quite as hot and these bestir lights we already had them but I love them because they add really nice ambiance and yeah that is what we have going on over here we put these chairs temporarily for now we have these two chairs but we're probably going to have a different little seating setup and we're going to be putting a fence up within the next month or two for safety precautions for the baby Ryan always has big plans for the house he does have you guys heard about my fountain yet think of the Bellagio in Vegas only bigger I have to show you guys he will try to talk on the phone I just wanted to see if you would talk to Carter I'm doing my lunch meal prep now it could not be any easier we had these pre-washed pre-cut fajita mix so no chopping involved so that's gonna put some mushrooms and also a whole lot of spinach so I just get that going in one big pot and we're gonna have some brown rice and this pre cooked pre shredded chicken so again no chopping is involved super easy this takes like half an hour to make your lunches for the entire week our veggies are done so Carter is eating his sweet potato puree that I made but the new development is that I got this little baby spoon that helps them learn how to feed themselves so it has these little ridges and you go like that you see some baby food gets inside of that you feed yourself yeah there he goes and so now he can learn how to feed himself do you think okay so we're here at Lowe's looking at tiles and look at this little guy's this is his cart protector so it protects him from germs and then there's the little clips for his toy and he's all stratas big boy in the cart it's what we're kind of thinking for a sink not this faucet but sink style this is what we're the key for the bathroom tiles so it's like a marble Dre alright so I want to show you a little sneak preview of what we're working on for the master bathroom a project we have been saving up literally for a year and a half to finally have this happen I'm so excited you have a new idea so here's the master bathroom how it currently looks there's nothing wrong with it at all it is fine but I wanted it to be my dream bathroom so the first thing we are thinking about doing but I'm not sure is the floor I don't actually mind this gray tile I just don't love the border so option one is to keep the light gray floors and just try to match up the tiler on the edge that's the easier option kind of what I'm leaning towards right now the other option is to do a dark slate floor which I think could look cool because it would contrast really nicely with everything else probably going to keep these cabinets the way they are Ryan wants to paint them white but I kind of like them how they are so I might just keep that countertop will be white quartz with pretty fixtures mirrors not sure yet probably keep those new light fixture over here is where things get interesting okay so what we could do what I'm leaning towards is just keeping the tub and the shower that we have and redoing the tiles what Ryan wants to do is get a standalone tub here and a new shower but that costs a lot more and I tend to be more on the budget side and Ryan's like crazy so the tile that we're thinking of is between these options we have the smaller marble the medium-sized marble or the large marble tiles we've kind of ruled this one out just because these tiles have a slightly baiji tone to them that I don't love so we're choosing between these two I'm preferring a smaller size and Ryan is liking this larger sized one so let me know what you guys think what do you think would look better in here I love getting your opinion on stuff it really helps me out so let me know if you guys think option A or option B for the tile okay how are you still ask for Thalia I'm five four he's six foot five feet eleven and three-quarters oh my god come on give me that quarter-inch not five 11 and a half five eleven to three quarters automatically rounds to six yeah that's that's just science all the ladies watching I have a huge tip for you for dealing with your man this tip will actually change your life do you know I'm gonna say no do whatever you need to do I mean whatever it takes to get your man to read or listen to the book men are from Mars Women are from Venus I negotiated with him to listen to the book well he's driving in at the gym and every day he comes home and he is better than the day before it's a good read is definitely couldn't read it's funny how it explains like what we can say or what men say and what they like what they really mean they stay away from this book is that women more than anything just want to be listened to they don't want someone to solve their problems and men are problem solvers and for the man what he needs is to be appreciated he doesn't want to be criticized you guys I need to show you my new eyelashes hack cuz I like to have false lashes on but wearing the full strip is uncomfortable for me so what I do now is I just take the art doll whispies I cut off a little bit of the front a little bit of the end so it's like 3/4 of the strip and then I just wear those so it gives some fullness to the ends of my eyes makes them look nice and fluffy and it's super comfortable you can't even feel it handsome boy are you aving hi see this is I'm trying to crawl he's rocking he's going through the rocking phase good job CD good job there you go there he goes okay it is Sunday which is our grilling day yes what does the grill master have going on oh I've got quite the selection quite the SH morges mortgage Borg and this this is gonna be delicious old okay here's our lunch spread so we have our veggies Ryan's special crispy grilled chicken Brussels sprouts what else shrimp we have lobster lobster lobster tail full family walk the boys walked behind the girls are in the front Oh going on here hope it's a pea it's just a pea how's this handsome boy very handsome today honey good smile there there was a mouse where is it where did it go it lives in our front yard a family the okay there it is there it is what is that really go we I could zoom in even more oh my gosh okay wait hold on this is like National Geographic stuff yep it's a mouse eating something just be grateful with some mouse it's not a rat whoa I could like see it boy all right so for dinner tonight we were making some stuffed peppers this is always an easy and tasty thing to make I make it all the time so I'm gonna pop these in the toaster oven for like 10 minutes at 400 the cool thing about stuffed peppers is you could stuff them with whatever you have so I have this leftover rice beans squashes in here just for added protein I'm gonna put some little strips of our leftover barbecue chicken I know this might seem weird and like it doesn't go together but it tastes good good night and it is let me see you Eric I said that's really it for this week's vlog if you did enjoy it please give it a thumbs up I was really on the fence whether I wanted to continue doing the weekly vlogs at all I didn't know if they were boring or not so I asked you in my last video majority of you guys said you wanted me to keep them and you want me to keep everything all on one channel so that's what we have it going on for now and with all that said thank you guys so much for all of your support and I will see you on Sunday with a new video it's gonna be a good one so get excited from it and I will see you then bye\n"