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Almost done with Demo!!
Wow, this icy weather is GROSS!! We sure didn't want to even drive 1/2 a mile away to go work on the house 🙂 But we sucked it up and went anyway!! Tonight Kade and my Dad got the bathroom plaster all torn out! Yeah! Hope nobody wants to...
Well, We Almost Had a Fire! (and I’m not talking about in the fireplace!)
Nice, huh? Kade took down the old ceiling fan in the basement family room and this is what he uncovered! We are lucky!! Not sure exactly WHY this happened, possibly from a light bulb that was too big?? Doesn't matter now though...it's down and...
No Manual Labor Today!!
Whew! We had a much needed break tonight. Actually, Kade had to work late...didn't get home until 7:30 then we had to eat dinner, so we decided tonight would be a good one to take off! I didn't get my post up last night, so figured maybe I should do...
Take out the staircase wall?? I think so!
We got a little more done today! Before I tell you about it, I want to tell you what I found yesterday (forgot to tell you last night!) While we were removing the walls from the closet & above the stairs, I was up on the little "shelf" above the...
Day 18
2 and a half weeks in and this is where we're at! This is what the old living room looks like now! and here's the kitchen. Today was such a SLOW day! Oh my gosh!! It was like it was never going to end!! It took us longer today to get all of the...
This is How We Do It!
All I can say is WOW!! Serious work got done today. My brother Scott and his friends Kyle, Trevor and Tim came out after lunch and tore in to the walls that we still needed removed! Here they are at the end of afternoon 🙂 (and we owe them a...
Happy Birthday to Me!! A Friday the 13th Birthday!! What did we do today you ask....Well, we met with the custom cabinet builder this morning, it went really well! Can't wait to see what he comes up with! (which reminds me...I need to email him...
Fire!
In the fireplace 🙂 Yeah! Just a tiny one. I'm going for bigger and better tomorrow - to see how it does. I talked to a guy today about getting the damper, and he said to build a few fires and see how it goes. Then if we've got any...
Chim, Chim, Cher-ee, Chim, Chim, Cher-ee
Guess what I found...... My earring!! YEAH!! While I did tell Kade that if I found the lost one I wouldn't need the new ones....I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to let him take them back, lol! It honestly was driving me crazy that I couldn't find it...
You Can’t Stop Progress!!
Another day and a few more things checked off of the list. Trying to get things ready for this weekend. My brother will be home from Chicago for my b-day Friday and Saturday he's gathering his team and coming over to help get down the walls that we need...
It’s Electric….
Boogie woogie woogie! Sorry, but you know I had to say it! I think it's the law 😉 Anyway...back to the electric. Tonight Kade decided he was going to get rid of some lights and rewire some other stuff. So he's in the kitchen...
One wall (almost) down!!
Oh...and I forgot that yesterday I got all of the carpet and trim up from the sunroom. Got that room all nice and clean and then put our stuff in there that we don't want a layer of dust on. So today...we finally get to remove a wall (well....almost) First...
Cleaning time…
Wow..it's amazing the kind of mess we can make while working on a house (o.k., not really, but it's amazing how much I think I need to keep it clean!) We're tearing out walls....what do I expect? So today, first thing, we did some cleaning and organizing of our...
FINALLY!!
Today was an exciting day!! It was the arrival of the dumpster!! Look at the pic...even the heavens were happy for us 🙂 The weather was amazing...I think it was in the 60's! Crazy for January 6th! Kade went to work this morning and...
And…we’re back!
Wow....I really needed that night off! In between my shoulder blades hurts something awful! So tonight was NAIL PULLING TIME....YAHOO!!! Ok, so I wasn't really that excited about pulling nails 🙂 It was a snorefest for sure! We got...
Crowning Glory!!
OH MY GOSH I LOVE IT!!! Crown moulding is one of my favorite things! Today I FINISHED the crown in the clutter room and around the kitchen cabinets. It all needed to be painted just one last time. The pantry side of the clutter room. ...
Lovin’ It!
One thing about the new property that I really do like is all of the wildlife! I've never heard so many owls in one place at one time. I had to run home at lunch today and this is what I saw.... I bet you're wondering why I took a picture of a bunch of...
A Beautiful Day!
This morning we had a little delayed start. Kade's cousin is building a house (or should I say, having a house built - HE WAS SMART!!) and wanted some opinions on a few things. So we headed to his new house...this was our first time over there to see it...
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