Thursday, April 28, 2011
First balloon in the new house
Yes, I know the pictures are horrible. My camera zoom is quite dreadful. But we are so excited to see the first balloon since returning home. Checking out the balloons every morning is my favorite morning activity!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A lot less like camping here
Eric got the microwave and stove installed and working today. This is another huge step. I guess when your big goal is having a stove every step is big! Tomorrow I looking forward to preparing dinner. Seriously this seems like a crazy situation to me that I am excited about cooking.
We tried again to pass our dryer vent inspection. Still not there but we have a plan that I think will work. Inspections seem so random right now, which is frustrating. On the other hand, I am in my beautiful house, and so I don't care!
P.S. I have an amazing husband. He has worked so hard for our house, and I am so lucky to have him. I am always ready to tell him this, but he should know that I want to broadcast it to the Internet too. Thanks for taking care of me - I love you so much Eric!
We tried again to pass our dryer vent inspection. Still not there but we have a plan that I think will work. Inspections seem so random right now, which is frustrating. On the other hand, I am in my beautiful house, and so I don't care!
P.S. I have an amazing husband. He has worked so hard for our house, and I am so lucky to have him. I am always ready to tell him this, but he should know that I want to broadcast it to the Internet too. Thanks for taking care of me - I love you so much Eric!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
It is a little like camping here
With a really, really nice bed.
Well, we had an interesting first night. It is always hard to sleep the first night in a new place, and even though I have tried to convince the cats that this is a place they have been before, it is a new place for everyone. We will get used to it. The cats checked out everything last night - literally going into every room in the entire house. In the basement that is just framed, they had no issue going through the walls. I always yell at people who go through the walls because we have doorways people. Don't go through the walls!
Eric is working on the shower right now so that hopefully we can shower tomorrow. We are together in our stinkiness today! Luckily we had to get our hair cut this morning so we both have freshly cleaned hair. Stove and microwave are next. Then the washer and dryer. Then I will be satisfied for this weekend. Poor Eric is really wiped out - he has been working so hard for our house.
Well, we had an interesting first night. It is always hard to sleep the first night in a new place, and even though I have tried to convince the cats that this is a place they have been before, it is a new place for everyone. We will get used to it. The cats checked out everything last night - literally going into every room in the entire house. In the basement that is just framed, they had no issue going through the walls. I always yell at people who go through the walls because we have doorways people. Don't go through the walls!
Eric is working on the shower right now so that hopefully we can shower tomorrow. We are together in our stinkiness today! Luckily we had to get our hair cut this morning so we both have freshly cleaned hair. Stove and microwave are next. Then the washer and dryer. Then I will be satisfied for this weekend. Poor Eric is really wiped out - he has been working so hard for our house.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Special thank you to Mom and Dad (Marquardt)
Our remodeling blog would not be complete without a heartfelt thank you to Mom and Dad who have long suffered us living in the basement. Thank you so much for taking us - we had a wonderful time. It is just different to see people every day and live with them, and it was a delight to have the time together. It was really nice to have someone take care of us during the mess that is remodeling.
We love you both! And we will see you for dinner on Sunday.
Love,
Jen and Eric
We love you both! And we will see you for dinner on Sunday.
Love,
Jen and Eric
Live blogging the people move
5:23 PM
We are completely in the house now - cats included. Now sadly I have to do homework.
2:15 PM
People moving is much better than stuff moving! All the furniture is at our house now - 2:15 on Friday. We have to go back to Dave and! Audrey's to pick up the cats.
We are completely in the house now - cats included. Now sadly I have to do homework.
2:15 PM
People moving is much better than stuff moving! All the furniture is at our house now - 2:15 on Friday. We have to go back to Dave and! Audrey's to pick up the cats.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Blog worthy events
Shower has grout. The kitchen sink and dishwasher work. Which means I ran a load of dishes and if I go potty, I can wash my hands on the same floor as the toilet. I know that does not seem like a big deal, but it is huge!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The home stretch
We are in the home stretch now - for this phase of the project anyway! Eric and I decided that it was very good for us to set a move in date (3 days away!) to push us even though it is going to be rough in the beginning.
Big weekend news - Eric finished the shower tile installation. He worked really, really hard on it this weekend, and it paid off. Last tile to be installed is the backsplash tile. I am not fretting about that too much although it will be nice to eventually have a fully functional bathroom.
I did a lot of little tasks over the weekend. Filled up both compost bins for compost day. They are 2 96-gallon cans so that is a big job. Painted the floor in Murphy's room (AKA guest room upstairs). Finished some more electrical work - I am close to finishing there. Painted the front wall. The new front door was bigger than the original (another reason to hate the Crayola crayon door), and so the drywall had to be altered when the door was installed. I had to paint that whole wall. Started to set up Murphy's room with a little unpacking action there. I am having trouble with unpacking especially in the kitchen. I have to separate stuff that will go in very limited cabinet space from stuff to go in the pantry for now to stuff that will remain packed for the time being (until kitchen is done). Not easy to make those decisions.
The house is going to be rough for a bit when we move in. But I am hoping that with less commuting time, we can get some more little chores done to make the house livable.
Big weekend news - Eric finished the shower tile installation. He worked really, really hard on it this weekend, and it paid off. Last tile to be installed is the backsplash tile. I am not fretting about that too much although it will be nice to eventually have a fully functional bathroom.
I did a lot of little tasks over the weekend. Filled up both compost bins for compost day. They are 2 96-gallon cans so that is a big job. Painted the floor in Murphy's room (AKA guest room upstairs). Finished some more electrical work - I am close to finishing there. Painted the front wall. The new front door was bigger than the original (another reason to hate the Crayola crayon door), and so the drywall had to be altered when the door was installed. I had to paint that whole wall. Started to set up Murphy's room with a little unpacking action there. I am having trouble with unpacking especially in the kitchen. I have to separate stuff that will go in very limited cabinet space from stuff to go in the pantry for now to stuff that will remain packed for the time being (until kitchen is done). Not easy to make those decisions.
The house is going to be rough for a bit when we move in. But I am hoping that with less commuting time, we can get some more little chores done to make the house livable.
Shower tile is in and sealed
Eric finished installing the shower tile on Sunday. Last night he sealed all of it. It looks beautiful.
P.S. The blue tape in the shower is to protect the metal piece while sealing.
P.S. The blue tape in the shower is to protect the metal piece while sealing.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
A big work victory
The hardware that Eric has been working so hard on was shipped today. I can't tell you how exciting this is for everyone on the team.
My sweet husband will be modest about his part in this hardware delivery. But I will tell you that he did a completely fantastic job as systems engineer and that there is no way this day would have happened without him. The other part of his modesty would be that he has never done this job especially with flight hardware and so there was a lot to be learned in a very high pressure environment. He did a great job.
You can take tonight off honey - then you need to go work on my bathroom.
Bye, bye truck - BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!
My sweet husband will be modest about his part in this hardware delivery. But I will tell you that he did a completely fantastic job as systems engineer and that there is no way this day would have happened without him. The other part of his modesty would be that he has never done this job especially with flight hardware and so there was a lot to be learned in a very high pressure environment. He did a great job.
You can take tonight off honey - then you need to go work on my bathroom.
Bye, bye truck - BE CAREFUL!!!!!!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Strange smells
That strange smell you smelled in the house today - it is called clean. It might happen again some time! Yes, I actually did a little cleaning today, which I always like. Also I set up Eric's closet. A very minor victory, but I will take it!
Kitchen installed (mostly!)
Elliott and Timmy installed the kitchen cabinets yesterday. Surprisingly this goes a long way to making it feel like home.
You can't read the writing in this picture, but it says Silver Contracting Custom Cabinet. It is a 2x4.
You can't read the writing in this picture, but it says Silver Contracting Custom Cabinet. It is a 2x4.
I-beam for the master bedroom deck
The i-beam has been place for the deck off the master bedroom. Some day it will have a hot tub. In the mean time we have another backyard hazard.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
First box unpacked
Yes, our stuff has been at the house for over a month, and I unpacked the first box on Thursday. We needed TV cables so I did one box. It also had the popcorn stuff in it. Eric is thrilled about that!
TV set up
We had the satellite reinstalled on Thursday. I love DVRs, and I can't wait to use it again. I feel ridiculous about that. Eric and I usually have about 10 minutes of time each day to watch TV. If we had something recorded, we could watch that. But we don't so we watch some more HGTV. Even I am so sick of HGTV that I can hardly stand it.
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