I have the most amazing husband ever!

Eric worked hard on the house this weekend, and I am so thankful for him.

He finished up the last of the electrical upstairs. We finally have electrical outlets in the kitchen island. Fixing those outlets actually fixed two other outlets that were not working. So everything works now. And we need to make a map of what items go to what circuit. I never did that in Eric's farmhouse, and I would have saved so much time if I had. Now that I am in my forever house it is worth a little effort.

He mowed for the last time this season (hopefully!) and worked on the trench from the electrical burial. That is nearly done now. And he pulled off all the yucky dead ivy off the side of the house. We had a woodpecker (so annoying really) on that side of the house, and so we have hopefully deterred it with CDs. Hopefully that is not an old wives tale!

The overhang

For all of you who hate it (Judy Lock!), the front overhang will be going too. One more before picture of it!

Taking out garage "windows"

Our designer called our windows Beverly Hillbillies. I am pretty sure that is not a complement! Anyway, we are going to fill in the three "windows" in preparation for house painting. Eventually the front part of the garage will be changed with a bump out in half of it, but in the mean time we will have a little more weather protection. I should say though that the carport is surprisingly dry. Still want the garage!!

Before


After - hehe. In the dusk light the before picture looks better. I promise it will get better. This is just step one. Wait until we paint!

Electrical panel: This morning and this afternoon

This is what our electrical panel looked like this morning.

And this is what it looks like now.

In the middle we had no power. Which means no internet. It was very traumatic but worth it.

Second first shower

We were out of the new shower for 5 days while we re caulked the shower. Long story - either we got bad caulk or we did not let it dry long enough. Or both! Anyway, we were going to go camping for Labor Day, and we decided to borrow the RV and do this home improvement project.

First let me say: the RV was not too bad for showering. I think it is a psychological thing. If you are showering in the RV, it is the only option so it feels really refreshing even though it is not a nice shower.

Second, being back in the house showering is nearly as good as the first time!

Google maps has our new house!

Eric was playing around with Google maps this morning, and he discovered that they have updated our house picture in about April/May this year. I have a before picture and now the new after picture. You may be asking - how can we tell the difference?
1. In the former sunroom (now living room and dining room) there used to be two "dog ears". Strange skylights one on each side. In the new living room, there is now 2 skylights with none in the dining room. That other hole in the back room is for the future fireplace between the living room and dining room.
2. In the after picture, the roof looks like swiss cheese from all the vents etc. coming out of the roof. In the old, well, we did not have any vents before.

Before: the previous owners left their RV parked in the driveway year round. You can see it in this picture. We have had the RV there for 2 weeks and it is driving me nuts. I don't know how they did that! Of course, they had a hot pink sponged bathroom so anything is possible!


After

Pictures up!

I finally hung some pictures on the walls today. This was very traumatic for me because our drywall is so beautiful, and I did not want to put any holes in it. That said, it is nice to have pictures up. Every little bit helps it feel like home.

This weekend was also spent redoing the caulk in the shower. Either we got bad caulk or we did not let it dry long enough. In the mean time, we are showering in the motorhome. Let's just say that is great motivation for completing the project!