WE'RE GETTING THERE....

Look what my husband can do... The kids love skating on it and I just love looking at it!!!

Kids, Cabinets and Slate...check!!

Guess who is about sick of working on the house!?!

This is where the kids play & fight while we race to get the house done!

Finally!! It looks like we are actually making progress! We've got slate with lots of character!

This is the kind of thing my husband is capable of! Quite impressive! Maybe someday I will be able to use this kitchen....

Tme for Cabinets

Well here they sit all ready to go. Unfortunately the corner base cabinet arrived broken so a new one is on its way. It wont be here till next wed. so I will have to work around that until the new one arrives. It is really too bad I cant just snap my fingers and have it all done.

I needed to lay some of them out and get a game plan for this little task.

Here is a look at the first 2 cabinets in place. Now just 14 more to go!!!

Happy B-day to ME!!!

Well, I turned 36 on Saturday...wow, now I feel really OLD!! Cheryl got me an ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery and was that ever good. Of course as soon as the festivities were over we were back down to the house for more work. I think we just might be in by Christmas!!! On one good note the kitchen cabinets are going to be delivered on Friday. That will be a huge step towards moving. Cheryl and I both agreed that without a kitchen we are not going to move in!!!

Here is another shot of the living room all painted. The walls just need a little touching up by the ceiling and it will be done.


While I was gone hunting last week (I had a good time but didn't shoot anything) Cheryl cleaned the entire upstairs. Some how I have managed to cart all my tools and supplies back up stairs where they are all in the way again!

The Kitchen now just needs cabinets and a floor...OK counter tops and appliances would be nice as well

This is how the bathroom walls are shaping up. It might be a tad bit extreme but I really like it. It will be interesting how it looks with the floor and vanity in place.

finally time to paint.

This is what the living room now looks like. I still need to paint the ceiling but the wall are done for the most part. It is finally starting to look like a house again!!

I had to replace the replaced sliding glass door that I installed on the back of the kitchen with another french door. The seal looked to have been broken and I didn't want to wait till this winter to find out for sure so we just replaced it.
And since this is a family blog and not just a house blog here is Miranda on her first day of school. Wow, she is already in the 3rd grade. Hunter's first day of kindergarten is today.

whew...a long weekend!!

This picture is a bit splotchy w/ dust in the air but as you can see the dry wall is all up including the bathroom. There will be a few more areas that need some small pieces added but I can now start mudding and taping...did I ever say I hate mudding and taping? Let me just get this straight. It ranks right up there w/ pumping a septic tank! Oh the levels I will fall to to save a bit of $$!

Well after a full 7 hours of nonstop work Chery and I were able to close the door on our new french door. I must say this project really made a difference in how the living room feels. Having basically a wall of windows that looks out on Chuckanut Mt. is a definite bonus. It is kind of funny that it wasn't until after we closed on this house that I realized that it does have a view.

I wasnt able to get any drywall up this weekend due to a 4 way light circut that just drove me crazy. Tuesday night on the other hand, I was off and running. Here I am making my first cut for the ceiling.

Thursday night I was able to get most of one wall done. I plan on having all the drywall done this weekend unless I decide to replace the sliding door and install the french door and windows. I started to get that all ready on thursday night as well.

This isnt a very good picture but I have to expose the header above the windows and door and tie them together w/ metal straping. Then I can center the french door and put the windows on each side. I think it will make that wall look way better.