Running water, Sinks and dishwashers, oh my!

I know have a fully functioning kitchen. The sink and faucet are up and running, the dishwasher ran it's first cycle last night, the disposal runs, and nothing is leaking!

We have one more set of cabinet doors to install, then I can say it's done. Now I just have to map it all out and get things put away.

Countertops are done!!!

They are a great match in person, picking up lots of color from the floor. So excited!

Tomorrow we'll start in on the sink and dishwasher, we have to let the glue/caulk set up before messing around with things too much.

Oh, and two of the broken doors have been bought, now we just have to mount them.

Getting Ready For School....

Well, it's almost here. We started preparing for the upcoming school year with new hair cuts. Our favorite place does $10 cuts on Tues, no appointments, so it can be a wait. It was totally worth it today as the boys were able to my favorite stylists.

Cody's shaggy summer do:

Ready for 3 day preschool:
Hmph, no pictures of my shaggy hair Mom!
Tyler's do, ready for his 1st go at school:

We are excited to get going, I just wish we had been able to do more summer stuff while on break. It all starts next Wed with the first of the set up days at Cody's school, then the ball keeps rolling until Christmas break! Wish us luck, we're going to need it!

Gettin' crafty

So it's been a while since I've been able to do anything very crafty. For some reason the house redo took over, imagine that!

Chairs for the office, old and new covers...

All together with shiney new paint...

Next on the list is a couple of birthday cards and a wedding congrats. Hmm, normal life?!?!

Overwhelmed....

Moving day was a success. We had 1 26' U-Haul, 2 Vanagons, 1 Caravan, 1 66 VW double cab, and a Toyota truck with a small utility trailer. All our stuff in one trip, minus the mess of the garage.


We've been settling in the last couple of days, trying to get things put together, finding homes for things, sorting a little as we go. The boys' rooms were the easy part, our bedroom will be too (once the closet system is put together). The office and the kitchen are giving me troubles. The office just needs more shelving in the closet, so it's a money thing more than anything else.

The kitchen needs to be finished so I can really see what I'm working with. I've moved a few things in, put them up and started trying to envision where it should go. I'm out of space. The kitchen is huge and I can't put it together. There is a professional organizer from Cody's preschool, I should call her, but I know we can't afford her. But, it will all come together eventually, I'll stay away from it until the counters are in, and the corner cabinets are finished.

The backyard is also coming together. The boys played on their new slip n' slide and in the pool yesterday, had a ton of fun.

In other good and fun news. Ikea is sending me a $100 gift card. They have a game going in their 2009 catalog, you text a number to them, then the send you 3 questions that you answer by looking in the catalog. It took 5 min, they called for my address today, and the card is in the mail. WHOO HOO! I have to start shopping their website now, or I'll get very side tracked by walking through the doors.

Back online....

Cable and internet were hooked up today. All is moving along well, more to come soon.

We're moved!

Moving day was a success. We were able to get everything but some misc garage, swing set and the big shed in one big move. Now I just have to sort and unpack all our crap!

The funniest thing of the day was coming home from the old house the 2nd time, went back to clean and make sure we got it all. Riding in the Vanagon with the fish buckled in beside me in his bowl. All I could think was that I hope I don't get pulled over and become the crazy lady with the pet fish.

One more day...

Well, supposedly we're moving tomorrow, the Uhaul is rented and people are coming to the house.

Most everything is ready. We still need to hang a few doors, then clean them. Clean the wood floors somehow, thinking I need to find some more Swiffer pads and try that. The blinds are up in the bedrooms, verticals up on the patio windows (minus the snap on valances), kick boards in the kitchen are done and the knobs/handles are installed.

The old house is not ready to move yet, but I will get it done today. Plus I need to do a little cleaning before tomorrow. Then there's the yard work, and the garage, and the shed, and, and, and.....

Yay, rooms are being finished!

Today was spent at home most the day, packing up the shed and moving it to the garage, doing some other odds and ends.

Then after naps we headed over to the house. Cleaning was my task today, so I vacuumed and scrubbed both bathrooms, then installed the last of the hardware.

Tomorrow we'll finished nailing in the baseboards, only the hallway is left. Then install the new blinds, the rest of our order should arrive in the morning.

Toy Room finished, minus blind...

Boys' room finished, minus blind...

Entry...
Dining area...
Master bath, with new chocolate rug, minus doors...

Master sink, new hand towels and rug

Boys' bath with new towels...

My most favorite thing to date:

(Insert witty title here)

My brain is overloaded with details, so here's a quick review of the last couple of days.

FIL & I finished the living room floor Tues night

Front closet:
Master entry:
New work station for the office, looked bigger at the store! Shelves are the answer.
The Vanagon is my bestest friend this week, taking loads over every day
Closet system in the boy's room, they're even level!
Living room with molding fitted in



Stay tuned for future developments.

AHHHH the Sickies!!!

So Sonoma was a lot of fun, good races and a nice break.

Back on the ranch, Ty was still dealing with the sickies. He spent most of Sun being blah, then threw up again around 7:30. The doc said that he's just holding onto the bug because his immune system is newer than the rest of ours. Not fun! Especially have to deal with the 3-ring circus of Kaiser all day.


So another day lost on the house, at least for me. FIL was working on a few things, so it's still in progress. Tomorrow we will start again.

I'm also starting to move things over to the house, a van full at time. Today's load was the new kitchen table set (like this), desk and wire cube things that are for storage.
Tomorrow I'm taking most of my craft stuff, gift wrapping stuff, and a few odds and ends. Yep, it really is enough to fill the van, I got a lot of crap!

Someone call me when it's done....

We've had a very eventful week, getting lots of stuff done, then coming to a complete stand still by Thur. We got sick, 5 of the 6 of us, MIL being the one and only spared. So this weekends been a bit of a loss, but we will still be moving next weekend. IT WILL HAPPEN!

Thur night I went over and put the borders up in the boys' rooms.

The toy room looked awesome, but I new it wouldn't last. As soon as I started to peel the backing off it was a mess, only part of the sticky was staying on the border. So when I put it up it was holding with the main exception of this corner that I figured I could fix with something from my scrapbooking supply.
But alas, the first two walls came tumbling down by morning, MIL taped it to the window so the carpet guy could come in. Next up will be experimenting with spray adhesive!
The best part of the end of the week, carpet:



It's getting closer. We have some things to work out with the wood floors, determined to be done with these by about Tues. Then the base boards can go in. These are the majors for the week, we have a few other minors, like finishing the touch up paint in the master bath, front bath and along the kitchen/garage door.


Keith and I are off to Sonoma early Sun am for the NHRA nationals, a much needed break from reality.

The paint is on the walls...

We are done rolling paint on the walls! YAY!!!

The master bath is painted...

I still have to hit the door trim, and touch the ceiling where the roller hit, but that's the easy stuff.
Still to paint is the doors and maybe the baseboards, depends on what we buy.

Yesterday also marked the start of laying floors. We didn't start putting it down until about 3:30, but this is what we did:



It's goes together well, just took a lot of time in a small area because we would lay a board, then have to measure and cut the next. Today we'll work our way down the all.
Carpet is coming on Fri!

I also finished putting the rest of the kitchen cabinets together. Everything that can be is done, our tall door is damaged and has to go back, we are waiting on our sink before we get to busy on that cabinet, and the corner cabinets need a counter top to mount the lazy susan on. But it will go fast once we are there.


In other news, rest up people, we're movin' in next weekend! It sucks that we are moving in Aug, although it's only the 2nd-3rd, but still it's happening!

Damn, that's big!

So things are moving along at record pace, at least for out little project....

The fan in the living room, up and functioning...

Master bath is primed and the ceiling is done....
Borders are laid out in both rooms...

(Although after laying out all day, the look just as they did when I first put them out in the morning.)

Kitchen: Drawers, shelves and doors going on...

Start to the Lazy Susan, we have to have a counter top to mount it right.
Panel along the fridge is cut, shimmed and bolted in place...
Island is in place, all the cabinets are officially hung and mounted.

This is a huge kitchen compaired to anything I've every had, awesome!
Drawers in big island cabinet.

Wish us luck, we are going to start the floors tomorrow!